Dwarkesh Podcast
Dwarkesh Patel
2 episodes
Robert Caro – The master biographer reflects at 91
- Robert Caro says Robert Moses started as a young idealist who hardened into someone who would evict tens of thousands for the Cross Bronx Expressway.
- Caro says he watched Moses's influence fade during his last interview, when no calls came in, until Nelson Rockefeller accepted Moses's resignation.
30 Oct · 1 h 1 min
What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses
- Dwarkesh Patel says Robert Caro's books are the best explorations of political power ever written, and that he spent six years chasing an interview with Caro.
- Robert Moses drafted the Triborough Bridge Authority Act so his powers were written into bond contracts, shielding them from revocation short of a constitutional convention.
29 Oct · 25 min