Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-05-01
Books mentioned on Stalin: After Dark
Let’s talk about Stalin, baaaaaaby! In this Bonus Episode, Robert is joined by Brandie Posey (comedian, writer & producer) and they discuss Josef Stalin who was a bank robber, a sex icon, the drunkest man in history and more.
Robert Evans discussed The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin’s foundational work on evolutionary biology, The Origin of Species, outlines the theory of evolution by natural selection and presents extensive evidence connecting biological and geological phenomena.
Discussed“At age 13, Joseph read a copy of Darwin's The Origin of Species. He stayed up all night and told KK, his mom, "I love the book so much, Mommy, that I couldn't stop reading it."”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Napoleon's Memoirs
“He spent a lot of time reading Napoleon's memoirs, and he told his friends that he planned to learn from Napoleon's mistakes, which is a normal thing for a like 16-year-old to tell his friends.”
Plugged A (brief) history of vice
“I'm Robert Evans. I have a book. You can find it on Amazon. It's called A Brief History of Vice. It's me experimenting with weird ancient drugs.”