The True American Murder and Mercy in Texas

It's called The True American by Anad Girijadas.

It's probably one of the most emotional books that I've read in a really long time.

It just adds this layer of perspective that I couldn't find anywhere else.

It is incredibly emotional though so I warn you, you're gonna feel a lot of things. Get your tissues ready.

trust me you can feel that passion. You can feel the hard work. It's a lot so please go pick up a copy of this book and go watch the TED talks that I've listed in the show notes.

You remember maybe from my true American book that was one of the striking observations that race made about his employee, his colleagues at the Olive Garden.

And it took me to, just the reporting took me to parts of this country that shocked me. And these were not, you know, urban communities that we hear about on the news. These were not inner cities. These were not black and brown people. These were not the kinds of communities that we are told in our media are supposed to be failing.