Citizens of London

The Midterms and the End of the Boomer Political Era

Plain English with Derek Thompson, 3 November 2026. The book comes up at 57 min 18 sec in.

The guest gives a "shout out" to "Citizens of London" as one of their favorite recent reads, describing it as a book about John Winant—a Republican who became a popular New Hampshire governor, New Deal Republican, Social Security administrator, and U.S. ambassador to the U.K. under FDR—and praises Winant's strong moral compass and sense of noblesse oblige, using him as a contrast to what the guest sees as the moral vacuum of today's capitalist elite.

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