Books for summer reading

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.

University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations | US universities | The Guardian

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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