Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-09-03
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 49
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Mentioned: Johnny the Walrus by Matt Walsh.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Johnny the Walrus
Johnny the Walrus by Matt Walsh is a controversial children's book that uses an allegorical narrative about a walrus to mock and critique contemporary gender identity concepts.
Critiqued“So, as bad as a woman is, he made an even he's actually created something even worse than this, which is like maybe history's most dog [ __ ] children's book. Johnny the Walrus, which like just unbelievably transphobic piece of [ __ ] thing that he made”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The BFG
“You know Rald Doll. He thought of Willy Wonka in the BFG, but did you know he was a spy?”
Passing Matilda
“You know Rald Doll. He thought of Willy Wonka in the BFG, but did you know he was a spy?”
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Rita Wilson, and Grie Rice, and author Laura Dave. These are the women behind season 2 of the Apple TV series The Last Thing He Told Me. We're talking about turning a book into a hit show”
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?”
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Rita Wilson, and Grie Rice, and author Laura Dave. These are the women behind season 2 of the Apple TV series, The Last Thing He Told Me. We're talking about turning a book into a hit show”