π 4 Books mentioned in "Balloons or Baloney? Government Worker and Politics as Religion | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW" of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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
Hereβs 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!

1984
Buy 1984 by George Orwell on Amazon
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.

Catch-22
Buy Catch-22 by Joseph Heller on Amazon
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.

Stuff They Don't Want You to Know
Buy Stuff They Don't Want You to Know by Ben Bowlin, Matt Frederick, Noel Brown on Amazon
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.

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's travels
Buy The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's travels by Jonathan Swift on Amazon
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.