Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-12-31
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 15
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Robert Evans discussed The Next Shift by Gabriel Winant and Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow. Alexander Williams discussed Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Kevin M. Gilmartin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Next Shift
The Next Shift by Gabriel Winant is a historical analysis of the transformation of the American industrial working class, focusing on the historical pivot from heavy steel manufacturing to the modern healthcare economy.
Discussed“there's a really great book called The Next Shift um by uh Gabriel Winant. It's all about the shift from steel, the steel industry as like the center of the US economy to healthcare.”
Where to get it
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Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement
Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Kevin M.
Discussed“And that's that's the one that really keyed the whole cult aspect for me was the hyper vigilance cycle, the studies that have gone into it. Um, I learned about it from a book, this little guy right here. It's called Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement.”
Where to get it
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Unauthorized Bread
Discussed“There's a a wonderful Corey Doctoro short story that that I think pivots off that idea nicely um in his uh his book uh uh what is unauthorized toast I think or unauthorized bread. Now, Unauthorized Bread is one of the stories in it, but the the book is has a different I it's a collection of his short stories”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged A Country of Ghosts
“Uh well, I do have a new book out or a a reprint of an older book called A Country of Ghosts. That is a more directly utopian book. Uh it's out from AK Press.”