Books and More with William Cooper

Mike has written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, and many others. He has worked at The Washington Post, and is currently on the editorial staff of Vanity Fair. We discuss his career as a creator and his hit audio comedy series StanLand. Visit him online at mikesacks.com.

Uri has very strong and well-informed views on the subject. He is the author of the hit book, Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61884887-eighteen-days-in-october

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Ken Levy, a tenured law professor at LSU, was suspended for criticizing Donald Trump in the classroom. Hear his story on Books and More.

Background: https://www.nola.com/news/politics/lsu-law-professor-removed-from-teaching-after-political-comments-attorney-says/article_90a4f0ee-dcdb-11ef-bc69-ef07415df5f4.html

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We discuss Ken's great new bestseller: Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut.

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ken-belson/every-day-is-sunday/9781538772577/?lens=grand-central-publishing

We discuss Professor Benton's latest book, They Called It Peace, and how it applies to current events--including the recent capture and arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691248479/they-called-it-peace

We discuss A.J.'s many books and advice for aspiring authors in a complicated marketplace.

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A delightful interview with the co-publishers (two lifelong friends and book lovers) of Quite Literally Books, a heritage press devoted to discovering and reissuing ought-to-be-in-print books by American women authors—and occasionally others—who’ve been shelved for far too long.

https://quiteliterallybooks.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopfyHvxDG8jGe6Lvrqerie5N3GVrSpiUtmG2ts75GnMIp0KfMUj

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In this timely new book, professor Gloria Browne-Marshall delves into the history of protest movements and rebellion in the United States. 

https://www.beacon.org/A-Protest-History-of-the-United-States-P2145.aspx

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My interview with professor Mohamed Arafa, who teaches law at Cornell and in Egypt. We discuss how America is viewed in the Middle East.

"The outside world does not see the US as it used to be."

"Even after Trump leaves office, it will not be easy for the US to return to its leading image."

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A stimulating conversion in which Howard breaks down numerous key economic concepts that are typically misunderstood.

Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know: https://www.amazon.com/Understandable-Economics-Because-Understanding-Important/dp/1633888363

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In this interview we discuss Michael's incredible career as a storyteller, contemporary American politics, and advice for aspiring authors.

This memoir stands out as a unique and contemporary story, offering a fresh perspective on historical reparations and the ongoing quest for identity in a rapidly changing world.

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Resnik's new book, “Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy,” was published by the University of Chicago Press this year.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo243487113.html

Donald L. Horowitz is the James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus at Duke University. He holds law degrees from Syracuse and Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. Professor Horowitz is the author of eight books: The Courts and Social Policy (1977), which won the Louis Brownlow Award of the National Academy of Public Administration; The Jurocracy (1977), a book about government lawyers; Coup Theories and Officers’ Motives: Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective (1980); Ethnic Groups in Conflict (1985, 2000); A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society (1991), which won the Ralph Bunche Prize of the American...

We discuss Robert's incredible body of work.

https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/about/about-the-artist/

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We discuss his forthcoming book, Living Just Enough for the City.

Website: https://joseph-hoover.org/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drjoehoover.bsky.social or @drjoehoover.bsky.social
Substack: https://anothermotelvoice.substack.com/ or @anothermotelvoice 

Article on gentrification: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00905917231178295
Article on utopian hope, where I discuss utopian urban planning: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17550882251380725

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We discuss Bryan's collaboration with Justice Scalia and his wonderful new book: The Etcher: The Life and Art of Oskar Stoessel. 

https://www.amazon.com/Etcher-Life-Art-Oskar-Stoessel/dp/1567928404

A. J. BERMUDEZ is an award-winning writer and director who divides her time between Los Angeles and New York. Her first book, Stories No One Hopes Are About Them, won the 2022 Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a 2023 Lambda Award Finalist. Writing credits include MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE (co-written with director Kyle Hausmann Stokes; starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman), iCON (Grand Prize Winner of the PAGE Award, 2021), NIGHTINGALE (Grand Prize Winner of an International Screenwriters Association Award, 2020), and THE FACE OF THE EARTH (Grand Prize Winner of the Diverse Voices Award, 2018). Her work has been...

