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Every book Ted Cruz recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Ted Cruz has recommended or discussed 2 books on podcasts, as of January 19, 2025.
- Ted Cruz has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of January 19, 2025.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of January 19, 2025.
- The 2 books Ted Cruz has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 19, 2025: Atlas Shrugged and On Liberty.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Ted Cruz aired on January 19, 2025.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Ted Cruz appears on, in one place, not just one.
Rafael Edward Cruz is a Canadian-American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States Senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2008 as the third Solicitor General of Texas. He has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee since 2025. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings. During podcast discussions regarding books that significantly shaped his life, Senator Ted Cruz cited the Bible as the natural and most profound answer. He also highlighted Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, describing it as an extraordinary book that made a major impact on his worldview. Through these reflections, Senator Cruz connects foundational religious texts and libertarian literature to his political philosophy, personal convictions, and worldview as a prominent conservative policymaker in contemporary American government and public discourse.
Books Ted Cruz recommended or discussed
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On Liberty
Discussed“I gotta show you. I have a copy of "On Liberty" in my nightstand.”
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Books Ted Cruz wrote
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Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
“so so the last book I wrote is entitled unwoke how to defeat cultural Marxism in America by the way I quote you at length in the book unwoke”
“my book unwoke has a whole chapter on science and it's because it became politicized”
“another book I wrote is called Justice corrupted how the left is weaponized our legal system it starts off telling the story of Richard Nixon and Watergate”
“look the natural answer is is the Bible and that that I think is true”
“it's actually one of the big differences, so as you know, my latest book is called, "Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America."”
“So Dave, I really am optimistic and I'm hopeful. And what the book "Unwoke" does is I said it lays out a battle plan for, here's how we turn it around.”
“And one of the things going back to the book "Unwoke", you know, I start the book by telling my father's story.”
“I discuss it a lot in the book "Unwoke."”
“And I'll tell you, Megan, all of this is is discussed in my new book, which is coming out tomorrow. Uh as you noted, the book is entitled Unwoke, How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America.”
“So I've got a book 1135 2450.0 that's coming out in October called 1136 2451.0 "One Vote Away". 1137 2453.0 And it talks about how one 1138 2455.0 vote on the Supreme court can change history.”