Episode · Pod Save America · 2021-06-10
Books mentioned on “Does size matter?” (with Pete Buttigieg!)
Joe Biden’s Hot Vax Summer is off to a rocky start thanks to Republicans in Congress, and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg talks to Jon Lovett about how the administration plans to pass their jobs and infrastructure plan.
Dan Pfeiffer recommended After the Fall by Ben Rhodes, and discussed A Promised Land by Barack Obama, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, In Five Years by Rebecca Serle, and The Way to Win by Mark Halperin and others. Jon Favreau recommended The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen, and discussed The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, and Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Promised Land
A Promised Land by Barack Obama is the presidential memoir by the 44th President of the United States, offering a detailed and reflective look into his early life, political rise, and the first term of his historic presidency.
Discussed“i am still finishing promise a promised land which is barack obama's memoir like look i know how it ends so i don't you know it's not but it's a fantastic book”
Where to get it
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After the Fall
After the Fall by Ben Rhodes explores the global rise of authoritarianism and what it means to be American in a changing geopolitical landscape.
Recommended“i'm halfway through a little more than halfway through uh rhodes's book after the fall which you should all go by ben is now number three on the new york times bestseller list he's just he's on bill o'reilly's heels nipping at the hill so go by after the fall”
Where to get it
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The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a bestselling novel about a depressed woman who finds herself in a magical library where every book offers an alternate version of her life choices.
Discussed“i just finished uh midnight library by matt haig”
Where to get it
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Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu is a satirical, formally inventive novel that uses the format of a television script to examine race, media representation, and the immigrant experience in America.
Discussed“and i've started uh interior chinatown by charles yu”
Where to get it
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The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that explores the Vietnam War and its aftermath through the eyes of a communist spy of mixed French and Vietnamese descent living as a refugee in America.
Discussed“uh i've just started the committed by vietnam who wrote uh the pulitzer prize-winning book the sympathizer this is the sequel to that which is phenomenal”
Where to get it
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The Committed
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen is a gripping sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer, following its protagonist into the complex political and criminal underworld of 1980s Paris.
Recommended“uh i've just started the committed by vietnam who wrote uh the pulitzer prize-winning book the sympathizer this is the sequel to that which is phenomenal”
Where to get it
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
Discussed“my primary reading right now is rosie revere engineer and its compendium book”
Where to get it
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Iggy Peck, Architect
Discussed“my primary reading right now is rosie revere engineer and its compendium book iggy peck architect”
Where to get it
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The Way to Win
Discussed“i'm sort of haunted by a book you and i know well a book called the way to win that came out in 2006 about the 2008 presidential election and told everyone about what would matter and who could possibly win and if you read that book you will find nary a mention of barack obama”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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