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Every book Scott Payne recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Scott Payne appears on, in one place — not just one.
Scott Payne is a former FBI undercover agent who has appeared on programs such as The Shawn Ryan Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, and This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von to discuss his undercover casework and investigations into extremist groups. Across these podcast appearances, Payne has repeatedly discussed and analyzed James Mason's book Siege. He described the text as a weird collection of articles and interviews shoved together by a longtime white supremacist, identifying it as a foundational extremist manifesto that outlines tactical approaches for accelerationist white supremacist groups like Atomwaffen. In addition to discussing James Mason's book, Payne appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to discuss Joe Pistone's book Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business. During this discussion, he explained how Pistone and a former agent with a background in clinical psychology developed the undercover safeguard process for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, highlighting Pistone's famous historical undercover work within organized crime structures.
Books recommended by Scott Payne
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Siege
James Mason's Siege is a notorious collection of radical newsletters and articles that promotes accelerationist white supremacist ideology and guerrilla tactics.
Discussed“There's a book called Siege by James Mason. He's a long-time white supremacist.”
Where to get it
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Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business
Discussed“Um, but the safeguard process was created by Joe Pone, Donnie Brasco. It was created by Joe and a and a former agent who was back his background was a clinical psychologist, Steve Ban.”
Where to get it
Books Scott Payne wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #331 Scott Payne - FBI Undercover Agent Reveals the Most Disturbing Cases of His Career | The Shawn Ryan Show | 2026-08-17 | 3 |
| #674 - Scott Payne | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von | 2026-08-10 | 1 |
| #2295 - Scott Payne | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2025-03-27 | 3 |
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He graciously he did a blurb on the book, too.”
“And then uh and then I landed an undercover, which I don't really talk about in the book cuz it's classified.”
“In the book, I make a a joke uh cuz I call them a gentleman's club, but then I say that's an oxymoron cuz like everyone I've been in, there's not a lot of gentlemen in there”
“I go into great detail in the book, but I for three years I had been doing too much.”
“And uh again, way more detail in the book, but the thing that the thing that happened to me was”
“Tell everybody the book. Uh the book is Codeename Pailhorse. Uh and it's how I went undercover to expose America's Nazis.”
“Uh the book is Codeename Pailhorse. Uh and it's how I went undercover to expose America’s Nazis. Uh but it's not just white supremacy. It's got the outlaws. It's got personal stuff, the life.”