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Every book Ben Bowlin recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Ben Bowlin appears on, in one place — not just one.
Ben Bowlin is a podcaster known for his work on the informational show Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Throughout his appearances on the podcast, Ben Bowlin has frequently recommended and discussed a diverse selection of books and stories with listeners. He highlighted The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson while exploring topics related to the Illuminati and secret societies. Additionally, Ben Bowlin repeatedly endorsed Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams, praising it as a phenomenal and fantastic short read that examines the nature of time. When discussing technology and the divine, he pointed listeners toward Arthur C. Clarke's short story The Nine Billion Names of God, describing it as top-notch reading. To address legal definitions and obscenity, Ben Bowlin mentioned James Joyce's Ulysses in connection with historic court cases in the United States. Furthermore, he strongly recommended Gavin De Becker's The Gift of Fear on multiple occasions, emphasizing that it serves as an essential, must-read guide for trusting one's gut instincts and unconscious reactions. Through these recommendations, Ben Bowlin regularly shares supplemental reading materials that align with the strange news, historical anomalies, and conspiracy topics explored on his program.
Books recommended by Ben Bowlin
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, and the systematic manipulation of historical truth and language.
Discussed“The very first book illegally unfairly pulled off the Amazon Kindle was indeed 1984. Boom. By George Orwell.”
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Chariots of the Gods?
Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Daniken is a well-known alternative history book that posits ancient civilizations were influenced by extraterrestrial visitors.
Discussed“It's uh it's it's the author of Chariots of the Gods, a a formative figure in our young lives. Uh honestly, uh part of the inspiration for the show, Eric von Danakin.”
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The Gift of Fear
The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker is a bestselling self-help and safety guide that teaches readers how to recognize and trust their innate intuition to protect themselves from violence.
Recommended“Gavin Debecker's excellent book we always recommend, The Gift of Fear. It is a must- readad whether or not you believe in quantum entanglement of your brain throughout time.”
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The Foundations of Geopolitics
The Foundations of Geopolitics by Aleksandr Dugin is a controversial political science text frequently cited as a strategic blueprint for Russian foreign influence and disinformation campaigns.
Discussed“And for the record, uh, that project 2025 stuff is heavily plagiarized from the foundations of geopolitics by Alexander Dugan. Look it up.”
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Einstein's Dreams
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman is a short, imaginative novel by an MIT professor and physicist that playfully explores various alternate conceptions of time and its fundamental nature.
Recommended“We want to shout out a phenomenal book by an MIT professor named Alan Lightiteman. It's called Einstein's Dreams. We've mentioned it before. You guys remember this one? It's a real short book. It's a great read.”
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Atlas of Remote Islands
Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky is a lyrical geographical exploration of fifty remote and isolated islands across the globe.
Discussed“And I love that you're pointing this out, Matt, because we want this to be exactly the same kind of misstep that we made earlier when we kept shouting out one of my favorite books, The Atlas of Remote Islands, which now is out of publication and relatively unaffordable.”
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The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a searing 1906 naturalist novel exposing the appalling working conditions, exploitation of laborers, and unsanitary practices within Chicago's meatpacking industry during the Gilded Age.
Discussed“this is uh this is overall something that uh Upton Sinclair would would applaud right the author of The Jungle right and that that uh piece of Journalism played a huge role in the consumer protections that exist in the United States today”
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Watchmen
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is a groundbreaking graphic novel set in an alternate history where superheroes are real, exploring complex moral dilemmas, Cold War tensions, and the psychological toll of vigilantism.
Discussed“And and the basic idea uh [laughter] is is pretty much the the scenario that played out in in Watchmen. If you've if you've ever read the comic or watched the the movie that came back in the day or the scenario that was alluded to very much so in the new HBO series of the Watchmen”
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The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson is an eccentric, multi-layered work of fiction that helped popularize modern conspiracy culture, discordianism, and the concept of social hacking.
Recommended“Are you familiar? And have you read the Illuminati trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson? And by his other pal, also named Robert?”
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins is an exposé detailing how covert economic strategies, loans, and international financial institutions are used by powerful nations and corporate elites to manipulate and exploit developing countries.
Discussed“We've read Confessions of an Economic Hitman, a fantastic book.”
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Sinners in the hands of an angry God.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards is a famous, fire-and-brimstone sermon that epitomizes the terrifying, strict religious atmosphere and Calvinist theology of historical Protestantism in New England.
Recommended“Another book recommendation you want to see the mentality of where a lot of these folks were coming from not just in Salem but in New England overall check out sinners in the hands of an angry God. That is man the way it's written still I totally disagree by the way and I I hope if you're hearing this”
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The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer is a seminal 1890 anthropological and comparative religion study that explores ancient folklore, myths, and rituals of sacrificed kings.
Discussed“George Frasier uh the golden bow is nuts it it was first published in 1890 and it's talking about a lot of the same things and it still holds up because Frasier was largely correct”
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is a celebrated non-fiction investigation into the modern American food chain, tracing the origins of what people eat from industrial agriculture to organic farms and foraged meals.
Discussed“but we do have a Continuing Story regarding the great debate of what Michael pollen calls the omnivores Dilemma to eat”
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Ulysses
James Joyce's landmark modernist novel Ulysses chronicles an ordinary day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mapping human consciousness and daily existence through a revolutionary stream-of-consciousness technique.
Recommended“And and for anyone interested in what a problem those two definitions have been, uh I would I would recommend checking out the court case in the US pertaining to James Joyce's Ulyses where the uh I think the deciding legal opinion was uh some highuting version of pornography is pornography.”
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11/22/63
11/22/63 by Stephen King is a science fiction time-travel novel in which a high school teacher attempts to prevent the assassination of John F.
Discussed“112263. You know, we talked about comedians and satists and science fiction and stuff. So many amazing ways that folks like that who maybe you wouldn't immediately think can really shed light on this stuff. I learned a lot of this stuff from that book.”
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain is a classic satirical novel about a nineteenth-century American mechanic who travels back in time to Arthurian England and uses practical knowledge to pose as a powerful wizard.
Discussed“It does feel like he believed it or maybe he was Merlin in Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. remember where the unnamed protagonist, the Yankee, sees some guy who thinks he's doing magic and has that moment where he says, "Holy crap, this guy actually Merlin actually believes that he can do spells."”
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing and visceral historical novel that depicts the extreme violence and bleak reality of the American West through the harrowing journey of a runaway teenager known as the kid.
Discussed“You know, Judge Holden from Blood Meridian nailed it. Horrible guy, but very smart. He was right.”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece that envisions a technologically advanced future society sustained by pharmacological distraction, engineered conformity, and the systematic eradication of deep human emotion and critical thought.
Discussed“However, Aldis Huxley did write Brave New World, right? It's the Pepsi to the Coca-Cola of Orwell's 1984.”
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Mysteries of the unknown
Mysteries of the Unknown by Time-Life Books is an illustrated book series exploring paranormal phenomena, cryptozoology, and unexplained historical anomalies.
Discussed“there's always this big deal of oh these mysterious people how did they do this they must have had help from somewhere but McCoy's research to be clear is not like that”
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Lazarus
Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark is a critically acclaimed dystopian graphic novel series that explores a grim post-apocalyptic future dominated by corporate-run global governments and powerful ruling families.
Recommended“Do check out the graphic novel series Lazarus and Lazarus Risen if you want to see what a post-apocalyptic world like that would. Is there not a TV adaptation of that that just dropped? I just saw there's a show called Lazarus and it said somebody author sounding names Lazarus.”
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Propaganda
Propaganda by Edward L.
Recommended“I like to recommend for anybody who hasn't read him before uh checking out crystallizing public opinion and of course his breakout banger, the single in his uh if his work is an album, the book simply titled Propaganda.”
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Raven Rock
Raven Rock by Garrett M.
Discussed“We had an interview segment as well with Garrett Graph, the author of Raven Rock, who's going to come up in this.”
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American Gods
American Gods by Neil Gaiman is a fantasy novel published in 2001 that explores the conflict between traditional mythological deities and modern American manifestations of technology and consumerism.
Discussed“this is a big part of the U narrative American Gods by Neil Gaiman right I'm leaning on fiction a lot here”
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Catching Fire
Catching Fire is a dystopian young adult novel by Suzanne Collins in which protagonist Katniss Everdeen competes in a deadly tournament while a rebellion simmers across districts.
Recommended“Remember I kept comparing it to a red wedding last time we talked about this from Game of Thrones which is adapted from Song of Ice and Fire. Check out the books.”
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Chaos
Chaos by Tom O'Neill is a deeply researched investigative non-fiction book that exposes startling connections between the CIA's MKUltra mind control experiments, COINTEL Pro, and the infamous Charles Manson murders of the 1960s.
Recommended“There's a book that came out in 2019 that Matt, I think, captured Å our attention. Å Oh, yes. Å It is titled Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the 60s. Å It's written by this guy named Tom O'Neill.”
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Gattaca
Gattaca is a science fiction film about a dystopian future where children are genetically engineered for perfection and natural-born citizens face systemic discrimination.
Recommended“kind of like uh the sci-fi film Gataga. They didn't make it illegal not to genetically modify your children, but they made it so inconvenient that uh you couldn't afford to have children the natural way. Everybody check out Gataga. It's not really a Christmas movie.”
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Good Omens
Good Omens is a humorous fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman that follows the attempts of an angel and a demon to prevent the coming of the Antichrist.
Discussed“have you guys seen good Omens yet the new uh TV adaptation I preferred it to the book I found the book Whimsical in a way that didn't really speak to me”
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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream is a celebrated science fiction short story collection by Harlan Ellison that features dark themes including a malevolent artificial intelligence known as AM.
Discussed“Uh, it's sometimes villainous like Howal 9000 in 2001 of Space Odyssey or like AM in I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.”
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Nameless
Nameless by Grant Morrison is a mind-bending comic book series that dives into dark, space-themed horror and complex existential mysteries.
Discussed“Also, Nameless is another good one for this, and I know you love like Nameless. Nameless is an age appropriate buddy comedy in space for everyone.”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex imaginary orders like religion, money, and nations.
Recommended“that's according to a historian Yuval Noah Harari who wrote who writes excellent books homodeus sapiens uh n's roommate and I go back and forth for hours about this stuff”
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The Billionaire Murders
Recommended“first off if you haven't read Kevin Donovan's book uh the I I would say that is probably the best collected source of this information because the guy has been there uh since pretty much day one right and he's talked to a person”
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G.
Recommended“So, I believe it's the creature from Jackal Island. That's a good search term if you wish to go down that rabbit hole.”
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The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning psychological and philosophical study arguing that human civilization is ultimately driven by an unconscious terror of mortality.
Discussed“the book that we reference there is uh the denial of death”
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2001, a Space Odyssey
2001, a Space Odyssey by Arthur C.
Discussed“Uh, it's sometimes villainous like Howal 9000 in 2001 of Space Odyssey or like AM in I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.”
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a famous 1843 novella about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his midnight visitations by ghostly specters that transform his life.
Discussed“And I think it's also appropriate in these holiday times thinking about like uh Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and Ebenezer Scrooge”
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“I know that a lot of us listening today are huge fans of Animal Farm right in the work of George Orwell”
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Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse is a 1991 book by Milton William Cooper that compiles various conspiracy theories regarding secret societies, government cover-ups, and extraterrestrials.
Discussed“one of the big questions I always have when I read one of those books like Behold a Pale Horse which I think you mentioned Cooper earlier”
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Biggest Secret
Biggest Secret by David Icke is a controversial conspiracy book that posits elaborate theories regarding hidden global elites, ancient bloodlines, and reptilian overlords manipulating human civilization.
Discussed“a guy who gets a lot of credit for this is a guy we interviewed back in the day named David Ike in 19 I want to say 1998 he wrote a book called the biggest secret”
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Crime classification manual
The Crime Classification Manual is a comprehensive reference work by John E.
Discussed“and that comes from the 1992 crime classification manual and um that's where it outlines all that stuff”
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Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco is a complex, intellectually dense satirical novel that explores the labyrinthine world of esoteric conspiracies, historical secrets, and human gullibility.
Discussed“sort of similar to uh that novel uh Fakose pendulum wherein people create a conspiracy and then it becomes real for them and it has real world consequences.”
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Foundations of Geopolitics: the Geopolitical Future of Russia
Foundations of Geopolitics: the Geopolitical Future of Russia by Alexander Dugin is a 1997 book outlining strategic frameworks for Russian global influence, hybrid warfare, and foreign interference.
Discussed“This is totally textbook Foundation of Geopolitics by uh Alexander duken there you go uh Alexander dukin”
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond is a sweeping historical and anthropological study that investigates why Eurasian civilizations survived and conquered other societies, attributing outcomes to environmental and geographical advantages rather than biological superiority.
Discussed“Instead, it seems to be what Jared Diamond, the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, would later describe as ecoside, which is a phrase I wasn't familiar with, but yeah, not nor I that's a much better term than I had said resource extraction, which isn't exactly right.”
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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton is a science fiction thriller about a theme park populated by resurrected dinosaurs created through genetic engineering.
Discussed“And uh you know I've always found the connection uh between birds and dinosaurs fascinating as laid out uh brilliantly and scientifically unquestionably in the Jurassic Park series by the great scientist and Michael Kiteon.”
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and Stephen R.
Discussed“I may be painting with a broad brush but I'll be honest given given strong precedent I would rather Mein Kampf not be legal reading in Germany”
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Minority Report
Minority Report by John D.
Discussed“remember that Minority Report yes yes”
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Missing 411
Missing 411 by David Paulides and Chris Williams is a nonfiction investigation into mysterious disappearances of people in national parks and public lands.
Discussed“Professor Brian KS uh who talked about the zon to death and Yellowstone and David pitus uh from Missing 411”
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Rage
Rage by Stephen King is a controversial psychological thriller originally published under the author's pseudonym Richard Bachman, following a troubled high school student who holds his classroom hostage.
Discussed“Stephen King under the name Richard Bachman wrote a basically a a fictional instruction manual about how to commit mass murder at a school and the name of the book is Rage It was pulled from the shelves because it was close enough to the truth to inform other people if they would be bad faith actors”
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Remembrance of Things Past
Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust is a monumental multi-volume novel that explores themes of memory, time, and involuntary recollection triggered by sensory experiences.
Discussed“Not for nothing did P base an entire novel on this remembrance of things past.”
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Rip-off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America
This controversial autobiographical work details alleged ritual abuse and mind control survival.
Discussed“the title is spelled trance t r a n c e space formation of America”
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye by J.
Discussed“and then he just sat down on a curb and started reading The Catcher in the Rye which he had brought with him when he was arrested he and asked for a statement he told police that the book The Catcher And The Ry was his statement”
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales (Balloon Hoax / Descent Into the Maelstrom / How to Write a Blackwood Article / Loss of Breath / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Mystification / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales is the only completed novel by Edgar Allan Poe, telling the dark and harrowing story of shipwreck, survival, and cannibalism at sea.
Discussed“the only novel he published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket in 1838.”
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The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb is a 1968 book by biologist Paul R.
Discussed“Uh yeah, shout out to the Population Bomb. That's a book that also changed the game.”
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The Stand
The Stand by Stephen King is a post-apocalyptic horror epic that follows the remnants of humanity struggling to rebuild society after a lethal influenza strain wipes out most of the global population.
