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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

The Millionaire Next Door

Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D.

Mentioned 7 months ago

Evening Edition: Could 'Trump Accounts' Spark An American Baby Boom?

This book was recommended as it explained how people who accumulated millions went broke, contrasting them with those earning modest incomes who became millionaires solely based on how they managed and saved their money.

I always tell people go get the book millionaire next door. It is a book that explains how people that made millions went broke and people that made 50,000 a year, uh, became millionaires just because of how they treated their money and saving their money.

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The Architect of Espionage: The Man Who Built Israel's Mossad into the World's Boldest Intelligence Force cover

The Architect of Espionage

Samuel M. Katz

Mentioned 7 months ago

Evening Edition: The Mossad's Role in Shaping Global Espionage

This new book by Samuel Katz is a biography detailing the life and work of Meir Dagan, who revolutionized not just Israel's Mossad but the entire art and action of intelligence gathering worldwide. The book was described as being on sale now.

Samuel Katz is a New York Times best-selling author, and his new book, a biography of Mayor Dagan, titled The Architect of Espionage, is now for sale.

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Bitcoin Is For Everyone

Natalie Brunell

Mentioned 7 months ago

Business Rundown: What's Behind The Bitcoin Selloff?

The speaker wrote this book because people who are new to Bitcoin can get nervous during drawdowns, suggesting they don't understand it enough. The book aims to help people zoom out and understand Bitcoin as a long-term savings technology that protects against debasement, with the first half focusing on inflation and the problems in the current financial system.

It's one of the reasons why I wrote a book recently.

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Charade

David Marcus

Mentioned 7 months ago

The President Doubles Down On His Deportation Push

This book was mentioned as David Marcus's recent work, suggesting it covers political topics related to the current national climate and COVID-19.

I'm David Marcus, Fox News digital columnist and author of Charade, The COVID Lies That Crush the Nation.

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50 State Quarters Program - A Celebration of the States (In English and Chinese)

B. Li

Mentioned 7 months ago

Extra: Change Is Hard. What Lies Ahead For A Post-Penny America

The speaker confirmed that the state quarters program, which was active during his tenure as Mint director, generated excitement and that many people collected them, often using books to track their collection. The program was legislated into existence after the speaker successfully lobbied Congress, overcoming opposition within the Treasury Department.

Was your idea the state quarters that people got a little excited about and a lot of people had those books and collected them?

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Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

Mentioned 7 months ago

From Washington: Is Congress Capable of Regulating AI? 

This book was mentioned as one of the best-selling biographies written by Walter Isaacson.

Walter Isaacson is one of America's best-known historians, whose books include best-selling biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and a contributor to the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin.

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Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

Mentioned 7 months ago

From Washington: Is Congress Capable of Regulating AI? 

This book was mentioned as one of the best-selling biographies written by Walter Isaacson.

Walter Isaacson is one of America's best-known historians, whose books include best-selling biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and a contributor to the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

Mentioned 7 months ago

From Washington: Is Congress Capable of Regulating AI? 

This book was mentioned as one of the best-selling biographies written by Walter Isaacson.

Walter Isaacson is one of America's best-known historians, whose books include best-selling biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and a contributor to the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin.

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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

Walter Isaacson

Mentioned 7 months ago

From Washington: Is Congress Capable of Regulating AI? 

The author's new book discussed the crafting of the Declaration of Independence's second sentence and what its enduring ideals might offer to unify a divided nation.

Later, Author and Historian Walter Isaacson discusses his new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, and how the Declaration of Independence's enduring ideals might help unify a divided nation.

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Relativity

Albert Einstein

Mentioned 7 months ago

From Washington: Is Congress Capable of Regulating AI? 

This book was mentioned as one of the best-selling biographies written by Walter Isaacson.

Walter Isaacson is one of America's best-known historians, whose books include best-selling biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and a contributor to the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin.

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George Washington’s Prayers (American Heritage Series Book 2)

Robert Pelton

Mentioned 7 months ago

Extra: Faith, Free Markets And America's Early Settlers

The speaker mentioned that he made a series of films about America's Judeo-Christian roots called the Foundation of American Liberty series, and the first film focused on the pilgrims.

