The Republic for Which It Stands · What Did They Read?

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MEGAPOD: The Most Overrated American Who Ever Lived

Plain English with Derek Thompson, 3 July 2026. The author is the guest. The book comes up at 2 min 19 sec in. It comes up in passing.

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The Surprising Truth About America's Friendship Crisis

Plain English with Derek Thompson, 2 June 2026.

Derek Thompson calls this multi-hundred-page history of Civil War–era America one of his favourite history books. He describes its account of how the Industrial Revolution sent men out of subsistence farming, created separate male and female spheres of influence, and connects that argument to Laurie Santos's discussion of shifting norms around male friendship and masculinity.

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