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Ben Terris, "The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind" (Twelve, 2023)
Ben Terris, "The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind" (Twelve, 2023)
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jul 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind (Twelve, 2023) investigates how Washington works, and how different kinds of people try to make it work for them. Ben Terris presents an inside history of this crucial moment in Washington, reporting from exclusive parties, poker nights, fundraisers, secluded farms outside town, and the halls of Congress; among the oddballs and opportunists and true believers. This book is about the people who see the current interlude as an opportunity to build something -- for their country, for themselves -- amid the wreckage.
Ben Terris is a writer in The Washington Post's Style section with a focus on national politics.
Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network.
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Ben Terris is a writer in The Washington Post's Style section with a focus on national politics.
Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network.
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Released:
Jul 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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