Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-10-24
Books mentioned on Part Two: The History of American Masculinity Grifters
Robert and Miles talk about the mid-century crisis in American masculinity and then catch up to the modern era, and Gamergate. https://www.
Miles Gray discussed Jarhead by Anthony Swofford. Robert Evans discussed A thousand days by Arthur M. Schlesinger and others and Democrat to Deplorable by Jack Murphy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Jarhead
Discussed“right right right right right yeah isn't that kind of what Jarhead was about yeah yeah I mean well was yeah I guess so”
Where to get it
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A thousand days
Arthur M.
Discussed“Over a long career as a political writer, he laid down the definitive first biography of JFK's White House, he convinced RFK to run for president, he then wrote a definitive book about RFK after he was assassinated, he invented the term the imperial presidency!”
Where to get it
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Democrat to Deplorable
Democrat to Deplorable by Jack Murphy is a political memoir and commentary detailing the author's ideological transition away from the Democratic party.
Discussed“but despite this he pretends to have been a liberal and in 2018 writes a book titled Democrat to deplorable an attempt to take advantage of the fact that right”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Robert Kennedy and his times
“Over a long career as a political writer, he laid down the definitive first biography of JFK's White House, he convinced RFK to run for president, he then wrote a definitive book about RFK after he was assassinated, he invented the term the imperial presidency!”