There are two topics you traditionally don't bring up at family dinners over the holidays: religion and politics. (Scarlet, meanwhile, is glad she missed out on this one.)

• The spectrum of types of political books and the weirdness of that part of the publishing industry
• John Quincy Adams being a terrible president and a great congressman
• What conservatism means
• Why the Great American Reads booklist is problematic
• If changing your Good Reads Reading Challenge is cheating (it's not and Dave is wrong)
• A Lonesome Dove update

All this and a whole bunch of apologies from… well, you'll see.

A few of the books we mentioned on this episode

The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor

John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger

Decision Points by George W. Bush

The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris

The Politics of Prudence by Russell Kirk

A Grief Observed, The Great Divorce, and Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier

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