Knowledge

I believe creating one's bank of knowledge is of the utmost important, so as I continue to always create mine, I'll share my resources here. This could include books, podcasts, blogs, news outlets, magazines and more. I track all the books I'm reading on StoryGraph, so you can follow me there if you like. 

Podcasts I Listen to

• Pod Save America 
• Hysteria 
• Strict Scrutiny 
• NPR Politics
• Radio Atlantic

Folks I Follow on Substack

• The Contrarian
• Letters from an American
• The Bulwark
• Adam Kinzinger
• Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
• The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper
• The Borowitz Report
• The Preamble
• Meidas+
• Little Detours with Regina Brett
• The Message Box
• The Status Kuo
• Hopefully Yours

Nonfiction Books Read in 2025

• Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum
• Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground by Kurt Gray
• 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life by Adam Chandler
• Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Motivation Myth Busters: Science-Based Strategies to Boost Motivation in Yourself and Others by Wendy S. Grolnick, Benjamin C. Heddy, and Frank C. Worrell
• Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins
• Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
• How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by Heather Cox Richardson
• At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists, and Dunces Who Burned Down the House by Dana Milbank