The Power Broker
Robert Caro · first published 1974
Mentioned 16 time(s) by 9 guest(s): 6 recommend, 1 critical. · Suggest a correction · Suggest tags
Tara Seshan on Lenny's Podcast (2026-08-30): recommend
“…I love The Power Broker. Another thing that I highly recommend to people…”
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Seth Godin on The Tim Ferriss Show (2024-03-22): mention
“…people do better if they understand that they’re going to see Dune, not read The Power Broker.…”
Tim Holley on Lenny's Podcast (2023-09-03): recommend
“…Power Broker by Robert Caro. That is an absolute tone. It is huge.…”
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Edward Glaeser on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-28): recommend
“…Robert Caro’s The Power Broker is one of the great biographies of the past 100 years, unquestionably.…”
Kenneth Jackson on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-08): recommend
“…I think it's a terrific book. Look, Moses was a great man.…”
Kenneth Jackson on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-08): recommend
“…that The Power Broker, I learned more from it than any book I ever read and I wish I had written it myself…”
Kenneth Jackson on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-08): mention
“…One reason why The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s famous book, received such popular acclaim…”
Kenneth Jackson on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-08): critique
“…You would not know from the power broker that Los Angeles was building freeways too.…”
Kenneth Jackson on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-08): recommend
“…The Power Broker is a stunning achievement, but you're right…”
Kenneth Jackson on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-08): mention
“…when you really think about Robert Moses and you read the Power Broker, you are just stunned by the scope…”
Kenneth Jackson on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-11-08): recommend
“…I think The Power Broker was the best book I ever read and in broad strokes, it's correct.…”
Brian Potter on Dwarkesh Podcast (2022-10-27): mention
“…I think I got a 10th of the way through it.…”
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Tyler Cowen on EconTalk (2022-04-18): recommend
“…I love the Moses book.…”
John Mcwhorter on Conversations with Tyler (2020-03-11): mention
“…So I can’t say The Power Broker because everybody reads that.…”
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Nick Beckstead on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2017-10-11): recommend
“…but The Power Broker by Robert Caro was a really interesting book.…”
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Nick Beckstead on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2017-10-11): recommend
“…I think that's a really valuable and interesting book because I really enjoy certain types of biographies as micro histories.…”
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