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Becoming
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The Cartel
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So Help Me God
The lawyer for Donald Trump mentioned that Mike Pence's book was read carefully, and if his testimony matched the content of the book, it would aid in Donald Trump's acquittal.
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I read his book very carefully. And if he testifies consistent with his book, then President Trump will be acquitted for these reasons.
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The lawyer for Donald Trump mentioned that Mike Pence's book was read carefully, and if his testimony matched the content of the book, it would aid in Donald Trump's acquittal.
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I read his book very carefully. And if he testifies consistent with his book, then President Trump will be acquitted for these reasons.
Midnight in Washington
How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
Adam Schiff, in his book, called Robert Mueller senile for not meeting his expectations of the Russia Gate investigation.
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in fact Adam Schiff in his book basically said that Robert Mueller was senile
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Adam Schiff, in his book, called Robert Mueller senile for not meeting his expectations of the Russia Gate investigation.
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in fact Adam Schiff in his book basically said that Robert Mueller was senile
My Beloved World
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The Wire
Truth Be Told
It was recommended by Saagar as a show that is similar to the issues being discussed, and one that he thought others might find insightful and interesting.
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We own the city, the sequel to The Wire, highly recommend people.
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It was recommended by Saagar as a show that is similar to the issues being discussed, and one that he thought others might find insightful and interesting.
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We own the city, the sequel to The Wire, highly recommend people.
My Life on the Road
It was described as a memoir that detailed Jeff Zucker's efforts to promote Allison Gollust to a PR position within Katie Couric's team at ABC, and her subsequent discomfort with the push.
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she actually reveals in that piece that um the two had moved their families in next to each other she actually had bought the apartment above him and his family and katie sort of leaves it to readers...
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It was described as a memoir that detailed Jeff Zucker's efforts to promote Allison Gollust to a PR position within Katie Couric's team at ABC, and her subsequent discomfort with the push.
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she actually reveals in that piece that um the two had moved their families in next to each other she actually had bought the apartment above him and his family and katie sort of leaves it to readers to glean what's going on there and she just says like i was very uncomfortable with the relationship because she was close friends with jeff zucker's wife
and she just says like i was very uncomfortable with the relationship because she was close friends with jeff zucker's wife oh man then the the sort of kicker of this little anecdote she tells is that zucker uh is up for the job at cnn yes big job he asked katie for a recommendation can you put in a good word can you help me get the job i promise there'll be a slot for you there
The Magical State
Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela
John Bolton mentioned a book he wrote about Venezuela, where he detailed an opposition's unsuccessful attempt to remove an illegally elected president.
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i wrote about venezuela in uh in the book and uh it it turned out not to be successful not that we had all that much to do with it but i saw what it took for an opposition to try and overturn an illeg...
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John Bolton mentioned a book he wrote about Venezuela, where he detailed an opposition's unsuccessful attempt to remove an illegally elected president.
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i wrote about venezuela in uh in the book and uh it it turned out not to be successful not that we had all that much to do with it but i saw what it took for an opposition to try and overturn an illegally elected president and they failed the notion that donald trump was half as competent as the venezuelan opposition is laughable
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
The author wrote a book about San Francisco, and he is very pro legalizing drugs. He is mentioned in the context of comparing the drug treatment systems in Portugal and other places with the system in the United States.
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I've been doing some reading Michael Schellenberger, who wrote this very interesting new book on San Francisco.
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The author wrote a book about San Francisco, and he is very pro legalizing drugs. He is mentioned in the context of comparing the drug treatment systems in Portugal and other places with the system in the United States.
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I've been doing some reading Michael Schellenberger, who wrote this very interesting new book on San Francisco.
He's very pro actually legalizing drugs.
The Blind Side
Evolution of a Game
It was mentioned in contrast to Lewis's book about Sam Bankman-Fried, as it didn't give the main subject the same amount of empathy.
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He noted multiple times here where Lewis, quote, it is impossible to miss the differences in Lewis's treatment of Sam Bankman-Fried, a socially awkward young man afforded an ass empathy by the author,...
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It was mentioned in contrast to Lewis's book about Sam Bankman-Fried, as it didn't give the main subject the same amount of empathy.
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He noted multiple times here where Lewis, quote, it is impossible to miss the differences in Lewis's treatment of Sam Bankman-Fried, a socially awkward young man afforded an ass empathy by the author, and Michael Orr, the socially awkward young man who Lewis treats as, quote, nearly mute spectator in his 2006 book, The Blind Side.
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
It was mentioned during a segment on Sam Bankman-Fried's trial. The book contained details of SBF's plan to pay Donald Trump to drop out of the 2020 presidential race, a shocking revelation discussed by the hosts.
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One of the most shocking passages in this book, I thought, came with this revelation that Sam had looked into paying Donald Trump not to run.
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It was mentioned during a segment on Sam Bankman-Fried's trial. The book contained details of SBF's plan to pay Donald Trump to drop out of the 2020 presidential race, a shocking revelation discussed by the hosts.
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One of the most shocking passages in this book, I thought, came with this revelation that Sam had looked into paying Donald Trump not to run.
