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Why We're Polarized
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Mentioned 6 times
I could tell you a dozen stories in my my new book I do but let me tell you here just one in 1982
The speaker (Ezra Klein) refers to his new book, stating that he tells stories about the topic (government failure/building challenges) in it, and then proceeds to share one such story from the book.
and you and I actually share a f ation it was in uh my book on polarization and it was also something you read about in your book with this article the times published years ago about a man who in at the beginning of the first Trump Administration decided he was done with the news
Ezra Klein mentions his book about polarization in the context of an anecdote about disconnecting from the news.
I published a whole book about political polarization it was called why we're polarized and I've been thinking a lot about how the polarization of this year is different than what I was tracking when I was writing that book
The host, Ezra Klein, mentions his own book about political polarization and how the current situation differs from what he described.
I have studied political polarization in incredibly deep detail I wrote a book on it that came out in 2020 why we're polarized and one of the points of that book is that to say a country is polarized doesn't actually give you that much information
The speaker (Ezra Klein) mentions a book he wrote in 2020 about political polarization.
one of the reasons I wanted to co-write this book is I found writing my first book why we're polarized to be an incredibly lonely experience
Ezra Klein mentions his first book, 'Why We're Polarized', explaining that writing it alone was a lonely experience, which is why he chose to co-write his new book.
How do you think about those as explanations in your book why were polarized available in stores now you reflect on how polarization is not inherently a negative thing that in fact polarization is a necessity when moving forward on important Progressive issues
Ezra Klein refers to his own book when asking a question about polarization.
Romney
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Mentioned 3 times
and then the last book was I recently read um Romney a reckoning by I think McKay coppins and I think I think that when you think about his journey right and the journey of many folks who just want to do right by people who just want to make this place the best version of what America can be I just think it's super inspiring
The guest recommends this book, discussing its focus on Mitt Romney's journey and inspiring aspects.
um and my third book is actually by a colleague of mine at the Atlantic McKay cins he wrote this biography called Romney a reckoning and spent a ton of time with Mitt Romney
Tim Alberta recommends this book by McKay Coppins (cins), describing it as a biography of Mitt Romney that helps understand the transformation of the Republican party.
Hillbilly Elegy
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Mentioned 3 times
but as was also true for JD Vance's own ancestors who moved from Kentucky to Ohio because the Ohio economy was better they were immigrants Appalachian immigrants He talks about this at length in his book
Ezra Klein mentions that JD Vance talks about his ancestors' migration in his book.
This is where I get I take offense to JD Vance and in hillbilly El those are my people
Governor Walz takes offense to JD Vance and his book 'Hillbilly Elegy', stating that the people described are 'his people' and are not accurately portrayed.
Look I I interviewed JD Vance in his hillbilly elegy period and he was a very different guy and he wasn't just a different guy in in what he thought he was a different guy in temperament in openness
The speaker mentions interviewing JD Vance during the period associated with his book 'Hillbilly Elegy'.
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
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I was talking about this ABS I was talking about this with Martin G that he has a sort of Revolt of the public there I was like no this is a Revolt of Elites
Ezra Klein mentions talking to Martin Gurri and references his idea/book 'Revolt of the public' to contrast it with his own view of the current situation as a 'Revolt of Elites'.
back in 2016 When Donald Trump won the first time there was this book it was self-published by a former CIA media analyst named Martin G that became a kind of phenomenon in Silicon Valley the book was called the Revolt of the public and what it did was describe the way that politics was changing because media was changing
The host introduces the guest's book, mentioning its title and author, and briefly describes its topic.
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
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Mentioned 2 times
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 going to end up you know degrading it some in some form or another
Dar recommends this book to revisit or skim as a reminder of the federal government's functions and the potential degradation from attacks on the civil service.
I'd recommend Michael Lewis as the fifth risk this is now a few years old um but Lewis used the transition to the Trump Administration to offer a an accessible and actually moving account of the the often unseen work that our federal agencies do it's it's one of the rare books that I can think of that kind of popular books that extols government bureaucrats instead of bashing them um and I think it's a useful corrective to the dominant narrative
Nick Bagley recommends Michael Lewis's book, describing it as an accessible account of the work of federal agencies during the Trump transition.
Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Mentioned 2 times
always our final question what are three books You'd recommend to the audience so so first I'll start with a classic which is Neil postman's amusing ourselves to death the the goat The Goat in this in this discourse I think it still totally holds up
Chris Hayes recommends this book as a classic on the topic of the conversation (attention/media).
and this is the way Neil Postman who wrote amusing ourselves to death put it
Sean Illing mentions Neil Postman and his book while discussing the medium is the message concept.
The Sabbath
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Mentioned 2 times
When I was in college uh a rabbi I knew he gave me Abraham Joshua hessel's book the Sabbath
Ezra Klein mentions being given this book by a rabbi when he was in college.
when I was in college a rabbi I knew he gave me Abraham Joshua heschel's book the Sabbath
Ezra Klein mentions being given this book by a rabbi in college.
Silent Spring
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and again it was a small group with the Silent Spring it was a small group who was concerned about Recycling and very very minor support for green parties who were often not able to break into parliament in the 60s and 70s
Pipa Norris references the book 'Silent Spring' as a starting point for the environmental movement.
there was a lot of work on this there was the famous book Silent Spring and then it kind of all in the late 60s 1970 in the first Earth Day came to a head where one in 10 Americans came out in the into the streets in the first Earth Day in 1970 and said we just can't live like this anymore this has to stop
Jason Bordoff mentions the famous book "Silent Spring" while discussing the history of the environmental movement.
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
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Mentioned 2 times
a book that helped me a great deal is Tim Alberta's book The Kingdom the power and the glory American evangelicals in an age of extremism He took me into a world that I otherwise didn't have accessibility to and he helped me to understand a great deal that I did not
The guest recommends this book by Tim Alberta and explains how it helped him understand American evangelicals.
and the kingdom the power and the glory American evangelicals in the age of extremist
Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Tim Alberta, and mentions he is the author of this book.
American Carnage
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Mentioned 2 times
and I would urge everybody to read or reread Tim Alberta's American Carnage
Maggie Haberman recommends this book and mentions the author.
he's also the author of American Carnage on the front lines of Republican Civil War and the rise of President Trump and the kingdom
Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Tim Alberta, and mentions he is the author of this book.
Of Boys and Men
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Mentioned 2 times
last year I interviewed Richard Reeves about his book of boys and men about what has happened to men in America why they've fallen so far behind and what we should think about it what we can do about it
Ezra Klein introduces the episode, mentioning that he interviewed Richard Reeves about his book.
like listen to Richard Reeves now who has written I think a very good book on the problems men are facing and and he's saying you know we need to get more male nurses we need to get more male teachers
Ezra Klein mentions Richard Reeves and his book about the problems men are facing.
The Truths We Hold
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Mentioned 2 times
and I was just reading the book she released for her 2020 campaign and she describes her upbringing in that book in a lot more detail
Ezra Klein mentions reading Kamala Harris's book released for her 2020 campaign and discusses its content.
She Wrote a book when she was in California called smart on crime which really you know you read it it sounds more like a tough on crime book but that was no longer relevant as her advisers told her to her interest in the presidential campaign
The guest, Elena Plot, mentions a book written by Kamala Harris during her time in California, discussing its title and how it related to her political positioning.
The Years of Rice and Salt
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Mentioned 2 times
he has his new book an unusual foray into non-fiction for him which is about his lifelong relationship right and I mean that in the the more human sense of the term with the Sierra Nevada's and it's right there in the title The High Sierra a love story
The host introduces the guest's new non-fiction book and states its title.
and the idea that kept coming to my head about this was from Kim Stanley Robinson's book the ministry for the future which takes place sort of in the near future as societies come to grips with climate change
The host mentions a book by Kim Stanley Robinson and an idea from it related to climate change.
The Disengaged Teen
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Mentioned 1 time
Her latest book co-authored with Jenny Anderson is The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better.
Ezra Klein introduces his guest, Rebecca Winthrop, and mentions her latest book and co-author.
Democracy and Education
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Mentioned 1 time
So the first one is democracy and education by John Dwey which is over 100 years old and we are now seeing through lots of great neuroscience that his observations around the teaching and learning experience and what makes for a good teaching and learning experience were right.
Rebecca Winthrop recommends "democracy and education by John Dwey" as the first of three books.
The Wheelwright's Shop
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Mentioned 1 time
So there's a book my grandpa gave me uh uh the wheelright shop by George Strut uh is written in the 1920s by a guy whose family had been building wooden wheels in England for 200 years and like the specifics of it is just beautiful.
Marie Glucen Perez recommends a book given to her by her grandpa, describing its content about traditional wheel building.
Experiences in Visual Thinking
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Mentioned 1 time
Um and then um there's another one uh experiences and visual thinking. It's like kind of a hippie like you know 70s but it is really brilliant at helping exercise the other parts of your brain that analyze problems like drawing and using your fing like it's it's I think does it a necessary part of rebuilding you know parts of your brain that are not just the wrote correct answer but like how to you know uh create a caricature out of your idea and then like enlarge certain parts, reduce it's it's a really useful tangible tool.
Marie Glucen Perez recommends a book about visual thinking and problem-solving, describing its approach.
Random House Book of Poetry for Children
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Mentioned 1 time
Um the other thing, uh you know, I've got a 3 and 1/ half-year-old son at home and he's like we cloned his father. He's like a really smart, gifted little mechanic and and um fun, but he also really loves poetry and um any of the children's poetry anthologies from uh Jack Pletki and uh just that reading and language is fun.
Marie Glucen Perez recommends children's poetry anthologies by a specific author, mentioning her son's enjoyment of poetry.
The Decadent Society
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Mentioned 1 time
So I you know I wrote a lot about the concept of decadence, right? this idea that you know the west the developed world was sort of stuck in these kind of cycles and needed to break out somehow but the reality is you often can't break out of decadence without you know a big big mess so maybe Trump is the agent of that mess
Ross Douthat mentions writing about the concept of decadence, referencing his previous work.
Inventing the Renaissance
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Mentioned 1 time
I've been reading about the Renaissance recently. Um Ada Palmer's great book on inventing the Renaissance.
Ezra mentions Ada Palmer's book about the Renaissance.
Modern Trial Advocacy
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Mentioned 1 time
Uh the first one is a book called from about 20 years ago by a physicist named Steven Bar called ancient physics and modern faith. Uh that is I think despite being a little bit dated is still really the best overall survey of sort of where arguments in modern physics that relate to religion stand and how a reasonable person might think about it.
Ross recommends this book by Stephen Barr as a good survey of physics and religion.
After
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I think people who are interested in this subject, interested in the conversation, one one recommendation would be a book called after by Bruce Grayson who's a I think psychiatrist or neur neuroscientist from the University of Virginia who just has a good overview I would say from a perspective of a practicing physician of why people take these strange stories seriously and why it might unsettle a materialist worldview and the third book.
Ross recommends this book by Bruce Greyson about near-death experiences.
Mind and Cosmos
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Um but a book by called Mind and Cosmos by Thomas Nagel who's a famous philosopher not religious but arguing for the fundamental limits and problems with a materialist framework on the world and it is a very short book which is why I don't hesitate to recommend it.
Ross recommends this book by Thomas Nagel about the limits of materialism.
The Burning
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Mentioned 1 time
I was in Tulsa, Oklahoma last fall and I got a book called The Burning by Tim Madigan about the Tulsa race massacre which was very eye opening and astonishing that I did not learn that in history.
The guest recommends this book about the Tulsa race massacre and notes its impact on her understanding.
Erasing History
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Mentioned 1 time
And then Jason Stanley's erasing history, how fascists rewrite the past to control the future, which is very preient uh in terms of what the Trump administration is trying to do to universities right now.
The guest recommends this book by Jason Stanley, noting its relevance to current events regarding the Trump administration and universities.
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Recent History of Shipbuilders Local 18, I.U.M.S.W.A.,AFL-CIO and how to Save It!
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Okay. Well, I just read it's it's been out for a while, but I just read and had a discussion Zack Carter's uh the price of peace uh which is about John Mayer Kanes and his his role in in the world and then beyond. Fantastic book.
Paul Krugman recommends this book by Zack Carter about John Maynard Keynes.
How Not to Invest
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Um the uh my friend the uh uh uh fund manager Barry Rith Holtz has a great book called How Not to Invest, which believe it or not is is interesting. Even if you aren't in investing, he's just he's just uh really a lot of fun.
Paul Krugman recommends this book by his friend Barry Ritholtz about investing.
