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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know book list: the books mentioned on the show
The most mentioned books on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know are 1984 (9 episodes), Chariots of the Gods? (7 episodes) and The Gift of Fear (6 episodes), and the most recommended book is The Gift of Fear (6 episodes). We have logged 585 books across 379 episodes from 29 people on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, through November 4, 2026.
Key facts
- 585 books have been mentioned on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, as of November 4, 2026.
- 379 episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know mention at least one book, as of November 4, 2026.
- 29 people brought up a book on the show, as of November 4, 2026.
- The 3 books mentioned in the most episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, as of November 4, 2026: 1984, Chariots of the Gods? and The Gift of Fear.
- The latest episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know with a book mention aired on November 4, 2026.
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Questions about books mentioned on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
What books were mentioned most on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know?
The most mentioned books on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know are 1984 by George Orwell (9 episodes), Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken (7 episodes), The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker (6 episodes), The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (6 episodes) and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (5 episodes), out of 585 books across 379 episodes, as of November 4, 2026.
What is the most recommended book on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know?
The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker is the most recommended book on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, recommended in 6 episodes, as of November 4, 2026.
What books were mentioned on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know this year?
In 2026, 45 books came up on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, led by Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (2 episodes), 1984 by George Orwell (2 episodes), Absolute Batman: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder (1 episode), Dark Nights: Metal by Scott Snyder (1 episode) and Foundations of Geopolitics: the Geopolitical Future of Russia by Alexander Dugin (1 episode), as of November 4, 2026.
Who recommends the most books on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know?
Ben Bowlin has recommended the most books on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, with 112 books recommended across 108 episodes, as of November 4, 2026.
Most mentioned on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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1984
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, hosts Ben Bowlin and Matt Frederick repeatedly referenced George Orwell's 1984 to examine government surveillance, post-truth politics, propaganda, and digital ownership issues such as Kindle book removals. The hosts used elements from the novel—including telescreens and Emanuel Goldstein's two-minute hate—to draw parallels between dystopian fiction and modern technological and political realities, with one host remarking that it is hard not to see contemporary comparisons.
Discussed“The very first book illegally unfairly pulled off the Amazon Kindle was indeed 1984. Boom. By George Orwell.”
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Chariots of the Gods?
Erich von Däniken's book Chariots of the Gods? was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in connection with ancient astronaut theories, the author's passing, and hip-hop culture references. Ben Bowlin and Matt Frederick noted that the book popularized ancient alien theories in 1968, discussed its original question mark punctuation, and debated whether it was published as a factual account or speculative reading, with Bowlin describing it as an engaging but inaccurate read.
Discussed“It's uh it's it's the author of Chariots of the Gods, a a formative figure in our young lives. Uh honestly, uh part of the inspiration for the show, Eric von Danakin.”
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The Gift of Fear
Gavin De Becker's The Gift of Fear was repeatedly recommended as a must-read on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know between 2023 and 2025. Ben Bowlin and co-hosts frequently highlighted the book to emphasize the importance of human intuition, recognizing unconscious danger signals, and trusting one's gut instincts.
Recommended“Gavin Debecker's excellent book we always recommend, The Gift of Fear. It is a must- readad whether or not you believe in quantum entanglement of your brain throughout time.”
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The Jungle
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the hosts frequently referenced Upton Sinclair's The Jungle when discussing government regulations, food safety standards, and consumer protections. The hosts and Ben Bowlin highlighted the book as a primary motivating factor behind the creation of the FDA, drawing parallels between historical exposés of Chicago stockyards and modern revelations in the meatpacking industry.
Discussed“Nupton Sinclair was 100% right. There's a reason that we mention him so often.”
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Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari's book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Host Matt and Ben Bowlin recommended the book as a fantastic and intelligent read on human history and evolution. Noel Brown also mentioned the graphic novel version of Sapiens to thank Ben Bowlin for gifting it to him and Matt.
Discussed“Just a quick shout out to you yourself, Mr. Benolan. You uh gifted both Matt Frederick and myself a lovely graphic novel version of the book Sapiens.”
