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Mary Trump’s Book, That Harper’s Letter, and Listener Mail

Bryan and David discuss the new book written by Donald Trump’s niece, the letter in Harper’s, and more

By Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker
President Trump Signs White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images


Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss the new book by Mary Trump, niece of Donald Trump, in which she writes about how her family “created the most dangerous man” (2:05). They then touch on the letter in Harper’s that was signed by everyone from J.K. Rowling to Matthew Yglesias and discuss what brought these people together and what the point was (20:35). Then, they respond to some listener mail and address the urgent question, “Did The New York Times reuse the heavy-weight champion of celebrity-profile headlines?” (34:15) Plus: the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

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