The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, Robin Pogrebin
The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, Robin Pogrebin
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The Education of Brett Kavanaugh
An Investigation

Author: Robin Pogrebin, Kate Kelly

Narrator: Robin Pogrebin, Kate Kelly

Unabridged: 8 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/17/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

"A remarkable work of slowed-down journalism...They are doing their jobs as journalists and writing the first draft of history." —Jill Filipovic, The Washington Post

"...Generous but also damning."  —Hanna Rosin, The New York Times

From two New York Times reporters, a deeper look at the formative years of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his confirmation.

In September 2018, the F.B.I. was given only a week to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. But even as Kavanaugh was sworn in to his lifetime position, many questions remained unanswered, leaving millions of Americans unsettled.

During the Senate confirmation hearings that preceded the bureau's brief probe, New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly broke critical stories about Kavanaugh's past, including the "Renate Alumni" yearbook story. They were inundated with tips from former classmates, friends, and associates that couldn't be fully investigated before the confirmation process closed. Now, their book fills in the blanks and explores the essential question: Who is Brett Kavanaugh?

The Education of Brett Kavanaugh paints a picture of the prep-school and Ivy-League worlds that formed our newest Supreme Court Justice. By offering commentary from key players from his confirmation process who haven't yet spoken publicly and pursuing lines of inquiry that were left hanging, it will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand our political system and Kavanaugh's unexpectedly emblematic role in it.

About The Author

Robin Pogrebin is a reporter on the New York Times's Culture Desk, where she covers the art world and cultural institutions--exploring the internal politics, finances, and governance of museums, auction houses, galleries, and performing arts organizations. She has covered the media for the Business Desk and city news for the Metro Desk. Prior to the Times, she was a reporter at the New York Observer and an associate producer at ABC News for Peter Jennings's documentary unit. She attended Riverdale Country School in New York and graduated from Yale College in 1987.Kate Kelly is a reporter for the New York Times who covers Wall Street. She is also an experienced television broadcaster and the author of Street Fighters, the bestselling account of the bank failure that touched off the financial crisis. Her reporting focuses on big banks, the worlds of trading and lending, and the crucial players setting financial policy both in business and in politics. Prior to the Times, she worked at the New York Observer, the Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. She attended the National Cathedral School in Washington and graduated from Columbia College in 1997.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Donald on September 25, 2019

A very thorough recapitulation of the events of Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation. The authors have recorded an objective and (as much as possible) exhaustive rendition of the players and the events. I read through this quickly as it was well written and told gave the facts in a logical, easy to foll......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on December 21, 2020

Nothing new here. I personally hoped he would not get approved, but I had to put politics aside and read this book objectively. I watched the excruciating testimony and I believed Dr. Ford. But I wanted more than what I already read in articles and watched on TV. Disappointing. Also, this boo......more

Goodreads review by Rick on September 19, 2019

This book was a bit if a disappointment. I was hoping for a deeper exploration of the high school and collegiate cultures that characterized Brett Kavanaugh's education experiences. I found that this provided very little new information that had not already been provided by various news outlets at t......more

Goodreads review by Steph on May 22, 2021

Just an FYI: my review is about the book itself and not the facts or the outcome of the hearings. With that said, it's a solid 4-stars for me. Not necessarily because I sided with it politically, because I think the book did a decent job in being an actual reportage piece into Kavanaugh's earlier lif......more

Goodreads review by Larissa on January 22, 2020

As I searched for a new “education” title on Overdrive, the library audiobook of ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ was immediately available. Fairly hot off the presses, I was intrigued as I only barely followed this sizzling news story of 2018 while the hubs was riveted by the confirmation hearing......more


Quotes

"At last, the deep, serious, and complete story of Brett Kavanaugh. All of us subject to the Supreme Court must read it." —Gloria Steinem

"A revision that adds to the existing story rather than fundamentally changing it."  —The Atlantic

“Pogrebin and Kelly uncovered crucial information about the hurried (or nonexistent) FBI investigations into both Blasey Ford and Ramirez’s allegations before Kavanaugh was added for life to the Supreme Court.” —The Cut