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The Foundations of Geopolitics
Aleksandr Dugin's book The Foundations of Geopolitics was brought up on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know by co-host Ben Bowlin across multiple episodes between late 2024 and early 2026. Bowlin referenced the text as a guiding manual for Russian disinformation and geopolitical manipulation, discussing its role as a strategic blueprint for influence and examining its parallels with current international policies and political movements.
Discussed“And for the record, uh, that project 2025 stuff is heavily plagiarized from the foundations of geopolitics by Alexander Dugan. Look it up.”
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Watchmen
Ben Bowlin brought up Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's graphic novel Watchmen across multiple episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. In November 2025 and March 2024, he compared the premise of manufacturing a global threat to Project Blue Beam, and in May 2024, he referenced it alongside a speech by Ozymandias to discuss automation. In February 2023, he used it to describe orchestrated alien threats. Additionally, Matt Frederick referenced Watchmen in April 2023 to discuss themes of accountability and the phrase "who watches the watchers."
Discussed“And and the basic idea uh [laughter] is is pretty much the the scenario that played out in in Watchmen. If you've if you've ever read the comic or watched the the movie that came back in the day or the scenario that was alluded to very much so in the new HBO series of the Watchmen”
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Atlas of Remote Islands
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin frequently recommended Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky as one of his absolute favorite books. He brought it up across various episodes when discussing remote locations and specific islands such as Ascension Island, Diego Garcia, and North Sentinel Island. In a later episode, Bowlin humorously noted that repeatedly mentioning the book on the show had unfortunately caused it to go out of publication and become relatively unaffordable.
Recommended“And I love that you're pointing this out, Matt, because we want this to be exactly the same kind of misstep that we made earlier when we kept shouting out one of my favorite books, The Atlas of Remote Islands, which now is out of publication and relatively unaffordable.”
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Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman's book Einstein's Dreams was repeatedly recommended by Ben Bowlin on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. In January 2026, Bowlin described it as a phenomenal and short read by an MIT professor while discussing time and intuition, repeating a similar recommendation a few days earlier regarding the nature of time. Bowlin also shouted out the book in May 2025 and recommended it in January 2025 while exploring concepts of dreams and high-level ideas.
Recommended“We want to shout out a phenomenal book by an MIT professor named Alan Lightiteman. It's called Einstein's Dreams. We've mentioned it before. You guys remember this one? It's a real short book. It's a great read.”
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The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson came up in several episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Ben Bowlin referenced the work while discussing secret societies, the Illuminati, and concepts of social hacking. Additionally, the host highlighted the fiction trilogy as a fantastic work that depicts practices reminiscent of projects like MKUltra, and mentioned it when discussing whether ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic alterations were meant to change context.
Recommended“Are you familiar? And have you read the Illuminati trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson? And by his other pal, also named Robert?”
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American Gods
Neil Gaiman's book American Gods came up across multiple episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Ben Bowlin and other hosts mentioned the novel when discussing mythological entities like jinn, exploring how European migrants brought their folklore to the Americas, and comparing secret factions of gods on earth to reptilian conspiracy theories. Additionally, a host praised the book and its television adaptation, while Matt brought it up to illustrate how authors creatively personify ancient myths into modern characters.
Discussed“this is a big part of the U narrative American Gods by Neil Gaiman right I'm leaning on fiction a lot here”
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Pet Sematary
Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary was referenced multiple times on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. In May 2023 and May 2024, Matt and Ben Bowlin discussed the book while exploring eerie sounds, subterranean legends, and tales of creatures returning from the dead, noting that King considers it his most terrifying work and keeps it hidden in a drawer. Matt also referenced the sour soil from the novel in August 2023 to describe radioactive waste conditions at Hunters Point. A listener named sausage McMuffin later recommended both the book and its film adaptation in June 2024.
