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Saagar Enjeti's book recommendations
Saagar Enjeti is a political commentator and journalist who co-hosts Breaking Points, where he analyzes current economic trends, government policies, public policy, and cultural shifts. Across his podcast appearances, Enjeti frequently integrates historical biographies and evidence-based parenting guides into his political and social commentary. Among his favorite historical texts is T.J. Stiles's biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, The First Tycoon, which he frequently recommends and uses to draw sharp parallels between the Gilded Age behavior of historical industrialists and the modern actions of contemporary tech giants. Preparing for major life changes, Enjeti has also championed data-driven parenting resources, offering glowing recommendations for Professor Emily Oster's Expecting Better and its follow-up, Cribsheet, because they utilize hard statistical data to debunk common pregnancy myths and restrictions. He further extends this policy analysis to international childcare structures by discussing Pamela Druckerman's Bringing Up Bébé to evaluate how Western societies might better support working parents. On the literary critique front, Enjeti does not hesitate to challenge cultural texts, notably criticizing the 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson for what he views as an excessively bleak ideological framing of American history taught in elite academic institutions.
Books Saagar Enjeti recommends
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Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--And What You Really Need to Know (the Parentdata) (Spiral-bound)
Recommended“For this, there is a rightfully famous book I cannot recommend enough. It's called Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know by Professor Emily Austster.”
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Cribsheet
Recommended“And that is why I am urging any expectant parent read these books and her follow-up crib sheet.”
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The First Tycoon
Recommended“the first tycoon, one of my favorite books I've ever read, it is a biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt.”
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1619 Project
Critiqued“Well, I think that if you're going to teach it in such a way, uh, like the 1619 project did, which was also funded and then used at some of these elite universities to say America is irrevocably racist, then what are we all doing here?”
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Bringing Up Bébé
Discussed“It's called Bringing Up Bay. One American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting. And as loathed as I will be to praise Europeans, it is undeniable after reading this that a Western society that can encourage women to be able to pursue careers without Asian collectivist values can absolutely work.”
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Money to Burn
Discussed“He is the author of a new book, Money to Burn. Let's put it up here on the screen. The unvarnished truth about Leon Black, Apollo, and the rise of a new Wall Street.”
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Appearances
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Let's put D4 up on the screen just to give a good example, right? Like this is something out of an Ibrahim Kendi book.”
“Finally, for fun and letting my mind wander, I read a bunch of different books that won't apply for many years. You may find them useful if you're at this age. How to raise kids who aren't The Anxious Generation, The Self-driven Child, and even throwbacks like Battle Him of the Tiger Mother.”
“Finally, for fun and letting my mind wander, I read a bunch of different books that won't apply for many years. You may find them useful if you're at this age. How to raise kids who aren't The Anxious Generation, The Self-driven Child, and even throwbacks like Battle Him of the Tiger Mother.”
“Finally, for fun and letting my mind wander, I read a bunch of different books that won't apply for many years. You may find them useful if you're at this age. How to raise kids who aren't The Anxious Generation, The Self-driven Child, and even throwbacks like Battle Him of the Tiger Mother.”
“He actually wrote a decent enough book and uh is always worth listening to.”