How the War Was Won
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Um, and oh yeah, I'm just reading the latest uh book by Phillips O'Brien who's a military historian and uh he has a new book called War and Power and he is uh always uh fantastic.
Paul Krugman recommends this new book by military historian Phillips O'Brien.
British and American Naval Power
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Um, and oh yeah, I'm just reading the latest uh book by Phillips O'Brien who's a military historian and uh he has a new book called War and Power and he is uh always uh fantastic.
Paul Krugman recommends this new book by military historian Phillips O'Brien.
The Anxious Generation
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Mentioned 1 time
in March of last year the social psychologist Jonathan height published this book called The anxious generation which caused let's call it a ster Jonathan
The host introduces the episode's guest, Jonathan Haidt, and his recently published book, stating its title and the stir it caused.
The Righteous Mind
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but your first book Is All About moral framework MH connect these for me
The host refers to Jonathan Haidt's first book, 'The Righteous Mind,' in the context of discussing moral frameworks.
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
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here are the three books the first is the stoic challenge by William Irvine it really makes stoicism just so accessible you learn to like when you get setbacks the students learn to say like oh I just missed the subway
Jonathan Haidt lists 'The Stoic Challenge' by William Irvine as the first of three books he recommends/assigns for becoming stronger emotionally.
Deep Work
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uh the second book is by Cal Newport it's called Deep work and this is why I'm so passionate about attention without your attention you can't do anything
Jonathan Haidt lists 'Deep Work' by Cal Newport as the second of three books he recommends/assigns for becoming smarter (regaining attention).
How to Win Friends and Influence People
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and then the third book is Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People it is timeless he he's writing in the 30s and he is such a great social psychologist
Jonathan Haidt lists 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' by Dale Carnegie as the third of three books he recommends/assigns for becoming more sociable.
General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
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and as someone who also spend a lot of time thinking about economic history and is head of King's College in Cambridge which was where John Min kanes was based I'm also haunted by the fact that in 1919 after World War One John man KES wrote a haunting pamphlet called The Economic Consequences of the Peace in which he pointed out that globalization preor War I had been very good for people so had had free markets and the free movement of people and Innovation and that had delivered a huge economic boom that was obviously disrupted after World War I
The guest mentions John Maynard Keynes wrote this pamphlet after WWI and its relevance to current protectionist policies.
National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade
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um so the first one I'd recommend is Albert hershman's National Power and the structure of foreign trade um from 1945 which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent years but shed a lot of light on where we are today
The guest recommends this book as one outside the mainstream that sheds light on the current situation.
National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade, by Albert O. Hirschman
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um so the first one I'd recommend is Albert hershman's National Power and the structure of foreign trade um from 1945 which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent years but shed a lot of light on where we are today
The guest recommends this book as one outside the mainstream that sheds light on the current situation.
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A Dictionary of Chinese-Japanese Words in the Japanese Language
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I would recommend John Min Kan The Economic Consequences of the piece um which just read the first third the last two thirds not worth reading
The guest recommends this book, specifying which parts to read.
Debt
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and I'd recommend another book which is David graber's debt the first 5,000 years which looks at what you do with debt system systems from a very long-term perspective and makes a point about the fact that debt is always about power
The guest recommends this book for its long-term perspective on debt and power.
How to Think Like an Anthropologist
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if you want to get a very quick take on what anthropology is there's a book by Matthew Angel called think like an anthropologist that summarizes some of the key ideas in anthropology
The guest recommends this book as a quick introduction to anthropology, mentioning a relevant section on power structures.
Why Most Things Fail
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second one I would say um a British Economist Paul orad has got a book called why most fail and you should read it first of all because it's a great title uh number two because as an economist he's gone through the data um mostly British and American data that goes back 150 years economic data and try to solve you know basically they to try to solve issues like um Unemployment uh segregated you know ethnically segregated households and it's it's an it's a all hypothesis nothing has changed so it's a fascinating book
The guest recommends this book by Paul Ormerod as his second book recommendation.
Not Born Yesterday
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Third Ugo Mercier uh not born yesterday and it's about what we talk about right now is can can somebody like Elon mus like uh um Donald Trump talk to you a fairly liberal human being and through the magic of this his disinformation suddenly you walk away thinking I will vote for that man whatever he goes right can he persuade you through this manipulative process and he has a lot of psychological data in there that pretty clearly explains no not really people tend not to be persuaded by um oratory rhetoric uh and tend to believe what they believe so um ug Mercier
The guest recommends this book by Hugo Mercier as his third book recommendation.
The Federalist Papers
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the vulnerability in the system here goes way back in Federal's 51 James Madison set out the challenge he and his colleagues faced in writing the Constitution
The host references Federalist 51 by James Madison to explain the challenge the founders faced in designing a government that could control itself.
Race and Reunion
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The last book that I would recommend is by the historian David blight and it's called race and reunion and it's a history of how immediately after the Civil War and in the sort of subsequent years Americans worked through their memories of the war individually and kind of collectively as a polity
The guest recommends a book by David Blight, describing its historical subject matter and relevance to current events.
North Woods
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um I love the book Northwoods by Daniel Mason um which came out last year uh which is about a house the history of a house and the people who lived in it
Kara recommends the book "Northwoods" by Daniel Mason, describing its subject matter and emotional impact.
The Piano Tuner
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I'm reading the piano tuner right now I'm reading all his stuff
Kara mentions currently reading "The Piano Tuner", another book by Daniel Mason.
Confederates in the Attic
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Tony Horwitz who is a friend of mine geraldine's a friend of mine um he he wrote Confederates in the attic and it's a beautiful rumination on mortality and history
Kara recommends Tony Horwitz's book "Confederates in the Attic", describing it as a beautiful rumination on mortality and history.
A World after Liberalism
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I do really recommend there's a great book by a guy named Matthew Rose called a world after liberalism which if you would like to be introduced to more ideas like this I I think people should pick up
The guest recommends this book by Matthew Rose as an introduction to certain ideas.
The Unprotected Class
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I quoted Jeremy Carl who I know quite well who worked in the Trump Administration and who wrote a book about you know so anti-white racism
The host mentions Jeremy Carl wrote a book about anti-white racism.
Powering the Armed Forces
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I quoted Jeremy Carl who I know quite well who worked in the Trump Administration and who wrote a book about you know so anti-white racism
The host mentions Jeremy Carl wrote a book about anti-white racism.
Regime Change
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I would recommend Patrick Denine's book regime change
The guest recommends Patrick Deneen's book Regime Change.
Demon Copperhead
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uh 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
Dar recommends this novel, stating it was the only one he read twice last year and views it as a rebuttal to debates about the rural poor.
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
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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
Dar recommends this immigration book, specifically the first half, highlighting its archival material about the 80s.
The Christmas canticles, by George Elliott
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so I'm reading old long novels uh Middle March is by many people's estimate uh the greatest English language novel ever written
Matt mentions reading this classic long novel, citing its reputation as a great English novel.
The Sirens' Call
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but he just wrote a great book called the sirens call how attention became the world's most endangered resource I've read most of the books on attention out there this one is I think the best one at understanding the value of attention today
Ezra Klein introduces his guest, Chris Hayes, and mentions his new book, praising it as the best on the topic of attention.
The Blue Book
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when I was a kid I knew the manufacturer suggested retail price of every single car on the road by year like I could tell you not just not just what what a Camry cost but what a 93 Camry cost right cuz you must have had some book I had like the blue book
Ezra Klein mentions using 'the blue book' as a child to look up car prices, illustrating a time of limited content.
1984
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also you know the first essay which is just about the sort of different versions of dystopian Future Between 1984 which is information constraint and Brave New World which is Overflow of entertainment and information about how we ended up in the Brave New World
Chris Hayes mentions this book as an example of a dystopian future vision, contrasting it with another book.
Brave New World
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also you know the first essay which is just about the sort of different versions of dystopian Future Between 1984 which is information constraint and Brave New World which is Overflow of entertainment and information about how we ended up in the Brave New World
Chris Hayes mentions this book as an example of a dystopian future vision, contrasting it with another book.
How to Do Nothing
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great um another book that has been mentioned on your podcast a lot and relevant which is again I I feel like I'm sort of citing can Tex here and it's important for me to do because I want to be clear as we all are as authors you know lots of people have been thinking about this very well and very hard um but Jenny Odell's how to do nothing um is a fantastic book
Chris Hayes recommends this book, noting it has been mentioned on the podcast before and is relevant to the discussion.
The Origins of Elected Strongmen
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Erica France is a political scientist at Michigan State University and a co-author of the origins of elected strongmen how personal parties destroy democracy from within
The host introduces the guest, Erica France, and mentions her as a co-author of this book, which is the subject of the discussion.
Dictators at War and Peace
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so first I would recommend Jessica weeks who has a book called dictators at war in peace and this is our go-to book for explaining why personalistic dictatorship is bad for foreign policy
The guest, Erica France, recommends this book by Jessica Weeks and describes its topic.
The Trumpiad
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And then lastly for some lovy I would recommend Cody Walker's poetry book called The trumped from I think 2016 or 2017
The guest, Erica France, recommends this poetry book by Cody Walker for some levity.
Four Thousand Weeks
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and you and I actually share a f ation it was in uh my book on polarization and it was also something you read about in your book with this article the times published years ago about a man who in at the beginning of the first Trump Administration decided he was done with the news
Ezra Klein mentions that Oliver Burkeman also wrote about the Eric Hagman anecdote in his book (likely 'Four Thousand Weeks').
Lo indisponible
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he has um a small book called The uncontrollability of the world that he's also written a very big one
Oliver Burkeman recommends 'The Uncontrollability of the World' by Hartmut Rosa.
Fully Alive
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I'd also recommend a book by uh friend of mine Elizabeth field called fully alive I think the subtitle is tending to the soul in turbulent times which I written from a sort of a Christian perspective
Oliver Burkeman recommends 'Fully Alive' by Elizabeth Field, mentioning its subtitle and perspective.
Death
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and then uh there's a book by a spiritual teacher called Joan toson which has the remarkable title death the end of self-improvement which um that's strong
Oliver Burkeman recommends 'Death: The End of Self-Improvement' by Joan Tolson.
The Sabbath World
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in her beautiful book the Sabbath World Judith schvitz looks very squarely at that question
Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Judith Shulevitz, and her book.
Hessel
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well I was going to recommend Hessel but I am going to skip that because we've talked about it a lot
Judith Shulevitz mentions Hessel's book as one she would recommend.
Middlemarch
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and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is middl March
Judith Shulevitz mentions George Eliot's most famous novel, Middlemarch.
Adam Bede
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her first novel was called Adam beid and it's from 1859 and it's an incredible novel with a what we would Now call a feminist plot but it's also set in an English Village in the turn of the 19th century
Judith Shulevitz recommends George Eliot's first novel, Adam Bede.
Making a Way
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uh there's a really beautiful quote in the book Gilead about this uh by Marilyn Robinson which is I think my favorite book and it it's all the book is this letter of an older man to his young son and he says you see how it is Godlike to love the being of someone Your Existence is a delight to us I hope you never have to long for a child as I did but oh what a splendid thing it has been that you came finally and what a blessing to enjoy you now for almost seven years yeah yeah
Ezra Klein mentions 'Gilead' by Marilyn Robinson as his favorite book and quotes from it while discussing the joys and meaning of parenting.
The Paradox of Democracy
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it's a conversation with my friend Sean illing the host of the gray area podcast and a co-author of the book The Paradox of democracy
The host introduces the guest, Sean Illing, and mentions he is a co-author of this book.
Public opinion
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the second book would be Walter litman's public opinion and I think that was published in 1922
Sean Illing recommends this book by Walter Lippmann.
Mediated
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but he wrote a book called mediated and it's just a really lucid and well- written and kind of funny look at the consequences of living in a media saturated Society at the personal and the political level
Sean Illing provides the title and description of the third recommended book, having previously mentioned the author.
Electronic Identity
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uh Gary wills's Gettysburg uh Daniel melson's uh lost and Julian Barn uh the noise of time
Rahm Emanuel recommends this book when asked for three book recommendations.
The Noise of Time
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uh Gary wills's Gettysburg uh Daniel melson's uh lost and Julian Barn uh the noise of time
Rahm Emanuel recommends this book when asked for three book recommendations.
War on Sacred Grounds
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and again with Ron inglehart I wrote a book on that sacred and secular and as increasing security came about so religion no longer seem to be as important in people's lives
Pipa Norris mentions a book she wrote with Ron Inglehart about the decline of religion.
The Only Networking Book You Will Need
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When I was reading your book though uh another word was used in passing disorientation and I've been thinking a lot about that word
Ezra Klein refers to the guest's book and a concept ('disorientation') mentioned within it.