Recommended“um the scariest part for me in the movie Pet Cemetery was and always will be Zelda has always taken the cake and just now thinking about Zelda in that bedroom is giving me the heie gie and uh for any of you people out there that haven't watched the movie or read the book um do yourself a favor”
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was referenced on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know across several episodes. Matt Frederick highlighted the novel in What was the Ludlow Massacre? Chapter One: The Colorado Coal Rush to illustrate the struggles of workers facing corporate structures, a theme the host also touched upon in Crime on the Rails. Ben Bowlin brought up the book in The Great US Brain Drain to discuss historical mass migration, and Oz Woloshyn referenced it in the interview segment on the Women of Juarez to compare historical labor migration trends to those depicted in John Steinbeck's novel.
Discussed“So, the Okeis is a term we're shouting out the book uh Grapes of Wrath uh which examines the mass migration of people from Oklahoma who were called Okeis in a porative way by the media of the time.”
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11/22/63
Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 was discussed across multiple episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know by hosts Ben Bowlin and Matt Frederick. The hosts brought up the book while exploring the JFK assassination, conspiracy theories, and the television adaptation. They noted that they learned a great deal of historical information from the novel and cited it to illustrate the concept of time travel and whether a character could successfully prevent the assassination of President Kennedy.
Discussed“112263. You know, we talked about comedians and satists and science fiction and stuff. So many amazing ways that folks like that who maybe you wouldn't immediately think can really shed light on this stuff. I learned a lot of this stuff from that book.”
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy was referenced on multiple episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Ben Bowlin brought up the character Judge Holden to illustrate technological breakthroughs in war and to compare figures like Yevgeny Prigozhin to the violent character, as well as citing the book alongside No Country for Old Men. Additionally, Ben Bowlin and Matt discussed McCarthy's novel and its long-standing reputation as an unfilmable book.
Discussed“You know, Judge Holden from Blood Meridian nailed it. Horrible guy, but very smart. He was right.”
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Brave New World
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was referenced on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know by Ben Bowlin and Matt. The hosts brought up the novel during discussions on societal dependency, addiction, the ethical implications of artificial gestation technology, and the fictional drug soma in relation to historical tombs, as well as the rise of artificial intelligence.
Discussed“However, Aldis Huxley did write Brave New World, right? It's the Pepsi to the Coca-Cola of Orwell's 1984.”
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Mysteries of the unknown
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, host Ben Bowlin repeatedly referenced the Time-Life book series Mysteries of the Unknown. Bowlin brought up the books as a fond childhood memory that he still enjoys rereading, and he specifically highlighted a test inside the series regarding alien hybrid ancestry during discussions on strange news and speculative claims.
Discussed“Do you guys remember Mysteries of the Unknown, the time-life books? Yes, of course. I do. That was not in my upbringing. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. No, I don't remember those.”
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know featured John Perkins's book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man across multiple episodes between 2024 and 2025. Ben Bowlin recommended the book while discussing global currency, power dynamics, debt, and economic collapses such as the situation in Venezuela, highlighting the text as a revealing look at how the U.S. economy and dollar are maintained globally.
Recommended“We've read Confessions of an Economic Hitman, a fantastic book.”
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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
Ben Bowlin referenced Harlan Ellison's short story collection on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know as a vivid science-fiction comparison to the Roko's basilisk thought experiment and as another fictional example of an evil artificial intelligence.
Recommended“But again, folks, I have no mouth, yet I must scream is probably one of the best sci-fi illustrations of exactly what you were proposing here, Big Cheese.”
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Seveneves
Neal Stephenson's novel Seveneves was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. A host recommended the phenomenal survival story, highlighting its famous opening line about the moon exploding as a connection to an asteroid topic, while Ben Bowlin brought up the book to illustrate how science fiction explores surviving global cataclysms.
Recommended“And if you love books like we do, please check out the phenomenal the phenomenal story Seven Eves. It's a novel by just a fantastic author named Stephvenson. And the first line is one of my favorites in most of Western literature. It it starts with I kid you not. The first line is something like for no apparent reason”
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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Carol F. Karlsen's book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman came up across multiple episodes. Ben Bowlin recommended the 1987 book in October 2023 to provide insight into Puritan history and witchcraft accusations in early America. Matt Frederick and other hosts later referenced Karlsen's work in May and September 2024 to examine gender dynamics, social hierarchies, and historical accounts surrounding the Salem Witch Trials.
