Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-05-28
Books mentioned on The Growing Scandal of $TRUMP | The Ezra Klein Show
Ezra Klein recommended Number Go Up by Zeke Faux. Zeke Fox recommended A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman, Nixonland by Rick Perlstein, and Gretel and the Great War by Adam Ehrlich Sachs.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Number Go Up
Zeke Faux's Number Go Up is an investigative non-fiction book that chronicles the chaotic, fraudulent underbelly of the cryptocurrency boom and meme-stock mania.
Recommended“your great book which I love and recommend to people number go up is all about the embrace of the idea that the point here is more people buy in and then the number go up.”
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A Distant Mirror
A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman is a historical narrative that examines the calamitous 14th century in Europe, focusing heavily on the devastation of the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War.
Recommended“So one book I've been reading recently that I really love is called uh a distant mirror, the calamitous 14th century by Barbara Tukman. It's about France in the 14th century, but during the like hundred years war after the black plague.”
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Nixonland
Nixonland by Rick Perlstein is a sweeping historical account that explores the turbulent political and cultural landscape of the United States during the Nixon era.
Recommended“Another one I've liked recently was uh Nixon Land by Rick Pearlstein. Um, it's sort of like reading the newspaper every day, but during the ris the Nixon years.”
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Gretel and the Great War
Gretel and the Great War by Adam Ehrlich Sachs is a work of fiction comprising a collection of interconnected fables set against the backdrop of early twentieth-century Vienna.
Recommended“Then a novel I really liked recently is called Gretle and the Great War is by Adam Saxs. It's a collection of interconnected fables set in early 20th century Vienna.”
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“He's an investigative reporter at Bloomberg, the author of the fantastic book Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall, and he's been closely covering the Trump family's mounting crypto operations.”