Episode · Timcast IRL · 2021-02-05
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #217 - Pentagon Orders FULL Stand Down To Loyalty Test Military, The PURGE Is Here w/Gavin Wax
Tim, Ian, Luke, and Lydia join guest Gavin Wax of the New York Young Republicans to discuss the military loyalty tests and the purges being considered, the testosterone crisis in the US, John Kerry's
Tim Pool recommended Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday. Also mentioned: Meditations by Aurelius Marcus.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a collection of personal reflections and Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor.
Recommended“marcus aurelius's uh meditations”
Where to get it
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Trust Me, I'm Lying
Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday is an expose detailing the mechanics of media manipulation and the darker incentives driving online journalism.
Recommended“it is called trust me i'm lying by ryan holiday confessions of a media manipulator”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Creature from Jekyll Island
“he's the guy who wrote the creature from jekyll island”
Passing The Princess Bride
“and it was a picture of carrie elwis as the dread pirate roberts and princess bride”
Passing Bowling Alone
“that book bowling alone with the basically the fall of like american kind of the the town and the community”
Passing Ishmael
“ishmael tim have you thought of starting a book club”
Passing Rainbow six
“as may i suggest tom clancy's rainbow six it's an older book but fun to read”