Recommended“There's a fantastic book called, uh, Devil in the Shape of a Woman that looks at this practice in the Salem Witch Trials.”
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Foundations of Geopolitics: the Geopolitical Future of Russia
Alexander Dugin's Foundations of Geopolitics was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Ben Bowlin brought up the book to illustrate Russian hybrid warfare and disinformation strategies, while a host recommended reading it when discussing theories about the United States being undermined from within.
Recommended“One, the best way to put it is everybody should, again, read Foundations of Geopolitics by Alexander Dugan. This is another example for anybody who believes that the United States is being purposely destroyed from within.”
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Good Omens
Ben Bowlin brought up the book on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know as an example of stories featuring secret sects working to bring about the Antichrist, while also contrasting the novel with its television adaptation.
Discussed“There's a bunch of other ones that you can read where sometimes it's Satan or the devil or whatever walking side by side with God somehow, having a conversation, much like, Ben, what is that great Neil Gaiman book that became a series?”
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Nameless
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, hosts Ben Bowlin and Matt Frederick discussed Grant Morrison's comic book Nameless. The hosts recommended the space-themed horror fiction and noted connections between the book's narrative and topics like the Anian language.
Discussed“Also, Nameless is another good one for this, and I know you love like Nameless. Nameless is an age appropriate buddy comedy in space for everyone.”
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Sinners in the hands of an angry God.
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced Jonathan Edwards's sermon and work Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God in multiple episodes. In October 2023, Bowlin recommended the text to illustrate the religious mentality of New England during the Salem witch trials. Earlier in 2023, he compared the fire and brimstone style of early American works and televangelist influences to Edwards's famous piece.
Recommended“Another book recommendation you want to see the mentality of where a lot of these folks were coming from not just in Salem but in New England overall check out sinners in the hands of an angry God. That is man the way it's written still I totally disagree by the way and I I hope if you're hearing this”
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The Black Monday Murders, Vol. 1
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin brought up the graphic novel The Black Monday Murders, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman while discussing the biblical concept of Mammon as a placeholder for the antagonist. Matt Frederick also mentioned the comic series on the podcast, joking about historical conversions and storytelling, and later referencing the work to compare FIFA president Sepp Blatter to a sacrificial figure within the inner circle of the story.
Recommended“Black Monday Murders. They they use Mammon a lot in there as a a placeholder for The Big Bad, right?”
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The Golden Bough
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced James George Frazer's The Golden Bough in episodes from late 2023 through December 2024. Bowlin discussed the 1890 work while exploring comparative religion, mythology, the origin story of Jesus, and winter solstice traditions. He recommended the seminal folklore text and cited Frazer alongside figures like Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell when analyzing primal archetypes and symbolic storytelling in the works of Stanley Kubrick.
Discussed“George Frasier uh the golden bow is nuts it it was first published in 1890 and it's talking about a lot of the same things and it still holds up because Frasier was largely correct”
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma was featured on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Ben Bowlin recommended the book as a resource for exploring vegetarianism and dietary choices, referenced Pollan's insights on how corn colonized the human diet, and brought it up during listener mail segments regarding food sustainability.
Discussed“but we do have a Continuing Story regarding the great debate of what Michael pollen calls the omnivores Dilemma to eat”
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The Three-Body Problem
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the hosts discussed Cixin Liu's novel The Three-Body Problem across several episodes in 2024. Ben Bowlin recommended reading the book while discussing the Dark Forest Theory, while co-host Matt referenced the novel's fictional concepts to compare the secretive nature of human thought to the book's wallfacers. The hosts also mentioned the book series when exploring the background of its Netflix adaptation and corporate intellectual property.
Recommended“incorporating What's called the Dark Forest Theory shout out three body problem and then it's time to finish that it's worth it”
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was referenced on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know by Ben Bowlin. Bowlin used the novel in multiple episodes to discuss time travel, legendary wizards, and to compare Erich von Däniken's genuine belief in his theories to a character attempting to determine if Merlin could perform actual magic.
