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Every book Buck Sexton recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Buck Sexton appears on, in one place — not just one.
Buck Sexton’s most recommended books
- Witness by Whittaker Chambers
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay
- Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer
- Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Buck Sexton is an American radio and television talk show host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the co-host of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and the host of The Buck Sexton Show podcast. During podcast appearances, Sexton discussed and recommended several books. He mentioned Whittaker Chambers's book Witness while talking about communist infiltration and collectivism, and referenced Charles Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds when discussing economic madness and crowds. Sexton also brought up Joost Meerloo's historical book and mentioned Fred Gipson's Old Yeller to contrast a dog-shooting story with a mercy killing. Additionally, he referenced Michael Scheuer's Imperial Hubris during a discussion on Afghanistan and U.S. intervention, and brought up Frank Herbert's novels Dune and Children of Dune while discussing power dynamics and quotes about weakness. Finally, Sexton referenced George Orwell's 1984 to compare Twitter's trust and safety committee to totalitarian control.
Books recommended by Buck Sexton
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Witness
Witness by Whittaker Chambers is a powerful autobiographical account by a former Soviet spy who renounced communism and became a central figure in American anti-communist politics during the mid-twentieth century.
Recommended“Whitaker Chambers wrote his book witness about I bring this book up to conservatives all the time like you guys have read witness right”
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual surveillance, historical denial, and severe psychological manipulation.
Discussed“it is as though they read Orwell's 1984 not as a warning but as a how-to book like maybe we should pick up you know the trust and Safety Committee”
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Children of Dune
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert is a renowned science fiction novel that continues the epic saga of the desert planet Arrakis and its ruling lineage.
Discussed“but it's from Children of Doom which I believe is the sequel which I have not read, but the quote is when I am weak I demand freedom”
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Dune
Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction masterpiece Dune is widely celebrated as an epic space opera exploring ecology, religion, and political power on a desert planet.
Discussed“you know there is a quote from Frank Herbert who wrote Dune which I actually think is probably the greatest sci-fi novel of all time actually made a pretty good movie of it recently too”
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay is a classic historical exploration of crowd psychology, financial manias, and widespread irrational behaviors that have gripped societies throughout history.
Discussed“there's the famous Mackie book uh the madness of crowds or now that's right popular delusions and the madness of crowds so we've been and that's really about economic madness and and so that that's not new”
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Imperial Hubris
Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer is a controversial analysis of American foreign policy and counterterrorism written by the former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit, arguing that United States intervention in the Muslim world directly provokes Islamist terrorism.
Discussed“I remember what was it Mike shoyer remember Mike shoyer he wrote that book Imperial hubris”
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Manufacturing Delusion
Manufacturing Delusion by Buck Sexton is an analysis of how the left allegedly utilizes brainwashing, indoctrination, and propaganda against the public.
Discussed“Juice Miru, who again is he had a book called The Rape of the Mind, which has fallen completely uh like no one like it's just not something that anyone's reading and talking about.”
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Old Yeller
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson is a classic American children's novel about a frontier boy and his loyal dog in post-Civil War Texas.
Discussed“What about Old Yeller I'm like Old Yeller had rabies everybody it was a mercy it was a mercy killing”
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“And Megan, can I also just randomly say thank you for making this a bestseller, manufacturing delusion. I launched the book on your show. The pleasure. Thank you so much. Was mine.”
“Uh and I I get into this in there's a chapter called mentide uh in again my book manufacturing delusion which which so I got to tell you does he have a book? Does the guy have a book? I think there's a book book manufacturing delusion that you guys actually have to buy.”
“uh and I get into and the book is really about chapter by chapter uh various approaches to this kind of mind control.”
“I mean first of all when you look at what Twitter was doing with things like the trust and Safety Committee it is as though they read Orwell's 1984 not as a warning but as a how-to book like maybe we should pick up you know the trust and Safety Committee”