Today's episode features #1 Robert Caro superfan, Conan O'Brien.
The Power Broker by Robert Caro is a biography of Robert Moses, who is said to have built more structures and moved more earth than anyone in human history. And he did it without ever holding elected office. Outside of New York City, Robert Moses wasn't exceptionally well known. Inside of New York, he was mostly accepted by the media as simply the man who built all those nice parks. But The Power Broker, which is subtitled Robert Moses and The Fall of New York, changed all that. It is a tour de force of journalism, history, and biography. Roman also argues it's really fun to read and is strongly in contention for the best book ever written.
But there is something of a catch, which can hang readers up: the book is a daunting 1200 pages long. As influential and amazing as this bestseller is, many people own an unopened copy gathering dust on their bookshelf. But that is a crime because this book needs to be read or at least discussed at length on a podcast.
Roman Mars and Elliott Kalan (Flop House, Daily Show) are starting The Power Broker book club that will run through all of 2024 as bonus episodes and in this introductory episode, Conan O'Brien joins us to talk all things Robert Caro.
Breaking Down The Power Broker
485- Murder Most Fowl
484- Dear Hank and John and Roman
483- Grid Locked
482- Natalie de Blois: To Tell the Truth
481- The Future of the Final Mile
480- Broken Heart Park
479-According to Need wins duPont-Columbia Award
478- Art Imitates Art
477- Call of Duty: Free
476- Reaction Offices and the Future of Work
475- Rock Paper Scissors Bus
474- The Punisher Skull
473- Mini-Stories : Volume 14
472- Mini-Stories : Volume 13
471- Mini-Stories : Volume 12
470- The Three Santas of Slovenia
469- The Epic of Collier Heights
468- Alphabetical Order
467- Cute Little Monstrosities of Nature
466- The Weight
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