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Every book Jamie Loftus recommended on podcasts
Jamie Loftus is a comedian, writer, and podcaster who is best known for her investigative narrative podcasts and her work on Behind the Bastards. On Behind the Bastards, Loftus has recommended and discussed various literary and historical texts. She promoted interviews featuring author Carol J. Adams and her book The Sexual Politics of Meat, highlighting the online harassment Adams faced for her work. Alongside these recommendations, Loftus has brought up several books to provide context, humor, or literary origins for her personal stories and discussions. She corrected co-hosts on ancient texts by identifying The Epic of Gilgamesh, mentioned reading the werewolf romance novel The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate, and discussed Dino Buzzati's The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily as the literary inspiration for one of her tattoos. Furthermore, she engaged in segments examining contemporary political literature, such as reviewing the physical appearance of Marjorie Taylor Greene's MTG: The Story of America First while contrasting it with critical commentary on other political memoirs.
Books recommended by Jamie Loftus
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The Sexual Politics of Meat
The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J.
Recommended“with Carol J Adams author of um the sexual politics of meat who was harassed and doxed for weeks and like an entire Summer by rash Limba back in the day”
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The Blind Side
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a bestselling non-fiction book that examines the evolution of football strategy alongside the complex micro and macro narratives of its subjects, and which famously inspired a major film adaptation.
Discussed“So, in the in the intervening days, I've talked about the Michael Lewis of it all with a couple different people just to see if I was like if if if I had just missed something, but every single person I talked to, I found had a similar experience to me where they did not know that he wrote The”
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Mtg: The Story of America First
Discussed“I can say that just by looking at the cover I can tell that you have never opened that book just I I I I've opened it once to uh show uh a couple of our friends how cursed her signature is”
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The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
Discussed“This is from a book called The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily. Oh, nice. They take over Sicily by force.”
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The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
Discussed“This is from a book called The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily. Oh, nice. They take over Sicily by force.”
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The big short
The big short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account that explores the housing market collapse and the traders who profited from the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussed“and he would need to course correct on the Michael Lewis in the first place for how he directed The Big Short”
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem that follows the adventures of the historical king of Uruk.
Discussed“Uh, you're talking about the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh.”
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The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate
Discussed“Here is the name of the book that I read part of, The Tyrant Alphas Rejected Mate, which is one word too many, but it's got 3.8.”
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Books Jamie Loftus wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Check out my book, Raw Dog, The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs. And it's in paperback now, so it doesn't cost as much money.”
“Uh, my book, Raw Dog, The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, just came out in paperback”
“it's about uh hot dogs it's called raw dog it is out in hard cover now it'll be out in paperback next year”
“you buy my book raw dog which is about hot dogs”
“Uh, you can—what else can you do? You can buy my book, Raw Dog, which is about hot dogs!”
“Well, cuz yeah, they were like, yeah, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, The Big Short.”
“Buy a copy of Raw Dog. It's my book about hot dogs. And if you don't like hot dogs, the title's funny and I think that's, you know, about 60% of the purchases I've gotten have been off that alone.”
“I think uh ilium and Olympus uh okay I forget the name of the author”