The Realignment: Back in Studio Next Week, Marc Andreessen's Book Recs, & Episodes of the Week

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The Return of In-Person Episodes

A long-promised part of upscaling the show is the return of in-person episode recordings.

One of next week’s episodes will be with Josh Steinman, who served on the National Security Council during the Trump administration. Here’s a link to his Twitter and below you’ll find his speech at the National Conservatism Conference.

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Marc Andreessen Book Recommendations

As we mentioned on the episode, Marc Andreessen featured The Realignment at the top of his recent podcast appearance list.

Marc Andreessen: What I’ve Been Up to Lately'

Mainly I try to learn a lot. For example, the political events of 2014-2016 made clear to me that I didn’t understand politics at all, so I deliberately withdrew from political engagement and fundraising and instead read my way back in history and as far to the political left and political right as I could. I’ll list some books I’ve found particularly interesting at the end.

I’ll cite the above as a useful framework that everyone should take during this political moment. Less the engagement and fundraising, and more the reading back through history.

Here are some personal selections from his book recommendations:

• Lindbergh by Scott Berg

• The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James’s by Susan Ronald

• Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms

• Lenin by Victor Sebestyen

• Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough

• History Has Begun: The Birth of a New America by Bruno Macaes

• War For Eternity by Benjamin Teitelbaum

• The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham

• Spain In Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild

• A New World Begins by Jeremy Popkin

This Week’s Episodes

297| Saagar & Marshall: Marc Andreessen’s Book List, Semiconductors, Responding to Putin’s Speech, and More…

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296| Richard Reeves: Why Modern Boys and Men Are Struggling and What to Do About It

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295| Chris Miller: The Chip War and the Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology

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The Realignment Bookshop

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We’re reorganizing our book lists over the next few weeks, so for now, check out our primary one:

Books by Realignment Guests

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