I made a series of films about America's Judeo-Christian roots called the Foundation of American Liberty series. And the first one was on the pilgrims.

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Of Plymouth Plantation (Illustrated)

William Bradford

Mentioned 7 months ago

Extra: Faith, Free Markets And America's Early Settlers

Governor William Bradford wrote about the communal living experiment and stated that it failed, leading to the decision to implement private land ownership.

And so finally, their governor who, by the way, he became their governor for years, 30 years, basically, Governor William Bradford. And he wrote about all these things in a book called A Plymouth Plantation.

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Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future Cover

Jean M. Twenge PhD

Generations

The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

It was discussed as the latest book by Dr. Jean Twenge, exploring the differences between Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, boomers, and the silent generation and their impact on America's future. It was mentioned that Gen Z individuals are more pessimistic than previous generations.

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Gen Z is definitely gloomier than previous Generations were at the same age.

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It was discussed as the latest book by Dr. Jean Twenge, exploring the differences between Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, boomers, and the silent generation and their impact on America's future. It was mentioned that Gen Z individuals are more pessimistic than previous generations.

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Gen Z is definitely gloomier than previous Generations were at the same age.

Her latest book is Generations, the real differences between Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, boomers and silence and what they mean for America's future.

In fact, in my book Generations, I documented that I think for the first time in the U.S. data from the high school seniors that there's an increase in the number of young men who identify as conservative and then there's a slight decrease in the number of young women who say that they're liberal.

Gene Twenge, author of Generations The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silence and What They Mean for America's Future.

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Jamiyl Samuels

The Sensationally Super Sandy

It was written to help siblings of children with autism understand their brother or sister's diagnosis and why they receive so much attention. The book was written from the sibling's perspective and designed to help the sibling feel important and valued.

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this is why we wrote the sibling perspective book um the sensational super sandy because Asia was not understanding how is he not speaking to me you're giving him all of this attention what about me w...

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It was written to help siblings of children with autism understand their brother or sister's diagnosis and why they receive so much attention. The book was written from the sibling's perspective and designed to help the sibling feel important and valued.

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this is why we wrote the sibling perspective book um the sensational super sandy because Asia was not understanding how is he not speaking to me you're giving him all of this attention what about me what about me hi I'm here I am the baby I need the attention I need you to pay more attention to me yours we're I'm sitting in doctor's appointment I'm sitting in a speech pathology office I have to be sitting outside waiting for you to finish we're going from OT speech music therapy everything revolves around Trey and I had to sit down and explain to Asia that we love you we're doing this for your benefit long term I don't want Trey to be your responsibility so I'm doing it because I want to make sure you're able to be independent god forbid anything happens to mommy and daddy Trey will be okay so we're running to all these services and she couldn't understand it so I said to my husband said you got to write another book because there's so many other parents whose siblings are sitting there angry at their parents angry at the siblings and we we did an interview the other day and someone talked about that that their sibling up to now they're older now and the sibling was so upset because the parents was so focused on their special need and their disability that they don't really even speak I never wanted my children to have that type of relationship I wanted her to understand that she was amazing that she is awesome she's important to us we're doing this because of her

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? Cover

Graham Allison

Destined for War

Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

It was mentioned in the context of the speaker's thoughts on US-China relations and how policymakers could have prevented certain outcomes a decade before D-Day.

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I don't know if you ever read Graham Allison's book Destin for War written in 2017.

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It was mentioned in the context of the speaker's thoughts on US-China relations and how policymakers could have prevented certain outcomes a decade before D-Day.

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I don't know if you ever read Graham Allison's book Destin for War written in 2017.

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Nicole Saphier M.D.

Love, Mom

Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood

It was mentioned as the title of a newly published book by Dr. Nicole Saphier, a board-certified radiologist and Fox News contributor, who discussed the rise in cancer cases among younger adults.

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Dr. Nicole Sapphire is a board certified radiologist and Fox News contributor. Also author of the new book Love Mom.

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It was mentioned as the title of a newly published book by Dr. Nicole Saphier, a board-certified radiologist and Fox News contributor, who discussed the rise in cancer cases among younger adults.

