Episode · The Shawn Ryan Show · 2026-07-16
Books mentioned on #322 Erin Brockovich - Will AI Data Centers Secretly Drain America’s Water Supply?
Erin Brockovich is an environmental advocate, consumer activist, and author who rose to national prominence after helping expose one of the largest groundwater contamination cases in U.S.
Erin Brockovich discussed The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
Discussed“But I became more fascinated with the book, the original book written by L. Frank Bomb, The Wizard of Oz, and that series of books that led to the film. Have you ever read the book?”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Superman's Not Coming
“You're the author of several books, including Superman's Not Coming, which examines America's water crisis and the need to protect one of the most vital resources.”
Plugged Superman's Not Coming
“And as I'm watching people recognize this and people being united and people working and people showing up like I wrote Superman's Not Coming and that never scared me because I knew eventually we would show up and they are.”
Plugged Superman's Not Coming
“This makes me think of um a situation that I talked about in my book, Superman's Not Coming, with the moms of Hannibal, Missouri. and uh they had a chloromine contamination and they had lead levels in their water higher than what we were seeing in Flint, Michigan.”
Plugged Superman's Not Coming
“And um I'll just close with, yeah, Superman's not coming. But who cares? Cuz if we show up, we don't need Superman.”