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Master of the Senate The Years of Lyndon Johnson III

Robert A. Caro

Master of the Senate, At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done.

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Pod Save America

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Pod Save America

It was mentioned that Donald Trump is a supposed student of Lyndon B. Johnson's political strategies and can recite lines from this book by heart.

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He can recite lines from Robert Caro's Master of the Senate from heart.

— Episode: “Infrastructure 1, Democracy 0.” (with S...

Episode: “Infrastructure 1, Democracy 0.” (with Sen. Amy Kl...

It was mentioned that Donald Trump is a supposed student of Lyndon B. Johnson's political strategies and can recite lines from this book by heart.

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He can recite lines from Robert Caro's Master of the Senate from heart.

Episode: “Infrastructure 1, Democracy 0.” (with Sen. Amy Kl...

It was mentioned that Donald Trump claims to be a student of Lyndon B. Johnson and can recite lines from this book by heart, although this was said with a sarcastic and dismissive tone.

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He can recite lines from Robert Caro's Master of the Senate from heart.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

It was described as being incredibly thick and hard to penetrate with a bullet, illustrating its significant length and depth of content.

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You can't fire an A15 bullet through it.

— Episode: Patton Oswalt Returns

Episode: Patton Oswalt Returns

It was described as being incredibly thick and hard to penetrate with a bullet, illustrating its significant length and depth of content.

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You can't fire an A15 bullet through it.

It's that thick.

Yeah, they actually, there are many tanks now in the military that are just covered in Robert Caro books.

99% Invisible

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99% Invisible

It was mentioned as the most recent book in the series about Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro is known for this work.

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I think was the most recent Lyndon Johnson book in the series.

— Episode: Breaking Down The Power Broker (with Con...

Episode: Breaking Down The Power Broker (with Conan O'Brien...

It was mentioned as the most recent book in the series about Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro is known for this work.

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I think was the most recent Lyndon Johnson book in the series.

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Stay Tuned with Preet

Preet Bharara repeatedly praised the book and its author as one of the greatest biographers, noting that he had read it before and during his time in the Senate and that its opening chapter on the Senate desks reinforced his reverence for democratic institutions. He expressed personal admiration, regret at missing a chance to get it signed, and used the work as a touchstone when reflecting on his Senate experience. Other guests referenced the same chapter to highlight the symbolic importance of the Senate’s physical space.

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Episode: Life, the Universe and Everything (with Adam Frank...

Preet Bharara expressed admiration for the book and its author, Robert Caro, whom he considers a hero and one of the greatest biographers of all time. He regretted not asking Caro to sign his copy after interviewing him.

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I revere him. I revere his books. I revere his scholarship. I revere his storytelling.

I was so in awe of his presence. And I was so nervous about the interview.

And I do get nervous about some interviews. I want to do a good job, asking questions of this person who I've been reading for decades and who was, I think one of the greatest biographers of our generation or any generation.

You have reminded me that I was remiss and I lost my opportunity. Maybe I'll have one again.

Episode: Behind the White House Mic (with Jen Psaki)

Preet Bharara mentioned reading the first chapter of this book about the Senate, reflecting on his time there and potentially never returning.

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I went and I took Robert Caro's Master of the Senate, the hardcover version of it.

Episode: Newscraft (with Dana Bash)

It was mentioned in the context of the insurrection, with a focus on the opening chapter that discussed the desks of the Senate and the reverence for democracy.

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I always think about the opening chapter of Bob Caro's bookMaster of the Senate where he talks his whole chapter about the desks of the Senate and you know if you have a reverence for that because you have a reverence for democracy seeing people you know just desecrate it like that was an unbelievable thing.

Episode: Campaign "Spying" & the Ways and Means of Power (w...

It was mentioned as a book by Robert Caro with special meaning for Preet Bharara as he read it before working in the Senate, specifically referencing the chapter 'The Desks of the Senate'.

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Your book, Master of the Senate, has special meaning for me because I read it before I began working in the U.S. Senate.

And I took a copy of your book, the hardcover copy of your book, and spent an hour, one of my last few hours in the Senate, as a staffer thinking, I may never be here again. And I opened up to the first chapter of the book, which I believe is called The Desks of the Senate.

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