This week’s podcast is all about books. We offer a selection for your summer reading list.
We open with musings on the falling out between Trump and Musk.
John and Tim share a smattering of books to enjoy and consider.
Tim’s whack-jobs from the University of Michigan invest their efforts or money in nonacademic pursuits.
John’s hero speaks about the ideological capture of a training program at their university.
Santa Clara University’s Crazy Idea of Human Sexuality - WSJ
Books
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State by Kerry Howley
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman
When McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe,
McKinsey: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin,
The wrong stuff: how the Soviet space program crashed and burned by John Strausbaugh
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton
The Professor by Robert Bailey
Books by Colleen Hoover
Smuggler's End: The Life and Death of Barry Seal by Dell Hahn
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
Can’t is not an option by Nikki Haley
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