Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-08-17
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Molly Conger discussed One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Robert Evans discussed Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a groundbreaking novel that depicts the brutal reality of daily survival inside a Soviet forced labor camp during the Stalin era.
Discussed“He also doubts that Bremer was well read enough to make reference to Soljanitson's day in the life of Ivon Denisvich or quip as he crossed the Great Lakes, "Call me Ishmail."”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“Perhaps that will change in the future. But what I wanted to do was give the listener who I'm guessing has mostly just heard a few disjointed things about JD a few a few things one or two things maybe one specific thing one SPECIFIC THEY PROBABLY THEY'RE PROBABLY AWARE of Hillbilly Elegy that was like a pretty pretty big”
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“So Vance forms his own venture capital form, Naria Capital. This is another Lord of the Rings reference. Naria is one of the rings of power, which the rings of power are bad.”
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Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
“He also doubts that Bremer was well read enough to make reference to Soljanitson's day in the life of Ivon Denisvich or quip as he crossed the Great Lakes, "Call me Ishmail."”
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“Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Rita Wilson, and Gary [music] Rice, and author Laura Dave. These are the women behind season two of the Apple TV series, The Last Thing Heold Me.”
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“These are the women behind season 2 of the Apple TV series, [music] The Last Thing He Told Me. We're talking about turning a book into a hit show [music] and what it really takes to bring a story to life.”
Passing Ender's Game
“If you've read Ender's Game, brother does in Ind's Game where he's writing his little essays for the internet trying to like overthrow the government using them.”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“Peter Teal and Vance, all of these guys, pretty much every time they create a company, it's named after something in the Lord of the Rings. be so unhappy with this [laughter] cuz Tolken was also a Catholic monarchist but in a very different way.”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“You know, I I think that these guys delved too deep and too greedily if we're going to continue the Lord of the Rings references, which by God, they're not going to let us stop doing.”
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“These are the women behind season 2 of the Apple TV series, The Last Thing Heold Me. We're talking about turning a book into a hit show and what it really takes to bring a story to life.”
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“These are the women behind season two of the Apple TV series, The Last Thing He Told Me. book into a hit show and what it really takes to bring a story to life.”