Discussed“It does feel like he believed it or maybe he was Merlin in Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. remember where the unnamed protagonist, the Yankee, sees some guy who thinks he's doing magic and has that moment where he says, "Holy crap, this guy actually Merlin actually believes that he can do spells."”
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail
The book Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln was referenced across multiple episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in 2024. The hosts discussed its speculation regarding the painter Poussin and the Priory of Sion, mentioned interviewing the daughter of one of the authors, and noted that they had previously dedicated an entire episode to the title due to its popularity within conspiracy circles.
Discussed“In 1982, the author of a book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail speculated that the painter you had mentioned earlier, uh, Poussin, was a member of what's called the Priory of Sion! And we remember we interviewed, uh, the daughter of one of the authors; Vent was her last name, I believe! Uh, fascinating story!”
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Missing 411
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin and the show's host discussed the book Missing 411 by David Paulides and Chris Williams. David Paulides appeared on the podcast to discuss the origins of the book series, commonalities and profile points established across his works, and the total scope of the Missing 411 publications.
Discussed“Professor Brian KS uh who talked about the zon to death and Yellowstone and David pitus uh from Missing 411”
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Chaos
Tom O'Neill's book Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties was featured on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Co-host Ben Bowlin and a listener named Full Body Taste introduced the 2019 book, noting its controversial nature and how it explores potential CIA connections to Charles Manson. The podcast hosts discussed the unique background of the book, explaining that it is the culmination of decades of research by O'Neill as he investigated inconsistencies in the official narrative surrounding the Manson Family.
Book club“Once you know book club, there's a book that came out in 2019 that Matt captured our attention.Oh yes.It is titled 'Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the 60s.'”
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Lazarus
Ben Bowlin recommended the graphic novel Lazarus on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to illustrate a dystopian future where a corporate-run global government and elites control workers in a post-apocalyptic society.
Recommended“Do check out the graphic novel series Lazarus and Lazarus Risen if you want to see what a post-apocalyptic world like that would.”
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Perfume
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin brought up Patrick Süskind's novel Perfume in the episode Pheromones vs. Humans, noting that a friend of the show, Matt Riddle, had recommended it to him. Bowlin described it as a dark and fascinating read dealing with themes related to the episode. Additionally, in the earlier episode Are Vibes Real?, the host mentioned the novel and its film adaptation, recommending that the audience read or watch the story of murder.
Discussed“Are y'all familiar with a novel that I believe was called uh Perfume? Yes, I love it. Recommended to me by Matt Riddle, friend of the show.”
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Propaganda
Edward L. Bernays's book 'Propaganda' was recommended by Ben Bowlin on two episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. On October 1, 2024, in 'My Momma Told Me, With Langston Kerman and David Gborie,' Bowlin suggested the book online as a strong starting point for exploring public relations strategies. He recommended it again on September 3, 2025, in 'Your News Agency or the CIA: The Story of Operation Mockingbird,' calling it an accessible breakout work on the subject.
Recommended“I like to recommend for anybody who hasn't read him before uh checking out crystallizing public opinion and of course his breakout banger, the single in his uh if his work is an album, the book simply titled Propaganda.”
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Rats
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin recommended Rats by Robert Sullivan. Discussing urban wildlife and animal intelligence, Bowlin praised the book for its fascinating focus on the history and habitat of rats in New York City.
Recommended“There's an awesome book that uh Robert Lamb and I uh talk used to talk about pretty often. It's named in a burst of creativity rats.”
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Raven Rock
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin and co-hosts recommended Garrett M. Graff's book Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself While the Rest Us Die. Praising it as a gripping, sobering, and harrowing read, Bowlin explained how the book served as his primary source for learning about secret government continuity facilities like Mount Weather and deep underground bunkers designed to protect officials during catastrophic events.
Discussed“We had an interview segment as well with Garrett Graph, the author of Raven Rock, who's going to come up in this.”
