Episode · The Rubin Report · 2020-08-15
Books mentioned on Leaving California, Black Conservatives & American Socialists | Bryan Callen | COMEDY | Rubin Report
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Boomerang
Boomerang by Michael Lewis is a nonfiction book that examines the global financial crisis and how reckless borrowing and public spending caused economic collapse in various nations and municipalities.
Recommended“Michael Lewis wrote a good book, highlighting this in a book called, "Boomerang." I recommend it to people”
Where to get it
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Directorate S
Discussed“Steven Coll wrote, "Ghost Wars," and he wrote, "Directorate S," and he did an exhaustive study.”
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Ghost Wars 12-copy floor
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll is an exhaustive historical study detailing the history of the war in Afghanistan and the role of the CIA.
Discussed“Steven Coll wrote, "Ghost Wars," and he wrote, "Directorate S," and he did an exhaustive study.”
Where to get it
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a best-selling epistolary book written as a letter to the author's teenage son, exploring the historical and contemporary realities of being Black in America and confronting systemic racism.
Discussed“I've read a lot of Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Ta-Nehisi is, you know, would be considered on the sort of left side of the spectrum in black intelligentsia.”
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