Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-18
Books mentioned on Part One: Alex Jones: The Godfather of Fake News
Alex Jones has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, the App Store and pretty much every other mainstream app that is capable of somehow spreading information.
Robert Evans discussed None dare call it conspiracy by Gary Allen and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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None dare call it conspiracy
None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen and Larry Abraham is a controversial political book from 1971 that promotes populist conspiracy theories concerning hidden global elites and international banking cartels.
Discussed“Every single deep dive on the man I've read will mention that while young he found a book called None Dare Call it Conspiracy on his father's bookshelf. Um wow. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, another quote from Rolling Stone.”
Where to get it
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
Discussed“Anyway, Jones claims that near the end of his time in high school, he started reading big fancy history books, including William Shire's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, which is a really good book, uh, as well as works of Roman history.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Bible
“So, this is like the book that's his his I don't know what's another influential book. Uh, the Bible. This is his the Bible.”
Passing The Fountainhead
“Uh, the Bible. This is his the Bible. Yeah. Is it's like his his the his fountain head. Catch her in the rye.”
Passing The Catcher in the Rye
“Catch her in the rye. Catch his catcher in the There you go. But he always, you know, makes a point, maybe this is coming later, I'm sure it is, that he's playing a character”
Plugged A (brief) history of vice
“Uh, I have a book on Amazon, a brief history of vice where I experiment on myself with dangerous ancient drugs. So you can pick that up too if you want.”