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The Power Broker

Robert Caro · 1974
Mentioned 16 times across 4 podcasts · 2019–2026
Mention timeline16 mentions
20192026
Where it's mentioned
2026
David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
My First Million · Sep 2026
“I just started reading finally reading The Power Broker. Power Broker is a historic book considered one of the 50 best books of the”
AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (OpenAI’s product lead)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Aug 2026
“now I'm reading the Power Broker, which is like set the Set the new precedent for a long”
The AI paradox: More automation, more humans, more work | Dan Shipper
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · May 2026
“My current obsession is the power broker. I don't I think we talked about it when I was visiting you. It's just so good”
2025
Brainstorming $100M AI-Proof Businesses
My First Million · Aug 2025
“then his big world famous bit of writing was called The Power Broker. And it was on a New York politician called Robert Moses”
2024
#773: Andrew Roberts on The Habits of Churchill, Lessons from Napoleon, and The Holy Fire Inside Great Leaders
The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2024
“Sitting over there, the power broker does an amazing job of end of chapter cliffhangers. That's I think Robert Carrow over there”
#743: Dr. Jane Goodall and Cal Fussman
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2024
“Also we're at the Power Broker, am I right? That's right. Incredible book”
#728: Seth Godin — Coaching Tim on Overcoming Resistance, Lessons from Isaac Asimov, Writing Secrets After 8,500+ Daily Blog Posts, The Dangers of Authenticity, Practices for Consistency, and Much More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2024
“People Do better if they understand That they're going to see Dune. Not read the power broker”
2023
#702: Morgan Housel — Contrarian Money and Writing Advice, Three Simple Goals to Guide Your Life, Journaling Prompts, Choosing the Right Game to Play, Must-Read Books, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2023
“His own biography is on Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses ... Robert Carrow is probably the greatest biographer of all time ... he wrote a book called Working”
#305 Robert Caro on power, poverty, ruthlessness, & obsession
Founders · May 2023
“So far I've read The Power Broker. The path to power. Means of ascent. And I just started Master of the Senate”
#302 Napoleon (The Mind of Napoleon)
Founders · May 2023
“I had read The Power Broker, but I had never gotten to Caro's multiple part series on Lyndon Johnson”
#295 I had dinner with Charlie Munger
Founders · Mar 2023
“and is famous famous for writing The Power Broker”
2022
Ryan Holiday Reveals How Much Best Selling Authors Make, Crazy Peter Thiel Stories & More
My First Million · Oct 2022
“And then I just got done reading the rise of the third Reich ... And then I just got done reading ... the Robert Moses book”
2021
#214 Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
Founders · Nov 2021
“It's uh The Power Broker by Robert Uh Carrow”
2020
#483: Jim Collins on The Value of Small Gestures, Unseen Sources of Power, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2020
“But his book The Power Broker, which I think you know”
#439: Tools of Titans — Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Christopher Sommer
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2020
“decisions in the life of Robert Moses. in the book The Power Broker, or simply find someone who stepped up to do great things that were deemed impossible”
2019
#393: Edward Norton — On Creative Process, Creative Struggle, and Motherless Brooklyn
The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2019
“Robert Moses is the subject of a book called The Power Broker, also. Very, very Uh very good book by Robert Carrow”