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Dr. Nicole Sapphire is a board certified radiologist and Fox News contributor. Also author of the new book Love Mom.

Dr. Nicole Sapphire radiologist Fox News contributor and author of the new book Love Mom looking forward to that thank you very much for your time thanks so much for having me

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Gail Dwyer

The Roof Above

It was described as a fictionalized account of an army spouse and her family, exploring the challenges of military life, love, family, and friendship against the backdrop of war and duty. It was highly recommended.

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West Point graduate, Army spouse and mother of two combat veterans puts the daunting experiences of military spouses to page in her new fiction novel, The Roof Above.

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It was described as a fictionalized account of an army spouse and her family, exploring the challenges of military life, love, family, and friendship against the backdrop of war and duty. It was highly recommended.

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West Point graduate, Army spouse and mother of two combat veterans puts the daunting experiences of military spouses to page in her new fiction novel, The Roof Above.

In her new novel, The Roof Above, she explores the experience of Army spouses and how love, family, and friendship can be tested to their limits against the daunting realities of war and duty.

Gail Dwyer started writing this book 10 years ago, and The Roof Above is now available wherever you buy books.

I read it. I highly recommend it.

It's called The Roof Above by Gail Dwyer, available now.

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Siobhan Fallon

You Know When the Men Are Gone

It was mentioned as a book that Dana Perino had read, and which is how she and Siobhan became friends.

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I read her book, You Know When the Men Are Gone.

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It was mentioned as a book that Dana Perino had read, and which is how she and Siobhan became friends.

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I read her book, You Know When the Men Are Gone.

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Siobhan Fallon

The Confusion of Languages

Host Dana Perino strongly recommended Siobhan Fallon's novel, The Confusion of Languages, during a discussion on the podcast. Perino praised the book, calling it "unbelievably good," and noted that it maintained the high quality of Fallon's previous work.

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It was described by Dana Perino as unbelievably good and another one of Siobhan's books.

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And then The Confusion of Languages is unbelievably good books.

[FULL COLOR] KOREAN CULTURE DICTIONARY: From Kimchi To K-Pop And K-Drama Clichés. Everything About Korea Explained! Cover

Woosung Kang

[FULL COLOR] KOREAN CULTURE DICTIONARY

From Kimchi To K-Pop And K-Drama Clichés. Everything About Korea Explained!

It was mentioned briefly by Jimmy Failla as being available for purchase at the end of the podcast, indicating a book related to cancel culture that may be helpful or insightful.

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So buy a copy of the Cancer Culture Dictionary, which is available wherever fine books are sold.

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It was mentioned briefly by Jimmy Failla as being available for purchase at the end of the podcast, indicating a book related to cancel culture that may be helpful or insightful.

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So buy a copy of the Cancer Culture Dictionary, which is available wherever fine books are sold.

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Devorah Heitner

Growing Up in Public

Coming of Age in a Digital World

The book 'Growing Up in Public' by Devorah Heitner was mentioned in relation to the challenges children face online, especially regarding their privacy and the potential for exploitation and inappropriate online interactions.

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You know, there's a great book called Growing Up in Public by Devora Heitner.

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The book 'Growing Up in Public' by Devorah Heitner was mentioned in relation to the challenges children face online, especially regarding their privacy and the potential for exploitation and inappropriate online interactions.

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You know, there's a great book called Growing Up in Public by Devora Heitner.

The #1 Lawyer: He’s America’s Best Lawyer Until He’s Its #1 Murder Suspect Cover

James Patterson

The #1 Lawyer

He’s America’s Best Lawyer Until He’s Its #1 Murder Suspect

It is a murder mystery about a successful lawyer accused of killing his wife, where he decides to defend himself in court.

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James Patterson's latest novel, Number One Lawyer, is a murder mystery he penned with the help of former prosecutor and author Nancy Allen, chronicling a small-town lawyer accused of killing his wife.

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It is a murder mystery about a successful lawyer accused of killing his wife, where he decides to defend himself in court.

