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It was about it's called a polis fire igniting America's clean energy economy By the way, the movie rights are still available for anyone who's interested snap them up

The book actually starts in, you talk about your childhood in Iran where you were born and spent time as a kid.

The book is Finding My Voice, My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward. Please go buy it. It's a fantastic read.

He was sworn in for a second term this morning by Judge Neal Pirro with his hand on the latest copy of Greg Gutfeld's newest book.

I think it's good to go back and read from the era of which I sprang forth I'm the child of the civil rights generation you know there's some great books written about Kings radicals we've created this as Cornel West says the Santa Claus of occasion of King right he was a really radical guy who died with 60% disapproval ratings and I love what he used to say about love he used to say you know I you can't legislate someone to love me yeah and that's why I need you to put some things in place to protect me

Go buy Alyssa's book. So Here's the Thing. It's doing really well. And we'll be talking to her tonight about it.

Alyssa's book is out. So here's the thing. It's on sale. Go buy it. It is fantastic. You will not be disappointed.

Yes, we are asking you as friends of the pod to do yourself a favor and buy this book. It's really good. Alyssa is great.

We should support people like Alyssa who put themselves out there in the most authentic way possible. It's full of great advice. You will laugh your ass off. You will be smarter.

It's basically like, for those of you who aren't fortunate enough to be very close friends with Alyssa like we are, you get to experience that through the pages of this book.

Called in the shadow of statue. It's a white southerner confronts it

I wrote a book came out in 2017 called The Show That Never Ends about progressive rock.

I don't really read but I read The Last Campaign by Thurston Clark about Bobby Kennedy's campaign in 68 is fantastic.

They're there by Tommy Orange and the Immortalist by Chloe Benjamin.

They're there by Tommy Orange and the Immortalist by Chloe Benjamin.

And then one other book is The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem who is probably my favorite author of the last decade or so.

So there's actually some really interesting research around this, including work done by Elder Shafir, whose book Scarcity I highly recommend.

But another book that made a powerful impact on me is called Our Kids by Robert Putnam, sociologist who wrote Bowling Alone.

In Jose's new book, We Fed an Island, it's about the relief work he did in the months after the storm, which he's doing again right now in the wake of Hurricane Florence because Jose is a wonderful person.

The book is We Fed an Island, the true story of rebuilding Puerto Rico one meal at a time.

Later in the pod you'll hear a conversation Tommy and I had last week with chef Jose Andres. This week marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico. In Jose's new book, We Fed an Island, it's about the relief work he did in the months after the storm, which he's doing again right now in the wake of Hurricane Florence because Jose is a wonderful person.

And I can't believe it's the first time we were talking to you since this podcast. Is the first time you brought somebody with an accent? Yeah. No, you had some accents. You sound good. But not like mine.

And I'm so glad that I'm back to talk about something that I'm excited about.

I am joined by Julissa Arce, who's the author of a brand new book, Someone Like Me, How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream.

Go read it. Go read it. Someone Like Me.

But if you really want the adult saucier version, then go get my underground American dream. Buy both. Why choose?

Jalissa thank you for coming back on pod seven America. The book is Someone Like Me, how one undocumented girl fought for her American dream.

Secretary Kerry has a new book out called Every Day Is Extra.

It's about how you live, how you tackle things, how you are in public life, life of purpose, what are you doing?

If you want to hear the rest of that interview, check out Pod Save the World on Wednesday.

...a reminder that DeRay McKesson, the host of Pod Save the People, has a new book out that you can get right now at DeRay.com. It's called The Other Side of Freedom.