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Every book Jon Favreau recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Jon Favreau appears on, in one place — not just one.
Jon Favreau appeared on podcasts such as Pod Save America and The Ezra Klein Show to discuss, recommend, and promote several notable political and historical books. At the conclusion of interviews and during episode introductions, Favreau frequently urged his audience to pick up new releases. He recommended Melissa Murray's comprehensive and annotated guide, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader. He also praised Abby Phillip's book A Dream Deferred, which explores Jesse Jackson's groundbreaking 1980s presidential campaigns and the lessons they offer for modern Democratic political power. In discussions concerning civic strategy and political organizing, Favreau highlighted Erica Chenoweth's Civil Resistance as a practical guide for non-violent movements, and he recommended Martin Luther King Jr.'s Stride Toward Freedom as a firsthand historical account of the Montgomery bus boycott. Furthermore, Favreau discussed an upcoming essay and book project by John Fabian Witt regarding historical progressive funding, and he enthusiastically promoted Leah Litman's book Lawless, which examines the Supreme Court through the lens of conservative grievances and fringe theories, encouraging listeners to pre-order copies ahead of its official release.
Books recommended by Jon Favreau
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Regime Change
Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is a political nonfiction book offering an insider look at the imperial presidency of Donald Trump through extraordinary anecdotes and reporting from inside the administration.
Discussed“If you read Regime Change, the Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan book, like one of the themes in there and she and Maggie talks about this in an interview with Ezra Klein a few weeks ago, is that Trump is singularly obsessed with the idea that Iran wants to kill him.”
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A Dream Deferred
A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power by Abby Phillip is a political biography examining Jesse Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns during the 1980s and the lessons those efforts offer for contemporary Democratic politics.
Recommended“And on top of that, she's also out with a fascinating new book that I'm loving, A Dream Deferred, Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power, about Reverend Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns in the 19 80s and importantly, what those campaigns can teach us about where the Democratic Party is today and where it needs to go.”
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Lawless
Lawless by Leah Litman is a non-fiction book examining how the Supreme Court operates through conservative grievances, fringe legal theories, and partisan political agendas disguised as constitutional doctrine.
Recommended“You'll also hear my interview with our pal Leah Litman, strict scrutiny co-host and new author of the book Lawless, which comes out next week.”
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When We're in Charge
When We're in Charge by Amanda Litman is a practical leadership manual designed for the next generation of changemakers.
Recommended“our good friend Amanda Litman, the co-founder of Run for Something, comes by to talk about her new book for Crooked Media Reads. when we're in charge, which is a fantastic guide for young people looking to get into leadership positions.”
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel structured as a kaleidoscope of interconnected narratives exploring the passage of time, ambition, memory, and the shifting music industry.
Recommended“and I'm finally reading a visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan which is fantastic”
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Aurora
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson is a science fiction novel that follows a multi-generational colony ship traveling across space to settle a distant star system.
Recommended“i just read a book called aurora by kim stanley robinson recommended by sarah wick who runs our company”
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Civil Resistance
Civil Resistance by Erica Chenoweth is a non-fiction book that provides a comprehensive overview of non-violent protest movements and what everyone needs to know about civil resistance strategies.
Recommended“civil resistance uh what everyone needs to know by Erica Chennowith. Uh had them on Pod Save America a couple months ago.”
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How to break up with your phone
How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price is a practical guide that offers strategies for reducing screen time and fundamentally changing one's relationship with digital devices.
Recommended“and so I just finished Catherine Price's how to break up with your phone which has been fantastic and very helpful”
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Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is a dystopian novel narrated by an artificial intelligence companion observing the shifting human world.
Recommended“CL the sun John the sun what is it CL in the sun it's by uh uh isuru who's my favorite author”
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Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero!
Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West is a children's book series about an ordinary young girl who discovers she possesses extraordinary superhero abilities.
Recommended“it's this book series called Mia Mayhem about a little girl who becomes a superhero kylo loves it”
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Mobility
Mobility by Lydia Kiesling is a coming-of-age novel following a corporate worker navigating a world shaped by geopolitical shifts and corporate greed.
Recommended“Tommy Talks with Lydia kiesling about her new novel Mobility our very first book from crooked reads”
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Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch by William S.
Recommended“speaking of addicts i'm reading um naked lunch by william s burroughs sort of like a that's a classic it's a classic when is that from it's like 59 yeah it's real uh about like a heroin addict running around like tangiers”
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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“I know dan you and Tommy both read this which is why I am Nixon land by Rick Pearlstein”
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No One Is Talking About This
No Is Not Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood is a critically acclaimed debut novel that explores internet culture, modern digital existence, and profound personal tragedy.
