Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-01-18
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
Mia Wong discussed In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil and THE TURNER DIARIES by ANDREW MACDONALD.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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In Defense of Looting
In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil is a controversial book that examines property destruction and looting through a radical political lens, arguing that such acts can represent uprisings against oppressive systems.
Discussed“where she wrote a book called indefensive looting that came out in 2020 and just for like 3 months became three months like two months like became the like the giant figure”
Where to get it
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THE TURNER DIARIES
The Turner Diaries by Andrew Macdonald is a notorious anti-Semitic and anti-government apocalyptic novel that depicts a violent white supremacist revolution in the United States.
Discussed“that seems to be it like politicians and like it's it's kind of an evolution of the like purge the deep state thing where he wants Democrats gone from like the army and right right you know so it's the kind of more generic version of like the sort of Nazi fantasy of the day of the rope from the”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Matilda
“You know, Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.”
Passing The BFG
“You know, Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.”
Passing Matilda
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the also a spy?”
Passing Matilda
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
Passing The BFG
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
Passing Matilda
“You know, Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
Passing The BFG
“You know, Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
Passing Accidental Death of an Anarchist
“Like there's a very famous Italian play about it by Dario Foe called The Death of an Anarchist. So anyways, they blame the anarchist.”