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Podcast: Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

Episode: Balloons or Baloney? Government Worker and Politics as Religion | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

Published on February 17, 2023

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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1984

by George Orwell

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and it's exactly the kinds of things you see in works of fiction like Gulliver's Travels you know or 1984 and the way that religion and politics kind of intersect and become bastardized

The host mentions the book as an example of fiction where religion and politics intersect and become distorted.

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Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

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but various government agencies had to put out warnings to their employees that it was very Catch-22 it's very heller-esque

The host uses the phrase 'very Catch-22' and 'very heller-esque' to describe a paradoxical situation related to accessing publicly available information within the government.

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Stuff They Don't Want You to Know

by Ben Bowlin, Matt Frederick, Noel Brown

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we also have a book you can buy uh in textual form with wonderful illustrations by the homie Admiral turbo Nick Benson you should also check out on Instagram ... Prince of some of his art that he did for the stuff that I want you to know book

The host promotes the podcast's own book, mentioning it is available for purchase and features illustrations by Nick Benson.

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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's travels

by Jonathan Swift

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and it's exactly the kinds of things you see in works of fiction like Gulliver's Travels you know or 1984 and the way that religion and politics kind of intersect and become bastardized

The host mentions the book as an example of fiction where religion and politics intersect and become distorted.

β–Ί Watch this excerpt