Recommended“and um and also I'm reading Patricia Lockwood uh no one is talking about this which is a fantastic little weird book about the internet”
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Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St.
Recommended“Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel who wrote station 11 which is a book about a pandemic that was phenomenal before the pandemics”
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Seveneves
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson is an ambitious science fiction epic that explores humanity's desperate struggle for survival after the catastrophic destruction of the Moon.
Recommended“we were both looking for a follow-up to a book called seven eaves by neil stephenson which is a fascinating sci-fi book”
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Station Eleven
Station Eleven by Emily St.
Recommended“Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel who wrote station 11 which is a book about a pandemic that was phenomenal before the pandemics”
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Stride toward freedom
Stride Toward Freedom is Martin Luther King Jr.'s firsthand historical account of the Montgomery bus boycott and the early nonviolent civil rights movement.
Recommended“Martin Luther King's stride toward freedom which is his book and firsthand account of the Montgomery boy bus boycott.”
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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”
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The Devil Takes You Home
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias is a dark, fantastical crime noir novel set along the Texas-Mexico border.
Recommended“another book called the devil takes you home by a guy named gabino Iglesias which is it's a sort of a Fantastical crime Noir book written that takes place on the Texas Mexico border”
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The New Tsar
The New Tsar by Steven Lee Myers is a comprehensive biography of Russian leader Vladimir Putin that examines his political rise and reign.
Recommended“i just read the new r by stephen lee myers it's about putin it's pretty good”
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The Radical Fund
The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt is a historical work examining how a group of visionaries and a modest amount of capital upended aspects of American society.
Recommended“It's out next week, but I just read the long essay um by the author in the New York Times, John Fabian Wit, the radical fund, how a band of visionaries and a million dollars upended America”
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The Sum of Us
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee is an insightful book exploring how systemic racism and zero-sum racial divisions undermine collective public goods and economic prosperity for everyone.
Recommended“everyone go by if you haven't already the sum of us what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together it is a brilliant book”
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The U.S. Constitution
The U.S.
Discussed“called The US Constitution, a Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.”
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These Truths
These Truths by Jill Lepore is a sweeping, critically acclaimed one-volume history of the United States that offers a moving and beautifully written examination of the nation's past.
Recommended“I've been reading I've been trudging my way through long book and long book long book for me and also these truths by Jill Lepore is an outstanding history of America that I would recommend to anyone I've been reading that as well”
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Trick Mirror
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino is a widely acclaimed collection of cultural essays that examines the illusions and complexities of modern selfhood in the digital age.
Recommended“she's written an entire book on it so check it out sunday morning offline it's right in the pod of save america”
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107 Days
107 Days is a political memoir by Kamala Harris that offers an insider account of her high-profile campaign and political career.
Discussed“in essence writing a journal. That is this book. 107 days. 107 days. She's got a book.”
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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“and i am just getting through promised land now”
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American Carnage
American Carnage by Tim Alberta is an investigative political work that chronicles the transformation of the Republican Party during the Trump era and the profound ideological shifts within American conservatism.
Discussed“politico's Tim Alberta whose new book about the Republican Party in the Trump era triggered the president to lash out at former House Speaker Paul Ryan so sort of who so whose side are you on there”
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Antiracist Baby
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X.
Discussed“because ted cruz if you didn't see it like blew up a picture of a kid's book called anti-racist baby”
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Big History
Discussed“Yeah, you were watching a series of videotapes at the time; I think it was the DVDs, a box set of it was called Big History!”
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Boy Mom
Discussed“now I like doing that reading boy mom which is about raising young men and uh solid and uh you know modern masculinity”
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Finding My Voice
Discussed“my conversation with our friend and former senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett about her new book finding my voice”
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Ours Was the Shining Future
Ours Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt is a compelling critique of modern economic history that examines the fading American dream and the growing crisis of economic inequality.
Discussed“and um DAV lehart David leonhart's book um ours was a shining future about the uh American dream and inequality”
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“Yeah, like from Darby O'Gill and the Little People. I mean, the Lord of the Rings used it too.”
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The Mueller Report
The Mueller Report is the official public document detailing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, compiled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and subsequently analyzed and published in various editions.
Discussed“so the the the bar book blurb the news of it broke along partisan lines and I like that should no longer surprise us on literally any issue”
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The People Vs. Barack Obama
The People Vs.
Discussed“he writes an entire book in 2014 the people versus Barack Obama where He suggests a RICO case against Barack Obama for the uh This Is Gonna trigger Dan the IRS scandal that's what that was the whole book about he wanted to he wanted a racketeering charge against Barack Obama in the Justice part in the IRS for the”
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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”
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This Town
This Town by Mark Leibovich is a journalistic portrait of Washington, D.C., that exposes the hypocrisy, careerism, and bipartisan nature of the political establishment.
