<p>Welcome to our first official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, <i>The Power Broker</i> by our hero Robert Caro. Robert Caro happens to be our special guest for this episode and you do not get more special than that.</p><p>On today’s show, Elliott Kalan and Roman Mars will cover the Introduction, Part 1, and Part 2 of the book (the intro through the end of Chapter 5), discussing the major story beats and themes, and then we will bring the great Robert Caro to the stage. </p><p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=41699" target="_blank">Power Broker #01: Robert Caro</a></p><p>Join the discussion on <a href="https://discord.gg/99pi">Discord</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/99percentinvisible/">Reddit</a>.</p>
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