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The Illustrated Golden Bough
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, James George Frazer's The Illustrated Golden Bough was discussed as a seminal comparative religion and folklore text. The hosts referenced the book while exploring winter solstice traditions and the concept of immaculate conception, noting that Frazer's 1890 work still holds up as a largely accurate and valuable study.
Recommended“George Frasier, 'The Golden Bough' is nuts; it was first published in 1890 and it’s talking about a lot of the same things and it still holds up because Frasier was largely correct!”
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Delay, Deny, Defend
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the hosts discussed Jay M. Feinman's book Delay, Deny, Defend after it unexpectedly surged on the Amazon bestseller charts. Ben Bowlin and the other hosts noted how the 2010 book's title and its critical perspective on the insurance industry mirrored phrases found in recent news events.
Recommended“deny defend and depose these are the words written on the casings and they are similar to a phrase called delay deny defend uh and this is the way that some attorneys and public rights Advocates have uh described privatized Insurance's strategy that we just discussed denying uh services and payment it's also the title of a book published in”
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Fire
On the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know podcast, Ben Bowlin referenced the book series A Song of Ice and Fire while comparing elements of a recent news topic to the Red Wedding from Game of Thrones. In a later episode, he mentioned the book Fire while discussing recently released audio recordings of Jeffrey Epstein.
Recommended“Remember I kept comparing it to a red wedding last time we talked about this from Game of Thrones which is adapted from Song of Ice and Fire. Check out the books.”
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Gattaca
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced the sci-fi film Gattaca across different episodes to examine societal pressure and conformity. Bowlin used the movie as a cultural touchstone to illustrate his dystopian concerns regarding futuristic reproductive technologies and the potential social coercion surrounding genetic modification.
Recommended“kind of like uh the sci-fi film Gataga. They didn't make it illegal not to genetically modify your children, but they made it so inconvenient that uh you couldn't afford to have children the natural way. Everybody check out Gataga. It's not really a Christmas movie.”
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita was featured on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Ben Bowlin recommended the novel while reviewing Stanley Kubrick's filmography, praising it as a fantastic book despite its controversial premise. In another episode, the host cited Lolita while listing famous writers and artists who experienced synesthesia.
Recommended“Spartacus 1960, Lolita in 1962, which I do have to say, despite the premise, is a fantastic book by Nabokov.”
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Playing Dead
Elizabeth Greenwood's book, Playing Dead, was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in episodes from March 2023 and April 2025. Ben Bowlin recommended the book as the definitive reading material on the subject of faking one's own death and disappearing. Later, Maggie Freleng and Matt discussed Greenwood's research into whether faking a death is genuinely possible, recalling a past interview with the author and reaffirming Bowlin's praise for the book.
Discussed“years ago, I interviewed this woman, Elizabeth Greenwood, and she wrote a book about faking your own death cuz she was like, 'I need to know if this is possible.' We we did. We talked to her as well, didn't we, Matt? What was the book called? Oh, Ben's a big fan of it. I think it's called Playing Dead.”
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The Billionaire Murders
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced The Billionaire Murders by Kevin Donovan across two episodes concerning the Sherman murders. In Part One, Bowlin brought up the book to analyze specific crime scene details, such as how the bodies were arranged. In Part Two, he recommended the book to listeners, describing it as the best collected source of information on the case because the author had investigated the events since the beginning.
Recommended“first off if you haven't read Kevin Donovan's book uh the I I would say that is probably the best collected source of this information because the guy has been there uh since pretty much day one right and he's talked to a person”
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin recommended and discussed G. Edward Griffin's book The Creature from Jekyll Island. Ben Bowlin brought up the book as a helpful search term for listeners interested in exploring financial conspiracies and the controversial historical creation of the Federal Reserve.
Recommended“So, I believe it's the creature from Jackal Island. That's a good search term if you wish to go down that rabbit hole.”
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The Denial of Death
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin discussed Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death in July 2024. Bowlin shouted out Josh Clark for recommending the book to him several years prior, and he referenced the psychological theory within the work to explain why people engage in recreational activities to distract themselves from mortality.
