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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Conan and Matthew discussed the book as an amazing historical work about Robert Moses, expressing admiration and noting the possibility of adapting it.
I'm a massive fan of the historian, Mr. Robert Caro. I've read all of his works. ... The Power Broker about Robert Moses is one of the most amazing historical works in history.
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Episode: Matthew Rhys Returns Again
Conan and Matthew discussed the book as an amazing historical work about Robert Moses, expressing admiration and noting the possibility of adapting it.
I'm a massive fan of the historian, Mr. Robert Caro. I've read all of his works. ... The Power Broker about Robert Moses is one of the most amazing historical works in history.
I understand that you may be working on some kind of version of The Power Broker. We are, we are working on.
I think it's a story and a book that needs to get made because the sheer scale and scope of it, but also Moses as a human being, as an individual, if you read that play, uh, play book is staggering.
And that Caro obsession is how people accumulate power and how they use it. And who are the masters at that? And of course the other one is Lyndon Johnson.
It was a story and a book that needs to get made because the sheer scale and scope of it, but also Moses as a human being ...