Sam's thinking, we could pay Donald Trump not to run for president. Like how much would it take?
He was floated. There was a number that was kicking around and the number that was kicking around when I was talking to Sam about this was $5 billion.
The question Sam had was not just is $5 billion enough to pay Trump not to run, but was it legal?
The book is just coming out, I think today. And there's an excerpt of it in The Washington Post that I read that, you know, it kind of plays into these stereotypes that were created about Sam being like the boy wonder, the boy genius that goes through this whole narrative about, oh, he's on the Zoom call with Anna Wintour and he's also doing, you know, eight other different things at the same time and he's playing video games and whatever.
Industrial Society and Its Future
Unabomber Manifesto
The Unabomber's manifesto was discussed in the context of his death and the renewed interest in his anti-technology views, particularly among younger audiences.
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The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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The Unabomber's manifesto was discussed in the context of his death and the renewed interest in his anti-technology views, particularly among younger audiences.
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The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
The system does not and cannot exist to satisfy human needs. Instead it is human behavior that has to be modified to fit the needs of the system.
This system...has turned human beings into engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine.
As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and as machines become more and more intelligent people will let machines make more and more of their decisions for them simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones.
Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control.
If You Tell
A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Several books written by Trump aides and White House reporters were mentioned, implying that they contained information about the January 6th Capitol riot, which Saagar found surprising because he felt that some details mentioned in a recent hearing were already known.
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At this point like how did they miss these things that were apparently known by so many different aides in the White House?
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Several books written by Trump aides and White House reporters were mentioned, implying that they contained information about the January 6th Capitol riot, which Saagar found surprising because he felt that some details mentioned in a recent hearing were already known.
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At this point like how did they miss these things that were apparently known by so many different aides in the White House?
At this point there have been six accounted. Six tell all books of Trump aides of various White House reporters, all of who are very well sourced, who have endlessly gone through the exact tick tock which is the inside baseball term for timeline of January 6th.
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
It was discussed as providing evidence that the Manson murders were potentially a US government operation gone wrong, possibly even connected to Jack Ruby.
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If you read the book Chaos by Tom O'Neill, it is very obvious that this is a CIA, US government operation gone terribly wrong in which they effectively created Manson, may have even b...
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It was discussed as providing evidence that the Manson murders were potentially a US government operation gone wrong, possibly even connected to Jack Ruby.
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If you read the book Chaos by Tom O'Neill, it is very obvious that this is a CIA, US government operation gone terribly wrong in which they effectively created Manson, may have even been connected to Jack Ruby.
Network Propaganda
Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
The book by Brian Stelter, 'Network Propaganda,' was discussed briefly. It was described as gross and disgusting, particularly its focus on the relationship between the Trump White House and Fox News.
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By the way, that was really gross. I thought it was disgusting even at the time.
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The book by Brian Stelter, 'Network Propaganda,' was discussed briefly. It was described as gross and disgusting, particularly its focus on the relationship between the Trump White House and Fox News.
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By the way, that was really gross. I thought it was disgusting even at the time.
American Carnage
On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
It was previously discussed and admired for its readability, but it was described as a 'tough act to follow' for the author's next book.
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I loved American Carnage, which was one of your first book or?
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It was previously discussed and admired for its readability, but it was described as a 'tough act to follow' for the author's next book.
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I loved American Carnage, which was one of your first book or?
That was. That was. It was a big one, but it was a great read. Tough act to follow.
Win Bigly
Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
The book was mentioned as an analysis of Trump tweets as poetry, which was described as funny. It was suggested the author update it with Trump's long Truth Social posts.
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There's a great book by Rob Long called Bigly, where he analyzes Trump tweets as essentially as poetry and actually breaks them down. It's really funny.
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The book was mentioned as an analysis of Trump tweets as poetry, which was described as funny. It was suggested the author update it with Trump's long Truth Social posts.
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There's a great book by Rob Long called Bigly, where he analyzes Trump tweets as essentially as poetry and actually breaks them down. It's really funny.
The Dilbert Principle
A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions
The book's publisher and several newspapers dropped the Dilbert comic strip after the author made controversial and racist remarks about Black Americans.
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Publishers dumping his book and newspapers around the country dumping the strip.
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The book's publisher and several newspapers dropped the Dilbert comic strip after the author made controversial and racist remarks about Black Americans.
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Publishers dumping his book and newspapers around the country dumping the strip.
He basically said that black Americans were, quote, a hate group and that white people should, quote, get the hell away from them.
Debt
The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded
It was described as a different take on the evolution of money and finance, arguing that it was initially focused on debt-related purposes, even including Sumerian texts.
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The book recommendation I read years ago, it's called a Debt. I just looked up the title, The First 5,000 Years by a guy named David Graeber. It's kind of a modern, it's a different t...
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It was described as a different take on the evolution of money and finance, arguing that it was initially focused on debt-related purposes, even including Sumerian texts.
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The book recommendation I read years ago, it's called a Debt. I just looked up the title, The First 5,000 Years by a guy named David Graeber. It's kind of a modern, it's a different take on the way the evolution of money and finance, how it actually wasn't, you know, for commerce, it was actually Debt related purposes.
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