Everything I Know about Story Telling
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but in your data and telling something happens around 2010 that is like a a step change in the success of this populist authoritarian tendency
Ezra Klein refers to the data and analysis presented in the guest's book regarding the rise of populism.
The Science of Cheese
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Al our final question what are three books You' recommend to the audience uh so first is tyranny of Merit by Michael sandell's Justice philosopher at Harvard
Faz Shakir recommends this book by Michael Sandel.
Leaders Eat Last
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second one um Leaders Eat Last by Simon synic uh just an ethic of the way at least you know helped inform me in the way I think about leadership and pushing for uh with conviction outcomes that we care about
Faz Shakir recommends this book by Simon Sinek, explaining its theme.
Don't Get Above Your Raisin'
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but the one that also just came to my mind was I think it's called don't get above the raisin which is a story about um country music and how it infused Southern working-class politics by Bill Malone F Shakir
Faz Shakir mentions this book by Bill Malone, describing its subject matter.
The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement
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and in the process and I talk about this in my book The Rise of the conservative legal movement what happened is that the professions became liberalized but liberalism also became professionalized...
Steve Tellis mentions his own book while discussing the historical shift in institutions and liberalism.
Abundance
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I want to pick up on that word trust Jen because I've been thinking about what is my relationship to to these institutions and I've been working on a book called abundance uh with Derek Thompson sort of all about why it's become so hard to build why it has become hard to to fund the kind of science that that leads to new inventions
Ezra Klein mentions a book he is currently working on with Derek Thompson.
The Unaccountability Machine
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the second one is the unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies which is just a fantastic exploration of why when things go very wrong in our society at the end of the day after all of the investigations there's sort of no one to blame and it's the structures of our institution that we've created to do that
Jen Pahlka recommends this book by Dan Davies.
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Price and Rent Effects of Energy Efficiency in Residential Properties
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I've been thinking about something Hana rent wrote in the origins of totalitarianism another one of these books that when you begin quoting it you know things are not going great
Ezra Klein mentions thinking about this book by Hannah Arendt and quotes it in the context of discussing Trump's appointments and potential authoritarianism.
Moneyland
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um one of them is a book by a British writer called Oliver bulock and it's called moneyland and it describes where the offshore came world came from you
Ann Applebaum recommends this book by Oliver Bullough about the world of money laundering and kleptocracy.
Offshore
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Another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by uh Brooke Harrington who is a sociologist who in order to write the book trained as a financial adviser and so entered that world and learned how it worked from the inside
Ann Applebaum recommends this book by Brooke Harrington about the offshore financial world.
American Kleptocracy
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and then as a third book uh to the trilogy I would say read American kleptocracy which is a book by Casey Michelle which talks about much more specifically American focused how Grand corruption is already visible and already at play in the United States
Ann Applebaum recommends this book by Casey Michel about corruption in the United States.
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
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What does that tell us in his book the rise and fall of the neoliberal order the historian Gary gell introduced me to this concept of political orders these structures of political consensus that stretch over decades
The host introduces the guest's book and its central concept of political orders.
The Affluent Society
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visually you have John Kenneth gallb one of the Great economists of the new dual era writing the affluent society which is all about the problems of the society where now there is much more plenty but what makes life worth living has been been eroded
The host mentions John Kenneth Galbraith and his book, describing its theme.
Underground Asia
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I found kind of an unconventional place to study this and read about it Tim Harper underground asia Global revolutionaries and the assault on Empire and this is a book about underground radicals in east and south Asia and Southeast Asia 1900 to 1925 looking to upend Empire looking to upend capitalism looking to free their countries from Colonial shackles
The guest recommends this book by Tim Harper, describing its subject matter.
The Known Citizen
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and finally uh Sarah iigo the known citizen very different kind of book a history of privacy in modern America We're talking about morality We're talking about community and of course social media has put the question of privacy and what constitutes privacy and what's private and what's public such an urgent question in understanding America
The guest recommends this book by Sarah Igo, describing it as a history of privacy and its relevance today.
The Use of Knowledge in Society
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so always our final question what are three books you recommend to the audience so I would say uh the constitution of Liberty by Friedrich Von Hayek
Vivek Ramaswamy recommends this book by Friedrich Von Hayek.
Confidence Man
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she is a contributor at CNN and she's the author of The Great Book confidence man the making of Donald Trump and the breaking of America
The host introduces the guest, Maggie Haberman, and mentions her book by its full title.
The Art of the Deal
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the idea of trump as you know Mega CEO was forged through the art of the deal the book that he published in 1987 which was Ghost written by Tony Schwarz
The speaker discusses how Trump's public image was shaped by this book, mentioning its title, publication year, and ghostwriter.
A First-Rate Madness
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Mick Mulaney Trump's third Chief of Staff he recommended AIDS read the book A First Rate Madness uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness He thought it would help them understand the way Trump's strange psychology maybe even his mental illness helped make him a powerful and unique leader
The host mentions that Mick Mulvaney, Trump's Chief of Staff, recommended this book to aides to help them understand Trump's psychology and leadership style.
The Toddler in Chief
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There is an answer to this question it's that as president Trump was surrounded by Inhibitors in 2020 the political scientist Daniel Dresner published a book entitled the toddler and chief The core of the book was over a, instances jar collected in which Trump is described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child
The host mentions this book by political scientist Daniel Dresner, noting its focus on instances where Trump was described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child.
Managing Risk
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There is an answer to this question it's that as president Trump was surrounded by Inhibitors in 2020 the political scientist Daniel Dresner published a book entitled the toddler and chief The core of the book was over a, instances jar collected in which Trump is described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child
The host mentions this book by political scientist Daniel Dresner, noting its focus on instances where Trump was described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child.
The City That Became Safe
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um Franklin zimmering the criminologist has a book called the city that became safe which is about New York's experience specifically
Ezra Klein mentions Franklin Zimring's book about New York's crime decline.
Thinking About Crime
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The first one is a lot of the ideas I talked about particularly early in this conversation come from the work of the political scientist James Q Wilson arguably the most influential political scientist of the 20th century my personal ideological hero and his collection of essays thinking about crime was really influential on how I think about crime
Charles Fain Lehman recommends James Q. Wilson's collection of essays, 'Thinking About Crime', as influential on his thinking.
Against Excess
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but instead I'll actually go with Mark kleinman's work on drug policy his book against excess which is in my mind the most analytically sound articulation of how to think about drug policy I've ever read just across the board it is a dense book
Charles Fain Lehman recommends Mark Kleinman's book 'Against Excess' as the most analytically sound articulation of how to think about drug policy.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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and the book that I recommend to understand the sort of peak of urban dysfunction in America is Tom W bonfire the vanities which is you know his sendup of urban American life in the 1980s and I think is a parody but is also in many ways true to reality and says a lot about today's urban life as well
Charles Fain Lehman recommends Tom Wolfe's novel 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' to understand the history of urban dysfunction in America.
Between the World and Me
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I think I maybe I was working on wei8 years in power whatever I signed up to go like maybe two years later broke my toe could not go
Ta-Nehisi Coates mentions working on this book as a reason he couldn't travel earlier.
Our American Israel
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um Amy Kaplan man our American Israel the story of an entangled Alliance This gets to you know something that we we talk quite a bit about
Ta-Nehisi Coates recommends this book about how images of Israel have formed in the American mind through popular culture.
Our Man
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I went back and I started to read biographies of American diplomats and one of my favorite biographies full stop is George Packer's biography of the Diplomat Richard Holbrook the book is written in the style of a novel
Frank Foer recommends a biography of Richard Holbrooke by George Packer as a book that informed his thinking.
See Under: LOVE
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um it's going to suggest also David Grossman's novel see under love which it's a spraing novel that kind of responds to the Theodore adorno's question about whether Art Is Possible after the Holocaust
Frank Foer recommends a novel by David Grossman, describing its themes.
Collected Poems: 1974-2004
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and then uh the final suggestion I was uh is Rita Dove's Collective poems she's uh a black poet who writes about history at its most brutal and despair making
Frank Foer recommends a collection of poems by Rita Dove, describing her style and themes.
How the World Became Rich
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my first book is how the world became Rich by Mark coyama and Jared Rubin
Jason Ferman recommends this book as his first pick.
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Emil Zola
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um the final book is a novel by Emil Zola called the Ladies paradise
Jason Ferman recommends this novel as his final pick.
String Theory
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I have David Foster Wallace's string theory and the book that I have as its companion is the dictionary because his vocabulary was far far greater than mine will ever be
Secretary Mayorcas mentions this book is on his nightstand, motivated by the US Open (tennis).
Men
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last year I interviewed Richard Reeves about his book of boys and men about what has happened to men in America why they've fallen so far behind and what we should think about it what we can do about it
Ezra Klein introduces the episode, mentioning that he interviewed Richard Reeves about his book.
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Prospecting for Mineralization in Steeply Dipping Beds Covered by Glacial Till, Talus, and Weathered Zones, by F. W. Lee, H. L. Scharon, and C. H. Sandberg
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and so you know when you think of some of the very culturally important documents here you know you think about CH sandberg's lean in or you think about Amry Slaughter Big Atlantic article from a couple years ago on whether or not women can have it all
Ezra Klein mentions Sheryl Sandberg's book 'Lean In' as a culturally important document focusing on elite institutions.
Career and Family
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the second book I'd recommend which really gets at both the educational and labor market stuff but actually more from looking at women I think you learn about men is Claudia Golden's book uh career and family which as I said I think golden is just absolutely the best in the business when it comes to looking at gender and education in the labor market
Richard Reeves recommends Claudia Goldin's book 'Career and Family' as a book that taught him a lot about gender and the labor market, even though it focuses on women.
The Life of Dad
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and the third book I got a huge amount out of was a book by Anna mein who's a anthropologist I think May evolutionary Anthropologist at the University of Oxford and her book maybe you'll know it actually as it's called the life of dad the making of a modern father as few years old now
Richard Reeves recommends Anna Machin's book 'The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father' for its perspective on fatherhood.
Rethinking Sex
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Christine emba is a staff writer at the Atlantic and the author of rethinking sex a provocation
Ezra Klein introduces Christine Emba as the author of this book.
The Reactionary Spirit
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Zack beum is a senior correspondent at Fox who focuses on politics in the US and abroad he just published a book called The reactionary Spirit how America's most Insidious political tradition swept the world
Ezra Klein introduces Zack Beauchamp and mentions his recently published book.
Why Liberalism Failed
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and actually his first book that came out that was actually kind of a huge deal to the point that Barack Obama even recommended it in his books of the summer the year that it came out was literally called why liberalism failed
Christine Emba mentions Patrick Deneen's first book and its title, noting its significance and Barack Obama's recommendation.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1)
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so I have just started rereading the Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR tolken and I would recommend it to others
Christine Emba recommends rereading this trilogy.
Justice Gender And F
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the first one is Justice gender and the family by Susan Muller Oaken which I think is a really classic and sort of underappreciated and popular discourse treatment of liberal feminism
Zach Beauchamp recommends this book and describes its topic.
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy
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and the last one I think sort of speaks to our conversation at the very end which is a book called conservative parties and the birth of democracy by Daniel ziblat where he argues that European countries that had very differentl political arcs in terms of their movement towards democracy being smooth or not in the 19th and early 20th century depended very heavily on whether they had an institutionalized conservative party
Zach Beauchamp recommends this book and describes its argument.
Walk, Ride, Paddle
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always our final question what are three books you'd recommend to the audience Walk ride paddle is Tim kan's book about when he walked the Appalachian Trail paddled the James River and then did some other bike ride across it's a very yeah it's a very fun book and he's just such a lovely man and he's such a it's like a travel book but it's you know it sort of intersperses what was happening at the time politically including you know two impeachments and the rest of it
Senator Brian Shotz recommends this book by Tim Kaine, describing it as a fun travel book that intersperses political events.
Wounded Knee
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I'm I'm just finishing up a book by Heather Cox Richardson called Wounded Knee and it's about Sue and other tribes in the dtas Senator Brian Shotz thank you very much
Senator Brian Shotz mentions finishing this book by Heather Cox Richardson, describing its subject matter.
Animal Farm
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people aren't sitting around in the bar talking about banning uh you know Animal Farm they're sitting in the bar talking about how expensive Child Care is and how we going to get it
Governor Walz uses 'Animal Farm' as an example of a book that people are supposedly talking about banning, contrasting it with real concerns like childcare costs.
A Relevant Faith
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I did years ago and I've been reading it this week
Ezra Klein mentions rereading the book (referring to Hillbilly Elegy from the previous discussion) this week.
