<p>After we finished up <i>The Power Broker, </i>a bunch of people were asking us what other books we’d been reading. A group of us got together and presented some of our recent favorites, and the choices were so good and surprising and charming, we're now sharing it widely.</p>
<p>Here are the books covered in this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lasha's book: <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZqyS0S" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Usha's Pickle Digest</a> by Usha R Prabakaran</li>
<li>Chris's books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780679746492" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">What It Takes</a> by Richard Ben Cramer (and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780394720241" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Power Broker</a> by Robert Caro 😁)</li>
<li>Vivian's books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780802163622" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orbital</a> by Samantha Harvey, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780593537619" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Martyr!</a> by Kaveh Akbar, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780143036531" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amusing Ourselves to Death</a> by Neil Postman, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780063310681" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to End a Love Story</a> by Yulin Kuang</li>
<li>Jayson's books: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9781499800302" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hoppity Frog</a> by Emma Parrish (for the kids), <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780374612412" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scattered Snows, to the North: Poems</a> by Carl Philips, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780374293574" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blackouts</a> by Justin Torres</li>
<li>Joe's book: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9781494885007" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Plunkitt of Tammany Hall</a> by George Washington Plunkitt</li>
<li>Roman's book: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11658/9780374514426" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Pine Barrens</a> by John McPhee</li>
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