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Every book Garrison Davis recommended on podcasts
Garrison Davis appeared on Behind the Bastards to examine historical figures and sociopolitical movements, using thorough literary research to construct narrative episodes. During an episode dedicated to exploring early twentieth-century politics, Davis relied heavily on William Anderson's biography The Wild Man from Sugar Creek as the primary source for examining the life of Eugene Talmage. Davis cited specific anecdotes from Anderson's work, such as the birth of cotton culture in Georgia and Talmage's childhood habit of memorizing passages from a biography of Napoleon. To supplement the biographical research provided by Anderson, Davis drew upon several additional academic and historical texts. He referenced Charles A. Gallagher and Cameron D. Lippard's Race and Racism in the United States to analyze racial dynamics, alongside F. Ray Marshall's Labor in the South to explore regional labor history. Through these detailed citations, Davis demonstrated how rigorous historical texts, biographies, and sociological studies provide the necessary foundation for investigative podcast storytelling, allowing listeners to understand the complex political and racial landscapes of the American South.
Books recommended by Garrison Davis
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Labor in the South
Labor in the South by F.
Discussed“so I've I've also kind of supplemented some of the research that that Willie manderson did in that book with a few other books like race and racism in the United States by Charles A Gallagher and Cameron D liard as well as the book labor in the South by F Ray Marshall”
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Race and Racism in the United States [4 volumes]
Discussed“so I've I've also kind of supplemented some of the research that that Willie manderson did in that book with a few other books like race and racism in the United States by Charles A Gallagher and Cameron D liard as well as the book labor in the South by F Ray Marshall”
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Rethinking the color line : readings in race and ethnicity
Discussed“so I've I've also kind of supplemented some of the research that that Willie manderson did in that book with a few other books like race and racism in the United States by Charles A Gallagher and Cameron D liard as well as the book labor in the South by F Ray Marshall”
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The Wild Man from Sugar Creek
The Wild Man from Sugar Creek by William Anderson is a definitive biographical study of the flamboyant and controversial Georgia governor Eugene Talmage.
Discussed“and Jean biographer a guy named William Anderson from Athens Georgia refers to this period as the birth of cotton culture”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part One: America's First Fascist Governor | Behind the Bastards | 2024-10-08 | 6 |
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Steppenwolf's been pretty good but Step Steppenwolf's a fine novel but Hesse could never.”
“the kind of guys that he's super that Trump is kind of inspired by are sort of like a mix of kind of quasi-prosperity gospel dudes and like Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich kind of people”
“the kind of guys that he's super that Trump is kind of inspired by are sort of like a mix of kind of quasi-prosperity gospel dudes and like Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich kind of people”
“they they cite Black Swan so that's good”
“reading list I accidentally wound up on this but it includes how to hypnotize anyone”
“Confessions of a rogue hypnotist and then in brackets I have not read this book but this time what”
“Trump the art of the deal of course”