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James Patterson's latest novel, Number One Lawyer, is a murder mystery he penned with the help of former prosecutor and author Nancy Allen, chronicling a small-town lawyer accused of killing his wife.

I just started your new novel your latest novel on number one lawyer sort of a classic sort of a classic character classic premise um don't spoil it for me don't spoil it for anyone uh but just you know tell people who this guy's about

well the number one lawyer first of all i'm a total junkie for lawyer stories and and murder trials i love them um what i wanted to do there was to do something it would rival the stuff that i've really loved in the past and in this case you have a really really popular lawyer uh really successful lawyers never lost a case and down in Mississippi he has to go to court and the reason he has to go to the court is he's been accused of murdering his wife in cold blood there's a fair amount of evidence and he decides he's against a lot of advice that he's going to defend himself uh and i love that scenario it's just uh it's kind of irresistible for anybody who loves drama and suspense and melodrama which i which i love as well uh and um you know so that's and there are a lot of elements obviously to it i like doing it in Mississippi it's right on the golf and he actually at one point he has to get out of the law for a while and he becomes a lifeguard on the beaches in boaxi which is interesting and then and then he goes back into being a lawyer to solve cases and you know i just i love the whole scenario the whole story of it is it's kind of and you know when you start when i start one of these novels i always hope they're going to turn out well and sometimes not so much but this one turned out really well number one lawyer it's really nobody's going to be disappointed with it i don't think

it's for sure too uh gira number three which which we're taking to film at this stage and then uh i suspect number one lawyer will get would be a get option too yeah

Cancel Culture Dictionary: An A to Z Guide to Winning the War on Fun Cover

Jimmy Failla

Cancel Culture Dictionary

An A to Z Guide to Winning the War on Fun

Jimmy Failla promoted his book "Cancel Culture Dictionary", encouraging listeners to purchase it wherever books are sold.

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buy my new book Cancel Culture Dictionary wherever fine books are sold

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Jimmy Failla promoted his book "Cancel Culture Dictionary", encouraging listeners to purchase it wherever books are sold.

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buy my new book Cancel Culture Dictionary wherever fine books are sold

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Avi Melamed

Inside the Middle East

Entering a New Era

Avi Melamed's book, 'Inside the Middle East', was discussed in relation to the Israeli-Hamas conflict, particularly the IDF's innovative military tactics and the need for the international community to hold Hamas accountable.

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Avi Melamedz spent a career in Israel's intelligence services and as an officer for Arab affairs, he's also written two books one that is titled Inside the Middle East making sense of...

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Avi Melamed's book, 'Inside the Middle East', was discussed in relation to the Israeli-Hamas conflict, particularly the IDF's innovative military tactics and the need for the international community to hold Hamas accountable.

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Avi Melamedz spent a career in Israel's intelligence services and as an officer for Arab affairs, he's also written two books one that is titled Inside the Middle East making sense of the most dangerous and complicated region on earth

in my previous book Inside the Middle East entering a new era that published in 2022 also in previous book before that I wrote very clearly and I won't if you Western circles will look if you continue to exempt Hamas from responsibility you are doing Israelis to death and destruction and we saw exactly how fortunately that this estimation was validated on the goal of the 2007

your most recent book Inside the Middle East entering a new era is available where books are sold

Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America Cover

Rebekah Koffler

Putin's Playbook

Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America

It was mentioned as detailing Russia's secret plan to defeat America, and that Donald Trump understood each of its components and acted to counter them.

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which I described in my book, Putin's Playbook, Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America.

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It was mentioned as detailing Russia's secret plan to defeat America, and that Donald Trump understood each of its components and acted to counter them.

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which I described in my book, Putin's Playbook, Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America.

It has four, five rather different prongs and Trump understood every single one of them.

Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs: Written by the Former Head of the Pentagon Program Investigating UAPs―Featured on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Cover

Luis Elizondo

Imminent

Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

The book discusses one of the most famous encounters with a UAP, why the government may not be forthcoming with intelligence, and other information about the Pentagon's hunt for UFOs. The author, a former director of the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, also mentions the recovery of exotic materials not made by humans.

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So if this was a jury and I was presenting this information to a jury, we're well beyond reasonable doubt.

