I am fairly frequent listener to podcasts, and my two favorite categories are politics and true crime (some might say there is overlap there…) In the politics category, my absolute favorite is Pod Save America, and I am a HUGE fan of Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, and Dan Pfeiffer, so when Dan’s latest book, Battling The Big Lie, came out last year, I definitely wanted to read it. Particularly since I had read his Yes We (Still) Can and loved it. Thanks to Twelve Books and NetGalley, I received a copy of the new one in exchange for this honest review.

Dan really knows his stuff. In his role of senior advisor to President Barack Obama for strategy and communications from 2013 to 2015, he was in a position to really understand the role of media and the impact of various media companies (Fox, for sure) on politics. Among the things I like best about the Thursday podcast Dan does with Jon Favreau is that it makes me think,  informs me thoroughly in a no-BS way, and it makes me LAUGH! This book is the same. I admire what Crooked Media does, and have enjoyed many of their products, with Dan’s books being among the best. Five stars.