Graham created and oversees Business Insider's award-winning "Boot Camp" series (2018-present), which goes inside the training programs of military branches and law enforcement agencies. Episodes include the United States Secret Service, the United States Border Patrol, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Marine Corps,  the United States Army, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police aka "Mounties."

In 2024, he produced and directed a feature-length documentary "War Ready: Inside Army War Games" about a large-scale Army training exercise built to prepare for a possible war with China.

He produced and directed the acclaimed feature-length documentary "W...

We discuss his new book, Heaven Has Eyes.

https://singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/heaven-has-eyes

We discuss their new book The Glamour of Evil and their new press BookGo.

https://www.bookgo.pub/

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We discuss his new book Project Mayflower: Building and Sailing a Seventeenth-Century Replica.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Project-Mayflower/Richard-A-Stone/9781493084364

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Joan Silber has written ten books of fiction--most recently, Mercy, out in fall 2025. Secrets of Happiness was a Washington Post Best Book of the year and a Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of the Year. Improvement won The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award. She also received the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Her other works of fiction include Fools, longlisted for the National Book Award and finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, The Size of the World, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Prize in Fiction, and Ideas of Heaven...

We discuss their book Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fair-Shake/Naomi-Cahn/9781982115135

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is an award-winning journalist who has covered drug policy, public health, gun control, civil liberties, and criminal justice for more than three decades. 

Sullum is the author of two critically acclaimed books: Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (Tarcher/Penguin, 2004) and For Your Own Good: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health (Free Press, 1998). His most recent book is Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books, 2025), which CNN anchor Jake Tapper describes as...

For four decades, Ellen Bassuk has navigated the worlds of psychiatry, advocacy, and motherhood-shaped by her son Daniel Schoonover's lifelong struggle with mental illness, especially schizophrenia. Between Two Worlds is their deeply personal and captivating memoir, chronicling Daniel's journey through a broken health care system that often fails those who are different, and the consequent parenting challenges.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/between-two-worlds-9798216200628/

Harry McCracken is the global technology editor for Fast Company, based in San Francisco. He writes about topics ranging from gadgets and services from tech giants to the startup economy to how artificial intelligence and other breakthroughs are changing life at work, home, and beyond.

McCracken’s work for the publication has included profiles of Marques Brownlee, Stephen Curry, Jack Dorsey, Marissa Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, and other notables. His other pieces range from a report on Roblox’s efforts to age up to a look at Apple’s original 1976 marketing plan. His Plugged In newsletter appear...

Alexandra is a critic for The New York Times Book Review and occasional features writer. She joined The Times in 2010. She is the author of the hit book: “Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy Singular Life of Elaine Stritch.”

Website: https://www.nytimes.com/by/alexandra-jacobs

Book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250758057/stillhere/

Jonathan R. Macey is an American legal scholar who serves as the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale Law School. Macey is one of the most cited legal scholars in the world.

https://law.yale.edu/jonathan-r-macey

Ed is the author of First Steps in Space-Time: A Brief Introduction to Special Relativity.

https://www.ed-macaulay.com/

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Her new novel, Evening Begins the Day, will be published by Koehler Books in Spring 2026! The story weaves together two families in crisis—one reeling from a marital betrayal and the other grappling with their at-risk teenage daughter—with an ancient spiritual practice called The Counting of the Omer; a modern-day quest for community, hope, and safety.

https://jessicabrilliantkeener.com/about-jessica-keener.html

Gil Gillenwater is the founder of the award-winning Rancho Feliz Charitable Foundation, which has reimagined border philanthropy since 1987. He is the author of Hope on the Border.

https://ranchofeliz.com/team/gil-gillenwater/

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We discuss her storied career at The New Yorker and her bestseller, Lorne
The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/532520/lorne-by-susan-morrison/

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Website: https://defector.com/author/ray-ratto

Erica Rex has written for Scientific American, The New York Times, The Times (UK), The Independent, Salon, The Economist and many other publications. She is a recipient of National Magazine Award for Fiction. We discuss her forthcoming book Seeing What Is There: My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Seeing-What-Is-There/Erica-Rex/9798896360360

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A delightful conversation with Pamela Paul, a writer at large for The Wall Street Journal. She was previously an Opinion columnist for The New York Times, where she also spent nine years as the editor of The New York Times Book Review and oversaw all books coverage at The New York Times. She is the former host of the weekly Book Review podcast for The Times. She is the author and editor of ten books. Visit her online at www.pamelapaul.com.

