Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-03-09
Books mentioned on Part One: The Rush Limbaugh Episodes with Paul F. Tompkins
Robert is joined by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss Rush Limbaugh.
Robert Evans discussed Rush Limbaugh by Zev Chafets, The Rush Limbaugh Story by Paul D. Colford, The Iliad, and The Odyssey.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh by Zev Chafets is a biography of the prominent conservative radio broadcaster.
Discussed“So my main source for the early life and family history of Rush Limbaugh is a fairly comprehensive, if I would say kind of fawning, biography of Limbaugh by Zev Chapetsz.”
Where to get it
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The Rush Limbaugh Story
Discussed“In his 1993 biography, The Rush Limbaugh Story, biographer Paul Coulford recalls one particularly embarrassing incident during a game of spin the bottle. When Rush was a teenager, he spun the bottle and it stopped at and it stopped pointing at the prettiest girl at the party”
Where to get it
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The Iliad
Homer's ancient epic poem The Iliad chronicles the final weeks of the Trojan War and the devastating wrath of the Greek warrior Achilles.
Discussed“I kind of make a comparison between them and like the Iliad and the Odyssey, right? this like the way that anytime you've got Homer introducing it's always like you know the there there's certain phrases anytime Achilles comes up he uses the same kind of phrases”
Where to get it
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is an epic ancient Greek poem that follows Odysseus on his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War, remaining one of history's most influential foundational narratives.
Discussed“I kind of make a comparison between them and like the Iliad and the Odyssey, right? this like the way that anytime you've got Homer introducing it's always like you know the there there's certain phrases anytime Achilles comes up he uses the same kind of phrases”
Where to get it
