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How to Test Negative for Stupid · Clay & Buck Recommendations

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Speaker 1: The name of the book is How to Test Negative
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Speaker 1: for Stupid and Why Washington Never Will. Harper Collins was
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Speaker 1: the publisher. That wasn't my first choice for a title.
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Speaker 1: My first choice was always be Yourself unless you Suck,
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Speaker 1: but they wouldn't let me use that type, so we
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Speaker 1: settled on this one. You write a book, it was
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Speaker 1: a lot of work, you know, nights and weekends at
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Speaker 1: my kitchen table, and you finish it and you have
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Speaker 1: no idea what's how it's going to do. So I'm
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Speaker 1: not trying to be humble here, I mean, honest to god,
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Speaker 1: I had no idea, and I really was surprised. I mean,
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Speaker 1: we might have been on the New York Times Best
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Speaker 1: Settling the list for twenty one weeks, and I'm gratified.
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Speaker 1: I think it's because it's not a policy book. It's
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Speaker 1: a story book. I use stories to talk about policy.
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Speaker 1: The stories or some of them are bizarre, some of
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Speaker 1: them are funny, all are true. If I hope if
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Speaker 1: you read the book, I talk about my colleagues to
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Speaker 1: talk about what it's really like. If you read the book,
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Speaker 1: I hope it'll make you think, It may discourage you,
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Speaker 1: may may make you want a day drink, but every
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Speaker 1: every bit of it is true.