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Autocracy, Inc.
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau
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Barbarians at the Gate
Bryan Burrough
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The 1929 Stock Market Crash: Can It Happen Again? (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)
1929
Andrew Ross Sorkin
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The 1929 Stock Market Crash: Can It Happen Again? (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)
The Great Crash, 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith
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The 1929 Stock Market Crash: Can It Happen Again? (with Andrew Ross Sorkin)
The Day the Bubble Burst
Gordon Thomas
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Injustice
Carol Leonnig
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Vanquishing Justice at DOJ (with Carol Leonnig & Aaron Davis)
Doing Justice
Preet Bharara
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Elections: From Mamdani to Trump (with Astead Herndon)
The Torture Memos
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Interference
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Inside the Mueller Report (with Aaron Zebley & Andrew Goldstein)
Vote With Your Phone
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What the Constitution Means to Me (TCG Edition)
It was described as a play that was part memoir, history lesson, and public debate. It was inspired by the author's high school experience giving speeches on the Constitution.
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It's part memoir, part history lesson, and even part public debate.
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Episode: What Patriotism Means to You (with Heidi Schreck)
It was described as a play that was part memoir, history lesson, and public debate. It was inspired by the author's high school experience giving speeches on the Constitution.
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It's part memoir, part history lesson, and even part public debate.
After years of off-Broadway and television writing success, she's now a two-time Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist for her Broadway show, What the Constitution Means to Me.
If you haven't seen it yet, go.
It's a real pleasure and treasure. I rhymed that myself.
So what The Constitution means to me, it's basically a cabaret musical?
The World as It Is
A Memoir of the Obama White House
It was mentioned that the book was recently released in paperback and was a memoir about Ben's time in the Obama White House. The title was derived from a phrase Barack Obama frequently used.
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Congratulations on your book, which is recently out in paperback, The World as It Is.
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It was mentioned that the book was recently released in paperback and was a memoir about Ben's time in the Obama White House. The title was derived from a phrase Barack Obama frequently used.
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Congratulations on your book, which is recently out in paperback, The World as It Is.
Actually, Obama used to have a phrase that he used again and again, which is that in order to pursue the world as it should be, you have to see The World as It Is.
But actually, the point of it is if you want to be an idealist, you have to see The World as It Is in order to pursue the world as it should be.
And actually, I didn't know this, but when Michelle Obama wrote Becoming, she says that like on her first date, Barack Obama used that line.
Congratulations again on the book, which continues to do great. The World as It Is, much better titled than As the World Turns.
Truth in Our Times
Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
It was discussed at length, and Preet Bharara had read it twice, as well as reviewing it for the New York Times. It covers topics related to press freedom and bias in the age of alternative facts.
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And the fact that we are critical of him, I think eats at him. He is in some ways still trying to win the war he was waging as a celebrity. He wants the New York Times to say flattering things about h...
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Episode: Truth in the Trump Era (with David McCraw)
It was discussed at length, and Preet Bharara had read it twice, as well as reviewing it for the New York Times. It covers topics related to press freedom and bias in the age of alternative facts.
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And the fact that we are critical of him, I think eats at him. He is in some ways still trying to win the war he was waging as a celebrity. He wants the New York Times to say flattering things about him.
The relationship should be that our reporters are doing hard stories about the president, the president is answering hard questions, and ultimately the public gets a chance to decide which of those matter to them and what they want to do about them.
many journalists are biased, just not in the way that most people think about it.
reporters tend to champion the underdog.
the easy rap is that most reporters lean liberal, true. And that dictates how they cover a conservative like Trump, false.
TrumpNation
The Art of Being The Donald
It was mentioned in the context of a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against the author. The book contained a passage questioning Trump's wealth claims, which prompted the legal action.
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Even as you'll recall, he sued Tim O'Brien for his book, Trump Nation, over a single two or three paragraph section that suggested Donald Trump wasn't as rich as he said he was.
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Episode: Truth in the Trump Era (with David McCraw)
It was mentioned in the context of a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against the author. The book contained a passage questioning Trump's wealth claims, which prompted the legal action.
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Even as you'll recall, he sued Tim O'Brien for his book, Trump Nation, over a single two or three paragraph section that suggested Donald Trump wasn't as rich as he said he was.
Do Not Erase
Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards
Preet Bharara's book was mentioned by a caller who enjoyed the episode featuring Benjamin Dreyer. It is unclear if the caller was directly referencing a book by Preet Bharara or a podcast episode featuring Preet Bharara and Benjamin Dreyer.
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Preet, this is Judy from Westchester, Ohio. I love your show and I love your book. The program was wonderful with Benjamin Dreyer.
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Episode: Truth in the Trump Era (with David McCraw)
Preet Bharara's book was mentioned by a caller who enjoyed the episode featuring Benjamin Dreyer. It is unclear if the caller was directly referencing a book by Preet Bharara or a podcast episode featuring Preet Bharara and Benjamin Dreyer.
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Preet, this is Judy from Westchester, Ohio. I love your show and I love your book. The program was wonderful with Benjamin Dreyer.
Dreyer's English
An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
It was initially intended to share copyediting tips and tricks, but expanded into a personal reflection on prose and the nature of writing. It unexpectedly became a New York Times bestseller.
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It started out as my desire simply to share the weaponry that I had built up over the years as a copy chief and as a copy editor.
