How to Read Politics and Politicians | Interview: Carlos Lozada

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4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jamie is joined by New York Times opinion columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Carlos Lozada to discuss his new book, The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians. The two discuss how to read a politician’s memoir and the failures of The 1619 Project. The Agenda: —Does everyone use a ghostwriter? —Insights from the acknowledgments section —Inside Obama’s presidency —Has The 1619 Project harmed the NYT’s brand? —The worst books by politicians Show Notes: —Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama —Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose —Decision Points Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:32.0	I'm Jamie Weinstein. My guest today is Carlos Luzzada.
0:36.0	He is an opinion columnist for the New York Times and co-host of the New York Times
0:41.0	podcast Matter of Opinion. Before joining the Times he worked for
0:45.2	17 years at the Washington Post where he won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in
0:49.8	2019. He is the author of the recently released book, The Washington Book, How to Read Politics and
0:56.7	Politicians.
0:57.7	At the Washington Post, he was the long time non-fiction book critic there, and that is what his new book incorporate some of those
1:05.7	reviews trying to tell the story of Washington memoirs of moments in American history that were told through figures that wrote memoirs about it.
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