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Crisis of the Common GoodBook Chris Murphy
Um well, the first is, you know, we we you mentioned Senator Chris Murphy and his his new book, The Crisis of the Common Good.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “What’s the Left’s Vision for Foreign Policy After Trump?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-matt-duss.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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From Life ItselfBook Suzy Hansen
It's called From Life Itself. It's a book about Turkey through just exploring one neighborhood in Istanbul um that she she's reported on over 10 years how this neighborhood changed, influx of immigrants, refugees from Syria, looking at the country's politics, obviously the right of Erdogan and the AKP, how Turkey's democracy has changed and diminished.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “What’s the Left’s Vision for Foreign Policy After Trump?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-matt-duss.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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Book of MercyBook Leonard Cohen
It's called Book of Mercy. Um So, my mom recently passed away. She's She was among other things a woman of deep religious faith. And when and I was raised in the church and when I was younger we I remember I've just been thinking about the time we would spend talking about the Bible and and the Book of Psalms was a particular favorite of ours. The The Psalms of King David and the Book of Mercy or just Book of Mercy is what it's called.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “What’s the Left’s Vision for Foreign Policy After Trump?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-matt-duss.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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