Discussed“it reminds me of um for anybody's read The Stand by Stephen King there's there's a moment where the US government decides to cover up an outbreak of a very dangerous infection”
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The Time Machine
The Time Machine by H.
Discussed“a good example of this would be the Eloy and the morlocks from the time machine right”
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker
The Vanishing Hitchhiker by Jan Harold Brunvand is a foundational study of American urban legends and their cultural meanings.
Discussed“another guy yaw and Harold brunvald writes a book called The Vanishing hitchhiker American urban legends and their meanings”
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Third Eye Spies
Third Eye Spies by Russell Targ is a non-fiction book exploring the history and reality of government-sponsored psychic espionage programs developed during the Cold War.
Discussed“specifically I know I bring it up a lot, but I know you guys enjoy this conversation to Russell Tar to third eye spies author and person who is involved in some of those very programs with the government for training psychic spies”
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Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by Office of Strategic Services is a historical instructional guide originally produced during World War II to detail methods of covert disruption and organizational stalling.
Recommended“This is called the uh simple sabotage manual or we'll we'll use that phrase here. To understand what it is, we have to understand the folks who created it.”
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How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex
How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex by Samantha Cole is an unexpected history examining the profound and complex ways human sexuality and digital technology have historically intertwined.
Recommended“There's a person um that we're leaning on a lot in tonight's exploration, uh fantastic author and journalist Samantha Cole, wrote a book called How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex, An Unexpected History.”
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12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men is a classic dramatic work exploring the intricate dynamics of jury deliberation, peer pressure, and the pursuit of justice in a murder trial.
Recommended“then also you know a good example of this of course the seminal work 12 Angry Men do also check out an amazing film Devil's Advocate”
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1776
David McCullough's historical account 1776 chronicles the pivotal year of the American Revolution, detailing the military strategies, leadership struggles, and immense hardships faced by the Continental Army.
Recommended“and uh there's an historian David McCulla who wrote a book called 1776 which we would recommend um the Americans suffered terrible just horrendous losses roughly uh 25,000 casualties in all”
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A New Earth
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual guide designed to help readers transcend ego-based consciousness and awaken to a new sense of life purpose.
Recommended“Um but another one that I've been really enjoying is a book called A New Earth: Awakening Your Life's Purpose by Ehart Tulli.”
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A Song of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows / A Dance with Dragons)
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R.
Recommended“Remember I kept comparing it to a red wedding last time we talked about this from Game of Thrones which is adapted from Song of Ice and Fire. Check out the books.”
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A Spy in Canaan
A Spy in Canaan by Marc Perrusquia is a biographical and investigative book detailing the complex life and activities of Ernest Withers, a civil rights photographer who also acted as an FBI informant.
Discussed“and you sir have a quite amazing thing going in your new book a spy in Canaan”
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Blessed
Blessed by Kate Bowler is an insightful historical examination of the American prosperity gospel and its profound influence on modern religious culture.
Recommended“I do also while we're mentioning books want to highlight blessed a history of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate bowler”
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Body of Secrets
Body of Secrets by James Bamford is an extensive and deeply researched exposé detailing the history, operations, and surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
Recommended“we do talk about the Gulf of tonen at length in our book check that out the best book about Northwoods is by a guy named James Bamford it's called body of Secrets an intensely researched expose on the NSA the National Security Agency and uh Mr B published this in 2001”
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Coma
Coma (Said the Shotgun to the Head) is a powerful, experimental book of poetry by Saul Williams that combines rhythm, prose poetry, and non-fiction elements into an intense literary experience.
Recommended“prose poetry non-fiction uh interpretive stuff like comma said the shotgun to the head that's an excellent book of poetry”
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Conclave
Conclave by Robert Harris is a compelling thriller that takes readers deep inside the secretive, high-stakes political maneuvering of the Vatican as cardinals gather to elect a new pope.
Recommended“Now, I actually started reading that novel, too, that the that the film's based on, and I was really impressed with the author, Robert Harris, so far. I haven't finished it, but um he he put boots on the ground like he went to the Vatican, they walked him through the process.”
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Constitutional Cliffhangers
Constitutional Cliffhangers by Brian C.
Recommended“and he also recommends a chapter from a book called constitutional Cliffhangers a legal guide for presidents and their enemies uh and it's on the loophole in the 22nd amendment that could allow a two-term president to stay in power”
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Crystallizing public opinion
Crystallizing Public Opinion by Edward L.
Recommended“I like to recommend for anybody who hasn't read him before uh checking out crystallizing public opinion and of course his breakout banger, the single in his uh if his work is an album, the book simply titled Propaganda.”
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Dead birds
Dead birds is an ethnographic film and associated written work exploring the Dani people of West Papua.
Recommended“you can see and hear his Expeditions work in a documentary called Dead Birds sounds like a bummer”
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Delay, Deny, Defend
Delay, Deny, Defend by Jay M.
Recommended“deny defend and depose these are the words written on the casings and they are similar to a phrase called delay deny defend uh and this is the way that some attorneys and public rights Advocates have uh described privatized Insurance's strategy that we just discussed denying uh services and payment it's also the title of a book published in”
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Depraved
Depraved by Harold Schechter is a true crime historical account that details the horrifying life and crimes of America's first known serial killer, H.H.
Recommended“We've got some homework. Uh here's a random uh thing from one of our favorite books, Depraved and Insulting English. Guys, I'm going to flip through. Just say when. When? When?”
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman is a scientific and clinical investigation into the effects of dimethyltryptamine, chronicling the first FDA-approved human clinical studies on psychedelics in decades.
Recommended“And I was looking through my Audible library because it just kind of like something went off in my head and I remembered a book that I was listening to a few years ago by Rick Straman MD called DMT, the spirit molecule, a doctor's revolutionary research into the biology of near-death and mystical experiences.”
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Drugs as Weapons Against Us
Drugs as Weapons Against Us by John L.
Recommended“check out John pot's book drugs As Weapons against us which says that these agencies did not just Target John lennen but they also targeted Tupac Shakur and Kurt Cobain and and many other celebrities”
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Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol.
Recommended“shout out to this amazing comic I've been reading uh eight billion Genies no spoilers check it out”
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Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition edited by Theresa Enos is a comprehensive academic reference work detailing the history, theories, and practices of written and spoken communication.
Recommended“I want to give a shout out to author Theresa Bain in her work Encyclopedia of fairies and World folklore mythology definitely definite must read if you're a fan of folklore”
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Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg
Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg: The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles by Marty Crump is an engaging exploration of the cultural history, folklore, and mythology surrounding frogs, toads, snakes, and other similar creatures.
Recommended“there's a great book with a really long name from eye of new and toe of frog adders fork and lizard's leg the lore and mythology of amphibians and reptiles”
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Fingerprints of the gods
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock is an alternative history bestseller that argues an advanced, forgotten global civilization was wiped out by a cataclysm at the end of the last ice age.
Recommended“it's a sequel to A book he wrote In 1995 called Fingerprints of the Gods the evidence of Earth's lost civilizations this book is massive if you are interested in this sort of alternative history revisionist stuff this what ify you have atast heard of this B Fingerprints of the Gods if interested in this and you have not read”
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Recommended“this is from Freakonomics highly recommend uh Freakonomics just if you want to learn interesting things about the world”
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George's Marvelous Medicine
George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl is a whimsical children's story about a young boy who concocts a wildly eccentric and unpredictable concoction to cure his grumpy grandmother.
Recommended“everybody check out George's Marvelous Medicine by the way roll doll's best conspiracy book I think”
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Guns, Gold, and Caravans
Guns, Gold, and Caravans by Robert Easton is a biographical account detailing the extraordinary life and times of Fred Meyer Schroeder, chronicling his daring adventures across Asia and beyond.
Recommended“however there's a great book you can read you can read called guns gold and caravans the extraordinary Life and Times of Fred Meer Schroeder o it's back in uh was it written by him no it's written by uh Robert only Easton”
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Homo Deus
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari explores the future of humankind, charting how societies might evolve and addressing the rise of artificial intelligence and transhumanism.
Recommended“that's according to a historian Yuval Noah Harari who wrote who writes excellent books homodeus sapiens uh n's roommate and I go back and forth for hours about this stuff”
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Hyperion
Hyperion by Dan Simmons is a celebrated science fiction masterpiece that reimagines Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales in a distant-future interstellar setting.
Recommended“probably my favorite use of the word cr is in the novels by Dan Simmons, Hyperion and Hyperion Rising.”
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Insulting English
Insulting English by Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea is a linguistic compendium that catalogues colorful, sharp, and obscure insults derived from the history of the English language.
Recommended“We've got some homework. Uh here's a random uh thing from one of our favorite books, Depraved and Insulting English. Guys, I'm going to flip through. Just say when. When? When?”
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Killing Hope
Killing Hope by William Blum is a historical nonfiction book that examines United States military and Central Intelligence Agency interventions around the world from the end of the Second World War onward.
Recommended“and if you are a fan of Deep dive books on these sorts of subjects please also peruse killing hope US military and CIA intervention since World War II by William Blum and Legacy of Ashes by Tim weer anyway”
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Krabat
Krabat by Otfried Preußler is a classic German dark fantasy novel about a young miller's apprentice who discovers that his trade involves practicing black magic at a sinister mill.
Recommended“If you like uh stories about scholamance and dark arts institutions, please check out Kbat. I think in English it's the Satanic Mill.”
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Legacy of Ashes
Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner is a critically acclaimed, comprehensive history of the Central Intelligence Agency that details its operational missteps, covert actions, and institutional failures from its inception.
Recommended“and if you are a fan of Deep dive books on these sorts of subjects please also peruse killing hope US military and CIA intervention since World War II by William Blum and Legacy of Ashes by Tim weer anyway”
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Lolita
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial and acclaimed novel about an adult man's obsessive and abusive relationship with a young girl.
Recommended“Spartacus 1960, Lolita in 1962, which I do have to say, despite the premise, is a fantastic book by Nabokov.”
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Making Monsters
Making Monsters by Richard Ofshe and Ethan Watters is a non-fiction book published in 1994 that investigates the controversial recovered memory movement and the psychological phenomenon surrounding it.
Recommended“so I want to shout out a fantastic New York Times piece by a guy named Ethan Waters who is the co-author of a book called making monsters which came out in 1994 it is about this phenomen on the recovered memory movement”
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Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel by Douglas Brunt is a biographical and investigative book exploring the life and disappearance of the famous mechanical engineer who invented the diesel engine.
Recommended“if you want to learn more about this case which remains unsolved by the way uh check out the book The Mysterious case of Rudolph diesel by Douglas brunt without spoiling it uh he does not agree with the suicide conclusion of the authorities and it's a heck of a read”
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Nuclear Choices
Nuclear Choices for the 21st Century: A Citizen's Guide by Richard Wolfson is an accessible overview designed to help readers understand the complex realities of nuclear technology and policy.
Recommended“Um let's also shout out Nuclear Choices for the 21st century, a citizen's guide. Uh that's written by Richard Wolfson.”
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Operation Chaos
Operation Chaos by Matthew Sweet is a historical non-fiction book detailing the true story of Vietnam War deserters who fled to foreign countries and fought against CIA surveillance and manipulation programs.
Recommended“We learned about this through a book called Operation Chaos, The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA Brainwashers and Themselves.”
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Out of Your Mind
Out of Your Mind is a book written by Jorge Cham and Dwayne Godwin.
Recommended“Jorge is also an author. You can check out Out of Your Mind right now. And in book form, I'm looking at a hard cover. It looks amazing. Written with Dwayne Godwin. Is that correct? Yeah, Dwayne Godwin.”
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Outbreak! the Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior
Outbreak! the Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior by Hilary Evans and Robert Bartholomew is a comprehensive examination of historical moral panics, mass hysteria, and how rapid social contagion spreads through populations.
Recommended“this book outbreak the Encyclopedia of extraordinary social behavior which is about moral panics and how they spread I highly recommend this book for anyone who is um interested in seeing just how quickly moral panics can spread”
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Outer Darkness
Outer Darkness is a science fiction comic book series created by John Layman that blends elements of interstellar exploration with horrific supernatural phenomena in deep space.
Recommended“I have to ask you about this comic book series I want to see if you've read it outer Darkness”
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Perfume
Patrick Süskind's dark historical novel 'Perfume' explores the obsessive life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an orphan born with an extraordinary sense of smell in impoverished conditions.
Discussed“Are y'all familiar with a novel that I believe was called uh Perfume? Yes, I love it. Recommended to me by Matt Riddle, friend of the show.”
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Playing Dead
Playing Dead by Elizabeth Greenwood explores the phenomenon of pseudocide and the realities of faking one's death.
Recommended“shout out to uh playing dead by Elizabeth Greenwood that's probably the best book written on the subject uh faking your death on your own disappearing”
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Prison Writings
Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sundance is a 1999 memoir by Native American activist Leonard Peltier, detailing his experiences and imprisonment for the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents.
Recommended“check out his Memoir from 1999 prison writings my life is my Sundance”
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Rain
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett is an engaging exploration of the physical and symbolic roles that precipitation plays throughout human civilization and natural environments.
Recommended“we do owe a shout out to the uh amazing author Cynthia Barnett who wrote rain a natural and cultural history”
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Rats
Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan is a work of narrative non-fiction that chronicles a year spent observing urban rat populations in an alley in lower Manhattan, blending natural history with urban sociology.
Recommended“There's a book that our pal Robert Lamb and I really love called Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants. And it focuses on rats in New York, and it's amazing.”
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Return of the Black Death
Return of the Black Death by Susan Scott and Christopher J.
Recommended“two professors who worked on this Christopher Duncan and Susan Scott wrote a book called Return of the black death which is which is a great book I'd also recommend if you're interest in Light reading Norman um caners in the wake of the plague”
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Saint Juniper's Folly
Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo is an atmospheric young adult supernatural fantasy novel that blends dark mysteries, ghosts, and complex interpersonal dynamics within a secluded academic setting.
Recommended“yeah the uh it's funny because uh Alex I went and I went ahead and pre-ordered Saint Juniper's folly”
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Salt
Salt by Mark Kurlansky is a comprehensive historical narrative that examines how a single mineral has shaped human civilization, economics, and warfare throughout the ages.
Recommended“or salt was also used uh Mark kolanski has a great book called salt where he created the least creative thing about the book is the name but it is”
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Savage Harvest
Savage Harvest by Carl Hoffman is a meticulously researched investigative book that explores the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller and delves into tales of cannibals and colonialism in New Guinea.
Discussed“so Carl Hoffman in 2014 he writes a book called Savage Harvest a tale of cannibals colonialism and Michael rockefeller's tragic quest for primitive art”
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Stolen Focus
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari is a compelling exploration of how modern technology, social media, and contemporary distractions systematically degrade human attention spans.
Recommended“He wrote a book called Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again. And I've I am on board.”
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Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown
Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown is a 1963 essay collection by Robert Baker that humorously applies rigorous scientific principles to everyday, mundane topics.
Recommended“This story says SJ Prime is included in a collection titled A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown: Essays for a Scientific Age, first published in 1963.”
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Stuff They Don't Want You to Know
Stuff They Don't Want You to Know is an investigative non-fiction book by Ben Bowlin, Matt Frederick, and Noel Brown that delves into conspiracy theories, hidden history, and unexplained phenomena.
