Author Robert Caro with a copy of “The Power Broker” his book about urban planner Robert Moses at Authors Night 2024 with the East Hampton Library.

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Author Robert Caro with a copy of “The Power Broker” his book about urban planner Robert Moses at Authors Night 2024 with the East Hampton Library.

Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for East Hampton Li

Historian Robert Caro’s book “The Power Broker” details how urban planner Robert Moses reshaped New York through the roads and bridges he built, and the lives of the communities he destroyed.

It’s a definitive account of how power is acquired, how it works and how it’s wielded in this country.

That book along with his four books on President Lyndon Johnson have made Caro one of the most significant American authors of the last half century.

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This episode was produced by Brianna Scott with engineering by Gilly Moon. It was edited by Justine Kenin. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.