Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-05-17
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 182
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Irish Far Right/Neo-Nazi Movement Trans Fiction, Trans Sports The Refugees Fleeing South Africa's "White Genocide" The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep.
Mia Wong recommended One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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One of the Boys
One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller is a contemporary young adult sports novel that follows Grace, a high school senior and trans girl who returns to her school's football team after quitting over the summer when she came out.
Recommended“But the actual and more important question it asks is, "What if a poster could write fiction?" And the answer is that it [ __ ] rips. Thank you. Um, this this book rules it.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read The BFG
“You know Rald Doll, he thought of Willy Wonka in the BFG, but did you know he was a spy in the new podcast, The Secret World of R Doll?”
Ad read 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? Was this before he wrote his stories?”
Ad read 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? Was this before he wrote his stories?”
Plugged One of the Boys
“So Victoria, do you have anything else that you want to say before we head out? And where should people buy your book from? Not Amazon. That's like really all I have to say about that. Um, yeah, one of the boys, my name is Victoria Zeller”