Recommended“also also let's point out in a a book that we highly recommend called in a stunning coincidence stuff they don't want you to know uh there there's a pretty good examination of”
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care Handbook
Tactical Combat Casualty Care Handbook by the United States Army is an official military reference guide providing comprehensive instructions on emergency medical procedures, trauma response, and battlefield survival techniques.
Recommended“It's a it's a free PDF. Um, you can literally just search for military tcc and on army mil. Uh, it is the tactical combat casualty care handbook version five.”
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The American Boys' Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles
The American Boys' Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles by Dan Beard is a classic nature and outdoor guide designed to encourage youth exploration of entomology.
Recommended“I highly recommend the book The Fire Cracker Boys by Dan O'Neal which tells their story”
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The Art and Science of Respect
The Art and Science of Respect by James Prince and Jas Waters is a compelling biographical work exploring leadership, life principles, and the music industry through the experiences of music executive J.
Recommended“I also want to shout out the uh book that he wrote The Art and Science of respect uh Drake wrote the forward”
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley is a classic account of coming of age, civil rights, and speaking truth to power.
Recommended“I want to recommend the autobiography of Malcolm X which was published in 1965. It's Malcolm X with Alex Haley. Um, this this is a book that should be in your local school system.”
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The Berkut
The Berkut by Joseph Heywood is a novel that explores an alternative historical conspiracy theory regarding the fate of Adolf Hitler at the end of World War II.
Recommended“a very well researched yet sadly out of print novel called the berkut explores the theory quite well even though it goes down a little off the rails at some points”
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The Bhopal Saga
The Bhopal Saga by Ingrid Eckerman is a comprehensive investigative account of the catastrophic 1984 Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal, India, and its ongoing aftermath.
Recommended“if we look at the scholarship there's a great in-depth report you can read for free online today called the Bal Saga uh the author ingred eer from Scandinavia delves into four”
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The Black Monday Murders, Vol. 1
The Black Monday Murders, Vol.
Recommended“Black Monday Murders. They they use Mammon a lot in there as a a placeholder for The Big Bad, right?”
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The Borgias and their enemies
The Borgias and their enemies by Christopher Hibbert, John Telfer, and Mary Hollingsworth is a historical account detailing the infamous Renaissance family and the political conflicts surrounding them.
Recommended“and he also recommends a chapter from a book called constitutional Cliffhangers a legal guide for presidents and their enemies uh and it's on the loophole in the 22nd amendment that could allow a two-term president to stay in power”
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The CIA
The CIA by William Blum explores the history and operations of the United States Central Intelligence Agency through a critical investigative lens.
Recommended“and if you are a fan of Deep dive books on these sorts of subjects please also peruse killing hope US military and CIA intervention since World War II by William Blum and Legacy of Ashes by Tim weer anyway”
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The Circle
The Circle by Dave Eggers is a dystopian novel that examines the perils of hyper-connectivity, corporate surveillance, and the loss of personal privacy in a digital age.
Recommended“there's a novel by Dave Edgars called The Circle, which I remember The Circle. Yeah. I think they made a film about the film didn't look very good, but the book was cool.”
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The Contractor
The Contractor is a book written by Raymond Davis and Storms Reback that details the experiences and background of its subject in relation to international incidents involving Pakistan and the United States.
Recommended“Just to recommend one source, you know, Ben, you've got the you can tell everybody the book that was actually written by Raven Davis. Uh there's a pretty long New York Magazine article from 2013 titled How a Spy Helped Turn Pakistan Against the United States. It's a pretty long read, but if you can gain access to that, we”
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The Cutter Incident
The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis by Paul A.
Recommended“Paul a offet director of the vaccine education center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and author of the best book about the cutter incident spoiler it is titled the cutter incident subtitle how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis”
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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman
The Devil in the Shape of a Woman by Carol F.
Recommended“check out a fantastic book by Dr. Carol F. Karlsen, which is called The Devil in the Shape of a Woman. This thing was published in 1987, but take our word for it, folks. It's a banger. Because Karlsen is one of the first academics, the first researchers to do a serious, intense interrogation of Puritan history in the early”
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The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate by Percy Greg is a Victorian-era speculative novel exploring political and social themes.
Recommended“do also check out an amazing film Devil's Advocate there's a jury selection seen in there the the new Clintwood movie juror number two is actually quite good”
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The Florida Project
The Florida Project by Robert Autobee explores urban history and local dynamics in Central Florida, focusing particularly on the greater Orlando area.
Recommended“Orlando is an interesting place. Check out the Florida Project. Check out the Florida Project.”
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The Foxfire book
The Foxfire Book is a well-known cultural compilation edited by Eliot Wigginton that preserves the traditional folkways, Appalachian crafts, and vanishing rural practices of Southern mountain communities.
Recommended“it is a secret that can only be passed from man to woman or woman to man the two Cannot Be Blood related check out info into the Foxfire books”
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The ghost bride
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo is a captivating historical fantasy novel set in colonial Malaya that weaves Chinese folklore, murder mystery, and the supernatural practice of ghost marriages into a rich narrative.
Recommended“there's a great novel uh called oh gosh I think it might be called The Ghost Bride it is called the ghost bride”
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The Great Good Place
The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg is a sociology book that examines the importance of informal public gathering spaces outside of home and work.
Recommended“If you haven't seen the excellent um comedy, philosophical comedy, The Good Place, please do check it out.”
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The Great Mortality
John Kelly's 'The Great Mortality' is an acclaimed historical account of the devastating bubonic plague that swept through medieval Europe, examining its catastrophic social, economic, and religious consequences.
Recommended“I'd also recommend if you're interest in Light reading Norman um caners in the wake of the plague”
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The Knights Templar & their myth
The Knights Templar and Their Myth by Peter Partner is a historical study published in 1987 that investigates the origins, history, and subsequent mythology surrounding the medieval military order.
Recommended“there's a book uh from 1987 it's pretty great uh called the Knights Templar and their myth and the author Peter partner”
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The Missing Millionaire
The Missing Millionaire by Katie Daubs is a true crime investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Canadian millionaire Ambrose Small.
Recommended“there's a book that I'm hoping to read by Katie dos who wrote for the Toronto Star it will hopefully have more about the cryptogram but we're we're honestly going to have to dig into that one that book's called The Missing millionaire the true story of Ambrose small”
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The Nine Billion Names of God
The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C.
Recommended“if you have not read it yet and you have a spare 10 minutes sometime after you listen to this, please check out the 9 billion names of God. It's a short story. I won't spoil the ending, but it is just chef's kiss. Top-notch reading.”
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The People's Peking Man
The People's Peking Man by Sigrid Schmalzer is an academic and historical work examining popular science and human identity in twentieth-century China, originally published in 2008.
Recommended“It's a book called The People's Peeking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in 20th Century China written by Sigrid Schmolzer. And this was a great name. I know, right? And this was published in uh 2008.”
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The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker by John Grisham is an acclaimed legal thriller that explores corruption and civil litigation within the American insurance industry.
Recommended“everyone, in preparation for this episode, go back and watch the film The Rain Maker. Not the 1997 Matt Damon Danny DeVito hit, but the 1956 Ultra Smash film The Rain Maker featuring Katherine Hepburn and Bert Lancaster. It's beautiful. It's about a man that says he can, you know, do things with the weather. It's It's worth your time.”
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The red market
The Red Market is an investigative book by Scott M.
Recommended“do check out the red Market if you have not uh if you haven't listened to it yet”
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The Secret History
The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a psychological thriller that follows a tightly knit group of eccentric classics students at a Vermont college who become morally corrupted after committing murder.
Recommended“It's called Secret History.”
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The Strange
The Strange is a science fiction and weird-fiction novel by Nathan Ballingrud that follows a father and daughter across the dangerous and atmospheric landscape of a colonized Mars.
Recommended“one of the U most recent books about Mars that I really enjoyed was the strange by Nathan ballingrud I don't even want to spoil it man I'm not even sure what genre it is”
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The Third Man Factor
The Third Man Factor by John Geiger is a compelling non-fiction book that explores the psychological phenomenon of a comforting, unseen presence aiding individuals during extreme survival situations.
Recommended“Factor surviving The Impossible by a guy named John Gyer and in his book which you definitely should read if you're interested in this stuff”
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The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is a sweeping hard science fiction trilogy starter that chronicles humanity's first contact with an alien civilization facing imminent destruction from a triple-star system.
Recommended“incorporating What's called the Dark Forest Theory shout out three body problem and then it's time to finish that it's worth it”
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The U.S. Civil War
The U.S.
Recommended“I just watched that Civil War movie that came out pretty recently and I don't know if you guys have seen that yet but yeah I I would recommend it because it's worth a conversation”
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The Undead in World Mythology and Folklore
The Undead in World Mythology and Folklore by Theresa Bane is a comprehensive reference work that explores various legendary creatures and supernatural beings from global traditions.
Recommended“I want to give a shout out to author Theresa Bain in her work Encyclopedia of fairies and World folklore mythology definitely definite must read if you're a fan of folklore”
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The Universal Directory for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats
The Universal Directory for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats by Robert Smith is a historical manual detailing traditional methods for rodent control and extermination.
Recommended“There's an awesome book that uh Robert Lamb and I uh talk used to talk about pretty often. It's named in a burst of creativity rats.”
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The Waste Land and other poems
T.S.
Recommended“the name is derived from a passage that TS Elliot wrote in his haunting poem The Wasteland which also if you like good stuff you should read it in full”
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The Year of Living Constitutionally
The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J.
Recommended“book on living constitutionally and crazy crazy thing that this guy did um and wrote a book about it basically to get to what the letter of the intent of the Constitution was”
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There Will Come Soft Rains
There Will Come Soft Rains is a classic science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury depicting a fully automated, technological house that continues to function mechanically long after a nuclear catastrophe has wiped out its human inhabitants.
Recommended“It it makes us think of that beautiful short story by Ray Bradberry, The Will Come Soft Rains. Uh please do check it out if you have a second.”
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Who killed Hammarskjöld?
Who killed Hammarskjöld? by Susan Williams is a detailed investigative non-fiction book examining the mysterious and controversial death of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in a 1961 plane crash.
Recommended“so there's a book that comes out this awesome book by an academic named Susan Williams called who killed hammersholt”
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Why We Love Serial Killers
Why We Love Serial Killers by Scott Bonn is a criminological exploration of society's deep-seated obsession with notorious murderers and serial killers.
Recommended“and there's a book we found from 2014 called why we love serial killers in which criminologist Dr Scott Bond explores the nature of this and he notes the same things we've seen in previous arguments about this Fascination he says there's a difference between perceptions of killers and reality uh and he does a lot of myth busting in”
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You Like It Darker
You Like It Darker by Stephen King is a chilling collection of short fiction and masterfully crafted horror tales that delve into the darker facets of human nature and the supernatural.
Recommended“Stephen King recently published his latest uh horror Anthology or I should even at this point just say fiction Anthology called uh you like it darker uh just finished it amazing really good”
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... The Geology of Falmouth and Truro and of the Mining District of Camborne and Redruth
Discussed“this is uh from barnesley and District by Donald Davy page 1055 of wait read that first”
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10 Little Rubber Ducks
Discussed“I've read that book The the small the short book by Carl no I don't I can't remember who wrote it but it's a book about 10 little rubber ducks that fell overboard when they were being shipped across the sea”
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Discussed“One of the things we talked about off air as we were diving into this episode, was Jules Vern, of course, his famous 1870 novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Don't think too much about the unit of measurement there. Just enjoy the poetic title.”
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A History of the Franks
Discussed“um this uh this was in a book called history of the Franks by Gregory of Tours”
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a sweeping historical novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, centered around themes of social upheaval, resurrection, and sacrifice.
Discussed“guys history this week has channeled Charles Dickens it's uh we're siphoning the sentiment of 1859 because uh because history is literally doing this”
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A Translation of John Dee's "Monas Hieroglyphica" (Antwerp, 1564), with an Introduction and Annotations
Discussed“He published something called the monus hieroglyphica the hieroglyphic monad in 1564”
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Against the State
Against the State by James Stout is a non-fiction book that explores anarchist concepts and alternative political perspectives.
Discussed“It reminds me of something that you've talked about in your newest book, Against the State. You also speak about this in several other interviews.”
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AIDS
Discussed“Jake pointed out a book we talked about the past the river a journey to the source of HIV by Edward Hooper remember this”
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Alan Moore: Providence
Discussed“Did you ever read the uh graphic novels based on HP Lovecraft's work, Providence?”
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Alien Secrets
Discussed“why did they let Ian Douglas write a three-part series called solar Warden I mean it's out there you can find it and guess what it's about this what's it about very thing it's a Sci-Fi science fiction three-part series the first one's called alien secrets and it came out in June 2020”
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All or Nothing
All or Nothing by Michael Wolff is a political nonfiction book that investigates the final year leading up to a major American presidential election and the tumultuous dynamics surrounding Donald Trump.
Discussed“He's written books like The Man Who Owns the News, a biography, Robert Murdoch, yeah, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, The Fall, The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, Fire and Fury, Inside the Trump White House, and All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.”
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Almosts; a Study of the Feeble-Minded
Discussed“there was a uh a Canadian physician and eugenicist named Helen mcmurchie or mcmurkey who issue these reports on feeble-mindedness between 1907 and 1918 and published a study in 1920 called the almost a study of feeble-minded a study of the feeble-minded”
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Amelia Earhart Lives
Discussed“so in a book by Joe class from the the 1970s I'm not quite sure exactly what year came out called Amelia aart lives um this gentleman makes the case that aart was in fact captured”
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American Casino Guide
American Casino Guide by Steve Bourie serves as a comprehensive handbook for travelers and gamblers looking to navigate casinos and understand the inner workings of the gaming industry.
Discussed“you've seen uh Casino yes yes yes yes yes yes not the most creative name for a movie but you know it's an amazing film it is an amazing film and the title is accurate”
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An adventure
Discussed“August 10 1901 they had published an account of this in a book called an adventure”
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An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus is a foundational 1798 economic and demographic text arguing that population growth tends to outpace agricultural production, leading to inevitable resource scarcity and societal competition.
Discussed“we got to introduce uh one of the most infamous guys in this conversation Thomas Malthus in 1798 he writes this thing he calls an essay on the principle of population”
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Discussed“according to writings in an indigenous people's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz uh to quote indigenous American agriculture was based on corn”
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Anathem
Anathem by Neal Stephenson is a complex speculative science fiction novel set in a cloistered world of intellectuals, exploring profound philosophical questions, quantum mechanics, and multi-dimensional realities.
Discussed“sort of like uh like I'm full of weird references today sort of like in Neil Stevenson's anathema there's this conspiracy”
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Antifa
Antifa by Mark Bray is an academic examination of the modern anti-fascist movement, its history, and its ideological justifications for militant action.
Discussed“But Mark Bray, uh, the author you mentioned at the top, Matt, says that this is an attempt to control the conversation and shift it away from what he describes as widespread socioeconomic discontent in the US”
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At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P.
Discussed“is HP Lovecraft hey the author of the mountains of Madness uh famous author terrible person inspired millions of people with his story”
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a philosophical novel that outlines the author's system of Objectivism through a dystopian narrative about a society collapsing under heavy government intervention.
