The Hello and welcome to another episode of the Federalist Radio

Radio Hour as always you can email the show at radio at the Federalist

dot com I'm your guest host Tristan Justice and joining me today again for this episode of

the Book Club podcast is our DC correspondent Eddie Scary.

Last month we read and reviewed Kamla Harris's memoir The Truths We Told, we hold, and this month we read and reviewed Kamala Harris's memoir The Truth We Hold, and this month we read

former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's new book The Art of Power, My Story as America's First

Woman Speaker of the House. Eddie, thanks again for reading with me this month.

Well, just to be up front with our listeners, I do the audio books. I did, I did

digest it. still counts.

I get the benefit or the bonus I guess of having Nancy Pelosi herself read it to me.

You know I actually I did half and half this time I read half the book in my hands and then I listened to half it I just I think it's so much more

Effective when it's a memoir for the author to read it themselves. I just think it's so much more interesting.

Yeah, I agree with you and that was that was kind of my thought. I mean, I do put it, you kind of, I kind of don't notice it

anymore after a little bit, but I have to speed up the audio to get through the book faster.

So it's like, it's, you know, Nancy Pelosi talking very, very fast,

which kind of makes it plenty and it can be comical at certain parts where maybe she's supposed to be a little bit more serious or like she's like trying to land a joke and then it kind of just comes off awkward. But no, I agree with you. I actually prefer listening to it when it's I think for the same reasons.

Well jumping into the substance of the book I asked you this question after we reviewed

the Vice President's book last month and I think it's a good question to start off with

on this one. What did you think of Nancy Pelosi before you read this book and what do you think of her now?

Well, I, Nancy Pelosi is actually, I think, the most fascinating member of Congress during my like adults, my adult career in journalism and political media. I find her to be the most interesting person because I'm not

really sure what it is about her that really that she just she is able to really

rule her caucus, the Democrats in the House, with an iron fist.

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