Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

Our Man in Mexico

Jefferson Morley

This book tells the story of Lee Harvey Oswald's trip to Mexico City weeks before the assassination, where he visited the Cuban and Soviet embassies. The authors detail the CIA's knowledge of Oswald's activities and their subsequent denial of having any information about him.

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We wrote a book, Our Man in Mexico.

The Apprentice

Tess Gerritsen

This new movie, which is about the origin story of Donald Trump, was the main focus of the interview segment. The author/reporter explained that the film focused on Trump's formative years up to 1987, particularly his relationship with his mentor, Roy Cohn, and how that molded his personality.

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Let's go ahead and take a look. We got a little bit of the trailer of this movie to give people a little taste.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As told to Alex Haley)

Malcolm X

Jill Stein referenced the book when stating that Frederick Douglass, similar to the book's subject, believed power concedes nothing without a demand.

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And I think Frederick Douglass had it right that power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will. Remember, the first spoiler parties were labeled as such before the Civil War and the spoiler parties were those who were fighting for the abolition of slavery.

Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance

J.D. Vance was compared to the persona he presented in his book Hillbilly Elegy, described as more compassionate than his current public image.

Becoming

Michelle Obama

The hosts mentioned reading Michelle Obama's memoir and noted some of its details about her feelings towards her husband's political career.

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If you read between the lines of Obama's book and Michelle Obama's book, there's some pretty brutal admissions of Obama being like, I'm running for office and Michelle's like begging him, like, please don't do it.

The Cartel

Don Winslow

The hosts interviewed Seth Harp, author of the upcoming book "The Fort Bragg Cartel," about the US's involvement in the Afghan heroin trade. Harp discussed the surprising drop in poppy cultivation after the US withdrawal and the US government's role in supporting Afghan drug cartels.

Generation Kill

Evan Wright

It was cited as one of the speaker's favorite books, which was literally written by a journalist on the front lines of the Iraq war. The speaker contrasted the significant press access during that conflict to the severely limited access in the current situation.

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one of my favorite books Generation Kill was literally from a guy there. It's like with this level of press access. It's like zero. It's absolutely ridiculous

Am I a Racist Cop?

Cooper Gauldin

It challenges the industrial complex built around race relations and its incoherent definition of racism. The movie's dinner scene depicts a conversation about anti-racism, which Matt Walsh later joined.

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

One of the speakers mentioned reading Nate Silver's book and referencing his point about the accuracy of betting markets.

I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself

Glynnis MacNicol

It was described as a memoir about seeking pleasure in middle age, and the author discussed overcoming feelings of shame around her life choices.

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At some point, I stopped feeling shame around any part of my existence.

Doppelganger

Naomi Klein

In her book, Naomi Klein details the phenomenon of being constantly confused with another person, leading her to explore the "mirror world" and the journey of those who have switched from the dissident left to the authoritarian right.

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I could offer a kind of equation for leftists and liberals crossing over to the neo-fascist and authoritarian right that goes something like narcissism times grandiosity plus social media addiction plus midlife crisis divided by public shaming equals right wing meltdown

Rigged

Mollie Hemingway

It was described as a book about what happened after Zuckerberg made campaign contributions to boost election infrastructure. The speaker mentioned having not seen Zuckerberg directly address the book's claims before.

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the roughly 400 million dollars that he had put into boosting quote electoral infrastructure