Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2022-03-31
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Megyn Kelly discussed Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Richard Dreyfuss discussed Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Common Sense
Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a deeply influential 1776 political pamphlet that articulated arguments for American independence from Great Britain and helped ignite the American Revolution.
Discussed“When asked about before and six months before the declaration was written tom payne wrote common sense and in common sense he very clearly”
Where to get it
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a classic satirical novel that follows Lemuel Gulliver on extraordinary voyages to strange and fantastical lands.
Discussed“The first name for people like you was flat doodles and they were the ones that made an independent decision to open the flaps of the eyes and ears of the the people who were running the world which were uh it looked like elephants and it was in daniel defoe's gulliver's travels”
Where to get it
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