Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2026-05-04

Books mentioned on Inspirational Kentucky Derby Winner, Viral Tucker-NYT Interview, and Blake-Baldoni Trial, with Emily Jashinsky | Ep. 1309

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Megyn Kelly discusses the story of the Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo's amazing comeback, the trainer Cherie DeVaux becoming the first female trainer to win ever, the inspirational story of jockey Jose Ortiz and his brother, and more.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Amusing Ourselves to Death

   Neil Postman · at 35:51

   Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman is a media ecology classic that critiques how television and modern amusement undermine serious public discourse and intellectual thought.

   Discussed

   “And in Amusing Ourselves to Death, he wrote about how uh inferior the television-based epistemology of politics and culture was to uh a sort of political epistemology based on print.”

   Emily Jashinsky Inspirational Kentucky Derby Winner, Viral Tucker-NYT Interview, and B… 2026-05-04 Listen at 35:51

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