562- Breaking Down The Power Broker (with Conan O'Brien)

Today's episode features #1 Robert Caro superfan, Conan O'Brien (teamcoco.com/) .
The Power Broker (amzn.to/3RhM717) 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 (99percentinvisible.org/?post_...)

[@suvilambson9648]

I’m about halfway through the Power Broker and am talking about it with everyone I see! Or rather, cite random Robert Moses facts at people. I’m so excited about this series!

[@howardgootkin4216]

The book is very long, but it is a pleasure to read. It is so well written

[@TheGlebeLaird]

I’m just finishing The Power Broker now. What a masterpiece!

[@lizgeorgebarker3873]

As a Connecticut resident until the late 1980s and a frequent visitor to New York City, I found this both entertaining and illuminating. I live in England now and I'm involved in town regeneration. I haven't read The Power Broker, and it is unlikely I'll have the discipline required to tackle it, but I'll keep listening to this podcast and will take copious notes in my head. Thank you.

[@Aziz32ing]

I love this! Thanks for the episode

[@RugilePenno-qr1nh]

This weekend I listened to all of "Power Broker" episodes. (Hat tip to Tim Ferriss).
Powerful. Interesting.
Thank you

[@Kruppt808]

Someone left a review of this book and i read it on my Kindle, they said you'd be doing a review of this book 😊

[@Orlyryan902]

Is there anyway you can ask the publisher or the author why this boat anchor of a book isn’t an ebook yet?

[@benda18]

For what it's worth, the audiobook is superb

[@Kruppt808]

Yah I've been wanting to get the e book

[@RugilePenno-qr1nh]

"The Power Broker"

[@NB-jp3wm]

Like my comment if you too are reading along with Roman.