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The book discusses one of the most famous encounters with a UAP, why the government may not be forthcoming with intelligence, and other information about the Pentagon's hunt for UFOs. The author, a former director of the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, also mentions the recovery of exotic materials not made by humans.

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So if this was a jury and I was presenting this information to a jury, we're well beyond reasonable doubt.

So this is not like you said, it's not an atmospheric aberration or an anomaly or something like that. This is a real tangible piece of technology.

The U.S. government has, and by the way, let me just reiterate, my book went through the government for the Pentagon for Security Review.

But yes, the information you hear from whistleblowers like David Grush and whatnot, those individuals, they're right.

And so when you see material that is, that is, goes back decades that has been engineered in such a precise way that to this day we still can't do it.

I Used to Like You Until...: (How Binary Thinking Divides Us) Cover

Kat Timpf

I Used to Like You Until...

(How Binary Thinking Divides Us)

Kat Timpf discussed her new book, which explores why Americans are so divided and how they can find common ground. She used personal examples to illustrate the destructive nature of political divisions and assumptions based on party affiliation.

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Issues are often complex and people always are. And the way we talk about this stuff doesn't reflect that at all.

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Kat Timpf discussed her new book, which explores why Americans are so divided and how they can find common ground. She used personal examples to illustrate the destructive nature of political divisions and assumptions based on party affiliation.

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Issues are often complex and people always are. And the way we talk about this stuff doesn't reflect that at all.

I've wanted to write a book like this for a long time.

I had a book that I wrote last year that came out, but I got the idea that this could be a book actually while I was on the tour for my first book, because I really saw with my own eyes going to all these different places, meeting all these different kinds of people while I was on the road all around the country, just how much we really do have in common.

I'm hoping that at the very least, it makes people feel OK to have conversations, that it makes people feel like they can say, hey, I know that my whole thing is that I'm super left wing, but I didn't really like this policy or I didn't really like this thing this politician said, or hey, I know my whole thing is that I'm conservative or I'm Republican. I didn't like this thing that Trump said or this DeSantis said.

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Miranda Devine

The Big Guy

How a President and His Son Sold Out America

The book discusses how President Biden and his son sold out America. The author's commentary in the podcast highlighted President Biden's cognitive decline and the constitutional crisis it represents.

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It's easy to forget because he's usually invisible, but we still have Joe Biden as president for four more months. That is a scary prospect considering his obvious cognitive decline.

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The book discusses how President Biden and his son sold out America. The author's commentary in the podcast highlighted President Biden's cognitive decline and the constitutional crisis it represents.

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It's easy to forget because he's usually invisible, but we still have Joe Biden as president for four more months. That is a scary prospect considering his obvious cognitive decline.

The fate of the free world should not be left in the hands of a man who can't remember where he is or what he's meant to be doing at any given moment.

On Saturday, for instance, he made the prime ministers of India, Japan and Australia schlep to Wilmington, Delaware, for the annual meeting of the Quad, which is a partnership designed to keep an increasingly aggressive China in check.

In public remarks live streamed by the White House, the president actually forgot that he was supposed to introduce Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Whether it's Jill or someone else running the country, the bottom line is that we don't have a functional president. This is a constitutional crisis.

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David M. Rubenstein

The Highest Calling

Conversations on the American Presidency

It explored the history of the US presidency, highlighted the legacies of presidents like Lincoln and Washington, and discussed the motivations behind individuals seeking the office.

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So it's a job that people are dying to do and lining up for all the time.

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It explored the history of the US presidency, highlighted the legacies of presidents like Lincoln and Washington, and discussed the motivations behind individuals seeking the office.

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So it's a job that people are dying to do and lining up for all the time.

Yeah, oh yes. Because I worked there as a young man. I worked in the White House when I was 27 years old for Jimmy Carter for four years.

And so I've always fascinated by presidents and presidential memorials. I guess I put up a fair amount of money to make these memorials better than they were.

He didn't really want to be president. No male member of his family had ever lived past 50. He was 57 when he became president.

The reason I would like to talk to Lincoln more than anybody else is because he was the person who decided to hold the union together.

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