Weekend Whats

What to Doc: “Behind President Joe Biden’s fateful decision are decades of challenges and controversies, triumphs and tragedies. Frontline tells the inside story of Biden’s rise to the presidency, and the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to step aside.” This Frontline episode doesn’t follow the tick-tock of Biden’s decision to step aside. We’ll have to wait a little longer for that rough draft history. But it is a great look at his up and down rise to power and the childhood and adult experiences that made his decision so remarkably difficult. Biden’s Decision. And from back in May, here’s the full interview of Biden by Howard Stern. It’s not about politics, it’s about his life.

+ What to Mystery: The excellent mystery writer (and part-time sheep farmer) Sarah Stewart Taylor is out with the first book in her new series. Agony Hill: A Mystery.

+ What to Book: Authoritarianism threatens us both abroad and at home. No one understands and explains that threat better than Anne Applebaum. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.