Episode · Timcast IRL · 2024-01-27
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #948 TX Gov Abbott Says TEN STATES Deployed National Guard To Oppose Biden w/Larry Elder
Tim, Phil, Hannah Claire, & Kellen join Larry Elder to discuss 10 states sending National Guard troops to help Texas with the border crisis, Larry Elder explaining the Gavin Newsom recall election, and Trump being ordered to pay $83.3 million in E.
Tim Pool discussed Not My Idea by Anastasia Higginbotham, and criticized To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Larry Elder discussed Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Not My Idea
Not My Idea by Anastasia Higginbotham is a children's picture book that addresses race and systemic racism, featuring illustrations and narrative framing that sparked significant public debate.
Discussed“here's news like for example there's a book called not my idea which is being given to children in public schools where it depicts white people a white person as a devil offering you a whiteness contract”
Where to get it
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Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama is an introspective memoir chronicling the future president's early life, family history, and journey toward self-discovery.
Discussed“Barack Obama wrote a book which was very good the first book dreams from my father and it's all about The Angst he felt because he didn't have his biological father in his life”
Where to get it
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic American novel by Harper Lee that explores themes of racial injustice and moral growth in the American South.
Critiqued“Kurt Crowley says to Kill a Mocking Bird has polluted some of the thought process the time setting was in the 1930s however people read it and digest it still think we are in that time frame”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I have a brand new book it's called as goes California my mission to rescue the Golden State and I'm breaking some big new”
“He wants to Outlaw the sale of new gas powered cars as I explained in my book as goes California by the year 2035”
“Tim first of all as I explained in my book they tried to keep me off the ballot the first provisional ballot comes out”
“I open my book with this story about what happened after I ran for for governor I go to a restaurant”
“I also talk in my book about I've got some back issues I know you're a skateboarder”
“I talk about this in my book I Trav up from down the state”
“I'm giving away free copies of hold it up of as goes California to everybody who opens up an Old Glory bank account”
“I also would love to see my book get on the New York Times best selling list because on your show so please go to Amazon or Barnes and Noble in order as goes California”
“Tim told me to hold it up higher it's called as goes California my mission to rescue the Golden State”