Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-09-28
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 149
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode.
Molly Conger discussed Wild Faith by Talia Lavin and Culture Warlords by Talia Lavin. Talia Lavin discussed Pigs in the Parlor by Frank Hammond and others and For your own good by Alice Miller, and criticized To train up a child by Michael Pearl, The Strong-willed Child by James C. Dobson, and Don't Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Hubbard.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Wild Faith
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin is an investigative book that explores the growing influence and political strategies of the Christian right.
Discussed“Thank you so much for coming on today to talk with me about your new book, Wild Faith. It is coming out in just a few weeks, uh, October 15th, right?”
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Pigs in the Parlor
Pigs in the Parlor by Frank Hammond and Ida Mae Hammond is a prominent demonology text that attributes everyday ailments and distress to demonic influence.
Discussed“Pigs in the Parlor was this really big hit in like the 70s and it's been like reissued and reissued and millions of copies and it's just like on one level it's really compelling”
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Culture Warlords
Culture Warlords by Talia Lavin is an investigative look into the online and physical ecosystems of neo-Nazis, 4chan extremists, and aspiring terrorists.
Discussed“So, you know, your first book, Culture Warlords, was traumatizing for you to craft, right? because you had to spend so much time in these digital spaces”
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To train up a child
To Train Up a Child by Michael and Debbie Pearl is a controversial 1994 self-published parenting guide that advocates for immediate, unquestioning obedience and harsh disciplinary practices for infants and children.
Critiqued“I'm like appalled reading like to train up a child by the pearls or or the strong willed child by James Dobson which like to be clear the strong willed child is a bad thing.”
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The Strong-willed Child
James C.
Critiqued“I'm like appalled reading like to train up a child by the pearls or or the strong willed child by James Dobson which like to be clear the strong willed child is a bad thing.”
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Don't Make Me Count to Three
Ginger Hubbard's Don't Make Me Count to Three is a parenting manual that emphasizes strict obedience and behavioral control in raising children.
Critiqued“Don't make me count to three is the title of of one of the books. And like what you're creating is a culture of people who a like empathize with the aggressor at all times.”
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For your own good
For Your Own Good by Alice Miller is a penetrating psychological examination of how abusive child-rearing practices and corporal punishment sow the seeds of authoritarianism and societal violence.
Discussed“So, the the author like Alice Miller, the um the author of the book for your own good, lays out a pretty she was also a Holocaust survivor. She lays out a pretty strong case”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“He thought of Willy Wonka in the BFG, but did you know he was a spy?”
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.”
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.”