Every book Maggie Freleng recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Maggie Freleng

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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   Oblivion

   Oblivion

   Harry J. Maihafer · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “fast forward in 1996, a book comes out called Oblivion, and it cites a CIA operative as its source who claims that Richard Cox did work in the intelligence field in Europe during the Cold War.”

   Stuff They Don't Want You To Know Interview: Up and Vanished Weekly, with Maggie Freleng 2025-04-11 ▶ Play 49:53

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible
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   Playing Dead

   Elizabeth Greenwood · Discussed · 1 episode

   Playing Dead by Elizabeth Greenwood is an investigative non-fiction book that explores the bizarre and complex phenomenon of pseudocide, or faking one's own death.

   Discussed

   “years ago, I interviewed this woman, Elizabeth Greenwood, and she wrote a book about faking your own death cuz she was like, 'I need to know if this is possible.' We we did. We talked to her as well, didn't we, Matt? What was the book called? Oh, Ben's a big fan of it. I think it's called Playing Dead.”

   Stuff They Don't Want You To Know Interview: Up and Vanished Weekly, with Maggie Freleng 2025-04-11 Listen at 36:25

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible

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