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Statement of Admiral Eric T. Olson, U.S. Navy Commander United States Special Operations Command Before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Posture of Special Operations Forces, March 24, 2008
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uh if you don't want to sleep read command and control by Eric sler It's about the nuclear accident at Damascus
Governor Walz recommends this book, mentions the author, and describes its subject matter.
Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms
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uh if you don't want to sleep read command and control by Eric sler It's about the nuclear accident at Damascus
Governor Walz recommends this book, mentions the author, and describes its subject matter.
The Razor's Edge
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uh razer's Edge I I still go back to to Mom's Razor's Edge
Governor Walz recommends this book, mentioning it nostalgically and referencing 'Mom's' copy.
The Reasoning Voter
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there's a a book which I preview will recommend later by a political scientist named Samuel Popkin and it's called the reasoning voter
The guest, Ben Wickler, mentions a book he plans to recommend later, stating its title and author.
Finding Freedom
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It's a book called Finding Freedom the untold story of Joshua Glover Freedom Seeker It's by Ruby West Jackson and Walter McDonald
The guest, Ben Wickler, recommends a second book, stating its title and authors.
The Princess Bride
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but it wasn't until I was an adult that I read the book uh The Princess Bride Is by William Goldman
The guest, Ben Wickler, mentions reading the book version of The Princess Bride, stating its title and author.
Smart on Crime
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I went back recently to read Harris's 2009 book smart on crime
The host mentions reading Kamala Harris's 2009 book and discusses its content and themes.
DAYS of TRUMP: The Definitive Chronology of the 45th President of the United States
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he's also the author of American Carnage on the front lines of Republican Civil War and the rise of President Trump and the kingdom
Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Tim Alberta, and mentions he is the author of this book.
Tired of Winning
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so the first book I'd recommend is from my friend Jonathan Carl over at ABC News and it's the final book that he wrote about Donald Trump the most recent book it's called tired of winning
Tim Alberta recommends this book by Jonathan Karl, describing its focus on Trump after January 6th.
Kingdom of Rage
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the second book especially in light of what we saw on Saturday with the assassination attempt is a book by Elizabeth Newman called Kingdom of rage and Elizabeth who's a former counterterrorism official she writes really beautifully and eloquently about the threat of domestic terrorism and specifically looking at right-wing Christian nationalism
Tim Alberta recommends this book by Elizabeth Newman (Neumann), discussing its focus on domestic terrorism and Christian nationalism.
Into the Bright Sunshine
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I'm going to recommend first a great book into the bright Sunshine young Hubert Humphrey and the fight for civil rights It's by Samuel G fredman and it is basically a biography of Hubert Humphrey up until the 1948 Democratic Convention when he Maneuvers with the Americans for Democratic action to put a civil rights plank a strong civil rights plank into the Democratic Party platform in the 48 convention
Jamal Buie recommends this book as the first of three, describing it as a biography of Hubert Humphrey focusing on his early career and role in the 1948 Democratic Convention civil rights plank.
Hollywood's America
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and then for a third book this is a little I'd say like left field of these two books which are these two previous books which are very much about Party politics but I I read Stephen Han a story in his new book a liberal America which stretches back to America's the country's Colonial Origins to the Pres to Think Through sort of like the a liberal political tradition in American life
Jamal Buie recommends this book as the third of three, describing it as a new book by Steven Hahn about the liberal political tradition in American life from colonial origins to the present.
Southerners, a Journalist's Odyssey
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so then always our final question what are three books you'd recommend to the audience so the first book I recommend is called Southerners by Marshall Fred
The guest, Elena Plot, recommends this book as the first of three.
The Company She Keeps
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the third I would recommend um is the company she keeps by Mary McCarthy this was McCarthy's debut novel
The guest, Elena Plot, recommends this book as the third of three.
Primary Politics
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she's been on the DNC rule Rules Committee for many years she's the author of the book on this primary politics and she's a senior fellow at Brookings
The host introduces the guest, Elaine Kamarck, and mentions she is the author of a book titled 'primary politics'.
Abraham Lincoln and His Mailbag
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and so it reminds me a bit of something that I love from that Lincoln book Edward acorn's book um the Lincoln miracle and he quotes Charles suner who is a senator at that point sending a welcome message to the delegates whose Duty it is to organize Victory which I just think is such a great quote about what parties are meant to do
The host mentions reading this book by Edward Achorn about the convention that picked Lincoln.
The Making of the President, 1960
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I go to next the making of the president 1960 by Theodore White which is about that election and there's lots of background stuff on how John Kennedy won the Democratic nomination and how Richard Nixon won the Republican nomination
The guest recommends this book as one of three related to the topic.
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Awakening Corporate Soul
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uh Eric Klein's book 1177 the year civilization collapsed has been recommended to me by so many people over the years I finally read it it's fantastic this is about things that happened thousands of years ago but it's really interesting
Matt Yglesias recommends this book about the Bronze Age collapse.
God is on the Road
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and I I came across a book by a guy named Paul Dixon called the rise of the GI Army that's about the effort to sort of build up the World War II American Military before Pearl Harbor and really making the case of the kind of like wisdom of the people who saw in 1939 1940 that America was going to need a powerful military in the future
Matt Yglesias recommends this book about building the US military before WWII.
The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)
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but really I just read the last volume of the biography of Lyon Johnson by Caro wow Amazing wow uh so it took me a while because my English is not as fluent as the It takes everybody a while to read that those are big books
The guest recommends a book he recently read, identifying it as the last volume of Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Give People Money
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she's the author of the book give people money
Ezra Klein introduces Annie Larry as the author of this book.
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I had a sociologist uh on a couple months ago Caitlyn Collins who did this great book looking at parenting and work in a bunch of different countries
Ezra Klein mentions having Caitlyn Collins on the show previously to discuss her book about parenting and work.
A Place of Greater Safety
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I recently read the best political book that I've ever read which is called a place of Greater safety
Annie Larry recommends this book, calling it the best political book she's ever read.
The Satanic Verses
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long before I read literary fiction he just said in my Consciousness as the author of this Eerie sounding novel called The Satanic Verses a novel so somehow dangerous he had to go into hiding after the supreme leader of Iran said he and anyone involved in it should be killed for blaspheming Islam
The host introduces Salman Rushdie by mentioning his famous and controversial novel.
Don Quixote
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so I would recommend Don kote
Salman Rushdie recommends the book 'Don Quixote'.
The Proud Tower
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and then uh my my third recommendation would be actually The Guns of August which is basically history of how World War I started the basic idea that Crisis happen very fast almost no one knows what's going on
The guest recommends this history book about the start of World War I, noting its relevance to understanding crises and miscalculations.
Extremely Hardcore
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the other obviously I have to shout it out is extremely hardcore By Zoe Schiffer who basically wrote about the downfall of Twitter
Nei Patel recommends this book by Zoe Schiffer about the downfall of Twitter.
Co-Intelligence
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he's also got a new book on the subject co-intelligence
Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Ethan Mollick, and mentions his new book on the subject of AI.
On Tyranny
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The second book that I just went back and have been rereading is on tyranny by Timothy Snyder and his first chapter which is called do not obey in advance is something that I literally think about every single day about everything that I do
Simon Rosenberg recommends this book, mentions the author, and discusses the first chapter's theme.
Moby Dick
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but Moby Dick barely sold in Herman Melville's Lifetime and only became this iconic work of literature over you know a century
Kyle Chayka uses Moby Dick by Herman Melville as an example of a work that gained popularity slowly over time, contrasting it with algorithmically promoted culture.
War and Peace (Annotated with Biography and Critical Essay)
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and then because I'm a huge fiction reader and I especially love big books of fiction I would recommend one of my favorite novels of all time which is War and Peace it's a huge investment of time and it's absolutely worth it
Stephanie Slade recommends this novel as one of her favorites.
Paris
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but there are books I read now that I would never have read before like I read Paris Hilton's Memoir this year
Emily Drabinski mentions reading this book as part of her book club challenge, noting it opened her mind.
Open
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The other books I'm reading right now Beyond kovid is open by Andre Agassi it's about a tennis player and I never really cared about tennis before but he is such a good Storyteller I've just been hooked this summer reading his story so highly recommend that autobiography
Caitlyn Jettelina recommends the autobiography of Andre Agassi.
The Sun Also Rises
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Ernest Hemingway once wrote of a character in one of his books who was asked how he went bankrupt and the character replied in two ways gradually and then all of a sudden and I think Brinkley's book really shows how history tells us climate action might proceed along a similar course as we see you know temperature indexes combinations of temperature and and humidity indexes that are the summer broaching the limits of human survival
Jason Bordoff references Ernest Hemingway and quotes a line from one of his books ("The Sun Also Rises") to illustrate how environmental change can happen gradually and then suddenly.
The Road
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lots of people are familiar with the road but people are not generally familiar I think with some of his other works and it's great to go back and read them after the author's passing
The guest, Ben Dominic, mentions this book as a well-known work by Cormac McCarthy, recommending revisiting his work after his passing.
War on the West
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but for three books for you um two from colleagues that I have at The Spectator the war on the west by Douglas Murray I think is uh is essential reading to understanding the perspective of conservatives both in America and Britain on the cultural battles that they see going on all around them
The guest, Ben Dominic, recommends this book by his colleague Douglas Murray, describing it as essential reading for understanding conservative perspectives on cultural battles.
The Mandibles
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I think Lionel Shriver also a colleague of mine at the at the spectator has a book that's a couple of years old that's a a novel called the mandibles which is essentially a imagine the Royal Tenen bombs going through a deep financial crisis and it's very entertaining and triley witty
The guest, Ben Dominic, recommends this novel by his colleague Lionel Shriver, describing its premise and tone.
Travels with Charley
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I've read John Steinbeck's Travels With Charlie
Tom Hanks mentions reading this book by John Steinbeck.
The swerve
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uh the swerve by Stephen Greenblatt how the modern world began
Tom Hanks recommends this book and mentions the author and subtitle/theme.
The Fabric of Reality
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so always our final question then what are three books you would recommend to the audience well I've chosen uh three books that are quite uh meaningful to me so I would say first of all fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
The guest recommends this book as one of three meaningful books, noting it poses big questions in physics.
Permutation City
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the second book I would say is permutation City by Greg Egan I think it's an amazing story actually wild story of how interesting and strange I think the world can get in the context of AI and simulations and Hyper realistic simulations
The guest recommends this book as the second of three, describing it as an amazing story about AI and simulations.
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
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Aaron bastani wrote a book called fully automated luxury communist
The guest mentions Aaron Bastani's book as a third example of a future-positive book.
Bowling Alone
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This is like putnam's bowling alone argument right the the fraying of Civil Society in so many ways
The guest refers to Robert Putnam's 'bowling alone argument', referencing his well-known book on the decline of social capital.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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I still think everybody should read Jared Diamonds Guns Germs and Steel
The guest recommends this book.
Range
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One of my favorite books in the last few years has been a book by David Epstein called range
Veronique recommends this book and describes its theme (in praise of generalists).
Life 3.0
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and I'm sure you probably know Max tegmarks life 3.0 and third one Helene landamer open democracy
The guest recommends a book by Max Tegmark.
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
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so the first book will be Michael Lewis's Flash Boys which is just a an incredible I mean typically of Michael Lewis an incredible uh story about change in our markets and the efforts of some people to try to make the markets work better
Morgan Ricks recommends "Flash Boys" by Michael Lewis, describing it as an incredible story about changes in markets.
The making of the atomic bomb
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and that is how I finally got some time to read the making of the atomic bomb
Kelsey Piper mentions reading this book as preparation for the podcast.
The Silmarillion
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um I was obsessed for my entire teenage Hood with the silmarillion tolkien's prequel to Lord of the Rings
Kelsey Piper mentions being obsessed with this book by Tolkien in her teenage years.
Salt Sugar Fat
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second one I want to recommend is Michael Moss's salt sugar fat also a really entertaining book and it really details the kind of um path that the food industry took that brought us to where we are today in terms of our current processed food environment in the United States it's really um interesting behind the scenes look at that
The guest recommends this book by Michael Moss as the second of three book recommendations, describing its focus on the food industry.
Children of Time
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so a while back I did an episode on octopuses and I immediately got all these emails from you saying have you read Adrian Tchaikovsky's children of ruin children of her and when I looked it up turns out to be a Sci-Fi book about an advanced civilization built by octopuses which sold completely sold immediately on that
The host mentions this book by Adrian Tchaikovsky, recommended by listeners after an episode on octopuses, noting it's about an octopus civilization.
