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Every book Steve Viscelli recommended on podcasts
Steve Viscelli appeared on the Lex Fridman Podcast to discuss the complexities of the trucking industry and the broader decline of the American dream. During the conversation, Viscelli offered a recommendation for those interested in exploring the historical intersections of labor, automation, and social movements. He pointed listeners toward a notable report by Harry Bridges, whom he described as the socialist leader of the longshoremen on the West Coast. Viscelli highlighted this document as a remarkable page in the history of labor and automation, encouraging the audience to examine it if they wanted a deeper look into the subject. Through this recommendation, Viscelli brought attention to archival and historical labor materials that illuminate the struggles and organizational efforts of American workers, aligning with the core themes of labor economics and blue-collar employment that characterize his professional research and commentary on the podcast.
Books recommended by Steve Viscelli
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Memories and Machines: the Pattern of My Life
Memories and Machines: the Pattern of My Life is an autobiographical work detailing the remarkable engineering career and life of Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo, a pioneer in internal combustion engine design.
Recommended“there's a really cool like um one thing i would recommend to to you and your listeners if you really want to see some like a remarkable page in sort of the history of labor and automation there's a a report that harry bridges who was um the socialist leader of the the longshoremen on the west coast and just”
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Panorama of Nations, Or, Journeys Among the Families of Men
Panorama of Nations, Or, Journeys Among the Families of Men is an expansive historical and cultural survey authored by Harry Gardner Cutler and Levi W.
Recommended“there's a really cool like um one thing i would recommend to to you and your listeners if you really want to see some like a remarkable page in sort of the history of labor and automation there's a a report that harry bridges who was um the socialist leader of the the longshoremen on the west coast and just”
Books Steve Viscelli wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| #237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2021-11-03 | 2 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“i do think the my first book was a success as you know relative to my goals of trying to really you know get at the heart of of sort of the central issues and and the lives being led by people”