Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Danielle Kurtz, I've been by cover politics.

And today we're doing something a little different.

It is a scary and confusing time right now, ever since the attack on the US Capitol last

week.

Here on the podcast, we've been trying to make sense of this violent and painful moment.

And for this special episode, we're taking that on through our brand new book club.

It's a chance for our listeners to connect over books about politics.

We read them together and discuss them in our podcast Facebook group.

And our first pick is particularly, perhaps painfully, timely.

We chose Carlos Losada's What Were We Thinking, a brief intellectual history of the Trump

era.

Carlos' nonfiction book critic at The Washington Post and has won a Pulitzer for that work.

And as a result of it, has read 150 books about the Trump administration.

This book is his attempt through all of those books to document how we, as a country, as

a world, process the Trump presidency.

Carlos, it is so good to have you.

Thank you so much for having me.

Very quick housekeeping before we get going.

First of all, we are recording this on Tuesday.

And by the time you hear this, any number of things may have happened in this country,

particularly an impeachment vote in the House.

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