Discussed“Ferry Atlas shrugged. They'll say after things settle down we'll get back to a state of normaly supply and demand”
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Bad clowns
Discussed“there's a guy named Benjamin Radford goens who is the author of a book called bad clowns and in his work Radford busts some myths that we have about clowning in the modern day”
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Beneath a Ruthless Sun
Discussed“you have written multiple books beneath a Restless son the Pulitzer Prize winning the devil in the Grove as well as the edge execution of Willie Francis”
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Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved
Discussed“in 1995 an American author named Larry cush published the Bermuda Triangle mystery solved”
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Beware the Kakamora! (Disney Moana)
Discussed“If you look at the wonderful documentary about the indigenous people in that whole Polynesian kind of area, Moana, her father has that same Mandalorian accent and I believe is directly descended from an escaped clone.”
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Black Book of Satan
Discussed“so they have a book called The Black Book of Satan comes in three volumes uh these are considered so extreme that they're kept in a special section of the British library or they're not available to the general public”
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Blade runner
Blade runner by William S.
Discussed“and it reminds me of like I watched Blade Runner last night for the first time in years and instead of murdering replicants they retire”
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Blue Beam Project : le Plus Grand Complot de Tous les Temps
Discussed“in 1995 he publishes what is largely considered to be his you know his magnumopus it's called le protocol this is me trying to do French again uh the protocols of Toronto 666 and inside this work”
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Born On A Blue Day
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet is a remarkable autobiographical memoir detailing the author's experiences living with high-functioning autism and savant syndrome, including extraordinary numerical and linguistic capabilities.
Discussed“I think about somebody like Daniel Tamt who there's a book called Born on a Blue Day and it's all about um this gentleman Daniel Tamt and it's it's amazing what he can do”
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Bubbles and Crashes
Discussed“So there's a guy named Brent Goldfarb, a professor of business at the University of Maryland. He's an author of a book called Bubbles and Crashes: The Boom and Bust of Technological Innovation.”
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Carnival of Fury
Carnival of Fury by William Ivy Hair is a historical account exploring social tensions and violence in early twentieth-century New Orleans.
Discussed“if you're not aware folks a journalist named wolf has recently released uh recordings with the disgraced Finance ER and child abuser and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein uh and he got these recordings a few years back when he was interviewing Epstein about the subject of a book he wrote called fire and fury dude and just to take it”
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Carrie
Carrie by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a bullied teenage girl with telekinetic powers who exacts terrifying revenge on her prom night.
Discussed“And this is uh you know, this is an argument familiar to people who perhaps delved into uh speculative science for characters like Carrie in the Stephen King novel and and later film.”
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Castaways
Discussed“This has the most detailed account or detailed anecdote. And there's similar stories similar enough that we we pretty much know they're retellings of the same thing from a work called Diaries and Stories of Castaways in 1835 and Dust of the Apricot in 1844.”
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Celui qui garde le ver et autres nouvelles (Graveyard Shift / I am the Doorway / Jerusalem's Lot / Mangler / Night Surf)
Discussed“But then there's the haunted laundry machine, a short story. The Mangler, where it just so happened to get gelatin spilled on it that stood in for horse hooves, and the man loves the cursed object.”
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China Illustrata
Discussed“we're back and we're going back in time we're going to the first Western mention of Chinese pyramids which is not in 1947 no it goes back to 1667 when Jesuit athanasius kerser writes about them in his book China monumentous illustrata”
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Christine
Christine by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a malevolent, vintage 1958 Plymouth Fury possessed by a sinister supernatural force that slowly corrupts its young owner.
Discussed“What is that Stephen King piece of writing about a haunted car? Which one? There are like three. There's Christine.”
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CIA World Factbook
Discussed“What if it's just the CIA world fact book like as the primary piece of you know stuff that it's fed and then it's just and then it's just real time you know gathering at after that point but it's just everything in that book plus what's actually happening right now.”
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Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas by David Stephen Mitchell is an intricate, multi-layered novel that weaves together interconnected stories across different time periods and genres.
Discussed“Cloud Atlas becomes an awesome and people believe in reincarnation because if think about it”
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Common sense renewed
Discussed“he was apparently aided by a friend of his Robert Merriman who helped publish the common sense renewed book the one that we mentioned in that episode a whole bunch and we actually have a copy of”
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Crew Change Guide to the US and Canada
Discussed“an example would be the crew change guide which we've talked about before people who function as you could call them modern day Nomads or hobos or whatever train Hoppers uh folks who ride the rails illegally they have a book and this book is called the crew change guide”
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Crossfire
Crossfire by Jim Marrs is an investigative look into the assassination of John F.
Discussed“there's a author named Jim Mars and in his book Crossfire he argues that Kennedy was trying to rein in the Federal Reserve”
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Dark Alliance
Dark Alliance by Gary Webb is an investigative journalism book that examines the alleged connections between the Central Intelligence Agency, Nicaraguan Contras, and the introduction of crack cocaine into American cities during the 1980s.
Discussed“so in these these three articles are pretty lengthy and later they're all collected into a book named the dark Alliance”
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Dark Money
Dark Money by Jane Mayer is an investigative journalism book that exposes the hidden history of wealthy conservative billionaires and their foundational role in funding the rise of the radical right in American politics.
Discussed“probably the best or most well-known of the coch critics is the investigative journalist and author Jane Mayer in her book dark money the the hidden history of billionaires behind the rise of the radical right”
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Dark Object
Discussed“several weeks after the initial sighting he co-wrote a book called Dark object the world's only government documented UFO crash in this book Styles and his co-author Doug Ledger from earlier oh the what was that book called the meteor the maritime UFO files”
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De praestigiis daemonum
Discussed“so the Lesser key of Solomon is is based on a another book or a couple of different books one by a guy named Johan V or Johan wi called they prestigious Damon”
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Deep Learning
Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville is an authoritative and widely recognized textbook that serves as a foundational guide to the mechanics and applications of modern artificial intelligence.
Discussed“Um, but anyway, it's it's really fascinating stuff and Goodfellow, our friend Ian Jay Goodfellow actually wrote a book on this subject. Yeah. A book called his book about deep learning is called deep learning.”
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Designing casinos to dominate the competition
Discussed“what's the book called It's called designing casinos to dominate the competition is to dominate the competition like in after colon is it like the subtitle I don't man smaller text I don't think there's a colon there”
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Devil in the Grove
This gripping non-fiction book explores a notorious 1949 rape case in Florida and the legal battles that followed, highlighting systemic injustice and racial bias in the American South.
Discussed“King's work on his book devil in the Grove actually led to the exonerations of the wrongly accused men known as the Groveland”
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Do Nothing
Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee is a self-help and cultural critique book that examines the societal obsession with overwork and busyness while offering strategies for a balanced life.
Discussed“uh so you've you've written books like we need to talk how to have conversations that matter do nothing uh and of course speaking of race why everybody needs to talk about racism and how to do it these are deep dives into the nature of communication and connection”
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Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King is a suspenseful thriller novel that functions as a direct sequel to the author's classic horror story, The Shining.
Discussed“did dulo uh Romana dulo have you guys seen that that uh movie or read the book Dr leap it's a it's sort of a I guess a sequel to The Shining um I think it's one of Stephen King's better Latter Day books”
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Double Cross
Discussed“as a matter of fact in 1992 that uh Mob boss's brother and his godson collaboratively publish a book called double cross and in that book they say that the CIA put out a contract on Marilyn Monroe's life”
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EDISON : THE MAN WHO MADE THE FUTURE
Discussed“what credit words do were pulling this from a book called Edison the man who made the future by Ronald W Clark Edison's response is lowkey hilarious”
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El Poder Del Metabolismo
Discussed“uh his book uh 2006 I think El Del metabolismo is a huge book for the folks who follow his insights”
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Elysium
Elysium is a science fiction novel by Jennifer Marie Brissett that presents a fractured, dystopian vision of a dying Earth struggling with technological collapse and societal decay.
Discussed“or a world like uh Bloom camps uh Elysium oh yeah you know where uh um the masses of humanity are living in a Dying World”
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Entangled Minds
Discussed“And Entangled Minds was, oh gosh, a fascinating book from ' 06, 2006, talking about interconnectedness on levels that we're now talking about, especially with quantum mechanics and quantum quantum entanglement and things like that.”
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Extraterrestrial
Extraterrestrial by Avi Loeb is a popular science book that presents the controversial theory that an interstellar object known as 'Oumuamua was actually a piece of advanced technology created by an alien civilization.
Discussed“books like extraterrestrial the first sign of intelligent life beyond Earth 2021 or Interstellar not the movie Interstellar”
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False Profits
Discussed“he has a book called false profits seeking Financial inspiritual Deliverance in multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes”
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Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods,
Discussed“what really puts this guy on the map is a book by a guy named William Thomas Cox it's called fail some creatures of the lumberwoods with a few Desert Mountain beasts 1910”
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Fight Club
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is a searing satirical novel examining modern masculinity, consumerism, and the psychological fractures of contemporary life.
Discussed“I watched Fight Club for the first time in many years with my my kid and and my girlfriend and uh there's a this this comes up the you know the character that that Edward Norton plays is like a recall specialist”
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Fire and Fury
Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury is an explosive investigative look inside the Donald Trump White House that generated massive controversy and public debate upon its release.
Discussed“He's written books like The Man Who Owns the News, a biography, Robert Murdoch, yeah, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, The Fall, The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, Fire and Fury, Inside the Trump White House, and All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.”
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a poignant science fiction novel about Charlie Gordon, a man with an intellectual disability who undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to dramatically enhance his intelligence, mirroring the earlier cognitive boost of a laboratory mouse named Algernon.
Discussed“we see the shadows of flowers for Aline”
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Food of the Gods
Food of the Gods is a fringe exploration of the history of plants, drugs, and human evolution written by ethnobotanist Terence McKenna.
Discussed“you may have read books like food of the Gods the search for the original tree of knowledge”
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For the Record
Discussed“Don has a memoir called for the record from Wall Street to the White House here's how he depicts the interaction of astrology with the Reagan Administration”
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Discussed“so a good example would be that up until 2017 the NSA was essentially able to surveil domestic sources with a kind of sketchy interpretation of the 702 provision of the foreign intelligence surveillance act you may know it as fisa”
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Free Fire
Discussed“so things did turn around a little bit after the publication of a fictional book a novel called free fire by a fellow named CJ box in 2007 turns out there was a senator from Wyoming who was a fan of CJ box and read the book and thought hang on that can't be real”
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From a Buick 8
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King is a dark, suspenseful novel centering on a mysterious, otherworldly car stored away by state troopers in rural Pennsylvania.
Discussed“What is that Stephen King piece of writing about a haunted car? Which one? There are like three. There's Christine. There's from a Buick. I can't remember the year. The Buick. Buick 8.”
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From hell
Discussed“remembering I would as well and I need to because it's an incredible work it's incredibly Grizzly the film is okay”
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From the Captain to the Colonel
Discussed“We found a We found a book called From the Captain to the Colonel, an informal history of Eastern Airlines, written by a guy named Robert J. Serling. And in this book the the CEO of Eastern Airlines at the time, a former astronaut by the way, named Frank Borman, says these ghost stories are garbage.”
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Futility, Or The Wreck of the Titan
Futility, Or The Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson is a late nineteenth-century novella that tells the fictional story of a massive British ocean liner named the Titan, which strikes an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic despite carrying an insufficient number of lifeboats.
Discussed“in a novel written in 1898 known as futility or wreck of the Titan it was a guy named Morgan Robertson and 14 years before the Titanic met his demise he wrote a novel that had a lot of similarities to what happened to the Titanic”
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General and Rare Memorials Pertaining to the Perfect Art of Navigation
Discussed“stuffff like the The Banger hit General and rare memorials pertaining to the perfect art of navigation in 1577”
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Genesis
Genesis is a multifaceted subject encompassing Eric Schmidt's AI exploration and the foundational biblical book of scripture frequently referenced in theological discussions.
Discussed“does that come down to some sort of like strict constructionist view of like the Book of Genesis you know where the tree of knowledge and the you know the snake representing the devil tempting Eve with the apple of knowledge and all of that”
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Ghosts of Gettysburg VI
Discussed“he spoke in depth with our Pals at how stuff works about this our matter how stuff works and he wrote a book or he wrote a book series I should say called ghost of Gettysburg wherein he Chronicles a lot of unexplained experiences at Devil's Den”
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Glenn Miller Declassified
Discussed“let's look at the provable stuff with help from the author Dennis sprag uh in his book Glenn Miller Declassified which is considered by far the most exhaustive investigation”
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Goddess
Goddess by Anthony Summers is a detailed biographical investigation that examines the tumultuous life, career, and final months of Marilyn Monroe.
Discussed“in the 1980s a British journalist by the name of Anthony Summers published his take called goddess The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe where he claimed that Monroe had serious substance abuse issues”
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Going Off the Grid
Discussed“called going off the grid I think oh playing dead and it's about how difficult it is to successfully commit pseudocide an author we still haven't interviewed no”
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Gravity's rainbow
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is an epic, complex postmodern novel set near the end of World War II, exploring themes of paranoia, rocketry, entropy, and government conspiracies.
Discussed“it reminds me a little bit of um oh what was that excellent gravity's rainbow do you guys remember that one ... is that Thomas Pinon Yes yeah ... that novel has this thing about a secret conspiratorial Postal Service”
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Growing Up in the Ice Age
Discussed“in her 2021 book growing up in the ice age as well as her more recent work from just last year rethinking neander tals an archaeologist named April Noel from Canada University of Victoria”
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Guinness Book of World Records
The Guinness Book of World Records is a well-known annual reference book that compiles globally recognized human achievements and natural extremes.
Discussed“And oddly enough, these guys ended up famous and anonymous because the Guinness Book of World Records was inspired to cite this as the biggest bank robbery in the world.”
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Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a dark novella detailing a voyage up the Congo River into the African interior, confronting themes of imperialism, moral decay, and human savagery.
Discussed“the Heart of Darkness reference was brought up literally like was specifically brought up and they you know they would use the phrase uh they would use phrases like he's living like a white God out out there in the wild was that book out that was a that was a yeah okay Heart of Darkness came out in 1899”
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Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry is widely regarded as the definitive true crime account of the Manson family murders and the motivations driving their crimes.
Discussed“And that's where you get the what most widely accepted narrative, Å popularized by the book Helter Skelter, written by Vincent Bugliosi.”
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Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare is a celebrated historical play that explores political rebellion, honor, and the tumultuous coming-of-age of Prince Hal as he navigates his royal responsibilities alongside the roguish Sir John Falstaff.
Discussed“Richard II u Henry IV part one and two u and Henry ith those he wrote later”
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Henry IV, part 2
Discussed“Richard II u Henry IV part one and two u and Henry ith those he wrote later”
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Henry V
Henry V by William Shakespeare is a classic historical play that examines leadership, warfare, and national identity through the reign of the English monarch.
Discussed“Richard II u Henry IV part one and two u and Henry ith those he wrote later”
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Hereditary Genius
Hereditary Genius by Francis Galton is a controversial nineteenth-century work that attempts to systematically analyze and rank human intelligence and success based on hereditary lines.
Discussed“and there are things like hereditary which thinkes their same sort of plot line just isn't specifically Satan”
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Histories
Histories by Herodotus is an ancient foundational work of historical writing that chronicles the traditions, conflicts, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East.
Discussed“He had a book called Histories where he tells a a funny story about how people just love getting high in like hemp saunas, hemp seed saunas in Scythia.”
