Episode · Timcast IRL · 2021-03-31
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #254 - YouTube CENSORS Steven Crowder AGAIN, PERMANENTLY Demonetizes Him w/Daniel Turner
Tim, Ian, and Lydia host energy advocate and Fox News contributor Daniel Turner to analyze YouTub'es censorship of Louder With Crowder, YouTube's possibly-politically motivated mulling of removing the 'dislike' button from videos, the Pentagon's diversity chief's disgraceful exit, and Biden's unfortunate dog incidents.
Tim Pool discussed The fourth turning by William Strauss and others, The Trial by Franz Kafka, and Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, and criticized How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The fourth turning
The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe is a generational theory book that argues history moves in cyclical seasons leading to major societal transformations and crises.
Discussed“this is a book called the fourth turning and they talk about how there's four seasons every 20 years”
Where to get it
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How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X.
Critiqued“ibrahim x kendi the guy who wrote that that book um is it how to be an anti-racist said that that one of the he said the heartbeat of racism is denialism”
Where to get it
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The Trial
Franz Kafka's renowned novel "The Trial" tells the chilling story of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is abruptly arrested on his birthday for an unspecified crime by an amorphous, incomprehensible judicial system.
Discussed“that whole that whole kafka book that the trial was about that like if you admit it you're guilty”
Where to get it
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Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers by Robert A.
Discussed“service guarantees citizenship are you familiar with that starship troopers”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“battlefield earth by l ron hubbard great movie i mean kind of a terrible movie”
“sphere and prey by michael crichton oh creighton crichton street lawyer”
“sphere and prey by michael crichton oh creighton crichton street lawyer”
“crichton street lawyer and the testament by john grisham”
“crichton street lawyer and the testament by john grisham”
“oh creighton crichton street lawyer and the testament by john grisham hi lids hello i hear your sphere is really epic”