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Every book Oz Woloshyn recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Oz Woloshyn has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of November 4, 2025.
- Oz Woloshyn has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of November 4, 2025.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of November 4, 2025.
- The 3 books Oz Woloshyn has mentioned in the most episodes, as of November 4, 2025: Miami, The Grapes of Wrath and The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Oz Woloshyn aired on November 4, 2025.
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Oz Woloshyn appeared on the podcast Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to discuss various investigative and historical subjects. During his appearances, he referenced several notable books to provide context for complex geopolitical and social issues. He brought up John Steinbeck's classic novel The Grapes of Wrath to compare historical labor migration toward Juarez with the migration depicted in Steinbeck's work, emphasizing the heavy demand for labor driven by recruiter activity. Additionally, Woloshyn discussed Diana Washington Valdez's book The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women to highlight the non-random nature of the crimes in Juarez and to draw attention to the specific targeting of victims investigated by the reporter. Furthermore, Woloshyn brought up Joan Didion's book Miami to illustrate how geopolitical decisions made in Washington leave a residue on the board, specifically referencing the CIA's efforts to foment anti-Castro invasionary forces in Florida. Through these discussions, Woloshyn utilized literature and investigative texts to anchor his analysis of real-world history, reporting, and regional conflicts on the podcast.
Books Oz Woloshyn recommended or discussed
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Miami
Discussed“there's this brilliant um Joan Didion quote She Wrote This Book Miami about the basically the the cia's attempts to successful attempts to you know ferment the anti-castro invasionary forces in Miami and uh she has this line decisions taken in Washington from time to time leave a certain residue on the board”
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The Grapes of Wrath
Discussed“The factory started in Huarez in the in the '60s, but it was in the mid '9s after NAFTA was signed that they really boomed. And you had just this tremendous demand for labor. And a bit like during the the Grapes of Wrath time, there were recruiters going into the interior and saying, 'Come to Huare.'”
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The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women
Discussed“The reporter who's done the most work on this story is called Diana Washington Valdez and she wrote a book called The Killing Field, Harvest of Women. And her big point was these are not random victims.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASSIC: Interview Segment: Women of Juarez, with Oz Woloshyn | Stuff They Don't Want You To Know | 2025-11-04 | 2 |
| Silenced: The Radio Murders, with Oz Woloshyn | Stuff They Don't Want You To Know | 2023-06-07 | 1 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And actually, the reason our podcast is called Sleepwalkers is actually an illusion to World War I. Um, there's a very there's a very famous book by a historian called Christopher Clark called uh Sleepwalkers, how Europe stumbled into conflict, I think is the subtitle.”
“So, well, Tom Freriedman, the New York Times uh columnist uh who previously wrote uh a very good book in the in the '90s called From Beirut to Jerusalem, the history of the Middle East, is very interested in in climate change. And he traces the origins of the Syrian civil war back to uh famine, well, the rising climate”