Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-03-25
Books mentioned on Strange News: "Freedom Cities" are the New Company Towns | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Best American Short Stories 2024
Discussed“yeah remember I told you Ben that on our trip to the Middle East I was really hoping to read a whole book and so I bought the 2024 collection of the best American short stories”
Where to get it
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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is a powerful collection of interrelated semi-autobiographical stories about American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War, exploring the psychological weight of combat, memory, and storytelling.
Discussed“for instance uh you know a great a great debate uh covering the things they carry is whether that should be evaluated as a cohesive novel or whether it's a series of interrelated short stories”
Where to get it
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Lazarus
Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark is a critically acclaimed dystopian graphic novel series that explores a grim post-apocalyptic future dominated by corporate-run global governments and powerful ruling families.
Recommended“there's a great graphic novel called Lazarus for anybody who likes graphic novels it explores the dystopian end spectrum of corporate run Global government”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing At the Mountains of Madness
“and on the other side of the wall every wall is just snow and3 de C weather and HP Lovecraft monsters mountains of Madness”