A few thoughts on where things stand.

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We discuss his books books The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future (2015, Palgrave MacMillan); The Absolute and Star Trek (2017, Palgrave MacMillan); and Star Trek and the Politics of Globalism (2018, Palgrave MacMillan).

https://people.miami.edu/profile/2b21bdd1b6844498821ffa637b0cbb50

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Jonathan is a bestselling author and one of the UK's most respected and widely read journalists. We discuss his new book, The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany—and the Spy Who Betrayed Them. An Amazon Best Book of the Year for 2025, Mick Herron calls it "An astonishing true story of courage, love, and betrayal, told with the verve of a thriller. Freedland is a master at weaving spellbinding entertainments drawn from forgotten corners of history."

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-traitors-circle-jonathan-freedland?variant=43710103093282

Susan Dominus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. We discuss her wonderful new book, The Family Dynamic: A Journey Into the Mystery of Sibling Success. Find it here: https://www.susanpdominus.com/

She has worked for The New York Times since 2007, initially as a Metro columnist. In 2018, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for their reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. Her article about menopause in The New York Times Magazine earned a National Magazine Award.

As shines through in the interview, Professor Shaefer has a clear-eyed and deeply informed view of one of the most important--and neglected--topics in American society: poverty alleviation. His work has been cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, and The Atlantic, and he has been featured on such programs as PBS NewsHour, Marketplace, 1A, All Things Considered, and CNBC’s Nightly Business Report. His book with Kathryn Edin, "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2015 by the New York Times Book Review, and won the Hillman Prize for...

A delightful conversation with Eve about her writing, including her new book: Snow Fleas and Chickadees: Everyday Observations in the Sierra.

https://www.evequesnel.com/books.html

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Max and I discuss the most consequential topics in technology today, including AI and cybersecurity. In addition to his work running the technology section at Fast Company, his writing has also appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wired, and The Guardian. He is the recipient of two Society of Professional Journalists awards and his 2016 essay on diners was anthologized in Best Food Writing.

https://www.fastcompany.com/user/mufberg

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Here's the first chapter. #books #fiction #politicalfiction

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More psychological insights from the great investors.

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Susanne Paola Antonetta writes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. She contributes to media like the Huffington Post, Ms., the New York Times, The Hill, and currently writes a blog/column for Psychology Today called Mad Woman Out of the Attic. And she serves as nonfiction editor of Orison Books.

We discuss her new book The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today.

https://www.susantonetta.com/devilscastle

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Jon Talton has had an incredible career as a columnist and novelist. He shares his story on this episode.

https://www.seattletimes.com/author/jon-talton/

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The Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne is the Conservative MP for New Forest West. We have a far-reaching and stimulating conversation about US and UK politics.

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A delightful conversation with Richard about language, literature, and life.

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We discuss Norm's new book Love, Norm: Inspiration of a Jewish American Fighter Pilot.

https://www.lovenormmemoir.com/

Norm's Story

Norm Shulman's relationship with his stepson Greg Levenson, always stable and warm, evolved when Greg decided to enlist in the Air Force at age 27. Cognizant of past anti-Semitic stereotypes persisting about Jewish participation in the military, Norm wanted to help prepare Greg to feel comfortable in his own identity.​

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So, Norm decided to write letters connecting Greg to the many Jewish military heroes who had preceded him...

We discuss Matthew's new book The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy.

