Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-05-31
Books mentioned on Part One: Kent Hovind: Fake Dinosaur Scholar and Accidental Child Killer | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Robert Evans discussed Bible, The Complete Practical Joker by H. Allen Smith, and God and the IRS by Samuel D. Brunson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bible
The Bible is a foundational anthology of sacred texts and scriptures central to both Judaism and Christianity, detailing narratives of creation, prophetic guidance, historical accounts, and moral teachings that have shaped Western civilization for millennia.
Discussed“But Hiles is a fundamentalist; he taught that people could not be born again unless they were brought to Christ using the King James Bible, which is a big thing for, I don't know, like a fifth of Christians in the country today.”
Where to get it
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The Complete Practical Joker
The Complete Practical Joker by H.
Discussed“it seems to have originated this story in a 1953 book titled the complete spelled in a weird way practical joker by H Allen Smith who was a journalist and a comedy writer”
Where to get it
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God and the IRS
God and the IRS by Samuel D.
Discussed“I want to read a quote from a book by Professor Samuel Brunson called God and the IRS which is about the difficulty the IRS has dealing with the religious right”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Chemistry
“It has one illustration, which was a diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum, literally cut out of an actual science textbook and taped badly inside the thesis.”