The Creative Act
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Reuben just came out with this really fascinating unusual book called the creative act a way of being expected stories of late nights in the studio with famed musicians
The host introduces Rick Rubin's new book, mentioning its title and subtitle.
The Martian
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and then I'll recommend a fiction book which is the Martian which is a wonderful page Turner probably many of your audience have already read it in particular because it inspired a line in the film uh version of it which is I'm going to need to science the out of it
The guest recommends this fiction book as the third of three recommendations.
Latest Books Mentioned
The Disengaged Teen
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Ezra Klein introduces his guest, Rebecca Winthrop, and mentions her latest book and co-author.
Her latest book co-authored with Jenny Anderson is The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better.
Democracy and Education
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Rebecca Winthrop recommends "democracy and education by John Dwey" as the first of three books.
So the first one is democracy and education by John Dwey which is over 100 years old and we are now seeing through lots of great neuroscience that his observations around the teaching and learning experience and what makes for a good teaching and learning experience were right.
The Wheelwright's Shop
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Marie Glucen Perez recommends a book given to her by her grandpa, describing its content about traditional wheel building.
So there's a book my grandpa gave me uh uh the wheelright shop by George Strut uh is written in the 1920s by a guy whose family had been building wooden wheels in England for 200 years and like the specifics of it is just beautiful.
Experiences in Visual Thinking
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Marie Glucen Perez recommends a book about visual thinking and problem-solving, describing its approach.
Um and then um there's another one uh experiences and visual thinking. It's like kind of a hippie like you know 70s but it is really brilliant at helping exercise the other parts of your brain that analyze problems like drawing and using your fing like it's it's I think does it a necessary part of rebuilding you know parts of your brain that are not just the wrote correct answer but like how to you know uh create a caricature out of your idea and then like enlarge certain parts, reduce it's it's a really useful tangible tool.
Random House Book of Poetry for Children
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Marie Glucen Perez recommends children's poetry anthologies by a specific author, mentioning her son's enjoyment of poetry.
Um the other thing, uh you know, I've got a 3 and 1/ half-year-old son at home and he's like we cloned his father. He's like a really smart, gifted little mechanic and and um fun, but he also really loves poetry and um any of the children's poetry anthologies from uh Jack Pletki and uh just that reading and language is fun.
The Decadent Society
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Ross Douthat mentions writing about the concept of decadence, referencing his previous work.
So I you know I wrote a lot about the concept of decadence, right? this idea that you know the west the developed world was sort of stuck in these kind of cycles and needed to break out somehow but the reality is you often can't break out of decadence without you know a big big mess so maybe Trump is the agent of that mess
Inventing the Renaissance
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Ezra mentions Ada Palmer's book about the Renaissance.
I've been reading about the Renaissance recently. Um Ada Palmer's great book on inventing the Renaissance.
Modern Trial Advocacy
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Ross recommends this book by Stephen Barr as a good survey of physics and religion.
Uh the first one is a book called from about 20 years ago by a physicist named Steven Bar called ancient physics and modern faith. Uh that is I think despite being a little bit dated is still really the best overall survey of sort of where arguments in modern physics that relate to religion stand and how a reasonable person might think about it.
After
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Ross recommends this book by Bruce Greyson about near-death experiences.
I think people who are interested in this subject, interested in the conversation, one one recommendation would be a book called after by Bruce Grayson who's a I think psychiatrist or neur neuroscientist from the University of Virginia who just has a good overview I would say from a perspective of a practicing physician of why people take these strange stories seriously and why it might unsettle a materialist worldview and the third book.
Mind and Cosmos
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Ross recommends this book by Thomas Nagel about the limits of materialism.
Um but a book by called Mind and Cosmos by Thomas Nagel who's a famous philosopher not religious but arguing for the fundamental limits and problems with a materialist framework on the world and it is a very short book which is why I don't hesitate to recommend it.
The Burning
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The guest recommends this book about the Tulsa race massacre and notes its impact on her understanding.
I was in Tulsa, Oklahoma last fall and I got a book called The Burning by Tim Madigan about the Tulsa race massacre which was very eye opening and astonishing that I did not learn that in history.
Erasing History
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The guest recommends this book by Jason Stanley, noting its relevance to current events regarding the Trump administration and universities.
And then Jason Stanley's erasing history, how fascists rewrite the past to control the future, which is very preient uh in terms of what the Trump administration is trying to do to universities right now.
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Recent History of Shipbuilders Local 18, I.U.M.S.W.A.,AFL-CIO and how to Save It!
Paul Krugman recommends this book by Zack Carter about John Maynard Keynes.
Okay. Well, I just read it's it's been out for a while, but I just read and had a discussion Zack Carter's uh the price of peace uh which is about John Mayer Kanes and his his role in in the world and then beyond. Fantastic book.
How Not to Invest
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Paul Krugman recommends this book by his friend Barry Ritholtz about investing.
Um the uh my friend the uh uh uh fund manager Barry Rith Holtz has a great book called How Not to Invest, which believe it or not is is interesting. Even if you aren't in investing, he's just he's just uh really a lot of fun.
How the War Was Won
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Paul Krugman recommends this new book by military historian Phillips O'Brien.
Um, and oh yeah, I'm just reading the latest uh book by Phillips O'Brien who's a military historian and uh he has a new book called War and Power and he is uh always uh fantastic.
British and American Naval Power
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Paul Krugman recommends this new book by military historian Phillips O'Brien.
Um, and oh yeah, I'm just reading the latest uh book by Phillips O'Brien who's a military historian and uh he has a new book called War and Power and he is uh always uh fantastic.
The Anxious Generation
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The host introduces the episode's guest, Jonathan Haidt, and his recently published book, stating its title and the stir it caused.
in March of last year the social psychologist Jonathan height published this book called The anxious generation which caused let's call it a ster Jonathan
The Righteous Mind
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The host refers to Jonathan Haidt's first book, 'The Righteous Mind,' in the context of discussing moral frameworks.
but your first book Is All About moral framework MH connect these for me
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
Jonathan Haidt lists 'The Stoic Challenge' by William Irvine as the first of three books he recommends/assigns for becoming stronger emotionally.
here are the three books the first is the stoic challenge by William Irvine it really makes stoicism just so accessible you learn to like when you get setbacks the students learn to say like oh I just missed the subway
Deep Work
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Jonathan Haidt lists 'Deep Work' by Cal Newport as the second of three books he recommends/assigns for becoming smarter (regaining attention).
uh the second book is by Cal Newport it's called Deep work and this is why I'm so passionate about attention without your attention you can't do anything
How to Win Friends and Influence People
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Jonathan Haidt lists 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' by Dale Carnegie as the third of three books he recommends/assigns for becoming more sociable.
and then the third book is Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People it is timeless he he's writing in the 30s and he is such a great social psychologist
General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
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The guest mentions John Maynard Keynes wrote this pamphlet after WWI and its relevance to current protectionist policies.
and as someone who also spend a lot of time thinking about economic history and is head of King's College in Cambridge which was where John Min kanes was based I'm also haunted by the fact that in 1919 after World War One John man KES wrote a haunting pamphlet called The Economic Consequences of the Peace in which he pointed out that globalization preor War I had been very good for people so had had free markets and the free movement of people and Innovation and that had delivered a huge economic boom that was obviously disrupted after World War I
National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade
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The guest recommends this book as one outside the mainstream that sheds light on the current situation.
um so the first one I'd recommend is Albert hershman's National Power and the structure of foreign trade um from 1945 which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent years but shed a lot of light on where we are today
National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade, by Albert O. Hirschman
The guest recommends this book as one outside the mainstream that sheds light on the current situation.
um so the first one I'd recommend is Albert hershman's National Power and the structure of foreign trade um from 1945 which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent years but shed a lot of light on where we are today
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A Dictionary of Chinese-Japanese Words in the Japanese Language
The guest recommends this book, specifying which parts to read.
I would recommend John Min Kan The Economic Consequences of the piece um which just read the first third the last two thirds not worth reading
Debt
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The guest recommends this book for its long-term perspective on debt and power.
and I'd recommend another book which is David graber's debt the first 5,000 years which looks at what you do with debt system systems from a very long-term perspective and makes a point about the fact that debt is always about power
How to Think Like an Anthropologist
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The guest recommends this book as a quick introduction to anthropology, mentioning a relevant section on power structures.
if you want to get a very quick take on what anthropology is there's a book by Matthew Angel called think like an anthropologist that summarizes some of the key ideas in anthropology
Why We're Polarized
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The speaker (Ezra Klein) refers to his new book, stating that he tells stories about the topic (government failure/building challenges) in it, and then proceeds to share one such story from the book.
I could tell you a dozen stories in my my new book I do but let me tell you here just one in 1982
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Ezra Klein mentions talking to Martin Gurri and references his idea/book 'Revolt of the public' to contrast it with his own view of the current situation as a 'Revolt of Elites'.
I was talking about this ABS I was talking about this with Martin G that he has a sort of Revolt of the public there I was like no this is a Revolt of Elites
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The host introduces the guest's book, mentioning its title and author, and briefly describes its topic.
back in 2016 When Donald Trump won the first time there was this book it was self-published by a former CIA media analyst named Martin G that became a kind of phenomenon in Silicon Valley the book was called the Revolt of the public and what it did was describe the way that politics was changing because media was changing
Why Most Things Fail
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The guest recommends this book by Paul Ormerod as his second book recommendation.
second one I would say um a British Economist Paul orad has got a book called why most fail and you should read it first of all because it's a great title uh number two because as an economist he's gone through the data um mostly British and American data that goes back 150 years economic data and try to solve you know basically they to try to solve issues like um Unemployment uh segregated you know ethnically segregated households and it's it's an it's a all hypothesis nothing has changed so it's a fascinating book
Not Born Yesterday
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The guest recommends this book by Hugo Mercier as his third book recommendation.
Third Ugo Mercier uh not born yesterday and it's about what we talk about right now is can can somebody like Elon mus like uh um Donald Trump talk to you a fairly liberal human being and through the magic of this his disinformation suddenly you walk away thinking I will vote for that man whatever he goes right can he persuade you through this manipulative process and he has a lot of psychological data in there that pretty clearly explains no not really people tend not to be persuaded by um oratory rhetoric uh and tend to believe what they believe so um ug Mercier
The Federalist Papers
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The host references Federalist 51 by James Madison to explain the challenge the founders faced in designing a government that could control itself.
the vulnerability in the system here goes way back in Federal's 51 James Madison set out the challenge he and his colleagues faced in writing the Constitution
Race and Reunion
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The guest recommends a book by David Blight, describing its historical subject matter and relevance to current events.
The last book that I would recommend is by the historian David blight and it's called race and reunion and it's a history of how immediately after the Civil War and in the sort of subsequent years Americans worked through their memories of the war individually and kind of collectively as a polity
North Woods
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Kara recommends the book "Northwoods" by Daniel Mason, describing its subject matter and emotional impact.
um I love the book Northwoods by Daniel Mason um which came out last year uh which is about a house the history of a house and the people who lived in it
The Piano Tuner
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Kara mentions currently reading "The Piano Tuner", another book by Daniel Mason.
I'm reading the piano tuner right now I'm reading all his stuff
Confederates in the Attic
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Kara recommends Tony Horwitz's book "Confederates in the Attic", describing it as a beautiful rumination on mortality and history.
Tony Horwitz who is a friend of mine geraldine's a friend of mine um he he wrote Confederates in the attic and it's a beautiful rumination on mortality and history
A World after Liberalism
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The guest recommends this book by Matthew Rose as an introduction to certain ideas.
I do really recommend there's a great book by a guy named Matthew Rose called a world after liberalism which if you would like to be introduced to more ideas like this I I think people should pick up
The Unprotected Class
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The host mentions Jeremy Carl wrote a book about anti-white racism.
I quoted Jeremy Carl who I know quite well who worked in the Trump Administration and who wrote a book about you know so anti-white racism
Powering the Armed Forces
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The host mentions Jeremy Carl wrote a book about anti-white racism.
I quoted Jeremy Carl who I know quite well who worked in the Trump Administration and who wrote a book about you know so anti-white racism
Regime Change
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The guest recommends Patrick Deneen's book Regime Change.
I would recommend Patrick Denine's book regime change
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
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Dar recommends this book to revisit or skim as a reminder of the federal government's functions and the potential degradation from attacks on the civil service.
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 going to end up you know degrading it some in some form or another
Demon Copperhead
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Dar recommends this novel, stating it was the only one he read twice last year and views it as a rebuttal to debates about the rural poor.
uh 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
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
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Dar recommends this immigration book, specifically the first half, highlighting its archival material about the 80s.