“A sobering assessment of the evolution of Christian nationalism.” Publishers Weekly

https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664269214-the-seven-mountains-mandate/

Tobias Grey writes for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times, among others. In the process he has interviewed such legends as Kazuo Ishiguro and John le Carré. Hear his story on Books and More.

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William D. Cohan is the New York Times bestselling author of five non-fiction narratives. We delve into his 2022 book Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, about the rise and fall of GE, once the world’s most powerful, valuable and important company. It was a New York Times bestseller and on the best book of the year lists published by The New Yorker, The Economist, The Financial Times and the New York Times. We also discuss his new book about Leon Black and Apollo Global Management.

https://williamcohan.com/

We discuss Matthew's new book The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy.

“A sobering assessment of the evolution of Christian nationalism.” Publishers Weekly

https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664269214-the-seven-mountains-mandate/

We discuss his new book The Fast.  “A knowledgeable study of fasting, which has a long history and a layered present . . . In this well-informed, illuminating book, Oakes shows us the value of consuming less in order to know more.” —Kirkus

https://john-oakes.com/the-fast/

An analysis of Buffett's November 10, 2025 letter to shareholders.

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We discuss Carla's wonderful new biography Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford. What a great title!

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Carla Kaplan is the Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature at Northeastern University, where, as the Founding Director of the university’s Humanities Center, she created a conversational hub dedicated to diversity. She has held positions at Yale Univerity, the University of Southern California, Wellesley College, and the University of Illinois, and also teaches writing through arts councils and writers’ centers.

Kaplan’s previous books include Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters...

Legendary Hollywood producer Carol Baum is behind many great movies and books. She tells her story on Books and More.

Her book: https://www.carolfriedlandbaum.com/book/

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Chip Jacobs is a bestselling author and prize-winning journalist. Later Days, his most recent book, follows the rollercoaster friendship of two classmates at a Lord-of-the-Flies-esque prep school going coed in late-1970s Southern California, then their complicated journey toward forgiveness twenty years later as time ticks down on both of them.

https://chipjacobs.com/about/

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Thanks to host John Trout for having me on. A fun discussion about whether police officers can keep their identities a secret with respect to legal proceedings.

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We discuss Sharon's poetry, prose writing, and new book.

Her website: https://thoughtswithsharon.com/

We discuss their new book, The Parenthood Advantage: Building Corporate Cultures That Value Working Parents. Traditionally, parenthood has been seen as a career disruption—especially for mothers. But what if becoming a parent could be one of the greatest leadership incubators of all? The Parenthood Advantage challenges the outdated narrative that working parents are a burden to manage and instead shows how they’re an untapped asset that forward-thinking companies can’t afford to overlook.

https://theparenthoodadvantage.com/

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We discuss her powerful book The Politzer Saga. Searching for truth, Linda pieced together the astonishing story of eight generations of her Jewish ancestors — the Politzer family — their remarkable lives lost to her father’s secrets.

https://politzersaga.com/

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We discuss Sarah's storied career at The Times. She's currently a writer at large, meaning that she's not assigned to a single department but covers a range of topics. This includes a monthly thrillers column for the Book Review.

X: @sarahlyall

https://www.nytimes.com/by/sarah-lyall#about

Thoughts on the big wins and gerrymandering after the passage of Proposition 50 in California.

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Kelly's new book, The Luckiest, comes out today, November 4. This deeply personal memoir explores the growth and perspective gained while navigating life’s unexpected asteroids and the craters they leave behind.

website: https://www.kellycervantes.com/

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A walk through numerous common tendencies that cause misjudgment. will-cooper.com #warrenbuffett #charliemunger

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We discuss her new book, A Protest History of the United States, which delves into the history of protest movements and rebellion in the United States. 

https://www.beacon.org/A-Protest-History-of-the-United-States-P2145.aspx

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Ken Levy, a tenured law professor at LSU, was suspended for criticizing Donald Trump in the classroom. Hear his story on Books and More.

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We discuss his prose writing and poetry.

