Dwarkesh Podcast · Friday, October 30, 2026
Master biographer Robert Caro discusses his extensive career researching powerful figures like Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses. He explains his rigorous interview techniques, his philosophy on reducing a book's core concept to a single sentence, and the realities of historical writing.
“Before I start a book, I think through what I want the book to be, the whole book. People say, 'You mean you think it through to the end?' Well, the answer is yes.”
“The material information there, there's a lot there that I think would how people understand how New York evolved the way it did.”