Episode · Timcast IRL · 2022-05-03
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #521 - Elon Musk GOES OFF, Calls Out Media Over Epstein w/Danny Polishchuk
Tim, Ian, Seamus of FreedomToons and Lydia join comedian and podcaster Danny Polishchuk to discuss MSNBC's description of the GOP as neo-Nazis and Elon Musk's response, Bill Maher's late-to-the-action
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gender Queer
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is a graphic memoir detailing the author's journey of self-discovery, identity exploration, and asexuality.
Discussed“crazy Maya kobabi's book genderqueer about coming out as a non-binary land of the author at the center of a battle over which books belong in schools and who gets to make the decision”
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Johnny the Walrus
Johnny the Walrus by Matt Walsh is a children's book that touches on contemporary cultural debates surrounding gender identity through a metaphorical narrative.
Discussed“well and look at you had Amazon insiders complaining about Matt Walsh's book Johnny The Walrus being number one and if I'm not mistaken they were actually trying to de-rank that”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a classic American novel chronicling a young boy's journey down the Mississippi River alongside an escaped slave named Jim.
Discussed“PBS band Adventures of Huckleberry Finn why is Huck Finn constant consistently landed on the list of banned and challenged books”
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The Next Civil War
Discussed“Stephen Marsh wait on the show wrote a book called the next Civil War I think that's what it's called right”
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood's acclaimed dystopian novel has resonated deeply across various media and political debates.
Discussed“the totalitarian Theocratic government establ of Gideons establishes a rule in the former United States or I'm sorry of Gilead established established his role in the United States in the aftermath of a civil war”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and that the same was done to the Laura Ingalls Wilder award those little House books many of us grew up on”