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We discuss her book Four Seasons in the Sierra: Nature Poems for the Mountain Wanderer.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204225425-four-seasons-in-the-sierra

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We discuss his graphic novel, Hour of Need, a graphic novel telling the true story of the resistance to Nazi rule in Denmark during World War II and the heroes that saved the Danish Jews by helping them evacuate to Sweden.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hour-of-Need/Ralph-Shayne/9781499813579

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An interview with the founders of an exciting new music venture, Going Uptown.

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David details his new book, Artificially Intelligent. Our wide-ranging discussion covers many important topics in today's AI debates including the impact of AI on jobs and human flourishing.

The book: https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487567675

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We discuss Michael's wonderful books and storied career as a writer and rabbi.

https://rabbimichaelzedek.com/

Here's Chapter 1 of my new novel. Available for FREE through October 11, 2025 on kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Trial-Donald-H-Rumsfeld-Novel-ebook/dp/B0FCG4M4N3

"Cooper’s writing is bold and intelligent. The mysterious narrator adds intrigue, and the courtroom sequences are written with striking tension that keeps readers hooked." Novels' Nest

A stimulating conversation with authors with H. Robert John and Nancy Merritt Bell about their new book Squawk 7700.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/squawk-7700/h-r-john-and-m-mckinley-and-n-m-bell/9798896191698

President Trump has authorized federal troops to go into Portland and Chicago.

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A deep dive into the shutdown standoff between Democrats and Republicans.

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This book is many things. Above all, it’s a searing reminder of how profoundly impacted we *all* are by events and circumstances we don't control. Few, if any, literary characters will stick with me quite like Demon.

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It's a huge problem.

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As Donald Trump goes after Jim Comey and others, this serious problem for the American polity gets bigger. "America's political energy should be channeled into winning elections and governing effectively--not sending political rivals to jail."

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A Deep Dive into the surprise announcement.

Portland's city leaders and residents are pushing back against ICE. Now Trump is sending in troops.

A provocative blend of fact and fiction, using a courtroom drama to offer sharp political commentary on accountability and the exercise of power.

The unprecedented Comey indictment.

ICE arrests superintendent of Iowa's largest public school district.

Polarization’s knife has already penetrated deep inside the body politic. Criminalizing politics twists it violently.

On this morning's Books and More podcast, Andres and Ingrid unpack the current status of the looming government shutdown. Trump has made several threats that, if carried out, would be blatantly unconstitutional. Surprise, surprise.

In today's Books and More podcast, Andrew and Ingrid (AI) do a thorough deep dive into Donald Trump's speech at the UN yesterday. It was a truly stunning spectacle.

It's as bad as they say it is.

All around the world people are asking: What’s wrong with America? Why isn’t it working? The answer is the American people themselves.

This episode compares and contrasts two alternative history novels: (1) The new release, The Trial of Donald H. Rumsfeld, about the former Secretary of Defense and (2) Rodham, the classic imagined story about Hillary Clinton.

Rumsfeld: https://www.amazon.com/Trial-Donald-H-Rumsfeld-Novel-ebook/dp/B0FCG4M4N3

Clinton: https://www.amazon.com/Rodham-Novel-Curtis-Sittenfeld-ebook/dp/B08478DXS2?ref_=ast_author_dp_rw&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qy1f5oM001OgLp0f3NZheZdz2WUmxMJ603jpdgGJLtGSFhL3tVjjorMVf4SLotj9ZLcyGfb50HSELtH4elv2BHmqyDpxiP2lcnhJST8se03LeTOcINbY_v5vwjPFBF7guh14BMZXUfpaxfff9uexYac9HAJVDKOVnTHmEYAoIIlx7OLDT5Uo4gFUjFhaQs5uKfNiz_qRsm0JhYsdb3IpGal1s7ZUeckcAMY-dcinSgg.a...

The root cause of America's political dysfunction is the psychology of politics.

The best book ever written about regret and the importance of pursuing what matters in life.

A discussion about how presenting isolated facts or anecdotes without broader trend lines, comparisons, or scale often leads to misleading conclusions and exaggerated perceptions.

A discussion of the new novel The Trial of Donald H. Rumsfeld.