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Episode: The Laws of Language (with Benjamin Dreyer)
It was initially intended to share copyediting tips and tricks, but expanded into a personal reflection on prose and the nature of writing. It unexpectedly became a New York Times bestseller.
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It started out as my desire simply to share the weaponry that I had built up over the years as a copy chief and as a copy editor.
And basically, it was also about scratching an itch that had gone dormant for decades, the itch to want to write something.
And then I fell back on the, well, write what you know. And what I know is copy editing.
It assembled itself.
It happened and it took me a very long time of very consciously trying to get everything right.
Housekeeping
A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
It was described as beautiful and not fancy but gorgeous writing, which was a positive experience for the speaker.
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I'm thinking about the first time I picked up Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping.
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Episode: The Laws of Language (with Benjamin Dreyer)
It was described as beautiful and not fancy but gorgeous writing, which was a positive experience for the speaker.
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I'm thinking about the first time I picked up Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping.
Which is beautiful. And it's not fancy writing. It's just gorgeous writing.
Crazy Rhythm
My Journey from Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond...
It was mentioned as a memoir that the speaker had a positive experience working on and found it a visceral pleasure to read and edit.
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I got to work on Leonard Garment's memoir, Crazy Rhythm.
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Episode: The Laws of Language (with Benjamin Dreyer)
It was mentioned as a memoir that the speaker had a positive experience working on and found it a visceral pleasure to read and edit.
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I got to work on Leonard Garment's memoir, Crazy Rhythm.
What an incredible joy that was. And what a playful and smart guy that was.
And there's a reason why an attorney wrote a book called Crazy Rhythm, particularly when he's a jazz musician on top of everything else.
THE SIRENS OF TITAN (SF MASTERWORKS)
It was mentioned as a novel by Kurt Vonnegut that contains one of Preet Bharara's favourite quotes, reflecting on the idea of good triumphing over evil through organisation.
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There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of...
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Episode: Campaign "Spying" & the Ways and Means of Power (w...
It was mentioned as a novel by Kurt Vonnegut that contains one of Preet Bharara's favourite quotes, reflecting on the idea of good triumphing over evil through organisation.
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There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the mafia.
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
It was mentioned as a book that explored the concept of 'pseudo-events' in American society, particularly in the context of media manipulation.
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Daniel Boorstin wrote a great book in the early 60s called The Pseudo Event about the made for TV moment.
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It was mentioned as a book that explored the concept of 'pseudo-events' in American society, particularly in the context of media manipulation.
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Daniel Boorstin wrote a great book in the early 60s called The Pseudo Event about the made for TV moment.
War Made New
Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History
The book was briefly mentioned, but no further information was provided other than the fact it was written by Max Boot, and Preet Bharara had previously interviewed Max on the show.
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really enjoyed listening today to your interview with Max boot touching in part on his new book
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Episode: The Death of Jamal Khashoggi (with Fareed Zakaria)
The book was briefly mentioned, but no further information was provided other than the fact it was written by Max Boot, and Preet Bharara had previously interviewed Max on the show.
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really enjoyed listening today to your interview with Max boot touching in part on his new book
Fair Play
A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
The book was not explicitly mentioned by name, but she was encouraged by Preet to write a book after they met and discussed it, which he later said was about justice and fairness in sports and that he would read it after it was published.
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And you've written a number of books, and you encouraged me to do it.
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Episode: Fair Play (with Sally Jenkins)
The book was not explicitly mentioned by name, but she was encouraged by Preet to write a book after they met and discussed it, which he later said was about justice and fairness in sports and that he would read it after it was published.
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And you've written a number of books, and you encouraged me to do it.
And so I did. So I want to say I will never forgive you.
Well, it's not published yet. I'm not done editing it.
But as I told you when we first brought this up, I'll read that book.
The Restless Sea (Morland Dynasty)
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A Few Good Men
The book was not directly mentioned, but the movie adaptation was mentioned by Jason Goldfarb as an inspiration for him pursuing a career in law.
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It was either, you know, pitching for the Mets. It didn't work out or, you know, I always had an interest in the law. I always liked history from a very young age. I don't know. Maybe it was watching,...
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Episode: Criminal Justice, Part 3: The Defendant
The book was not directly mentioned, but the movie adaptation was mentioned by Jason Goldfarb as an inspiration for him pursuing a career in law.
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It was either, you know, pitching for the Mets. It didn't work out or, you know, I always had an interest in the law. I always liked history from a very young age. I don't know. Maybe it was watching, you know, my cousin Vinny, you know, or A Few Good Men.
Wing And A Prayer
My Cousin Vinny Series Book 3
The book was not directly mentioned, but the movie adaptation was mentioned by Jason Goldfarb as an inspiration for him pursuing a career in law.
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It was either, you know, pitching for the Mets. It didn't work out or, you know, I always had an interest in the law. I always liked history from a very young age. I don't know. Maybe it was watching,...
— Episode: Criminal Justice, Part 3: The Defendant
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Episode: Criminal Justice, Part 3: The Defendant
The book was not directly mentioned, but the movie adaptation was mentioned by Jason Goldfarb as an inspiration for him pursuing a career in law.
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It was either, you know, pitching for the Mets. It didn't work out or, you know, I always had an interest in the law. I always liked history from a very young age. I don't know. Maybe it was watching, you know, my cousin Vinny, you know, or a few good men.
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