Discussed“Last question for you. This town came out in 2013. If you were writing the 2026 edition, what's the opening scene? Who's the central character?”
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We Are Indivisible
Discussed“and I went to this book event in San Francisco that for the book that Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg the founders of indivisible yeah and go to it's this bookstore and we get there and it is packed right this is a handbook for political activism”
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White Fragility
White Fragility by Dr.
Discussed“you get a loudness county school board member writing op-eds about how loudoun county hired an equity consultant that recommended the teachers base their lessons on books like robin d'angelo's white fragility which says quote a positive white identity is an impossible goal”
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Books Jon Favreau wrote
- The U.S. Constitution
- Lawless
- Abundance
- Democracy Or Else
- Battling the Big Lie
- Sick in the Head
- The World as It Is
Appearances
Other mentions (39: passing, ad reads, own books)
“If there was an some 80% chance of miscarriage because of the COVID shot, that would be one of the worst health catastrophes. That would be It would be like Children of Men out there.”
“Boy, are we a long way away from my Hillbilly Elegy, huh?”
“I was like watching that the Netflix has a good doc, The American Experiment, that I was that? I I was watching that.”
“I see What It Takes. Oh, I see my book right there. Oh, wow. books. Two over from What It Takes.”
“The US Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.”
“Like we've had we've had people to like you know, do in Federalist papers on the Senate floor for like in the House floor for for months.”
“Never seen Oppenheimer.”
“He's sort of like uh Toqueville, if you will, right?”
“Congrats on your new book that's out next week, May 13th. Uh, it's called Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance: Fringe Theories and Bad Vibes.”
“let's talk about the art of the deal, which hopefully all of you have read by now. It's required reading in America. It's required reading.”
“Uh abundance is a new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. Um and it is a book about governance and in large part how blue states and cities um need to govern better and deliver more.”
“Uh abundance is a new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.”
“I interviewed Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson about their new book, Abundance.”
“oh do you guys know Trump had a book called The Art of the comeback from 1997 preent”
“that's actually John that three feet high thing you me it's a quote from The Federalist Papers”
“is it because June 25th is the release day of democracy or else there it is you're the best hype man for democracy or else Dan thank you you're the best hype man yes talk about talk about talk about a book tour there”
“that's why we wrote a book called democracy or else how to save America in 10 easy steps it's a helpful illustrating guide with 100% perfect jokes but maybe reading isn't your thing maybe the lore of a reasonable page count loaded with illustrations isn't enough to move the needle that's fine that's right we hunkered down for what was”
“that's why we wrote a book called democracy or else how to save America in 10 easy steps”
“in case you missed it love it Tommy and I wrote a book and it's coming out June 25th 2024 guess what I've read the book people Dan read the book it's quite good thanks Dan Tommy's supposed to have a whole script here but he doesn't have it yeah I don't want to read that it's called it's called”
“I was really torn because I thought there was a real chance that I'm going to see 80 for Brady this weekend”
“they will force you to read beloved”
“it is a state so republican that one of the most famous books written about republicans is called what's the matter with kansas”
“everyone go by pre-order battling the big lie”
“battling the big lie go order it do it”
“Joining us now is director, comedian, and producer Judd Apatow whose book Sick in the Head, More Conversations about Life and Comedy is out March 29th and his new movie The Bubble comes out April 1st on Netflix.”
“I took I took an edible and read Nixon land”
“you're now the uh new york times best-selling author of the some of us what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together”
“deray mckesson and the crew are joined by author cleo wade to talk about her new book what the road said”
“i will eat them with a mouse and i will eat them here and there say i'll eat them anywhere i do so like green eggs and ham thank you thank you sam”
“i will eat them with a mouse and i will eat them here and there say i'll eat them anywhere i do so like green eggs and ham thank you thank you sam”
“and will ferrell read the night before christmas”
“i feel wrong bursting your bubble on this one right here uh on zoom but the art of the deal is not a real book and donald trump is not a master negotiator”
“and also listened to uh taylor swift's folklore about a hundred times so he is”
“Michael Grunwald who covered the 2009 stimulus bill very well in fact write a book on it”
“later in the episode you'll hear my interview with Doris kar's Goodwin author of the new book leadership in turbulent times”
“today we have the author of the new memoir the world as it is crooked contributor best friend of the pod Ben Rhodes is here in studio on the flush”
“many of the children are in a detention center that includes a gigantic mural of Donald Trump next to a quote from art of the deal”
“and then you have like literally a phone book that remembers on a film that was some data points the point that I got”
“former Hillary Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri who's written a new book called dear madam president an open letter to the women who will run the world”