Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2026-10-01
Books mentioned on Listener Mail: Polybius, The Illuminati, and Conspiracy Suggestions
Jake asks for more details about the legendary Polybius game. Vengeance Rising inspires conversation about the real-life Illuminati.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson is an eccentric, multi-layered work of fiction that helped popularize modern conspiracy culture, discordianism, and the concept of social hacking.
Recommended“Are you familiar? And have you read the Illuminati trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson? And by his other pal, also named Robert?”
Where to get it
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Masks of the Illuminati
Discussed“And it looks like there's a third or an additional book that came out later that's only by Robert Anton Wilson called Masks of the Illuminati that also has a dope cover with like a sea serpent swimming in a book, that open book with Albert Einstein's face in the clouds.”
Where to get it
