Marshall, Saga, Phil, James and Emma here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

That sounded a little different than normal. It's because we are on vacation this week.

Phil is in Orlando, Saga and I are heading to Miami. We don't know who, when, when,

where and why James and Emma are, the production assistance on the show, but I'm going to assume

they're doing something. They are recently graduating from college, so I hope they're also taking

vacation as well. So rather than just not publish anything as we've done in the past,

we're going to do something a little different. We are pre-recording a recommendations after

so with our favorite episodes of the show, books we've liked and podcasted. You all could see

what we're really up to. We're going to make a special book shop link for the show.

We're also what you get to know the team that looks on the Realignment little better because it's a group

effort. We're all really here and whenever you listen to the show, it really is a combination of

all five of our perspectives. So let's start here. Saga, how about you kick us off? You don't

have to introduce yourself, but let's dive into it. What is your favorite episode of the show and why?

Hey guys, Saga and Jenny here. A long time listener, first time caller. Favorite episode is

episode 80, Lisa Napoleon around CNN loved that episode because March and I really just let loose.

It was really fun talking about the history of CNN about media. I think it might have been in the first time

that we really got some of you guys into thinking about something which isn't explicitly political

thinking about business, which is really what we're all about. Now in terms of a book, I just finished this book.

I'm exclusively revealing this here for the first time. A voyage long and strange is a history

of the United States from 1492 until the Jamestown colony in 1620, whatever. So basically everything you know

about American history is a lie. And it's crazy. I mean, the first Western settlers in the Continental

United States, French, they're literally French. And then they were slaughtered by the Spanish and the Spanish

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