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History of Marfa and Presidio County, Texas, 1535-1946
Discussed“according to Cecilia Thompson's book history of Marfa and Presidio County Texas the earliest alleged report comes from Cowboy Robert Reed Ellison”
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Hogarth
Discussed“In 1993 he published a book all about Hogarth and he kind of captions this Infamous painting by saying that it is about the Oxfordshire people rioting to preserve the 11 days the government stole from them by changing the calendar”
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Holes
Discussed“remember that Disney movie Holes from the early 2000s this called holes I never saw it's described of wikkipedia as a Neo Western comedy drama based on a novel uh by Lewis socer from 1998”
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I Heard You Paint Houses
Discussed“It's based on a book right by this guy named Charles Brandt, right? It's called what is it? I heard you paint houses. I heard you paint houses which is a fantastic title.”
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In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust is a monumental, multi-volume modernist novel that explores memory, time, art, and the profound meaning of human existence through an immersive blend of narrative and philosophical essay.
Discussed“you know it could take you right back to a day a thing happened in a way more so even than maybe a photograph could like proust uh in a taste of Things Remembered or remembrance of things past when he eats the Madeleine and uh writes a really long novel as a result which is true”
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Interesting Women
Discussed“so uh we found something written by Lee wayy She Wrote women and the practice of Medical Care in early modern Europe and I'm just going to read a quote from that to you guys”
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Interstellar
Interstellar by Avi Loeb is a popular science book examining the search for extraterrestrial life, advanced technology, and humanity's future among the stars.
Discussed“Interstellar not the movie Interstellar the search for extraterrestrial life and our future and the Stars published just last year in 2023”
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Issues
Discussed“referring to this thing that they wrote called issues the candidates briefing book which was the sim a similar thing”
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Journeys Out of the Body
Journeys Out of the Body by Robert A.
Discussed“right right in his 1971 book Journeys out of the body is that correct yes correct”
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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a historical tragedy that explores political ambition, conspiracy, betrayal, and the consequences of assassination in ancient Rome.
Discussed“uh and then later a guy named William Shakespeare real up incoming writer had a thing he wrote called Julius Caesar and and that's where there's a line in that where they say beware the eyeses of March”
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Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire
Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire by Deborah Davis is a controversial investigative biography that examines the life of the famous publisher and the institutional power of her newspaper.
Discussed“There's an author named Deborah Davis. Uh she wrote a book called Katherine the Great. Uh and when she's talking about Wisner, she says by the early 1950s, Wisner owned respective members of the New York Times, Newsweek, CBS, and other communications vehicles.”
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Killing for Coal
Discussed“the national death rate in 1912 and we're getting this from a amazing book called killing for coal by Thomas G Andrews the national death rate in the US in 1912 was about three people per 1,000 across the United States 3.15 in the coal mines of Colorado alone at the very same time the r of death is 7.06”
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Kochland
Kochland by Christopher Leonard is a comprehensive and investigative non-fiction book that explores the vast influence, history, and business practices of Koch Industries and the billionaire family behind it.
Discussed“this comes from an excellent book called kand by an author named Christopher Leonard in which he traces the twist and turns of this nefarious tale”
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Landslide
Discussed“I mentioned it I think it was back in let's see he had a book in 2021 landslide which was about the previous Trump administration”
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Left Behind
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B.
Discussed“well but again like baby the Left Behind series Paul Paul was mentioning that before we even started rolling”
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Les Miserables
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is a monumental nineteenth-century French novel that chronicles the struggles and redemption of ex-convict Jean Valjean against the backdrop of political and social upheaval.
Discussed“have you seen Les Mis I mean come on I actually read the book little gevrosh”
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Let Go
Discussed“she died by suicide right after the release of her first album, which was called Let Go.”
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Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist is a chilling vampire horror novel that explores dark themes through the unusual friendship between a bullied young boy and a child vampire in suburban Sweden.
Discussed“In, I don't remember the GU name but love both versions of that film he uh he wrote a story that got adapted into another film”
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Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims
Discussed“however there is one account from 1883 by an author named Sarah wiuka Hopkins she's the daughter of a pyot chief named wuka and in her book life among the Pirates wrongs and claims she tells a story”
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Life in the Family of God
Discussed“in a book called The Family the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American power Jeff Charlotte really digs deep into the secret”
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Lignum vitae, Ornamentum, et Decus Ecclesiae
Discussed“It's important to note this wasn't published on its own. Um, it is published as part of Arnold Wy's uh work Lnum Vite.”
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Magicians of the Gods
Magicians of the Gods by Graham Hancock is a work of alternative history that presents arguments for a lost, advanced ancient civilization destroyed by a global cataclysm caused by a comet impact.
Discussed“so he wrote a book called magicians of the Gods the Forgotten wisdom of Earth's lost civilizations in 201 title tile and it's an update it's a sequel to A book he wrote In 1995 called Fingerprints of the Gods the evidence of Earth's lost civilizations”
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Malleus maleficarum
Heinrich Institoris's Malleus Maleficarum is a notorious 15th-century treatise written to legitimize the prosecution, torture, and execution of alleged witches during the Inquisition.
Discussed“We do have some tips and tricks according to the Malas Malificarum.”
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Man Visible and Invisible
Discussed“He wrote a book called man visible and invisible in 1903.”
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Mandate for Leadership
Discussed“they would love to give you a copy of mandate for leadership a conservative promise”
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Mandate for Leadership II
Mandate for Leadership II by Stuart M.
Discussed“Publications that ended up turning directly into legislation like mandate for leadership policy management in a conservative Administration”
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Marilyn
Discussed“it takes the alternative narratives take more of a public stage when famous writer and famously not great human being Norman mailer publishes Marilyn a biography in 1973”
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Marilyn Monroe
Discussed“then there's folks like Donald Spoto who wrote Marilyn Monroe the biography not a biography you see how the Publishers enjoy fighting on that one uh this comes out in 1993”
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Marilyn Monroe, Murder Cover-up
Discussed“this is a private investigator his name Milo spiriglio he publishes a book called Marilyn Monroe murder cover-up”
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Michelle Remembers
Michelle Remembers is a nonfiction book written by Michelle Smith and Lawrence Pazder that details the recovered memories of satanic ritual abuse in Victoria, British Columbia during the 1970s.
Discussed“Um, but I would I would put it between the publication of Michelle Remembrance in 1980.”
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Midnight Dreary
Discussed“In 2000 John writes a book called Midnight dreary the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe and proposes that Poe was murdered”
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Missing 411-North America and Beyond
Discussed“a profile points here and in missing America 411 North America and Beyond”
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale explores the obsessive, destructive quest of Captain Ahab to hunt down the white whale that maimed him, weaving a sprawling narrative that blends high-seas adventure, philosophical inquiry, and encyclopedic maritime lore.
Discussed“even the film Orca you know which is sort of a ripoff of Jaws is very much about that of the idea of Moby Dick you know uh targeting and coming after Captain Ahab”
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More Candid Chronicles
Discussed“he comes out with a book called more candid Chronicles and he says if I heard once I heard a score of times the ominous words somebody will get Ambi someday”
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Murder in the Bayou
Murder in the Bayou by Ethan Brown is a true crime investigation that examines the unsolved murders of the women known as the Jeff Davis 8 in Jennings, Louisiana.
Discussed“an author named Ethan Brown investigated this for a number of years he wrote a book about it called Murder in the bayou”
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Murderland
Discussed“She's just published a book called Murderland, which explores how lead poisoning may be behind the volume of serial killers in the 1970s and 80s in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.”
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My Political Awakening
Discussed“I wrote this pamphlet it's called my political Awakening I think you should join up with us you know thanks for coming to the meeting”
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My Turn
My Turn by Nancy Reagan is a political memoir in which the former First Lady shares her personal perspective on life in the White House, including her controversial reliance on astrology.
Discussed“in 1989 Nancy Reagan uh has her Memoir my turn good name honestly”
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Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch by William S.
Discussed“oh guys it just occurred to me you know what else is another good free Port that's ú in in in um in pop culture and literature ú inter Zone in William S Burrow's Naked Lunch is is a free port”
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Natural History
Natural History by Pliny the Elder is an ancient encyclopedic compendium documenting the natural world, geography, zoology, and human art, written by the Roman commander and scholar.
Discussed“it is weird when you look at what he writes in Natural History he is kind of the first crypto zoologist”
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Necronomicon
Discussed“I love that you mention the Necronomicon at the top of the show null because for everyone listening if you're a fan of horror movies you're intimate familiar with that old Trope of the cursed book and lovecraft's Necronomicon Howard Philip Lovecraft uh he he made this book it's a perfect example of what we're talking about because for years”
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer by William Gibson is a foundational cyberpunk novel that helped popularize the concept of cyberspace and heavily influenced modern science fiction and internet culture.
Discussed“also uh say thank you so much for shouting out William Gibson Neuromancer oh the author who saw it all coming”
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New English Canaan, or New Canaan
Discussed“his book new English Kaden was banned by the Puritan government of the area in modern day Massachusetts Quincy Massachusetts because they didn't like his take on Puritan customs and power structures”
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No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy is a gripping modern Western thriller following a hunter who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and a relentless, calculating killer named Anton Chigurh.
Discussed“No Country from Old Men. Anton is cool as but he's by no means good.”
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Nuclear weapons and foreign policy
Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy is a prominent strategic study by Henry Kissinger that examines international relations, military doctrine, and the role of atomic arms in American global diplomacy.
Discussed“he joins the Council on Foreign Relations and he publishes something called nuclear weapons and foreign policy and this gets him some Bonafide some street cred”
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On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a foundational scientific text that outlines the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
Discussed“Charles Darwin when he releases the origin On the Origin of Species in 1859 he's saying oh no humans you're not special”
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey is a classic novel set in a psychiatric hospital that explores themes of institutional control, rebellion, and individual freedom through the conflict between Randle McMurphy and Nurse Ratchet.
Discussed“it makes me think of the kind of criteria that allows you know like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest or something you know we're like a problematic societal individual who's more of a counterculture type cat gets you know pegged as a mental health risk and then gets lobotomized you know what I mean that's obviously you know very”
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Origen on the Song of Songs as the Spirit of Scripture
Discussed“he composed 3,000 Proverbs 1,05 songs he wrote the song of songs The Book of Proverbs and other religious works in the Jewish tradition”
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Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid
Discussed“there's a book called our inheritance of the Great Pyramid also published in the 1800s”
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost by John Milton is a monumental epic poem that explores the biblical fall of man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan, and the ultimate loss of Eden.
Discussed“I believe it's the FBI who they're able to see who's been checking out books like Paradise Lost things connect to the seven deadly sins”
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a classic horror novel by Stephen King that explores grief, mortality, and the terrifying consequences of crossing the boundary between life and death.
Discussed“I find to be one of the most nihilistic and upsetting pieces of fiction uh ever penned um I think it was so effed up that uh sorry talking like Jojo siwa over here um that uh Stephen King kept it in a drawer for many years he says it's the novel that scared him the most that's right yeah”
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Peter Pan
Peter Pan by J.
Discussed“Like it's just like I you could make one argument that Noah Holly is doing it as this kind of like grounding force in the world of the show, but it feels like a Disney tie in where they're like maybe people will be reminded to go stream the original Peter Pan because of this or watch Ice Age the”
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Playing Dead
Discussed“oh playing dead and it's about how difficult it is to successfully commit pseudocide an author we still haven't interviewed”
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Poltergeist
Discussed“We're talking about the plot of the movie Poltergeist. Um boy oh boy, what a what a cool movie. Apparently uh ghost directed by Steven Spielberg.”
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Poor Richard's Almanac
Poor Richard's Almanac was a popular annual publication written and published by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders between 1732 and 1758.
Discussed“and it might sound crazy until we realize that he publish a best-selling book Poor Richard's Almanac remember that one”
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Project Blue Book
Project Blue Book by Brad Steiger is a detailed historical examination of the United States Air Force's official systematic investigations into unidentified flying objects.
Discussed“In 2010, the New Zealand military released a treasure trove, their own Project Blue Book. really a treasure trove of previously classified reports that dated from 2009 all the way back to 1954 which means it naturally includes the Kaikora lights”
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R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
Discussed“it comes from the 1920s from a play of all places and I'm sure we've been through this before but I think it's definitely worth a catchup are you are uh rossum's Universal robots by Carell kaic”
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a dystopian science fiction novel set in a sprawling virtual reality universe filled with nostalgic pop culture references.
Discussed“fiction is priming as for it too like remember uh ra uh Ready Player One I do yes where I guess it was a lot of the economy then at that point is wrapped up in those Virtual Worlds that are created”
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Reality Bites Back
Discussed“There's another author Jennifer L. Pner wrote a book called Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV. And she notes that a lot of these shows, whether by design or by accident, a lot of these shows end up reinforcing what are seen as cultural or social norms.”
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Records of the Grand Historian
Discussed“according to a book called records of the grand historian this guy was a monster”
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Red Dragon
Discussed“if this Bible John is the same person as Peter Tobin what's morbidly fascinating here is that we may be able to trace the evolution the increasing sophistication of a serial killer sort of similar to The Red Dragon cases mentioned in the Hannibal Lecter series”
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Red Planet
Discussed“hind line wrote red planet right yeah red planet it's just I don't know the I haven't read it in a long time um but it is a I do recall it being a really cool uh Highline novel”
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Revelation
Revelation by Drew Karpyshyn and David Colacci is the final book of the New Testament that presents prophetic visions of the end times, spiritual warfare, and the ultimate victory of God.
Discussed“I think this has more to do with Revelation though than any other book of the Bible like what what are the Prophecies of the end times and how they're coming about”
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Revelations of a Spirit Medium
Revelations of a Spirit Medium is an 1897 exposé that reveals the hidden tricks, deceptions, and methods utilized by fraudulent spiritual mediums to fool the public.
Discussed“there was a book that was originally published anonymously called Revelations of a spirit medium”
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Richard II
Richard II by William Shakespeare is a historical play depicting the downfall and deposition of the English monarch.
Discussed“and the the English History place from Shakespeare that stands eight plays from Richard II to u essentially u Richard III”
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Richard III
Richard III by William Shakespeare is a famous history play that dramatizes the turbulent rise to power and subsequent brief, brutal reign of King Richard III of England.
Discussed“and the the English History place from Shakespeare that stands eight plays from Richard II to u essentially u Richard III”
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a timeless tragedy about two young lovers from feuding families whose deaths ultimately reconcile their households.
Discussed“my wife just the other day went to u the Plaza theater where they were showing a version of Romeo and Juliet”
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Rosemary's Baby
Discussed“there's like you know again like in Rosemary's Baby there's members of this kind of unnamed cult no spoilers”
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Russia in Africa
Discussed“there was an excellent article by a guy named Joseph seagull that references a book by a guy named Samuel romanii and romanii writes about Russia in Africa resurgent great power or bellicose”
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Save the cat!
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder is a foundational screenwriting guide that breaks down storytelling into clear structural frameworks, beats, and specific page-number milestones.
Discussed“someone probably read the first half of save the cat or something uh which is a Bible of screenwriting”
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Science and Civilisation in China
Science and Civilisation in China by Joseph Needham, Ling Wang, and Gwei-Djen Lu is a monumental multi-volume historical work documenting the rich technological and scientific achievements of Chinese civilization.
