Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-12-22

Books mentioned on Behind the Bastards Presents: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

2 books · With Alyssa Grenfell · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Here are a couple of our favorite episodes of Jamie Loftus' Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) podcast series. why are there so many mormon influencers?

Jamie Loftus discussed The Book of Mormon and The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. The Book of Mormon

   The Book of Mormon

   Unknown · at 11:40 · mentioned 3 times

   The Book of Mormon is a foundational sacred text of the Latter-day Saint movement, detailing an alternate religious history of ancient American civilizations and recounting a reported post-resurrection ministry of Jesus Christ in the Western Hemisphere.

   Discussed

   “Though Joseph Smith releases the Book of Mormon, and the religion is formalized in 1830, but the religion's origin story connects to two incidents from the previous 10 years.”

   Jamie Loftus Behind the Bastards Presents: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) 2024-12-22 Listen at 11:40

   Where to get it

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2. 

   The Chaos Machine

   Max Fisher · at 33:47

   The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher is an investigative exposé examining how modern social media algorithms are deliberately engineered to reward outrage, polarize society, and manipulate human behavior on a global scale.

   Discussed

   “It reminds me a lot of friend of the pod Max Fischer's book, The Chaos Machine, the ways in which modern algorithms are designed to enrage.”

   Jamie Loftus Behind the Bastards Presents: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) 2024-12-22 Listen at 33:47

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible