Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-01-15
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 17
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Mentioned: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski, Against the Grain by James C. Scott, and The Next Apocalypse by Chris Begley.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski is a quasi-fictionalized account written by a death camp survivor detailing the horrors and psychological realities of Auschwitz.
Recommended“It's like a a short book. It's this way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen. And it is a a quasi fictionalized book by a guy named Tatius Barovski who was a survivor of the death camp. So it's based on his experiences at Awitz Dau.”
Where to get it
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Against the Grain
Why people recommend it: Challenging traditional assumptions about the rise of human civilization and the origins of state control, Against the Grain by James C.
Discussed“For those who have been reading like you know against the grain and you know Greyber's work we would know that states have been pretty ecoidal from their very inception.”
Where to get it
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The Next Apocalypse
The Next Apocalypse by Chris Begley is a non-fiction book that explores historical civilizational collapses and challenges common wilderness myths and misconceptions about past societies.
Recommended“I've been reading this very good book uh just started last night and I think we're going to have the author on the show soon uh Chris Begley. He's an underwater archaeologist and he wrote a book called The Next Apocalypse that's about collapses throughout history and how they actually differ from the popular conceptions of them.”
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