Discussed“there's a guy named Joseph Needum who wrote a book called science and civilization in China and he talks about this in volume six”
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2, History of Scientific Thought
Discussed“there's a guy named Joseph Needum who wrote a book called science and civilization in China and he talks about this in volume six”
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Scouting for Boys
Discussed“he was a British army officer and author in 1908 inspired by a conversation with an American he wrote a book called Scouting For Boys a handbook for instruction in good citizenship”
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Secret Science
Discussed“And uh again, we're looking to Ulf Schmidt here, who who wrote a book called Secret Science. And within this book, he also shows that commuters in the London Underground were subjected to very similar illegal experiments.”
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Sekret Machines Book 1: Chasing Shadows
Discussed“and that was the that was the really interesting thing to me about the book I kind of thought that he would go with one theme and just drive it home you know”
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Sekret Machines Book 2: A Fire Within
Discussed“I think the second one is not out yet but coming out this year uh a Fire Within secret machines”
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.
Discussed“he was moved by the experience of going through that area and he wrote a book about his experience called seven pillars of wisdom and then we get into a um a weird circumstance here”
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Seveneves
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson is an ambitious science fiction epic that explores humanity's desperate struggle for survival after the catastrophic destruction of the Moon.
Discussed“uh some descriptions in Neil Stevenson's 7 EES which concern the idea of how to survive a global cataclysm”
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Shakespeare's Insomnia and the Causes Thereof
Discussed“uh in a in a work of his a work of heads called Shakespeare's insomnia and the causes thereof he claims that newly discovered correspondence between Shakespeare Sir Walter Raleigh an actor named William Kemp and a money Linder with a tremendously offensive name morai all show that Shakespeare had difficulty with money and marriage and that this led to”
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Shock Cinema
Discussed“We can go to Steve Lilliban, a a journalist, educator, is the author of a book called The Devil Cinema, and he has done a lot of research on Magnota, that case in particular. And he says, "Look, this social media trend is powering a new trend in crime.”
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Silver Blaze
Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle is a classic 1892 short story featuring the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a famous racehorse and the murder of its trainer.
Discussed“What was it called? The name Silver Blaze. That's right. Silver Blaze. 1892.”
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Social Physics
Discussed“and let's also consider Alex pentant he's author of a book called social physics how good ideas spread”
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Sons of Cain
Discussed“in his opinion he wrote a book called sons of Cain and in it he describes how because of the the financial crisis from 20072 2008”
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South!
South! by Ernest Shackleton is a firsthand historical account detailing the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the remarkable survival efforts of its crew in the frozen expanses of Antarctica.
Discussed“uh one from Shackleford Sim work on his Expeditions called simply South cuz you know it's Antarctica”
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Spawn: Origins Volume 1 (New Printing)
Discussed“it's sort of like Todd McFarland's spawn in spawn”
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Speaking of Race
Discussed“uh so you've you've written books like we need to talk how to have conversations that matter do nothing uh and of course speaking of race why everybody needs to talk about racism and how to do it these are deep dives into the nature of communication and connection”
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Spies and provocateurs
Discussed“According to Wendell Minnick, the author of Spies and Provocateurs, an encyclopedia of espionage and covert action, the Finders would love you to think they're a CIA front, but I would say they're really nothing.”
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land is a seminal science fiction novel by Robert A.
Discussed“mitochondria back in the day was a bacteria so mitochondria is a Stranger in a Strange Land to quote Highland once upon a time it was completely separate from the human body”
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Studies in Early American History
Studies in Early American History by Franklin Harvey Head is a historical work featuring a notable legal narrative about an unusual lawsuit connecting family descendants to Captain Kidd's pirate treasure.
Discussed“he writes a book called studies in early American history a notable lawsuit and in this in this story in this work he which you can read online by the way he describes how olmstead's descendants sued the Aster family to recover William kid's pirate treasure according to this account one of one of Astor's agents or perhaps asor himself”
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Supernormal
Discussed“A couple of books that you might know. Supernormal, I think, is the one that probably probably most people have pinged on at some point because it's been mentioned so many times.”
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Sybil
Discussed“and this also saw the rise or the popularization of the idea that trauma would be so bad that your mind had fractured into multiple personalities which is where we see things like um was the pop culture phenomenon cibil that's the right one right”
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Tamerlane
Discussed“Boston isn't super great to him but it is where he publishes his first work a collection of poems called Tamer Lane and other poems”
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Tavistock Institute
Tavistock Institute by Daniel Estulin is a work that explores alleged social engineering and hidden manipulation of the masses by powerful organizational entities.
Discussed“one by Daniel eelin called Tavistock Institute social engineering and the masses that's the more recent one it came out in 2015”
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Tempest
Tempest by William Shakespeare is one of the celebrated playwright's final masterworks, exploring themes of magic, betrayal, illusion, and reconciliation on a remote island.
Discussed“what my favorite I would have to say came from the Tempest and it included uh just a line that has really influenced my whole life”
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Termination Shock
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson is a near-future science fiction novel that explores the dramatic consequences of unilateral geoengineering and climate change.
Discussed“you will see authors writing about it in near future sci-fi like Neil Stevenson's termination shock”
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The 12th Planet
The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin explores alternative human origins and ancient astronaut theories derived from Sumerian texts.
Discussed“So if we go along with Sitchin's idea that started with the 12th planet and continued on again through so many books where there's other details more complications all kinds of stuff”
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Discussed“there's an example uh the absolutely true Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by an author named Sherman alexie uh there there were what you could call politically left movements to ban that book from some schools”
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The Anarchist Cookbook
The Anarchist Cookbook by William F.
Discussed“is it How Does It Better Society having the Anarchist Cookbook around and available just in case we need it or is it better that we just don't have that knowledge”
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The Bell Witch
Discussed“The first printed account called the authenticated history of the bell witch was published in 1894. That's 75 years after these events occurred.”
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The Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel is a biblical text containing apocalyptic visions, prophecies, and narratives concerning Jewish history and faith.
Discussed“if you go back to Jewish Traditions The Book of Daniel that was written like 167 BCE Loosely then the author there predicts that there will be what they call a final persecutor arising”
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The Book of John Mandeville
Discussed“and then it got popularized by a book called The Book of John Mandeville”
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The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a foundational religious text published by Joseph Smith in 1835 that details ancient prophets in the Americas and serves as the canon for the Latter Day Saint movement.
Discussed“and uh interestingly enough I don't think either of us put this in the notes uh he he finds he finds a lot of stuff to be flawed in his opinion but then he finds other things to be true uh he is a big proponent of the Book of Mormon Because he believes that when interpreted correctly it further”
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The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a foundational sacred text of the Latter-day Saint movement detailing ancient prophetic histories in the Americas.
Discussed“uh he is a big proponent of the Book of Mormon Because he believes that when interpreted correctly it further proves the case of the new chronology”
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The Boys
The Boys by Garth Ennis is a gritty, subversive comic book series that examines the dark side of superhero tropes, corporate accountability, and the severe complications of managing individuals with extraordinary abilities.
Discussed“We mentioned The Boys in our recent episode on um surviving nuclear war. And one of the things that The Boys comics does very well is depicting the problems of raising superhumans.”
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Discussed“in other versions it's a little more like the cabinet of Dr Caligari do you guys remember that one man”
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The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of narrative poems in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer that details the tales told by a diverse group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury.
Discussed“but if you said for instance let's pull the Canterbury Tales or let's pull Ulysses from all libraries in our community then you're are you not infringing upon the rights of adults”
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The Constitutions of the Free-Masons
Discussed“that same year 1734 Franklin also published the first Masonic book printed in America that was called the Constitutions of the Freemasons”
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The Country School of To-morrow
Discussed“in a book called The Country School of Tomorrow a Rockefeller advisor named Frederick Taylor Gates who was a Grand Puba in the Geb he in this book from 1916 says the follow”
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - Crowd Psychology
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - Crowd Psychology by Gustav Le Bon is an 1895 sociological study that examines the characteristics and behavior of crowds and mass psychology.
Discussed“if you've already covered this I would love for you to do an episode or two on Gustav labon's the crowd a study of the popular mind from 1895.”
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The Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe
Discussed“a guy named Robert F slatzer comes along in 1975 he publishes a book called The Life and curious death of Marilyn Monroe”
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The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is a best-selling mystery thriller that follows symbologist Robert Langdon as he uncovers hidden religious conspiracies and historical secrets.
Discussed“Dan Brown leans very heavily on this in one of his books at least in the D Vinci Code”
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The Death of the Gods
Discussed“and that book that you mentioned at the top of the episode the death of the Gods the new Global power grab that is one of the primary sources”
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THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE
Discussed“And the guy who was Uday's body double survived, escaped Iraq, and there was even a movie made about his story called The Devil's Double.”
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The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1799: 1771-1785
Discussed“This has the most detailed account or detailed anecdote. And there's similar stories similar enough that we we pretty much know they're retellings of the same thing from a work called Diaries and Stories of Castaways in 1835 and Dust of the Apricot in 1844.”
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The Discovery of Witches
Discussed“You can read his book, by the way. He wrote a book in 1646. It's titled The Discovery of Witches in Answer to Several Queries Lately And he calls himself Matthew Hopkins, Witch Finder. Yes, Witch Finder, too.”
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The Diversity Myth
The Diversity Myth by David O.
Discussed“And I think he would agree with us there because a little bit after he graduates grad school, he teams up with a guy named David Saxs and together they write a book called, get this, the diversity myth.”
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The doors of perception
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley is a classic philosophical essay chronicling the author's psychedelic experiences and exploring the nature of human consciousness.
Discussed“So we've got 10 plots up for grabs in P Leas Cemetery, which includes um one near or ones near Jim Morrison's grave the front man of the doors taken from I believe Aldis Huxley novel or a book called The Doors of Perception where he talks about his drug addiction.”
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The Dragon's Triangle
Discussed“so in his book um which was published in 1989 called The Dragon's Triangle this author of berlitz said that Japan lost five military uh vessels in the area that we're talking about between 1952 and 1954”
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The drinker's dictionary
Discussed“well um maybe because you don't have a copy of the drinkers dictionary published in 1737 with a list of over 200 alternative terms for drunkenness that Ben Franklin had overheard in taverns over the years”
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The Eccentric Realist
Discussed“there's a guy named Mario Delo a professor of international history and author of The Eccentric realist Henry Kissinger in the shaping of American foreign policy”
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The Elf on the Shelf - a Christmas Tradition
Discussed“The elf on the shelf is popularized by an author named Carol Abersold and her daughter Chanda Bell. In 2005, they wrote an objectively delightful children's book called The Elf on the Shelf, a Christmas tradition.”
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The Encyclopedia of American Religions
Discussed“according to Jay Gordon Melton's Encyclopedia of American religions this uh gentleman Jimmy T Roberts was born Bor in Paduka Kentucky on June 5th 1939”
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The Fall
Discussed“He's written books like The Man Who Owns the News, a biography, Robert Murdoch, yeah, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, The Fall, The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, Fire and Fury, Inside the Trump White House, and All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.”
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The First Fossil Hunters
Discussed“She wrote about this in her book called The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman times.”
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The Ghost of Flight 401
Discussed“Um a researcher by the name of John Fuller actually wrote a book about this. Came out in 1976 called The Ghost of Flight 401, and he said that the crash was only the beginning of of this tragedy.”
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The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Discussed“and one of the things that comes up pretty often is a very successful racist propaganda like mein comp for the protocols of the Elders of Zion”
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The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments by Robert Brent is a children's science book that provides instructions for conducting various chemical experiments at home.
Discussed“that's why the a simple children's chemistry book called The Golden Book of chemistry experiments was banned in I think it was like 1970 1969 and it's it was a children's book for chemical experiments”
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a classic American novel depicting the hardships of Oklahoma families migrating to California during the Great Depression.
Discussed“So, the Okeis is a term we're shouting out the book uh Grapes of Wrath uh which examines the mass migration of people from Oklahoma who were called Okeis in a porative way by the media of the time.”
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The great pyramid
Discussed“in 1859 a British publisher named John Taylor uh wrote a book called the Great Pyramid why it was built and who built it”
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The great pyramid; why was it built? & who built it?.
Discussed“in 1859 a British publisher named John Taylor uh wrote a book called the Great Pyramid why it was built and who built it”
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The Greater Key of Solomon
Discussed“today's episode is about one of the most famous grimas in existence the book or slash books known as the key of Solomon”
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The Hoffa Wars
Discussed“the author uh Dan Mula, he wrote the book The Hoff Wars and he's been researching the disappearance of this gentleman for god 40 years.”
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The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail
Discussed“and then we have a returning school of thought from a previous episode in 1982 the author of a book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”
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The Incredible Journey of Plants
Discussed“and Manzo wrote a book titled The Incredible Journey of plants”
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The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators
Discussed“they wrote a publication called index of leading cultural indicators”
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The Inheritors
Discussed“the idea of trolls as an embellishment on human interaction with neandertal has been explored extensively in fiction William Golding uh the guy who wrote Lord of the Flies wrote about it in a novel called the inheritors”
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The Inner Life,
Discussed“And then in 1910 he writes a book called the inner life.”
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The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
Discussed“remember the uh island of Dr Maro did you guys ever read that”
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The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a deeply emotional novel following the complex friendship of two boys in Kabul against the backdrop of decades of Afghan turmoil.
Discussed“...somebody would fly on a plane and they would read the kiterunner or something while they were on the plane and they would hop out and think that they understood everything about this place that has been a battleground for centuries and centuries.”
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The Langoliers
Discussed“Have you guys ever read The Langoliers by Stephen King? Yeah, there's That's a cool plane time travel-y, timey-wimey kind of story.”
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The laws of prosperity
Discussed“in his book Laws of Prosperity uh Ken Copeland writes do you want a hundred-fold return on your money”
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The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep
Discussed“Oh, yeah, here's a terrifying quote from an author named David Satter in his book The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep. He studies Russia extensively for the Hudson Institute”
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The Lesser Key of Solomon
Discussed“he is thought to be the builder of the first temple in Jerusalem and the last ruler of the Kingdom of Israel before it was divided into the northern kingdom in the southern Kingdom of Judah and in the tradition concerning the key of Solomon or also in the Lesser key of Solomon which we'll we'll have to mention because”
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The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe
Discussed“a guy named Robert F slatzer comes along in 1975 he publishes a book called The Life and curious death of Marilyn Monroe”
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The Mafia, CIA & George Bush
Discussed“according to uh a gentleman named Pete brutin uh who wrote a book called the mafia CIA and George Bush uh he says as soon as seal was freed”
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The Man Who Owns the News
Discussed“He's written books like The Man Who Owns the News, a biography, Robert Murdoch, yeah, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, The Fall, The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, Fire and Fury, Inside the Trump White House, and All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.”
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The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon and John Lahr is a classic political thriller novel that explores dark themes of brainwashing, political assassination, and psychological manipulation orchestrated by communist forces.
