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Every book Mike Benz recommended on podcasts
Across 4 podcasts. Every show Mike Benz appears on, in one place — not just one.
Mike Benz’s most recommended books
- Operation Gladio by Paul L. Williams
- Dark Alliance by Gary Webb
- Visas for Al Qaeda by J. Michael Springmann
- Gilligan: The Mob Boss Who Changed the Face of Organized Crime by Paul Williams
- From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
- Nudge by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
- The Big Guy by Miranda Devine
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Perry Moore
- The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp
Mike Benz appeared on episodes of Timcast IRL and The Joe Rogan Experience, where he recommended and discussed various non-fiction books focusing on intelligence agencies, covert operations, and historical political scandals. During his podcast appearances, Benz recommended J. Michael Springmann's Visas for Al Qaeda to illustrate intelligence staffing within State Department consulates during the 9/11 era. He also recommended Paul L. Williams's Operation Gladio as further reading on the historical nexus and funding relationships connecting the Vatican Bank, intelligence agencies, and organized crime. Additionally, Benz referenced Gary Webb's Dark Alliance during conversations concerning CIA involvement in drug trafficking networks. In discussions, he brought up Seth Harp's The Fort Bragg Cartel while talking about investigations into soldier deaths and military drug running, and he mentioned Andreas Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline when addressing nonviolent action and property damage. Across these episodes, Benz consistently used these titles to support his arguments regarding historical government operations and deep state activities.
Books recommended by Mike Benz
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Operation Gladio
Operation Gladio by Paul L.
Recommended“There's a great book on this by Paul Williams. I think it was published in 2017. It's called Operation Gladadio, the CIA, the Vatican, and the mob.”
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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“We went through this scandal in the 1980s and 1990s famously with Gary Webb the uh journalist who published Dark Alliance about the role of the CIA in in drug trafficking.”
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Visas for Al Qaeda
Visas for Al Qaeda by J.
Recommended“Have you Have you ever read uh Michael Springman, the uh visa chief um in the the State Department consulate at the time who was surrounded 75% of the staff was CIA, wrote this book called Visas for Terrorists uh about that whole that whole affair.”
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Gilligan: The Mob Boss Who Changed the Face of Organized Crime
Gilligan: The Mob Boss Who Changed the Face of Organized Crime by Paul Williams is a biographical and historical examination of underworld figures and criminal enterprises.
Recommended“There's a great book on this by Paul Williams. I think it was published in 2017. It's called Operation Gladadio, the CIA, the Vatican, and the mob.”
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From Dictatorship to Democracy
Discussed“They recruited Gene Sharp. They got $50 million in Pentagon funding to develop a the playbook that they now call from dictatorship to democracy.”
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a controversial nonfiction book that argues for the strategic use of property destruction and militant direct action to combat climate change.
Discussed“So she's asked her opinion about the book How to Blow Up a Pipeline and whether or not it's okay to blow up pipelines.”
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Nudge
Nudge by Richard H.
Discussed“then he then quickly thereafter he writes a book called nudge nudge is basically basically the Holy Bible for the the censorship industry”
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The Big Guy
The Big Guy by Miranda Devine is a journalistic investigative work that examines allegations of political corruption and the financial dealings surrounding the Biden family and Burisma.
Discussed“all this stuff is is uh you know well documented in Miranda divine's book the big guy”
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.
Discussed“I mean the analogy I I give here is like The Lion The Witch in the wardrobe you know The Chronicles of Narnia where there's this whole Cinematic Universe”
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The Fort Bragg Cartel
The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp is an investigative non-fiction book that exposes drug trafficking, murder, and corruption within the United States military's special forces community.
Discussed“In what is it describes as a quote fiercely sought-after deal, HBO has nabbed the rights to develop the non-fiction book, The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces by investigative journalist and military veteran Seth Harp uh who recently appeared on uh Tucker Carlson Democracy Now and and laid this out. Also has this new”
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.
Discussed“I mean the analogy I I give here is like The Lion The Witch in the wardrobe you know The Chronicles of Narnia where there's this whole Cinematic Universe”
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War Is a Racket
War Is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a concise and blistering critique of military profiteering written by a retired United States Marine Corps Major General who exposed how armed conflicts primarily serve corporate and financial interests.
Discussed“So I mean this is what war is a racket was about. If you know the smmedley Butler 1936 you know book about how you know all the major multinational corporations were on the take for World War I.”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I mean the analogy I I give here is like The Lion The Witch in the wardrobe you know The Chronicles of Narnia where there's this whole Cinematic Universe you're living in this house and you there's this closet in the back of the you know of a wardrobe and if you never walk through it you never see that”