Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-01-30
Books mentioned on Part Six: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Oh god, we are finally done. Unfortunately Oprah's greatest harms, like her role in birthing the anti vaccine movement, live on.
Robert Evans discussed The Business of Redemption by James Arthur Ray, Gods and soldiers by Rob Spillman, Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan, Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala, Murambi, the Book of Bones by Boubacar Boris Diop, Age of Oprah by Janice Peck, and The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin. Also mentioned: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Business of Redemption
Discussed“and I talk about this in great depth and Detail in my book The Business of redemption because it I went from the Pinnacle to the pit”
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The Secret
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a bestselling self-help phenomenon centered on the law of attraction, which posits that positive visualization and focused intention can manifest wealth, health, and happiness directly into a person's life.
Critiqued“there's also [ __ ] like a lot of poisonous stuff gets very famous and I'm speaking here about the SEC secret which we have I think discussed adequately”
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Gods and soldiers
Discussed“and the author of an anthology of contemporary African fiction titled gods and soldiers”
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Say You're One of Them
Discussed“and he made a complaint about Oprah's elevation of a book called say you are one of them by Nigerian author uim akpan quote oon a Nigerian Jesuit priest is a modlin sappy writer”
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Beasts of No Nation
Discussed“they have nothing of the power of akpan countrymen uzodinma eaa's searing novel about a Child Soldier beasts of no Nation or sagales author bokar”
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Murambi, the Book of Bones
Discussed“beasts of no Nation or sagales author bokar Boris diop's novel about the Rwandan Genocide morami the book of Bones o Pan's writing is pedestrian and plotting”
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Age of Oprah
Age of Oprah by Janice Peck is an insightful critical analysis that examines the cultural, economic, and psychological impact of Oprah Winfrey on American media, therapeutic culture, and public consciousness.
Discussed“and this is a point that's made very well in the book the age of Oprah By Janice peek quote inspired by a New York Times series from 2005”
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The Panic Virus
Discussed“science journalist Seth manukan who covered this meeting of the minds in his book The Panic virus reported that when free praised McCarthy's unwillingness to bow to Authority”
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