Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-04-13

Books mentioned on Part One: The Conspiracy to Begin All Conspiracies

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Robert is joined by Langston Kerman to discuss the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Footnotes: https://www.

Robert Evans discussed The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The Appeal by Janice Hallett, On the Jewish Question by Karl Marx, and The Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu by Maurice Joly.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    Victor, E Marsden · at 4:50 · mentioned 9 times

    The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Victor, E.

    Discussed
    “We are talking about the protocols of the elders of Zion. Whoa. Yeah. You heard anything about that? No, but I just love a lot of fancy words strung together in a way that I'm enjoying.”
    Where to get it
  2. The Appeal

    Janice Hallett · at 41:15

    The Appeal is an epistolary mystery novel by Janice Hallett that uses a collection of emails, text messages, and documents to challenge readers to solve a puzzling crime within a local amateur dramatic society.

    Discussed
    “The culmination of this work was a mass-produced propaganda pamphlet called The Appeal. And I'm going to quote now from an essay written by Johannan Petrroski Stern.”
    Where to get it
  3. On the Jewish Question

    Karl Marx · at 47:19

    Discussed
    “In 1844, Markx wrote an essay with the deeply unfortunate title on the Jewish question. He's not the only one using this phrase. Like that's why Hitler uses it, right? It is called that by a lot of people.”
    Where to get it
  4. The Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu

    Maurice Joly · at 1:19:31

    The Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu by Maurice Joly is an 1864 political satire written by a French author that later served as a primary literary predecessor and source of plagiarism for the notorious antisemitic text, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

    Discussed
    “I'm going to I'm going to read again from the Jewish virtual library here. Quote, the direct predecessor of the protocols can be found in the pamphlet dialogues in hell between Makaveli and Montescu published by the non-Jewish French satist Maurice Jolie in 1864.”
    Where to get it