Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-03-29
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 175
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Robert Evans discussed Bible. Mia Wong discussed Moneyball by Michael Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bible
The Bible is a foundational collection of sacred religious texts and historical narratives that has shaped Western law, morality, and culture for millennia.
Discussed“There's two Bibles in each cell. It's the only sort of entertainment they're allowed. It just sounds like a torture camp.”
Where to get it
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Moneyball
Moneyball by Michael Lewis is a celebrated nonfiction book documenting how the Oakland Athletics baseball team leveraged analytical models and statistical data to gain a competitive edge.
Discussed“So he Lewis has written two of the most famous books ever written about sports, right? He wrote Moneyball, which is the book that we're going to be talking about, which I'll get to in a second.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Well, that's that's your Edinburgh is where if I was going to go to Scotland, I'd probably aim at I'm not going to live in the Harry Potter town. Are you kidding me? Oh, it existed before books.”
Passing The big short
“And one of the things that that SPF did as as a sort of PR thing, right, was let the author Michael Lewis of The Big Short, we're going to get to Moneyball in a second, Blind Side, uh other books”
Passing Moneyball
“And one of the things that that SPF did as as a sort of PR thing, right, was let the author Michael Lewis of The Big Short, we're going to get to Moneyball in a second, Blind Side, uh other books”
Passing The Blind Side
“And one of the things that that SPF did as as a sort of PR thing, right, was let the author Michael Lewis of The Big Short, we're going to get to Moneyball in a second, Blind Side, uh other books”
Passing The Blind Side
“So he Lewis has written two of the most famous books ever written about sports, right? He wrote Moneyball, which is the book that we're going to be talking about, which I'll get to in a second. And he wrote The Blind Side”