Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-06-13
Books mentioned on Let's Learn Simple Sabotage!
In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel travel back to the chaotic days of World War II.
Ben Bowlin recommended Simple Sabotage Field Manual by Office of Strategic Services. Also mentioned: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Secret
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a bestselling self-help phenomenon centered on the law of attraction, which posits that positive visualization and focused intention can manifest wealth, health, and happiness directly into a person's life.
Discussed“Like The Secret, right? Do you read The Secret? I'm I'm always hear people referencing The Secret.”
Where to get it
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Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by Office of Strategic Services is a historical instructional guide originally produced during World War II to detail methods of covert disruption and organizational stalling.
Recommended“This is called the uh simple sabotage manual or we'll we'll use that phrase here. To understand what it is, we have to understand the folks who created it.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“They wrote a book. Yay. This is a book club. They wrote a book. Sort of the like bizarro evil version of how to win friends and influence people.”