Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-09
Books mentioned on Part One: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis
In Episode 25, Robert is joined by comedian Andy Beckerman (Couples Therapy Podcast) to discuss Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan and the AIDS crisis.
Robert Evans discussed After the Wrath of God by Anthony M. Petro and And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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After the Wrath of God
After the Wrath of God by Anthony M.
Discussed“Um, so one of the books I did read to prepare for this episode was After the Wrath of God. It's an uh Oxford University Press textbook about how American religion impacted the AIDS crisis. Very interesting.”
Where to get it
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And the Band Played on
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts is widely recognized as the definitive, authoritative history of the public health failures and political negligence that fueled the early HIV/AIDS crisis.
Discussed“Here's how Randy Schlitz, author of The Band Played On, sums up uh Pat Buchanan's article's conclusion in his book. Buchanan concluded by saying that no homosexual should be permitted to handle food and that the Democratic Party's decision to hold their next convention in San Francisco would leave delegate spouses and children at the mercy of quote homosexuals”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Fountainhead
“Why is uh why is Ron Paul hollowing a uh a a 6-in hole out of a copy of the fountain head? Oh, man. You hope it's a copy of the fountain head, shoving all that Vaseline in there.”
Plugged A (brief) history of vice
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