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
The Christmas canticles, by George Elliott
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Matt mentions reading this classic long novel, citing its reputation as a great English novel.
so I'm reading old long novels uh Middle March is by many people's estimate uh the greatest English language novel ever written
The Sirens' Call
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Ezra Klein introduces his guest, Chris Hayes, and mentions his new book, praising it as the best on the topic of attention.
but he just wrote a great book called the sirens call how attention became the world's most endangered resource I've read most of the books on attention out there this one is I think the best one at understanding the value of attention today
The Blue Book
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Ezra Klein mentions using 'the blue book' as a child to look up car prices, illustrating a time of limited content.
when I was a kid I knew the manufacturer suggested retail price of every single car on the road by year like I could tell you not just not just what what a Camry cost but what a 93 Camry cost right cuz you must have had some book I had like the blue book
Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Chris Hayes recommends this book as a classic on the topic of the conversation (attention/media).
always our final question what are three books You'd recommend to the audience so so first I'll start with a classic which is Neil postman's amusing ourselves to death the the goat The Goat in this in this discourse I think it still totally holds up
1984
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Chris Hayes mentions this book as an example of a dystopian future vision, contrasting it with another book.
also you know the first essay which is just about the sort of different versions of dystopian Future Between 1984 which is information constraint and Brave New World which is Overflow of entertainment and information about how we ended up in the Brave New World
Brave New World
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Chris Hayes mentions this book as an example of a dystopian future vision, contrasting it with another book.
also you know the first essay which is just about the sort of different versions of dystopian Future Between 1984 which is information constraint and Brave New World which is Overflow of entertainment and information about how we ended up in the Brave New World
How to Do Nothing
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Chris Hayes recommends this book, noting it has been mentioned on the podcast before and is relevant to the discussion.
great um another book that has been mentioned on your podcast a lot and relevant which is again I I feel like I'm sort of citing can Tex here and it's important for me to do because I want to be clear as we all are as authors you know lots of people have been thinking about this very well and very hard um but Jenny Odell's how to do nothing um is a fantastic book
The Origins of Elected Strongmen
The host introduces the guest, Erica France, and mentions her as a co-author of this book, which is the subject of the discussion.
Erica France is a political scientist at Michigan State University and a co-author of the origins of elected strongmen how personal parties destroy democracy from within
Dictators at War and Peace
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The guest, Erica France, recommends this book by Jessica Weeks and describes its topic.
so first I would recommend Jessica weeks who has a book called dictators at war in peace and this is our go-to book for explaining why personalistic dictatorship is bad for foreign policy
The Trumpiad
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The guest, Erica France, recommends this poetry book by Cody Walker for some levity.
And then lastly for some lovy I would recommend Cody Walker's poetry book called The trumped from I think 2016 or 2017
Why We're Polarized
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Ezra Klein mentions his book about polarization in the context of an anecdote about disconnecting from the news.
and you and I actually share a f ation it was in uh my book on polarization and it was also something you read about in your book with this article the times published years ago about a man who in at the beginning of the first Trump Administration decided he was done with the news
Four Thousand Weeks
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Ezra Klein mentions that Oliver Burkeman also wrote about the Eric Hagman anecdote in his book (likely 'Four Thousand Weeks').
and you and I actually share a f ation it was in uh my book on polarization and it was also something you read about in your book with this article the times published years ago about a man who in at the beginning of the first Trump Administration decided he was done with the news
Lo indisponible
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Oliver Burkeman recommends 'The Uncontrollability of the World' by Hartmut Rosa.
he has um a small book called The uncontrollability of the world that he's also written a very big one
Fully Alive
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Oliver Burkeman recommends 'Fully Alive' by Elizabeth Field, mentioning its subtitle and perspective.
I'd also recommend a book by uh friend of mine Elizabeth field called fully alive I think the subtitle is tending to the soul in turbulent times which I written from a sort of a Christian perspective
Death
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Oliver Burkeman recommends 'Death: The End of Self-Improvement' by Joan Tolson.
and then uh there's a book by a spiritual teacher called Joan toson which has the remarkable title death the end of self-improvement which um that's strong
The Sabbath
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Ezra Klein mentions being given this book by a rabbi when he was in college.
When I was in college uh a rabbi I knew he gave me Abraham Joshua hessel's book the Sabbath
The Sabbath World
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Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Judith Shulevitz, and her book.
in her beautiful book the Sabbath World Judith schvitz looks very squarely at that question
Hessel
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Judith Shulevitz mentions Hessel's book as one she would recommend.
well I was going to recommend Hessel but I am going to skip that because we've talked about it a lot
Middlemarch
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Judith Shulevitz mentions George Eliot's most famous novel, Middlemarch.
and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is middl March
Adam Bede
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Judith Shulevitz recommends George Eliot's first novel, Adam Bede.
her first novel was called Adam beid and it's from 1859 and it's an incredible novel with a what we would Now call a feminist plot but it's also set in an English Village in the turn of the 19th century
Making a Way
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Ezra Klein mentions 'Gilead' by Marilyn Robinson as his favorite book and quotes from it while discussing the joys and meaning of parenting.
uh there's a really beautiful quote in the book Gilead about this uh by Marilyn Robinson which is I think my favorite book and it it's all the book is this letter of an older man to his young son and he says you see how it is Godlike to love the being of someone Your Existence is a delight to us I hope you never have to long for a child as I did but oh what a splendid thing it has been that you came finally and what a blessing to enjoy you now for almost seven years yeah yeah
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The guest recommends this book, discussing its focus on Mitt Romney's journey and inspiring aspects.
and then the last book was I recently read um Romney a reckoning by I think McKay coppins and I think I think that when you think about his journey right and the journey of many folks who just want to do right by people who just want to make this place the best version of what America can be I just think it's super inspiring
The Paradox of Democracy
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The host introduces the guest, Sean Illing, and mentions he is a co-author of this book.
it's a conversation with my friend Sean illing the host of the gray area podcast and a co-author of the book The Paradox of democracy
Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Sean Illing mentions Neil Postman and his book while discussing the medium is the message concept.
and this is the way Neil Postman who wrote amusing ourselves to death put it
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Sean Illing recommends this book by Walter Lippmann.
the second book would be Walter litman's public opinion and I think that was published in 1922
Mediated
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Sean Illing provides the title and description of the third recommended book, having previously mentioned the author.
but he wrote a book called mediated and it's just a really lucid and well- written and kind of funny look at the consequences of living in a media saturated Society at the personal and the political level
Electronic Identity
Rahm Emanuel recommends this book when asked for three book recommendations.
uh Gary wills's Gettysburg uh Daniel melson's uh lost and Julian Barn uh the noise of time
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Rahm Emanuel recommends this book when asked for three book recommendations.
uh Gary wills's Gettysburg uh Daniel melson's uh lost and Julian Barn uh the noise of time
War on Sacred Grounds
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Pipa Norris mentions a book she wrote with Ron Inglehart about the decline of religion.
and again with Ron inglehart I wrote a book on that sacred and secular and as increasing security came about so religion no longer seem to be as important in people's lives
Silent Spring
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Pipa Norris references the book 'Silent Spring' as a starting point for the environmental movement.
and again it was a small group with the Silent Spring it was a small group who was concerned about Recycling and very very minor support for green parties who were often not able to break into parliament in the 60s and 70s
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Ezra Klein refers to the guest's book and a concept ('disorientation') mentioned within it.
When I was reading your book though uh another word was used in passing disorientation and I've been thinking a lot about that word
Everything I Know about Story Telling
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Ezra Klein refers to the data and analysis presented in the guest's book regarding the rise of populism.
but in your data and telling something happens around 2010 that is like a a step change in the success of this populist authoritarian tendency
The Science of Cheese
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Faz Shakir recommends this book by Michael Sandel.
Al our final question what are three books You' recommend to the audience uh so first is tyranny of Merit by Michael sandell's Justice philosopher at Harvard
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Faz Shakir recommends this book by Simon Sinek, explaining its theme.
second one um Leaders Eat Last by Simon synic uh just an ethic of the way at least you know helped inform me in the way I think about leadership and pushing for uh with conviction outcomes that we care about
Don't Get Above Your Raisin'
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Faz Shakir mentions this book by Bill Malone, describing its subject matter.
but the one that also just came to my mind was I think it's called don't get above the raisin which is a story about um country music and how it infused Southern working-class politics by Bill Malone F Shakir
The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement
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Steve Tellis mentions his own book while discussing the historical shift in institutions and liberalism.
and in the process and I talk about this in my book The Rise of the conservative legal movement what happened is that the professions became liberalized but liberalism also became professionalized...
Abundance
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Ezra Klein mentions a book he is currently working on with Derek Thompson.
I want to pick up on that word trust Jen because I've been thinking about what is my relationship to to these institutions and I've been working on a book called abundance uh with Derek Thompson sort of all about why it's become so hard to build why it has become hard to to fund the kind of science that that leads to new inventions
The Unaccountability Machine
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Jen Pahlka recommends this book by Dan Davies.
the second one is the unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies which is just a fantastic exploration of why when things go very wrong in our society at the end of the day after all of the investigations there's sort of no one to blame and it's the structures of our institution that we've created to do that
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Ezra Klein mentions thinking about this book by Hannah Arendt and quotes it in the context of discussing Trump's appointments and potential authoritarianism.
I've been thinking about something Hana rent wrote in the origins of totalitarianism another one of these books that when you begin quoting it you know things are not going great
Moneyland
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Ann Applebaum recommends this book by Oliver Bullough about the world of money laundering and kleptocracy.
um one of them is a book by a British writer called Oliver bulock and it's called moneyland and it describes where the offshore came world came from you
Offshore
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Ann Applebaum recommends this book by Brooke Harrington about the offshore financial world.
Another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by uh Brooke Harrington who is a sociologist who in order to write the book trained as a financial adviser and so entered that world and learned how it worked from the inside
American Kleptocracy
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Ann Applebaum recommends this book by Casey Michel about corruption in the United States.
and then as a third book uh to the trilogy I would say read American kleptocracy which is a book by Casey Michelle which talks about much more specifically American focused how Grand corruption is already visible and already at play in the United States
Why We're Polarized
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The host, Ezra Klein, mentions his own book about political polarization and how the current situation differs from what he described.
I published a whole book about political polarization it was called why we're polarized and I've been thinking a lot about how the polarization of this year is different than what I was tracking when I was writing that book
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
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The host introduces the guest's book and its central concept of political orders.
What does that tell us in his book the rise and fall of the neoliberal order the historian Gary gell introduced me to this concept of political orders these structures of political consensus that stretch over decades
The Affluent Society
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The host mentions John Kenneth Galbraith and his book, describing its theme.
visually you have John Kenneth gallb one of the Great economists of the new dual era writing the affluent society which is all about the problems of the society where now there is much more plenty but what makes life worth living has been been eroded
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
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The guest recommends this book by Tim Alberta and explains how it helped him understand American evangelicals.
a book that helped me a great deal is Tim Alberta's book The Kingdom the power and the glory American evangelicals in an age of extremism He took me into a world that I otherwise didn't have accessibility to and he helped me to understand a great deal that I did not
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The guest recommends this book by Tim Harper, describing its subject matter.
I found kind of an unconventional place to study this and read about it Tim Harper underground asia Global revolutionaries and the assault on Empire and this is a book about underground radicals in east and south Asia and Southeast Asia 1900 to 1925 looking to upend Empire looking to upend capitalism looking to free their countries from Colonial shackles
The Known Citizen
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The guest recommends this book by Sarah Igo, describing it as a history of privacy and its relevance today.
and finally uh Sarah iigo the known citizen very different kind of book a history of privacy in modern America We're talking about morality We're talking about community and of course social media has put the question of privacy and what constitutes privacy and what's private and what's public such an urgent question in understanding America
The Use of Knowledge in Society
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Vivek Ramaswamy recommends this book by Friedrich Von Hayek.
so always our final question what are three books you recommend to the audience so I would say uh the constitution of Liberty by Friedrich Von Hayek
Confidence Man
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The host introduces the guest, Maggie Haberman, and mentions her book by its full title.
she is a contributor at CNN and she's the author of The Great Book confidence man the making of Donald Trump and the breaking of America
The Art of the Deal
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The speaker discusses how Trump's public image was shaped by this book, mentioning its title, publication year, and ghostwriter.
the idea of trump as you know Mega CEO was forged through the art of the deal the book that he published in 1987 which was Ghost written by Tony Schwarz
Romney
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Maggie Haberman recommends this book.
uh Romney a reckoning
American Carnage
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Maggie Haberman recommends this book and mentions the author.
and I would urge everybody to read or reread Tim Alberta's American Carnage
A First-Rate Madness
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The host mentions that Mick Mulvaney, Trump's Chief of Staff, recommended this book to aides to help them understand Trump's psychology and leadership style.
