Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-01-28
Books mentioned on What Trump Is Really Doing | The Ezra Klein Show
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Premonition
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a compelling non-fiction account examining public health and bureaucratic responses during the COVID-19 pandemic and the broader landscape of federal agency operations.
Recommended“but uh I think that like the fifth Risk by Michael Lewis is probably a good book to revisit if you if you have it and to skim if you haven't read it checked it out yet just for a reminder of the innumerable things that the Federal government does that a like broad-based attack on the civil service is”
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The Fifth Risk
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis is an insightful non-fiction account examining the crucial, unseen operations of the federal civil service and the potential dangers of chaotic presidential transitions.
Recommended“I think that like the fifth Risk by Michael Lewis is probably a good book to revisit if you if you have it and to skim if you haven't read it checked it out yet just for a reminder of the innumerable things that the Federal government does that a like broad-based attack on the civil service is going to”
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Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is a critically acclaimed modern novel set in the Appalachian region that reimagines the classic David Copperfield story to confront the devastating impacts of rural poverty and the opioid crisis.
Recommended“demon Copperhead was the only novel I read twice last year and I think that it is the rebuttal to all of the you know pseudo sentimental like Hil hbil elogy debate in terms of what really happened to the rural poor over the last 25 years”
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer is a rigorous and timely historical account that explores the making of the immigration crisis in the United States and Central America.
Recommended“uh and if I don't say an immigration book I'm probably going to be fired so everyone who has gone is here by Jonathan Blitzer specifically the first half um which talks about the 80s and has really great archival material uh as a reminder that like Government is made of people and people make decisions”
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The Christmas canticles, by George Elliott
The Christmas canticles, by George Elliott by George Elliott is a classic piece of literature often associated with sweeping Victorian narratives.
Recommended“so I'm reading old long novels uh Middle March is by many people's estimate uh the greatest English language novel ever written”
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely regarded as a supreme social novel examining provincial English life, human relationships, and moral growth.
Recommended“Middlemarch is by many people's estimate uh the greatest English language novel ever written”
