Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-08-22
Books mentioned on Part Two: How The Liberal Media Helped Fascism Win
Robert and Michael talk about how the US press responded to the rise of European fascism and where that leaves us today. Behind the Bastards is now available on YouTube!
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mussolini and Fascism
Discussed“in his study musolini and fascism the view from America John Patrick Diggins notes that out of 150 articles that mentioned musolini in US newspapers from 1925 to 1932 the majority had either a neutral or a bemused positive tone”
Where to get it
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Berlin, 1933 - La presse internationale face à Hitler
Berlin, 1933 - La presse internationale face à Hitler by Daniel Schneidermann is a book by the French media critic examining how international journalists covered the rise of Adolf Hitler and fascism in early Nazi Germany.
Recommended“now there's a great book about all this Berlin 1933 written by French media critic Daniel Schneiderman I found an interview with Schneiderman in the New Yorker from back in 2019 that contains a fascinating quote on what he called activist journalism”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The climb
“um I released my debut novel it's a sci-fi fantasy magical realist Memoir in the sense that you'll barely know that it's about my life because it there's robots and spells and [ __ ] um but it is so if you're interested in as someone who knows you there's a lot of robots and wizards around you at any”
Own book The climb
“uh it's called The Climb there will be a free 3our sample coming out probably out by the time this drops on the small beans feed which is my own podcast network uh you can find that just by pointing your podcast app at small beans and looking for the climb”
Own book The climb
“I plugged it at the top but I'll mention again it's called The Climb you can get a free sample by checking out the small beans podcast feed or check out the small beans patreon page and click the shop tab if you end up wanting the whole thing it's an audio book and a book book”