Discussed“uh it comes from a fiction novel right it's not it's not like a super secret real Soviet program but in this novel a son of a political Dynasty is brainwashed into becoming an assassin for the Communist”
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The Message of the Engraved Stones of Ica
Discussed“the good doctor wrote his own book where he set forth the majority of the claims that have become sort of the manifesto for people who believe in the eeka stones and this is the hidden history we got to talk about it right we've made this a two-part episode let's get into it what does he say in his”
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The Moon Is Always Full
Discussed“so let's consider the work of a guy named David Hunter David Hunter uh was a retired Deputy from Knox County Tennessee in his book The Moon is always full he collected multiple stories of police officers relaying strange events”
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The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon
Discussed“shout out to Oxford University a seriologist Stephanie Dolly daily uh the author of a book called Lost Gardens of Babylon this professor is legitimate she argues that the Hanging Gardens were not built by Nebuchadnezzar at in Babylon at all Nebuchadnezzar II”
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The New Censorship
Discussed“it's a guy named Joel Simon author of a book called the new censorship inside the global battle for media freedom and he said the trend nowadays is toward more secrecy more censorship and harsher laws”
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The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry
Discussed“oh this is a pretty good one the Norton anthology of uh modern poetry”
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THE PHASE
Discussed“he's written a lot of books you can find them many of them are just translations of the same book The primary book you can find is titled the phase p h a e it is a guide book for lucid dreaming and outof body travel”
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The Power of Positive Thinking
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale is a classic mid-century self-help book that promotes optimistic thinking, faith, and mental resilience as tools for personal achievement.
Discussed“a man named Norman Vincent peel was pastor of a place called marble Collegiate Church in New York City and he popularized this idea in these techniques in America with his book The Power of Positive Thinking which I know you've heard of”
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The Prime Minister was a Spy
Discussed“This is a real pitch made by a British author named Anthony Gray in his book uh they published in 1983. named in a burst of creativity, the prime minister was a spy.”
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The Progress of Dogma
Although James Orr authored The Progress of Dogma, discussions across multiple podcasts frequently pivot toward Kevin Smith's celebrated film Dogma when exploring related religious themes, theological satire, and institutional critiques.
Discussed“um and maybe even to a lesser degree in like Kevin Smith's Dogma”
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The Protestant ethic and the "spirit" of capitalism and other writings
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a foundational sociological work by Max Weber that explores the historical relationship between Protestant religious values and the rise of capitalist economies.
Discussed“in 1905 very important author named Max feber published the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism and in this he said specifically that Protestants have a different approach to labor”
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Victor E.
Discussed“and one of the things that comes up pretty often is a very successful racist propaganda like mein comp for the protocols of the Elders of Zion and uh in the interest of full disclosure just to be absolutely Fair we have read copies of both of these works”
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The Proverbs of Solomon (Deluxe Hardcover Book)
Discussed“he composed 3,000 Proverbs 1,05 songs he wrote the song of songs The Book of Proverbs and other religious works in the Jewish tradition”
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The Ramayana
The Ramayana by Valmiki is an ancient Indian epic that follows the journey of Prince Rama and explores profound themes of duty, righteousness, and virtue.
Discussed“History has proven that concepts like diplomatic immunity are surprisingly ancient. You can go to uh Indian epics like the Ramayana.”
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The Raven and Other Poems [adaptation]
Discussed“Boston isn't super great to him but it is where he publishes his first work a collection of poems called Tamer Lane and other poems”
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The Republic
The Republic by Plato is a foundational work of ancient Greek philosophy that explores justice, the structure of an ideal state, and the nature of the soul.
Discussed“I like I brought that around interestingly enough in the Republic Socrates student Plato argues for censorship”
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The River
Discussed“Jake pointed out a book we talked about the past the river a journey to the source of HIV by Edward Hooper remember this”
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The Road to Serfdom
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Discussed“he came across an a bridged addition of fa haic the road to serfdom which proposes that Central planning inevitably erodes individual liberty and enables tyranny haik's philosophy not only influenced Fischer's own career trajectory but also inspired him to think of ways to drive Grassroots level change that promoted free market opportunities”
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The sacred mushroom and the cross
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross by John Marco Allegro is a controversial scholarly study that posits early Christianity originated from ancient fertility cults centered around the sacramental use of psychedelic mushrooms.
Discussed“it's this guy John M Allegro and back in the 70s in this book called The Sacred mushroom and the cross he he argued that it was um that the ultimate roots of Christianity and a bunch of other religions by the way is not just talking about Christianity comes from fertility Cults that are based on the same uh”
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The Sandman
Discussed“it's actually really heavily featured in um the Sandman series uh of course dream being Morpheus the main character uh the Lord of dream there's a really interesting storyline that involves Aborigines and the idea of dream time”
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The Satanic Bible
The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey is a foundational text that outlines the philosophy, rituals, and tenets of LaVeyan Satanism.
Discussed“he created the Satanic Bible it still to this day remains uh available you can find it it's one of the most um at least most available books that you can find about Satanism”
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The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine by Helena P.
Discussed“and in 1888 or so she writes a book called or she collects some lectures and things she had said previously”
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a seminal science book that popularizes a gene-centric view of evolution and explores the biological origins of selfishness and altruism.
Discussed“the the word meme comes from a guy named Richard Dawkins famous somewhat problematic geneticist uh he wrote this book in 1976 called The Selfish Gene and he took the word meme from the root of memo memory mimic”
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic horror novel about a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a winter caretaking job at an isolated Colorado hotel with a dark past, where supernatural forces drive him toward madness.
Discussed“you might be familiar with it from stories like The Shining you know let's go ahead and spoil the shining”
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The sources of theological knowledge. God. Creation and the supernatural order
Discussed“there's an author named Thomas RoR who created a book called The Invention of God and romor writes that throughout the Levant it was common for pre-islamic bins and Arab communities to carry holy chest that contained two Sacred Stones or the statues of two gods”
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The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe
Discussed“it's re it's by a guy named Frank a Capell it's a pamphlet self-published it's a Zine basically it's called The Strange death of Marilyn Monroe 1964.”
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The Testament of Solomon
Discussed“we mentioned there are other books that came later like The Testament of Solomon or the Lesser key of Solomon that's the one with uh the 72 demons and their properties named”
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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is a renowned collection of interrelated stories that explores the psychological burdens and realities of American soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Discussed“for instance uh you know a great a great debate uh covering the things they carry is whether that should be evaluated as a cohesive novel or whether it's a series of interrelated short stories”
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The Tipping Point
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is a famous non-fiction book that explores how little things can make a big difference, examining the social epidemics and psychological moments that cause ideas and behaviors to spread like wildfire.
Discussed“Cuz as Malcolm Gladwell so eloquently explains in The Tipping Point, nothing seems like it will ever happen until suddenly it does.”
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The Travels of Marco Polo
Discussed“and in the travels of Marco Polo he writes that it has been an invariable custom that all the grand KH and Chiefs of the race of jangus Khan should be carried for interment to a certain lofty Mountain named alte and in whatever place they may happen to die all the it should be at the distance of a”
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The trial of Henry Kissinger
Discussed“he wrote a book called The Trial of Henry Kissinger and in this book he says the degree of micromanagement revealed in Kissinger's Memoirs forbids the idea that anything of importance took place without his knowledge or permission”
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The Urantia book
Discussed“it's called the Urantia book uh your antia was first published in 1955 officially”
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The Worship of The Generative Powers
Discussed“there's a book from 1865 by Thomas Wright called the worship of generative powers and I think uh with a with a quote from this a quotation from this we'll see that comparison”
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The Year of Living Biblically
The Year of Living Biblically by A.
Discussed“one of my favorite examples is uh this author who wrote a book called living biblically have you guys heard of this book I have not oh wait is this the one where he lives according to Leviticus the teachings of the Bible for a period of time and like wears his beard long and all of that stuff what's”
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Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?
Discussed“according to the most famous proponent in this Theory a writer named Robin Gardener there's much more to the story uh Gardner wrote a book called Titanic the ship did never sank”
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Tunnels
Discussed“that solder by the way also claims in his book underground bases and tunnels that the base Pine Gap or rainfall operates in alternate Dimensions so exist on multiple planes of reality at once”
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UFO's: Operation Trojan Horse
Discussed“he wrote a book called UFOs operation trojan horse in 1970 and he pointed out something that is fascinating and I would argue true”
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UNDERGROUND BASES
Discussed“that solder by the way also claims in his book underground bases and tunnels that the base Pine Gap or rainfall operates in alternate Dimensions so exist on multiple planes of reality at once”
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Unsolved Enigmas
Discussed“and we've got a full quote here that comes from one of the Anthology books I mentioned unsolved enigmas which was written by Sam Pilger and Leo Moynihan now I'm not sure if he's related to Bobby Moynihan from Saturday Night Live”
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Unusual Footnotes to the Korean War
Discussed“and according to one book unusual footnotes to the Korean War there were um allegedly 42 other sightings of similar weird stuff in the sky”
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Valis
Valis by Philip K.
Discussed“Yeah, I think I mentioned on the hearing voices episode the story about the science fiction author Philip K. Dick that's dramatized, it's also kind of autobiographical in the novel Valis.”
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Waiting For "SUPERMAN"
Waiting For Superman is a documentary film and companion book project that examines the deep systemic flaws in the American public education system and explores the rise of charter schools.
Discussed“there's a movie called Waiting for Superman I think it's called it's about the implementation of charter schools and how it seems very appealing on the surface but there's a lot of odd politics involved in that system in general”
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Watership Down
Watership Down by Richard Adams is a classic survival and adventure novel that follows a small band of displaced wild rabbits as they seek a safe new home while facing existential threats and political tyranny.
Discussed“If you've ever read Watership Down, there's a fantastic mythology that the rabbits in that story have about being the prince with a thousand dead enemies, you know?”
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We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter
Discussed“uh so you've you've written books like we need to talk how to have conversations that matter do nothing uh and of course speaking of race why everybody needs to talk about racism and how to do it these are deep dives into the nature of communication and connection”
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Wealth and Poverty
Wealth and Poverty is an influential 1981 economics and political economy book by George Gilder that champions supply-side economic theory and free-market capitalism.
Discussed“It's called Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder. Here's the quote. Wealth and poverty are the prime concerns of economics, but they are subjects too vast and too vital to be left to the economist alone.”
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When Prophecy Fails
When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry W.
Discussed“and uh this was so interesting to these scientists who conducted this that they wrote a book about it uh back in 1957 I think called when prophecy fails”
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Where My Shadow Falls
Discussed“he wrote another book uh and I haven't read this one it's called wear my shadow Falls in 1949 um I told you he's in the shadows”
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Why Crime Does Not Pay
Discussed“she actually wrote a tell all book called why crime doesn't pay now”
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Witch Cult in Western Europe
Witch Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Alice Murray is an academic and folkloric study that explores historical witchcraft and the origins of covens.
Discussed“and this Association was made within an author Margaret Murray's work the witch cult in Western Europe I love that title”
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YOU: The Owner's Manual
Discussed“Dr Rosen wrote a series of books called the it was the you series like you the owner's manual you on a diet”
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Books Ben Bowlin wrote
- Stuff They Don't Want You to Know
- Medallion Status
- Stuff
- Stuff You Should Know
- Saint Juniper's Folly
- Elon Musk
- How "God" Works
- The engineering book
- The Teenager's Guide to the Real World
Appearances
Other mentions (184: passing, ad reads, own books)
“This is like when the Amazon Kindle removed 1984 from people who purchased it online.”
“And it reminds us also of that line from Apaca Lipto where people are talking about how humans have a hole inside them, right? The cats in the movie? The Bible talks about that.”
“Are you recounting the plot of the movie Armageddon?”
“Not to be all Black Monday murders about it, but something is happening with higher education.”
“Uh there's a great stopotion meat scene in that Peter Jackson movie Dead Alive. Um also known as Brain Dead.”
“Uh one uh one thing for the gamers in the crowd, you can play a game called Mirror's Edge. It's a firsterson POV parkour game.”
“It's fair to say not to be too Alice and the looking glass here, but I I think it's fair to say that a lot of people have been on both sides of the mither there.”
“It's fair to say not to be too Alice and the looking glass here, but I I think it's fair to say that a lot of people have been on both sides of the mither there.”
“I've been working my way through the complete volumes of Sherlock Holmes and I haven't gotten on audiobook. I haven't gotten to The Dog That Didn't Bark yet”
“It's the Pepsi to the Coca-Cola of Orwell's 1984.”
“She looks at the money like that nerdy professor her wrote in Black Monday murders.”
“I bet Monty Burns would probably love the uh novel 1984 uh just as much as us, but for very different reasons.”
“Ooh, that reminds me of the um the Uplift novels by uh David Brenn who starts to ask some of those same questions.”
“Remember I kept comparing it to a red wedding last time we talked about this from Game of Thrones which is adapted from Song of Ice and Fire.”
“So you got your Alexander Dugan over in Russia writing foundations of geopolitics. You know, you got some other country's version of whatever their project 2025 is.”
“And it was it this model was fed entirely on foundations of geopolitics which is the you know the the Russian boy scout manual for overthrowing the world order.”
“Perhaps most famous is being the guy who is briefly in Home Alone, too.”
“And then he points out something really interesting that I think a lot of us didn't a lot of us didn't think through this when we were kids reading about the Bermuda Triangle in the Mysteries of the Unknown series or something.”
“Happy birthday as well, belated, much belated to our own Nick Turbo Benson, the illustrator for our book titled Stuff They Don't Want You to Know.”
“Their idea is that the skin case, as they're calling it, nothing creepy. Shout out Clive Barker and Hellraiser.”
“America today feels like that book Animal Farm.”
“and if you make a mistake it can be very difficult to repair that mistake to repair your reputation as Robert W. Chambers would say, uh, this is why there are so many people who feel left behind in the 70s and the 80s.”
“I feel like it's inevitable. I think we all agree that unless we reach an inflection point similar to the background of the Dune universe when there was a butlerian jihad against thinking machines.”
“What's that great uh Bible on how to write screenplays? Save the Cat.”
“They wrote a book. Yay. This is a book club. They wrote a book. Sort of the like bizarro evil version of how to win friends and influence people.”
“Remember that movie adaptation of the board game Clue? It had no right to be as good as it is. It's supposed to be good, right? And it's got fantastic. It made like five different endings.”
“we also see another example of this in oh gosh oh the boys remember the graphic novel the boys international show wasn't half bad”
“Also, uh, as people who have the simple sabotage field manual on our phones, just be careful what you got on your phone.”
“It's um what's that movie we always talk about? Minority Report. That's Minority. Yeah. The pre-rime calculation.”
“but to maybe you could make the argument for us to really understand that we would need to do neutropics and cognitive enhancing substances just like the Mntats in the Dune series.”
“Uh there are the running man, another good example. Shout out Stephen King. Um via his pseudonym.”
“And Tolken was not writing about nuclear power actually in Lord of the Rings. He he found it irritating when people said so. So we want to bust that myth on his half on his behalf postumously.”
“Uh recommend your favorite nuclear disaster works of film or fiction. Thinking things like Canacle for Liowitz, The Day After Tomorrow. Uh hey, you hit us to your favorites.”
“And this idea like of almost like what they call parcel tongue in the Harry Potter universe, you know, the idea of uh sort of these whispered backwardsy incantations that by learning to speak backwards like Allah David Lynch um you could you know in some way cast a spell.”
“Start by watching Babe. True to the Mad Max film.”
“and it just feels another like a very 1984 kind of thing.”
“Ba'am would be perhaps considered like one of the lesser demons kind of like in the what is it? The key of Solomon.”
“We did. We talked to his son when we were researching researching a book named in a burst of creativity stuff they don't want you to know the book that's because we had the title for the show earlier anyway”
“Uh you can look up the lawyer who became DuPont's worst nightmare. That is a book by Nathaniel Rich about this gentleman we're talking to.”
“I mean not for nothing did Stephen King pick influenza as as the big bad of the stand. Its mutation is unpredictable.”
