Episode · Timcast IRL · 2020-06-02

Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #68 - Trump Calls In Armed Soldiers To DC, Threatens To Deploy Military Nationwide

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The crew discusses the recent speech from Trump, which includes directions for cracking down on the violent riots engulfing the nation. Adam ponders where we go from here, and Tim looks at the steps that have brought us here.

Mentioned: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and World War Z by Max Brooks.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk · at 1:44

   Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is a searing satirical novel examining modern masculinity, consumerism, and the psychological fractures of contemporary life.

   Discussed

   “it's like what did you seen Fight Club yeah you're reminds me that scene when they bring in Robert Paulson and drop he's dead yeah and he's like you dance you're running around blowing things up what did you think was gonna happen mm-hmm his name is Robert Paulson yeah his name was Robert Paulson”

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2. 

   World War Z

   Max Brooks · at 1:18:23

   World War Z by Max Brooks is a post-apocalyptic horror novel structured as a collection of individual accounts following a devastating global zombie conflict.

   Discussed

   “did y'all see how MSNBC erred World War Z footage with the riots hit US cities tagline title line city skyline matches the movie in everything”

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