Mick Mulaney Trump's third Chief of Staff he recommended AIDS read the book A First Rate Madness uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness He thought it would help them understand the way Trump's strange psychology maybe even his mental illness helped make him a powerful and unique leader
The Toddler in Chief
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The host mentions this book by political scientist Daniel Dresner, noting its focus on instances where Trump was described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child.
There is an answer to this question it's that as president Trump was surrounded by Inhibitors in 2020 the political scientist Daniel Dresner published a book entitled the toddler and chief The core of the book was over a, instances jar collected in which Trump is described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child
Managing Risk
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The host mentions this book by political scientist Daniel Dresner, noting its focus on instances where Trump was described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child.
There is an answer to this question it's that as president Trump was surrounded by Inhibitors in 2020 the political scientist Daniel Dresner published a book entitled the toddler and chief The core of the book was over a, instances jar collected in which Trump is described by those around him in terms befitting an impetuous child
The City That Became Safe
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Ezra Klein mentions Franklin Zimring's book about New York's crime decline.
um Franklin zimmering the criminologist has a book called the city that became safe which is about New York's experience specifically
Thinking About Crime
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Charles Fain Lehman recommends James Q. Wilson's collection of essays, 'Thinking About Crime', as influential on his thinking.
The first one is a lot of the ideas I talked about particularly early in this conversation come from the work of the political scientist James Q Wilson arguably the most influential political scientist of the 20th century my personal ideological hero and his collection of essays thinking about crime was really influential on how I think about crime
Against Excess
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Charles Fain Lehman recommends Mark Kleinman's book 'Against Excess' as the most analytically sound articulation of how to think about drug policy.
but instead I'll actually go with Mark kleinman's work on drug policy his book against excess which is in my mind the most analytically sound articulation of how to think about drug policy I've ever read just across the board it is a dense book
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Charles Fain Lehman recommends Tom Wolfe's novel 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' to understand the history of urban dysfunction in America.
and the book that I recommend to understand the sort of peak of urban dysfunction in America is Tom W bonfire the vanities which is you know his sendup of urban American life in the 1980s and I think is a parody but is also in many ways true to reality and says a lot about today's urban life as well
Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates mentions working on this book as a reason he couldn't travel earlier.
I think I maybe I was working on wei8 years in power whatever I signed up to go like maybe two years later broke my toe could not go
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Ta-Nehisi Coates recommends this book about how images of Israel have formed in the American mind through popular culture.
um Amy Kaplan man our American Israel the story of an entangled Alliance This gets to you know something that we we talk quite a bit about
Our Man
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Frank Foer recommends a biography of Richard Holbrooke by George Packer as a book that informed his thinking.
I went back and I started to read biographies of American diplomats and one of my favorite biographies full stop is George Packer's biography of the Diplomat Richard Holbrook the book is written in the style of a novel
See Under: LOVE
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Frank Foer recommends a novel by David Grossman, describing its themes.
um it's going to suggest also David Grossman's novel see under love which it's a spraing novel that kind of responds to the Theodore adorno's question about whether Art Is Possible after the Holocaust
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Frank Foer recommends a collection of poems by Rita Dove, describing her style and themes.
and then uh the final suggestion I was uh is Rita Dove's Collective poems she's uh a black poet who writes about history at its most brutal and despair making
How the World Became Rich
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Jason Ferman recommends this book as his first pick.
my first book is how the world became Rich by Mark coyama and Jared Rubin
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Emil Zola
Jason Ferman recommends this novel as his final pick.
um the final book is a novel by Emil Zola called the Ladies paradise
Hillbilly Elegy
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Ezra Klein mentions that JD Vance talks about his ancestors' migration in his book.
but as was also true for JD Vance's own ancestors who moved from Kentucky to Ohio because the Ohio economy was better they were immigrants Appalachian immigrants He talks about this at length in his book
String Theory
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Secretary Mayorcas mentions this book is on his nightstand, motivated by the US Open (tennis).
I have David Foster Wallace's string theory and the book that I have as its companion is the dictionary because his vocabulary was far far greater than mine will ever be
Of Boys and Men
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Ezra Klein introduces the episode, mentioning that he interviewed Richard Reeves about his book.
last year I interviewed Richard Reeves about his book of boys and men about what has happened to men in America why they've fallen so far behind and what we should think about it what we can do about it
Men
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Ezra Klein introduces the episode, mentioning that he interviewed Richard Reeves about his book.
last year I interviewed Richard Reeves about his book of boys and men about what has happened to men in America why they've fallen so far behind and what we should think about it what we can do about it
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Ezra Klein mentions Sheryl Sandberg's book 'Lean In' as a culturally important document focusing on elite institutions.
and so you know when you think of some of the very culturally important documents here you know you think about CH sandberg's lean in or you think about Amry Slaughter Big Atlantic article from a couple years ago on whether or not women can have it all
Career and Family
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Richard Reeves recommends Claudia Goldin's book 'Career and Family' as a book that taught him a lot about gender and the labor market, even though it focuses on women.
the second book I'd recommend which really gets at both the educational and labor market stuff but actually more from looking at women I think you learn about men is Claudia Golden's book uh career and family which as I said I think golden is just absolutely the best in the business when it comes to looking at gender and education in the labor market
The Life of Dad
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Richard Reeves recommends Anna Machin's book 'The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father' for its perspective on fatherhood.
and the third book I got a huge amount out of was a book by Anna mein who's a anthropologist I think May evolutionary Anthropologist at the University of Oxford and her book maybe you'll know it actually as it's called the life of dad the making of a modern father as few years old now
The Truths We Hold
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Ezra Klein mentions reading Kamala Harris's book released for her 2020 campaign and discusses its content.
and I was just reading the book she released for her 2020 campaign and she describes her upbringing in that book in a lot more detail
Rethinking Sex
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Ezra Klein introduces Christine Emba as the author of this book.
Christine emba is a staff writer at the Atlantic and the author of rethinking sex a provocation
The Reactionary Spirit
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Ezra Klein introduces Zack Beauchamp and mentions his recently published book.
Zack beum is a senior correspondent at Fox who focuses on politics in the US and abroad he just published a book called The reactionary Spirit how America's most Insidious political tradition swept the world
Why Liberalism Failed
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Christine Emba mentions Patrick Deneen's first book and its title, noting its significance and Barack Obama's recommendation.
and actually his first book that came out that was actually kind of a huge deal to the point that Barack Obama even recommended it in his books of the summer the year that it came out was literally called why liberalism failed
Of Boys and Men
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Ezra Klein mentions Richard Reeves and his book about the problems men are facing.
like listen to Richard Reeves now who has written I think a very good book on the problems men are facing and and he's saying you know we need to get more male nurses we need to get more male teachers
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Christine Emba recommends rereading this trilogy.
so I have just started rereading the Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR tolken and I would recommend it to others
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Zach Beauchamp recommends this book and describes its topic.
the first one is Justice gender and the family by Susan Muller Oaken which I think is a really classic and sort of underappreciated and popular discourse treatment of liberal feminism
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy
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Zach Beauchamp recommends this book and describes its argument.
and the last one I think sort of speaks to our conversation at the very end which is a book called conservative parties and the birth of democracy by Daniel ziblat where he argues that European countries that had very differentl political arcs in terms of their movement towards democracy being smooth or not in the 19th and early 20th century depended very heavily on whether they had an institutionalized conservative party
Walk, Ride, Paddle
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Senator Brian Shotz recommends this book by Tim Kaine, describing it as a fun travel book that intersperses political events.
always our final question what are three books you'd recommend to the audience Walk ride paddle is Tim kan's book about when he walked the Appalachian Trail paddled the James River and then did some other bike ride across it's a very yeah it's a very fun book and he's just such a lovely man and he's such a it's like a travel book but it's you know it sort of intersperses what was happening at the time politically including you know two impeachments and the rest of it
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Senator Brian Shotz mentions finishing this book by Heather Cox Richardson, describing its subject matter.
I'm I'm just finishing up a book by Heather Cox Richardson called Wounded Knee and it's about Sue and other tribes in the dtas Senator Brian Shotz thank you very much
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Governor Walz uses 'Animal Farm' as an example of a book that people are supposedly talking about banning, contrasting it with real concerns like childcare costs.
people aren't sitting around in the bar talking about banning uh you know Animal Farm they're sitting in the bar talking about how expensive Child Care is and how we going to get it
Hillbilly Elegy
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Governor Walz takes offense to JD Vance and his book 'Hillbilly Elegy', stating that the people described are 'his people' and are not accurately portrayed.
This is where I get I take offense to JD Vance and in hillbilly El those are my people
A Relevant Faith
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Ezra Klein mentions rereading the book (referring to Hillbilly Elegy from the previous discussion) this week.
I did years ago and I've been reading it this week
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Governor Walz recommends this book, mentions the author, and describes its subject matter.
uh if you don't want to sleep read command and control by Eric sler It's about the nuclear accident at Damascus
Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms
Governor Walz recommends this book, mentions the author, and describes its subject matter.
uh if you don't want to sleep read command and control by Eric sler It's about the nuclear accident at Damascus
The Razor's Edge
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Governor Walz recommends this book, mentioning it nostalgically and referencing 'Mom's' copy.
uh razer's Edge I I still go back to to Mom's Razor's Edge
The Reasoning Voter
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The guest, Ben Wickler, mentions a book he plans to recommend later, stating its title and author.
there's a a book which I preview will recommend later by a political scientist named Samuel Popkin and it's called the reasoning voter
Finding Freedom
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The guest, Ben Wickler, recommends a second book, stating its title and authors.
It's a book called Finding Freedom the untold story of Joshua Glover Freedom Seeker It's by Ruby West Jackson and Walter McDonald
The Princess Bride
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The guest, Ben Wickler, mentions reading the book version of The Princess Bride, stating its title and author.
but it wasn't until I was an adult that I read the book uh The Princess Bride Is by William Goldman
Smart on Crime
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The host mentions reading Kamala Harris's 2009 book and discusses its content and themes.
I went back recently to read Harris's 2009 book smart on crime
Why We're Polarized
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The speaker (Ezra Klein) mentions a book he wrote in 2020 about political polarization.
I have studied political polarization in incredibly deep detail I wrote a book on it that came out in 2020 why we're polarized and one of the points of that book is that to say a country is polarized doesn't actually give you that much information
Hillbilly Elegy
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The speaker mentions interviewing JD Vance during the period associated with his book 'Hillbilly Elegy'.
Look I I interviewed JD Vance in his hillbilly elegy period and he was a very different guy and he wasn't just a different guy in in what he thought he was a different guy in temperament in openness
American Carnage
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Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Tim Alberta, and mentions he is the author of this book.
he's also the author of American Carnage on the front lines of Republican Civil War and the rise of President Trump and the kingdom
DAYS of TRUMP: The Definitive Chronology of the 45th President of the United States
Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Tim Alberta, and mentions he is the author of this book.
he's also the author of American Carnage on the front lines of Republican Civil War and the rise of President Trump and the kingdom
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
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Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Tim Alberta, and mentions he is the author of this book.
and the kingdom the power and the glory American evangelicals in the age of extremist
Tired of Winning
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Tim Alberta recommends this book by Jonathan Karl, describing its focus on Trump after January 6th.
so the first book I'd recommend is from my friend Jonathan Carl over at ABC News and it's the final book that he wrote about Donald Trump the most recent book it's called tired of winning
Kingdom of Rage
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Tim Alberta recommends this book by Elizabeth Newman (Neumann), discussing its focus on domestic terrorism and Christian nationalism.
the second book especially in light of what we saw on Saturday with the assassination attempt is a book by Elizabeth Newman called Kingdom of rage and Elizabeth who's a former counterterrorism official she writes really beautifully and eloquently about the threat of domestic terrorism and specifically looking at right-wing Christian nationalism
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Tim Alberta recommends this book by McKay Coppins (cins), describing it as a biography of Mitt Romney that helps understand the transformation of the Republican party.
um and my third book is actually by a colleague of mine at the Atlantic McKay cins he wrote this biography called Romney a reckoning and spent a ton of time with Mitt Romney
Into the Bright Sunshine
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Jamal Buie recommends this book as the first of three, describing it as a biography of Hubert Humphrey focusing on his early career and role in the 1948 Democratic Convention civil rights plank.
