A Dramatic Reading of JD Vance’s Awful Book
6/18/202651 min
Tim Miller and JVL attempt to read JD Vance’s new memoir 'Communion' and discover a book full of contradictions, self-owns, political rationalizations, and some very revealing clues about the vice president’s worldview.
Buy Vance's new book (or don't!): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTQ68YZN
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Tim Miller· Host0:55
Hey, everybody. It's Tim Miller and JVL The Bulwark. As promised, uh, we are going to do a little bit of a quasi-read-along with you, uh, of J.D. Vance's new book, Communion. I thought about going down to my local bookstore, shout out Garden District Books or Octavia Books or all the other great bookstores here in New Orleans, but I was like, I, I just couldn't stomach it. I couldn't stomach actually h- letting the, my door be darkened.
Jonathan V. Last· Host1:22
Not one dime.
Tim Miller· Host1:24
[laughs] By this. And so, um, Ansley and Jasmine on