Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-09-17
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 51
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Robert Evans discussed Royal Babylon by Heathcote Williams and Britain's Gulag by Caroline Elkins.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Royal Babylon
Royal Babylon by Heathcote Williams is a critical, poetic history examining the British monarchy, the actions of the royal family, and the political implications of hereditary power.
Discussed“I'm going to quote from the book Royal Babylon by English poet and activist Heath Coat Williams. Quote, "The fact that each US president's record, without exception, would earn them seats on the dock at Nuremberg or at the International Criminal Court on genocide charges doesn't deter the royal family from honoring them.”
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Britain's Gulag
Discussed“Um meanwhile 1.5 million Kenyans were confined to a network of detention camps and uh heavily patrolled villages as documented by uh historian Caroline Elkins in her pulser wise winning Britain's goolog.”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The BFG
“He thought of Willy Wonka in the BFG, but did you know he was a spy?”
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 BFG.”
Passing The BFG
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.”