Im tony woods, it is my pleasure to moderatetonights book talk. With my friends jordan and chris. Its what happens when a liberal and conservative jump into a car and drive across the country and thats the question of this book union by the friends jordan blashek and christopher haugh. Jordan is my coworker, conservative and a former marine. Chris is a democratic speechwriter. The this unlikely pair met at lost and became friends but they couldnt stop arguing about politics and in 2016 those arguments got worse and worse though they decided to take a road trip to see america. They did it again and again. They but union is the story of their friendship and how that union changed the way they see themselves. Its also the story of the people they met and the lessons they learnedabout what it means to be an american. In the end union is a story about hope for a betterfuture and a better united states. Offer a warm virtual welcome to chris and jordan and give you a moment to say hello to th
Half it or so ago for his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and were going to talk about his new book about the 1948 election so were going back 72 years to another Election Year and youre going to be amazed at how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways its different but in some ways, the politicians were all younger than they were today so thats one big difference but aj, take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and a lot of people are going through a lot of pain and suffering. For myself, im reminded why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because bookscan transport you to another time and place and during all of this thats been a blessing. Regarding my last time i was with you i had already started this book. It was to that 2017 when i was with you, you talked
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