The Political Orphanage

The Political Orphanage

Orphan Book Club: Jason Pargin

I'm Starting To Worry About this Black Box of Doom

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Andrew Heaton
Jan 26, 2026
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Howdy!

Many people expressed interest in doing a book club following the recent episode with Jason Pargin, on his excellent work, “I’m Starting to Worry About this Black Box of Doom.”

Ask and ye shall receive--we’re going to do an Orphan Book Club, co-hosted with the great Tom Merritt!

I’ve got a bunch of notes I’d love to talk about that Jason and I didn’t get into--I’m sure Tom has thoughts as well. If you’d like to read the book and join in, please do! If you do a partial reading and want to jump in, also good. See you soon!

WHEN: Monday, February 16th, at 7:00 PM ET

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