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Every book Ryan Grim recommended on podcasts
Ryan Grim’s most recommended books
- Black Reconstruction in America by W. E. B. Du Bois
- Obsolete by Garrison Lovely
- Feminism against Progress by Mary Harrington
- If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer
- Billion Dollar Whale by Bradley Hope, Tom Wright
- Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room by N. Hawkins
- Profits of War by Ari Ben-Menashe
Ryan Grim discussed and recommended several books across episodes of Breaking Points. He recommended Garrison Lovely's Obsolete, encouraging listeners to pre-order and read the book regardless of where they stand on the debate it covers. He also recommended Mary Harrington's Feminism against Progress as a good holiday book recommendation while discussing historical perspectives on women working and home life. On behalf of a co-host, he encouraged listeners to purchase Refaat Alareer's poetry and prose collection If I Must Die to support his surviving family. Among the books he discussed, Grim mentioned Ari Ben-Menashe's Prophets of War, noting that he and a co-host were currently reading it, and Bradley Hope and Tom Wright's Billion Dollar Whale while talking about the 1MDB financial scandal in Malaysia. Furthermore, he brought up W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction in America to cite a speech referencing Du Bois's arguments about the collapse of the Confederacy and the institution of slavery.
Books recommended by Ryan Grim
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Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America by W.
Discussed“In his 1935 book, Black Reconstruction in America, Du Bois famously argued that a key reason why the Confederacy collapsed and the institution of slavery with it was because when Union soldiers arrived in the South, Black Americans, as Du Bois put it, left the plantations and led a general strike.”
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Obsolete
Obsolete by Garrison Lovely is a non-fiction book exploring critical debates and scary incidents surrounding artificial intelligence.
Recommended“Garrison Lovely, the author of the new book, which is out in a couple of weeks, Obsolete is joining us now to discuss that.”
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Feminism against Progress
Feminism against Progress by Mary Harrington is a critical analysis arguing that the sexual revolution and modern progressive feminism have ultimately harmed women by dismantling traditional family structures and reducing human value to economic productivity.
Recommended“It's a good Christmas book recommendation. Feminism against progress by Mary Harrington. She goes into some of this.”
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If I Must Die
If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer is a posthumously published collection of poetry and prose by the late Palestinian writer, featuring works that deeply resonate with themes of resilience, loss, and familial love.
Recommended“where she encouraged everyone to buy Rat aer's book of poetry and Pros which came out yesterday called if I must die you”
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Billion Dollar Whale
'Billion Dollar Whale' by Bradley Hope and Tom Wright investigates the staggering multi-billion-dollar 1MDB financial scandal orchestrated by Malaysian financier Jho Low.
Discussed“The book about it called The Billion Dollar Whale. I've done some reporting on it over the years, right?”
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Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room
Discussed“If you've seen the movie Boiler Room um that's exactly what I was doing. Um the the place was like had been mob owned like a month before I got there.”
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Profits of War
Discussed“As you're learning in this book that um Emily and I are both reading now, Prophets of War by Ari Ben Manashe. Um Barack comes up there in a bunch.”
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Appearances
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He, she's the co-host of the podcast Death Panel and the co-author of the book Health Communism.”
“And Stephen Kinzer's seminal book on the subject sites our own Ryan Grim here.”
“There was that book, how to blow up a pipeline? He just elected Trump. He blew up them all.”
“Didn't Barney Frank come out this week? Crystal, you might know this, too, and say, Yeah, I just saw the headline. and he's like dying and decided to as his last act on earth to release some book bashing the left talking about how pushing which is which is actually leg perfect legacy for him to be honest with you.”
“And so in in my book The Squad um I interviewed a lot of AOC's staff members who who said that very early 2019.”
“In my book, The Squad, I interviewed a lot of AOC's staff members who said very early in 2019 that this was a fundamental question facing her as she came into office: would she try to get along with her colleagues and move up the ranks of the Democratic Party, building power that way, and then use that power for”