Books Mentioned in This Podcast
The Dispossessed
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The Water Knife
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Mein Kampf
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Ramblin' Man
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Needful Things
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Blood Meridian
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Bad Boy
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It Was All a Dream
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The Lord of the Rings
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Works (Carrie / Night Shift / 'Salem's Lot / Shining)
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Mtg
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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
Buy on AmazonDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire—just throw Marjorie Taylor Greene's book in for like volume three of that [__] classic scholarly work! Yeah, see who notices!
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Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield
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Twilight
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Guerrilla leader
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The Art of War
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Setting the Desert on Fire
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The young T.E. Lawrence
Buy on AmazonUm, in the wonderful book The Young T.E. Lawrence, biographer Anthony Satin writes that Lawrence and his four brothers never, quote, 'had an unhappy or even an unsettled life.'
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Thank You for Smoking
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The Contrarian
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A thousand days
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Robert Kennedy and his times
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The Call of the Wild
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A State-by-State History of Race and Racism in the United States [2 volumes]
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Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf
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The Great Gatsby
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Where Am I Now?
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Where Am I Now?
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Where Am I Now?
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Camp des saints
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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
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A Gentle Introduction to Unqualified Reservations
Buy on AmazonHe begins disseminating his new thoughts on politics through his blog, in a series of essays called 'Unqualified Reservations,' aimed at garnering support for reorganizing society away from democracy and towards his vision of enlightened rule.
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Thomas Kinkade's Cape Light
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Dinotopia
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In Cold Blood
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Mussolini and Fascism
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Hillbilly Elegy
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The Fellowship of the Ring
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1984
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Patriots of Treason
Buy on AmazonNow, David wrote a book back in 2012 called Patriots of Treason. And the plot of this book, this is not the book we're covering this week, but you need to hear about it to get to that book.
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Barbara Walters
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RFK Jr
Buy on AmazonIn the book 'RFK Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream,' biographer Jerry Oppenheimer, who I do not like, tells this story. The 2008 thriller 'Snakes on a Plane' could have been based on an experience Bobby had as a kid when he took a sack of his pet reptiles on a flight from Washington National to LaGuardia in New York.
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After the Revolution
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The Sexual Politics of Meat
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The Sexual Politics of Meat
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Ten stupid things women do to mess up their lives
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Girl, Wash Your Face
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Dr. Laura
Buy on AmazonAnd she is the author of Dr. Laura: The Unauthorized Biography—a revealing look at the hidden life of radio phenomenon Dr. Laura Schlesinger—which for reasons I cannot explain has an anarchist flag as its background!
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After the Revolution
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Berlin Games
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Berlin Games
Buy on AmazonIn his book, Berlin Games, Guy Walters writes: 'Kutin was almost regarded as Christ, and Ballet Lure, who is like his second in the Olympic Committee, as his disciple.'
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Web of deceit
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Island of shame
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Web of deceit
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Notes on the state of Virginia
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Notes on the state of Virginia
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Notes on the state of Virginia
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Far From the Madding Crowd
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
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Jefferson and his time
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Notes on the state of Virginia
Buy on AmazonNo, at all. Yeah. Malone goes on to quote another line from Notes on the State of Virginia, which he describes as perhaps the most erudite summary of the evil of slavery: And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God, that they are not to be violated, but with his wrath?
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American Sphinx
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American Sphinx
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American Sphinx
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American Sphinx
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Notes on the state of Virginia
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In the spirit of Crazy Horse
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American Sphinx
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American Sphinx
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American Sphinx
Buy on AmazonNow the whole point of that book by Ellis, 'American Sphinx,' the reason he calls it 'American Sphinx' is that Jefferson is really hard to pin down about this and other stuff.
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Chemistry
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God and the IRS
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The autobiography of a race horse
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Lord of Flies
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Turner Diaries (Audio)
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Unsafe at any speed
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Sapling Cage
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Dr. Spock's baby and child care
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To train up a child
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Sapling Cage
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Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf
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Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
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Blink
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Study Guide
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The undying legion
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Beria
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On Stalin's team
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Wealth & poverty
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Episode: Part Two: How Conservatism Won | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
The Conscience of a Conservative
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The Fountainhead
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Episode: Part One: How Conservatism Won | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Unsafe at any speed
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Gone Girl
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Episode: Part Two: The Dennis the Menace Creator was a Shockingly Bad Man | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
After the Revolution
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The One Device
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Episode: Part Four: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Infinite Loop
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Episode: Part Four: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Small Fry
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Episode: Part Three: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Small Fry
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Small Fry
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Steve Jobs
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After the Revolution
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Episode: Part Two: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Robert E. Lee
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Episode: Part One: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
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Episode: Part Two: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Fifty Shades of Grey
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Episode: Part Two: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Cloud Atlas
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Episode: Part Two: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Episode: Part One: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Episode: Part Three: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult? | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Episode: Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult? | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
The Teachings of Don Juan
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Episode: Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult? | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
The Teachings of Don Juan
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Raw Dog
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None dare call it conspiracy
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Episode: Part Two: John Schmitz: The First Trump | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
None dare call it conspiracy
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Suburban Warriors
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Episode: Part One: How Orange County Incubated American Fascism | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Suburban Warriors
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Rolph Scarlett
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Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1859-1941
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Episode: Part Two: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
The radium girls
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Episode: Part Two: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
A drink with Shane MacGowan
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Episode: Part Two: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Mein Kampf
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Episode: Part Two: Lord Aspinall: The Gambling King of London | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
The Last King of Scotland
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Episode: CZM Rewind: The British Super-Soldier Who Killed A Nation | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
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Episode: Part One:The Deadliest Workplace Disaster in U.S. History | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Dune
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Ivanhoe
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The way of the iceman
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Episode: Part Two: Wim Hof's Surprisingly Deadly Story | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
The way of the iceman
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Episode: Part One: Wim Hof's Surprisingly Deadly Story | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
The way of the iceman
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Episode: Part One: Wim Hof's Surprisingly Deadly Story | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Episode: Part One: Wim Hof's Surprisingly Deadly Story | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Episode: Part One: Wim Hof's Surprisingly Deadly Story | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Episode: Part Two: Behind the Swastika | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
It
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Blood Meridian
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Blood Meridian
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Blood Meridian
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Autobiography of a Yogi
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Episode: Part Two: The First American Yoga Cult Leader | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Episode: Part Two: The First American Yoga Cult Leader | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei
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Episode: Part Two: The First American Yoga Cult Leader | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
A Quiet Flame
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Episode: Part Two: Josef Mengele & The Nazi Doctors | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Mengele
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Episode: Part Two: Josef Mengele & The Nazi Doctors | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
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Raw Dog
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