Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-10-15
Books mentioned on Part Three: America's First Fascist Governor
Garrison and Robert return to discuss Eugene Talmadge’s takeover of state finances and his fight against the new deal. See omnystudio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler is an autobiographical manifesto outlining the author's political ideology and future plans for Germany.
Discussed“boasting he had read Hitler's book seven times although he said he was too busy to read any other books un and look I'm I'm one of the very few people who have read minec comp because that book is not seven times not a readable book”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Mein Kampf
“My favorite Mein Kampf joke is in the movie Churchill: The Hollywood Years when Winston Churchill, played by Christian Slater, sees a copy of Mein Kampf by his bed and goes, 'What's this, a gay prison novel?'”
Passing Mein Kampf
“He embraced this 'minor dictator' refrain, and to conclude from Anderson, 'Jean's early admiration for Hitler, the fact that he had read Hitler's book seven times, and his tendency to surround himself with huge military staffs and nonchalantly call for martial law gave an eerie backing to his words.'”