I'm going to recommend first a great book into the bright Sunshine young Hubert Humphrey and the fight for civil rights It's by Samuel G fredman and it is basically a biography of Hubert Humphrey up until the 1948 Democratic Convention when he Maneuvers with the Americans for Democratic action to put a civil rights plank a strong civil rights plank into the Democratic Party platform in the 48 convention
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Jamal Buie recommends this book as the third of three, describing it as a new book by Steven Hahn about the liberal political tradition in American life from colonial origins to the present.
and then for a third book this is a little I'd say like left field of these two books which are these two previous books which are very much about Party politics but I I read Stephen Han a story in his new book a liberal America which stretches back to America's the country's Colonial Origins to the Pres to Think Through sort of like the a liberal political tradition in American life
The Truths We Hold
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The guest, Elena Plot, mentions a book written by Kamala Harris during her time in California, discussing its title and how it related to her political positioning.
She Wrote a book when she was in California called smart on crime which really you know you read it it sounds more like a tough on crime book but that was no longer relevant as her advisers told her to her interest in the presidential campaign
Southerners, a Journalist's Odyssey
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The guest, Elena Plot, recommends this book as the first of three.
so then always our final question what are three books you'd recommend to the audience so the first book I recommend is called Southerners by Marshall Fred
The Company She Keeps
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The guest, Elena Plot, recommends this book as the third of three.
the third I would recommend um is the company she keeps by Mary McCarthy this was McCarthy's debut novel
Primary Politics
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The host introduces the guest, Elaine Kamarck, and mentions she is the author of a book titled 'primary politics'.
she's been on the DNC rule Rules Committee for many years she's the author of the book on this primary politics and she's a senior fellow at Brookings
Abraham Lincoln and His Mailbag
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The host mentions reading this book by Edward Achorn about the convention that picked Lincoln.
and so it reminds me a bit of something that I love from that Lincoln book Edward acorn's book um the Lincoln miracle and he quotes Charles suner who is a senator at that point sending a welcome message to the delegates whose Duty it is to organize Victory which I just think is such a great quote about what parties are meant to do
The Making of the President, 1960
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The guest recommends this book as one of three related to the topic.
I go to next the making of the president 1960 by Theodore White which is about that election and there's lots of background stuff on how John Kennedy won the Democratic nomination and how Richard Nixon won the Republican nomination
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Awakening Corporate Soul
Matt Yglesias recommends this book about the Bronze Age collapse.
uh Eric Klein's book 1177 the year civilization collapsed has been recommended to me by so many people over the years I finally read it it's fantastic this is about things that happened thousands of years ago but it's really interesting
God is on the Road
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Matt Yglesias recommends this book about building the US military before WWII.
and I I came across a book by a guy named Paul Dixon called the rise of the GI Army that's about the effort to sort of build up the World War II American Military before Pearl Harbor and really making the case of the kind of like wisdom of the people who saw in 1939 1940 that America was going to need a powerful military in the future
The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)
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The guest recommends a book he recently read, identifying it as the last volume of Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson.
but really I just read the last volume of the biography of Lyon Johnson by Caro wow Amazing wow uh so it took me a while because my English is not as fluent as the It takes everybody a while to read that those are big books
Give People Money
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Ezra Klein introduces Annie Larry as the author of this book.
she's the author of the book give people money
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Ezra Klein mentions having Caitlyn Collins on the show previously to discuss her book about parenting and work.
I had a sociologist uh on a couple months ago Caitlyn Collins who did this great book looking at parenting and work in a bunch of different countries
A Place of Greater Safety
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Annie Larry recommends this book, calling it the best political book she's ever read.
I recently read the best political book that I've ever read which is called a place of Greater safety
The Satanic Verses
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The host introduces Salman Rushdie by mentioning his famous and controversial novel.
long before I read literary fiction he just said in my Consciousness as the author of this Eerie sounding novel called The Satanic Verses a novel so somehow dangerous he had to go into hiding after the supreme leader of Iran said he and anyone involved in it should be killed for blaspheming Islam
Don Quixote
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Salman Rushdie recommends the book 'Don Quixote'.
so I would recommend Don kote
The Proud Tower
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The guest recommends this history book about the start of World War I, noting its relevance to understanding crises and miscalculations.
and then uh my my third recommendation would be actually The Guns of August which is basically history of how World War I started the basic idea that Crisis happen very fast almost no one knows what's going on
Extremely Hardcore
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Nei Patel recommends this book by Zoe Schiffer about the downfall of Twitter.
the other obviously I have to shout it out is extremely hardcore By Zoe Schiffer who basically wrote about the downfall of Twitter
Co-Intelligence
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Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Ethan Mollick, and mentions his new book on the subject of AI.
he's also got a new book on the subject co-intelligence
On Tyranny
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Simon Rosenberg recommends this book, mentions the author, and discusses the first chapter's theme.
The second book that I just went back and have been rereading is on tyranny by Timothy Snyder and his first chapter which is called do not obey in advance is something that I literally think about every single day about everything that I do
Moby Dick
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Kyle Chayka uses Moby Dick by Herman Melville as an example of a work that gained popularity slowly over time, contrasting it with algorithmically promoted culture.
but Moby Dick barely sold in Herman Melville's Lifetime and only became this iconic work of literature over you know a century
War and Peace (Annotated with Biography and Critical Essay)
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Stephanie Slade recommends this novel as one of her favorites.
and then because I'm a huge fiction reader and I especially love big books of fiction I would recommend one of my favorite novels of all time which is War and Peace it's a huge investment of time and it's absolutely worth it
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Emily Drabinski mentions reading this book as part of her book club challenge, noting it opened her mind.
but there are books I read now that I would never have read before like I read Paris Hilton's Memoir this year
Open
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Caitlyn Jettelina recommends the autobiography of Andre Agassi.
The other books I'm reading right now Beyond kovid is open by Andre Agassi it's about a tennis player and I never really cared about tennis before but he is such a good Storyteller I've just been hooked this summer reading his story so highly recommend that autobiography
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Jason Bordoff mentions the famous book "Silent Spring" while discussing the history of the environmental movement.
there was a lot of work on this there was the famous book Silent Spring and then it kind of all in the late 60s 1970 in the first Earth Day came to a head where one in 10 Americans came out in the into the streets in the first Earth Day in 1970 and said we just can't live like this anymore this has to stop
The Sun Also Rises
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Jason Bordoff references Ernest Hemingway and quotes a line from one of his books ("The Sun Also Rises") to illustrate how environmental change can happen gradually and then suddenly.
Ernest Hemingway once wrote of a character in one of his books who was asked how he went bankrupt and the character replied in two ways gradually and then all of a sudden and I think Brinkley's book really shows how history tells us climate action might proceed along a similar course as we see you know temperature indexes combinations of temperature and and humidity indexes that are the summer broaching the limits of human survival
The Road
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The guest, Ben Dominic, mentions this book as a well-known work by Cormac McCarthy, recommending revisiting his work after his passing.
lots of people are familiar with the road but people are not generally familiar I think with some of his other works and it's great to go back and read them after the author's passing
War on the West
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The guest, Ben Dominic, recommends this book by his colleague Douglas Murray, describing it as essential reading for understanding conservative perspectives on cultural battles.
but for three books for you um two from colleagues that I have at The Spectator the war on the west by Douglas Murray I think is uh is essential reading to understanding the perspective of conservatives both in America and Britain on the cultural battles that they see going on all around them
The Mandibles
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The guest, Ben Dominic, recommends this novel by his colleague Lionel Shriver, describing its premise and tone.
I think Lionel Shriver also a colleague of mine at the at the spectator has a book that's a couple of years old that's a a novel called the mandibles which is essentially a imagine the Royal Tenen bombs going through a deep financial crisis and it's very entertaining and triley witty
Why We're Polarized
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Ezra Klein mentions his first book, 'Why We're Polarized', explaining that writing it alone was a lonely experience, which is why he chose to co-write his new book.
one of the reasons I wanted to co-write this book is I found writing my first book why we're polarized to be an incredibly lonely experience
Travels with Charley
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Tom Hanks mentions reading this book by John Steinbeck.
I've read John Steinbeck's Travels With Charlie
The swerve
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Tom Hanks recommends this book and mentions the author and subtitle/theme.
uh the swerve by Stephen Greenblatt how the modern world began
The Fabric of Reality
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The guest recommends this book as one of three meaningful books, noting it poses big questions in physics.
so always our final question then what are three books you would recommend to the audience well I've chosen uh three books that are quite uh meaningful to me so I would say first of all fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
Permutation City
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The guest recommends this book as the second of three, describing it as an amazing story about AI and simulations.
the second book I would say is permutation City by Greg Egan I think it's an amazing story actually wild story of how interesting and strange I think the world can get in the context of AI and simulations and Hyper realistic simulations
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
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The guest mentions Aaron Bastani's book as a third example of a future-positive book.
Aaron bastani wrote a book called fully automated luxury communist
Bowling Alone
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The guest refers to Robert Putnam's 'bowling alone argument', referencing his well-known book on the decline of social capital.
This is like putnam's bowling alone argument right the the fraying of Civil Society in so many ways
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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The guest recommends this book.
I still think everybody should read Jared Diamonds Guns Germs and Steel
Range
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Veronique recommends this book and describes its theme (in praise of generalists).
One of my favorite books in the last few years has been a book by David Epstein called range
The Years of Rice and Salt
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The host introduces the guest's new non-fiction book and states its title.
he has his new book an unusual foray into non-fiction for him which is about his lifelong relationship right and I mean that in the the more human sense of the term with the Sierra Nevada's and it's right there in the title The High Sierra a love story
Life 3.0
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The guest recommends a book by Max Tegmark.
and I'm sure you probably know Max tegmarks life 3.0 and third one Helene landamer open democracy
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
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Morgan Ricks recommends "Flash Boys" by Michael Lewis, describing it as an incredible story about changes in markets.
so the first book will be Michael Lewis's Flash Boys which is just a an incredible I mean typically of Michael Lewis an incredible uh story about change in our markets and the efforts of some people to try to make the markets work better
The making of the atomic bomb
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Kelsey Piper mentions reading this book as preparation for the podcast.
and that is how I finally got some time to read the making of the atomic bomb
The Silmarillion
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Kelsey Piper mentions being obsessed with this book by Tolkien in her teenage years.
um I was obsessed for my entire teenage Hood with the silmarillion tolkien's prequel to Lord of the Rings
Why We're Polarized
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Ezra Klein refers to his own book when asking a question about polarization.
How do you think about those as explanations in your book why were polarized available in stores now you reflect on how polarization is not inherently a negative thing that in fact polarization is a necessity when moving forward on important Progressive issues
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The guest recommends this book by Michael Moss as the second of three book recommendations, describing its focus on the food industry.
second one I want to recommend is Michael Moss's salt sugar fat also a really entertaining book and it really details the kind of um path that the food industry took that brought us to where we are today in terms of our current processed food environment in the United States it's really um interesting behind the scenes look at that
Children of Time
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The host mentions this book by Adrian Tchaikovsky, recommended by listeners after an episode on octopuses, noting it's about an octopus civilization.
so a while back I did an episode on octopuses and I immediately got all these emails from you saying have you read Adrian Tchaikovsky's children of ruin children of her and when I looked it up turns out to be a Sci-Fi book about an advanced civilization built by octopuses which sold completely sold immediately on that
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The host introduces Rick Rubin's new book, mentioning its title and subtitle.
Reuben just came out with this really fascinating unusual book called the creative act a way of being expected stories of late nights in the studio with famed musicians
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
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Nick Bagley recommends Michael Lewis's book, describing it as an accessible account of the work of federal agencies during the Trump transition.
I'd recommend Michael Lewis as the fifth risk this is now a few years old um but Lewis used the transition to the Trump Administration to offer a an accessible and actually moving account of the the often unseen work that our federal agencies do it's it's one of the rare books that I can think of that kind of popular books that extols government bureaucrats instead of bashing them um and I think it's a useful corrective to the dominant narrative
The Years of Rice and Salt
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The host mentions a book by Kim Stanley Robinson and an idea from it related to climate change.
and the idea that kept coming to my head about this was from Kim Stanley Robinson's book the ministry for the future which takes place sort of in the near future as societies come to grips with climate change
The Martian
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The guest recommends this fiction book as the third of three recommendations.
and then I'll recommend a fiction book which is the Martian which is a wonderful page Turner probably many of your audience have already read it in particular because it inspired a line in the film uh version of it which is I'm going to need to science the out of it
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Ezra Klein mentions being given this book by a rabbi in college.
when I was in college a rabbi I knew he gave me Abraham Joshua heschel's book the Sabbath