“But anyway, it's it's really fascinating stuff and Goodfellow, our friend Ian Jay Goodfellow actually wrote a book on this subject. Yeah. A book called his book about deep learning is called deep learning.”
“you need to start doing the holes thing and carrying like a baby C up a mountain now or a pig or whatever it was in that book”
“and on the other side of the wall every wall is just snow and3 de C weather and HP Lovecraft monsters mountains of Madness”
“It works in fiction. It's fun in like Tinker Taylor, Soldier Spy or whatever. But really what you want is the boring people.”
“and it might sound crazy until we realize that he publish a best-selling book Poor Richard's Almanac”
“you can read the Memoirs of Don rean”
“well it's a direct response to for the record right from da”
“That's where the title comes from”
“oh we have such wonders to show you is that the line is that the line Hellbound heart you nail it every time or or you know Hellraiser the movie”
“it reminds me of the scene in No Country for Old Men right where uh sugar is talking to the gas station attendant sugar”
“and this is the beginning of a incredibly curious mystery curious and curiouser or as as they say in Lord of the Rings way or The Hobbit way leads on the way second breakfast second breakfast potato elies”
“or of course pick up your handy Necronomicon which is essentially the Yellow Pages for corvids and Lich Kings alike”
“what happened if the US becomes balkanized the way Putin and Alexander Dugan always wanted it to be in foundations of geopolitics what happens if a state succeeds”
“maybe perins John Perkins is that the guy the economic Hitman is that his name oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah John Perkins confessions of an economic Hitman he got really into Shamanism oh cool”
“if you give a mouse a cookie MH is a great is a is a great uh Parable for that kind of thing”
“and the book is fascinating as well thank you uh John Hodgman Medallion status true stories from secret rooms”
“back in 2019 a real life character straight out of Atlas Shrugged passed away”
“it reminds me of descriptions of Chariots of Fire in in ancient writings of having our understanding of tech technology in current time attempting to explain what we're seeing that is of a technology of a further Advanced time yeah that's just at least the image I get I'm not saying that's what I think it is Eric Von danin”
“I will stand on this hill omnivores dilemma aside shout out to the author Michael Poland uh the the idea of speciesism is very real”
“The King in Yellow? Yeah.”
“and and far Journeys is another one of his books ultimate Journey”
“Journeys is another one of his books ultimate Journey lots of Journeys uh”
“we do know as you can find in our in our book we made a while back”
“let's not forget that there are still at that point there are still post colonal forces from the game that are involved there are still you know like shout out to Brier Kipling's Kim you know”
“Eric von danin yes that's right Chariots of the Gods mhm mhm that's that is probably one of the biggest ones for me”
“I'm having like a Cloud Atlas moment he I see him out there”
“Think of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.”
“Woody Guthrie movie I was talking about Bound for Glory”
“some were admittedly fiction such as at the mountains of Madness written by HP Lovecraft in 1931”
“it's uh something that if you've ever seen uh The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for example read those books the character of Elizabeth solander is a ward of the state”
“the things you own can begin to own you and that's it sounds like a truism but there's a reason people throw those phrases around I think it's a Tyler Duran quote actually from F Club”
“Brave New World so the thing that mystifies me about this the reason I'm bringing it up here is uh vampire Jokes Aside It's the it's showing us similar technology to cloud seating to weather modification right”
“oh my gosh I'm reading the foundation series”
“At the height of the Cold War, US and Soviet ballistic missile submarines hid below the polar ice caps and you know, played this game of cat and mouse, right? You know, the it's the you can at least hearken back to images of Hunt for Red October.”
“Does that mean Passion of the Christ is canceled, too?”
“this is from hillbilly elegy here”
“It's really without sounding hyperbolic It's A Brave New World uh we're not ready civilization's not ready for the technology that's rolling out at scale folks”
“I just want to quickly give props to a guy, Jason Pargin, who I think you know. He's a writer and wrote that book John Dies at the End and is a thoughtful media critique YouTuber.”
“You mentioned in the podcast that mandate for leadership the conservative promise was about as long as the unabridged version of the stand and guess what my current audio book is you guessed it the uncut version of the stand it's a nearly 48 hour listen”
“do you think he ever did a oneman rendition like HL or Romeo Juliet”
“like how uum that remake of u or adaptation of Titus andronicus u Police Academy 4”
“once you get past the early u juvenile efforts of Shakespeare the the Titus andronicus u you know the comedy of errors that kind of stuff”
“once you get past the early u juvenile efforts of Shakespeare the the Titus andronicus u you know the comedy of errors that kind of stuff”
“we've all seen, you know, 12 Angry Men which is just a Masterwork and actually not seen it”
“this is not Dune where they have the butlerian Jihad against thinking machines”
“while you were talking I went and got the snarkiest book in this part of my library uh and I have literally been recommended this when I'm arguing things that are quote unquote too radical could you read the title of this book yeah economics for dummies”
“Crop circles have fascinated people for a long time, and depending on when you grew up and what your predilections were like as a kid, you might be most familiar with crop circles in terms of fiction or in terms of books about the paranormal.”
“They took a lot of, they thought it was hilarious that people would study these circles and then with strident confidence come out and say, 'This is what teaches us about the messages from the heavens.' And you know, 'This is ancient technology, buy my book and learn more about it.'”
“spoiler it's about as long as the unabridged copy of The Stand by Stephen King”
“Oh, guys, it just occurred to me– you know what else is another good free port that's in pop culture and literature? Interzone in William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch is a free port, and it's like kind of a hive of scum and villainy situation that evolves around there.”
“For fans of the Illuminatus trilogy, Discordian social experiment or their fantasy, you know?”
“N I love the secret of n are you talking like like anthropomorphic human being like in Ratatouille or secret of n secret of NM God that holds up I'm it's very sad fantastic the book's good too but what about Five Guys He's a mouse”
“you can do uh the old Breaking Bad Trick you can leave your cell phone somewhere else”
“so we see the shadows of Limitless we see the shadows of flowers for Aline”
“and if you want to learn more about CIA Partnerships with private organizations for resource extraction check out our book in a burst of creativity we named it stuff they don't want you to know”
“the atlas Network should shrug”
“it's also is it based on Atlas Shrugged uh it's it leads us to a a fascinating and perhaps disturbing conversation because as kiwi points out”
“it's all spelled out in 1984 the documentary”
“Florida man Rex liquor shop blames caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland he said that a hookah smoking caterpillar told to do it”
“he did publish a book in 2005 called wake up survive and prosper in the coming economic turmoil”
“I think buosi who was the lead prosecutor of bism and Helter Skelter”
“the Hamilton Turner in was a site of filming from the movie uh Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”
“the Hamilton Turner in was a site of filming from the movie uh Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”
“it sounds like Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy level things but it does happen”
“They similar to the Daniel de Lewis character and There Will Be Blood they're drinking them your milkshake”
“if if we've learned anything from Watchmen okay and other uh things like that Antarctica is a great place for frozen waste”
“just like the board game Clue no one has come forward to explain exactly how he ran into acute methanol poisoning”
“and so according to the story he had recently read a book called the song of the dodo by a guy named David Quan and it talks about multiple species going extinct”
“is that one of those things where you isn't lime beans one of those things where you can cook it down in a certain way and get and extract some bad things from it like the Breaking Bad Thing with the whatever the rice in I brought to you by the Anarchist Cookbook”
“we have a lot of national parks we have a lot of wilderness and as we record there is no government agency that keeps track of how many people go missing in Parks each year shout out to uh Missing 411”
“it's very like it's like Catch 22 level stuff you know where they're like well I guess we're going to start a war and they're like a war like a war against who”
“remember that everybody right shout out confessions of an economic Hitman exactly”
“Light reading on the subject can be found in these stuff they don't want you to know book illustrated by the one and only Admiral turbo”
“and hey by the way bro we saw that you read war is a racket walk carefully”
“shout out to Neil Stevenson's anathema which does something quite common in science fiction positing that math would be the UN ival language to your excellent observation”
“people shout out to Man in the Iron Mask which I uh yeah I read it earlier and and then I rewatched it”
“James Joyce episode which is on the way uh the publication of Ulisses uh prompted uh so many so many discussions about the nature of pornography”
“o that sounds like a Netflix show or children popular series of children's books oh I don't know about that by L Snick”
“I have crossed oceans of time shout out Bram Stoker's Dracula”
“it's this is terrible word play you guys but we're getting to Brave New World status shout out Aldis Huxley what was the one what was the drug in Brave New s Som”
“how would you how would you practice Discord in the world right I'm referencing discordianism and the illuminatus trilogy”
“might be hearing my son in the background he's hanging out reading the Gravity Falls Journal 3 book”
“you can also read our book stuff they don't want you to know”
“Our guest today is James Prince he's the founder of rapalot Records a legend in the music business and Beyond his Memoir the Art and Science of respect is available now as you're listening to this you can get the book today on Amazon or you can head over to Apple music and listen to James Prince read the entire”
“you know like uh Walter's sick art comes up a lot the the Fantastic graphic novel and fantastic film adaptation um of Jack the Ripper oh gosh what what From Hell”
“money talks, but the further a log we get the more plausible the crap sack worlds from Neuromancer or Elysium become”
“corporate political power was not even a topic in the cons institutional debates nor of The Federalist Papers”
“it reminds me of David Foster Wallace in a bit uh like that commencement speech where he says what is water”
“our book is still available if you want to find it it's titled stuff they don't want you to know”
“like Old Lace Arsenic and Old Lace”
“like Old Lace Arsenic and Old Lace”
“Speaking of Collector's Editions the books stuff they don't want you to know has been banned”
“speaking of Collector's Editions the books stuff they don't want you to know has been banned and you cannot get it anywhere”
“what of quote unquote artificial intelligence do Androids really Dream of Electric Sheep”
“I feel I read Stephen King's it when I was probably too young not ideal”
“just because like it's it's actually it's kind of I think that like Blood Meridian is is challenging in some ways that aren't different because like so much of reading blood murderney is like what the [ __ ] did he mean by that”
“also when I was a kid I read a series of mystery books that were themed after Finnegan's wake where like the character's name was Finnegan's wake like z-w-a-k-e weird”
“you know people said that when James Joyce put out Ulysses this is the end of literature”
“all of my daydreaming solidified eventually into a book idea and Saint Juniper's Folly was born it's a young adult Gothic mystery in which a straight-laced golden boy and a novice witch team up to rescue a Mexican-American teen with a cryptic past who's become trapped inside a haunted mansion in Vermont”
“all I'm messing with now is is outdated currencies Black Monday murders persuaded me sick”
“we still have a book it's titled stuff they don't want you to know you can find it online get it wherever you can buy it give it to your friends”
“um and also they do have great marketing they sponsored Book of Mormon uh which surprised me but they're they're good at what they do”
“and then gbd gives a shout out to a novel called the Singapore grip which I I haven't read um I don't know if anyone else has”
“A Wrinkle in Time good book bad movie”
“um just for one example I was reading Borges on a public transit right and stopping in a train station and I turned to look there was another train across the platform going in a different direction I turned to look and there was this lady staring at me and I was by the window I was holding this book”
“yeah there's probably a simple chapter of the anarch is good people have tried to get high on everything we're talking about Anarchist Cookbook”
“but you're right like in films like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and all of that usually the ones that are meddling with these kinds of things metal”
“don't forget we have a book it's still there it's still available you can find it it's called stuff they don't want you to know look for it wherever books are sold”
“from propaganda by Edward Bernays to learn more about public relations advertising and the human brain read propaganda”
“and then you have to sort of be like uh what's his name guy Pearson Memento and work backwards and just put the pieces together”
“the last thing Helen says is that she has a book on the subject called altered jeans Twisted truths and she says she wait”
“the story we're covering today has been the inspiration for several works of popular fiction Ian Fleming's 1961 James Bond novel which then became the movie Thunderball”
“and we know just like you've seen or heard of or read The Manchurian Candidate”
“this is going to get very Black Monday murders very quickly”
“is it different than the kind of Teflon that we saw surrounding you know um the investigative reporting that was the subject of the movie Dark Water that led to you know people being poisoned surrounding or cows being killed”
“this seems double Plus ungood which is obviously a delightful reference to 1984.”
“most people only think about this kind of world or industry when you watch cool spy movies you know the James Bond stuff Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy which is great it holds up”
“I mean again we referenced Game of Thrones I think Our Song of Ice and Fire in the previous discussion about this too because that's what killed spoiler I guess uh Robert Baratheon”
“I mean again we referenced Game of Thrones I think Our Song of Ice and Fire in the previous discussion about this too because that's what killed spoiler I guess uh Robert Baratheon”
“and that's a nice one um anyhow Choi was a close associate of Miss Park's father until”
“but then there's also I think snow crash is maybe the most uh kind of cyber Punky or like like very much an important one from him”
“and anathema or anathem and seven Eves are also great like okay again not for everybody pretty cerebral but uh but pretty predictive in this case”
“and anathema or anathem and seven Eves are also great like okay again not for everybody pretty cerebral but uh but pretty predictive in this case”
“and it's exactly the kinds of things you see in works of fiction like Gulliver's Travels you know or 1984 and the way that religion and politics kind of intersect and become bastardized”
“and it's exactly the kinds of things you see in works of fiction like Gulliver's Travels you know or 1984 and the way that religion and politics kind of intersect and become bastardized”
“we also have a book you can buy uh in textual form with wonderful illustrations by the homie Admiral turbo Nick Benson”
“we have a book and if you like learning about assassinations there's a whole chapter in there for you check it out book is called stuff they don't want you to know”
“the evidence pointing to him being related it all goes back to stuff that we explore in our book stuff they don't want you to know”
“yes we still have a book it's still called stuff they don't want you to know you can still buy it you can even get the audiobook why not do it right now”
“it's going to be like how gattaga made genetic modification a thing they just use Private Industry insurance rates to make it to a expensive”
“just in case you did we do have a book and an audiobook it's titled stuff they don't want you to know”
“civilization as you dear reader know it will plummet just like the Stephen King book The Stand”
“I did not do a countdown this year I was alone at my house with the dogs and playing a little Skyrim”
“you know even this like mid-journey stuff you know our dear friend and illustrator of the stuff they don't want you to know book Nick Benson”
“teen of the book that that uh is is just mind-boggling to think about”
“you can find all of these uh if you search online uh and as Nolan Marshall said uh this is this is ongoing”
“you can find all of these uh if you search online uh and as Nolan Marshall said uh this is this is ongoing”
“you can find all of these uh if you search online uh and as Nolan Marshall said uh this is this is ongoing”
“you can find all of these uh if you search online uh and as Nolan Marshall said uh this is this is ongoing”
“I bet you oh you say I didn't gamble but now I've got the bug I would bet you um a night out on the town that Black Monday murders still comes out before the next George R.R Martin Song of Ice and Fire book”
“I bet you oh you say I didn't gamble but now I've got the bug I would bet you um a night out on the town that Black Monday murders still comes out before the next George R.R Martin Song of Ice and Fire book”
“it's a nice mixture of uh some kind of metacosmic Saunder for anybody who likes the uh dictionary of uncounted Sorrows or whatever it's called counted Sorrows I can't remember”
“the first one is to contact us fourth dimensionally through the book holidays are here it is time you should get one get a couple buy some for your for your friends and family spread the stuff they don't want you to know”
“one of the things we've got a book and an audiobook you can catch them right now they exist they're titled stuff they don't want you to know just look for them holidays are coming up why not get one or two or 12 for your friends and for yourself”