Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-08-24
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 144
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Mia Wong discussed Chicago '68 by David Farber and The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Chicago '68
Discussed“I'm going to read a quote from the the very good book Chicago 68 which is a I politically it's a bit questionable but it has an excruciatingly in-depth account of of these I mean we're talking hour to hour rundowns of of the convention itself.”
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The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord is a seminal 1967 theoretical work that critiques how modern capitalist production transforms authentic human life into an accumulation of mediated images and performances.
Discussed“And the French 68ers, both the students and the workers uh who very very nearly take control of France are heavily influenced by a theorist named Guy De Board and his sort of ubiquitous book, The Society of Spectacle.”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“Hi, I'm Danielle Ro, host of Bookmarked, the podcast by Reese's Book Club. And this week on Bookmarked, we're basically hosting the ultimate girls night. Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Rita Wilson, and Gary Rice, and author Laura Dave.”
Passing A Modest Proposal
“I was actually talking about Jonathan Swift. author of A Modest Proposal. But yeah, but in my heart, I really don't think she's coming.”
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“Hi, I'm Danielle Ro, host of Bookmarked, the podcast by Reese's Book Club. And this week on Bookmarked, we're basically hosting the ultimate girls night. Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Rita Wilson, and Garry Rice, and author Laura Dave.”