Discussed“the book that we reference there is uh the denial of death”
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Ulysses
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced James Joyce's Ulysses in two separate episodes. On December 23, 2025, in "CLASSIC: What is 'Antifa?'", Bowlin recommended reviewing the United States court case regarding the book to understand the legal challenges surrounding definitions like obscenity. Earlier, on June 23, 2023, in "Should Any Books Be Banned?", Bowlin mentioned Ulysses alongside The Canterbury Tales while discussing the implications of removing books from public libraries on adult rights.
Recommended“And and for anyone interested in what a problem those two definitions have been, uh I would I would recommend checking out the court case in the US pertaining to James Joyce's Ulyses where the uh I think the deciding legal opinion was uh some highuting version of pornography is pornography.”
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2001, a Space Odyssey
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2001: A Space Odyssey and its film adaptation across different episodes. He brought it up to illustrate fictional portrayals of villainous artificial intelligence like HAL 9000 and to discuss how Europa is depicted as a forbidden place in science fiction.
Discussed“Uh, it's sometimes villainous like Howal 9000 in 2001 of Space Odyssey or like AM in I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.”
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A Christmas Carol
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin mentioned Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol during holiday episodes. Bowlin used the classic story to reflect on holiday times and life paths, and also discussed whether the book exists as intellectual property within the universe of the movie Scrooge.
Discussed“And I think it's also appropriate in these holiday times thinking about like uh Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and Ebenezer Scrooge”
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Anathem
Matt and Ben Bowlin discussed Neal Stephenson's novel Anathem on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know across episodes in 2023 and 2024. Matt brought up the book as a fantastic exploration of multidimensional concepts, while Ben Bowlin referenced the novel to provide a literary example of a conspiracy involving the manipulation of the past.
Discussed“uh in Neil Stevenson's anathema which is a or anathem which is a fantastic by the way examination of multi-dimensional stuff that I want to spoil”
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell was brought up on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know by hosts Ben Bowlin and his co-hosts. They discussed the novel's enduring popularity and bleak plot elements while using the behavior of the pigs in Orwell's allegory to draw parallels to human power dynamics and the hypocrisy often found in cult leaders.
Discussed“I know that a lot of us listening today are huge fans of Animal Farm right in the work of George Orwell”
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Atlas Shrugged
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, hosts Noel Brown and Ben Bowlin referenced Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Brown invoked the book to connect Peter Thiel's libertarian corporate philosophy to Rand's work, while Bowlin cited it to illustrate a free-market perspective on supply and demand returning to normal after economic disruptions.
Discussed“This is shades of iron rand. I know this guy must love Atlas Shrugged.”
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Behold a Pale Horse
William Cooper's Behold a Pale Horse came up on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in June and October 2023. Ben Bowlin recalled reading the work during his youth when discussing parental reading restrictions and later brought it up alongside John Goforth as a prime example of a book attempting to tie multiple distinct conspiracy theories together into a single narrative.
Discussed“a bad example is Bill Cooper with Behold a Pale Horse yeah that was super conspiracy”
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Biggest Secret
Ben Bowlin discussed David Icke's book The Biggest Secret across multiple episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in 2023 and 2024. The hosts referenced the 1999 text while exploring the origins of modern lizard people conspiracy theories and examining the work of its author. Specifically, Bowlin highlighted how the book connects the discovery of the Grand Canyon to Reptilian overlords as part of its overarching conspiratorial narrative.
Discussed“a guy who gets a lot of credit for this is a guy we interviewed back in the day named David Ike in 19 I want to say 1998 he wrote a book called the biggest secret”
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Born On A Blue Day
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin brought up Daniel Tammet's memoir, Born On A Blue Day, to discuss extreme forms of synesthesia, cognitive processing, and the author's extraordinary memory and perception of numbers.
Discussed“I think about somebody like Daniel Tamt who there's a book called Born on a Blue Day and it's all about um this gentleman Daniel Tamt and it's it's amazing what he can do”
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Crime classification manual
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin brought up the Crime Classification Manual by John E. Douglas in multiple episodes. Bowlin cited the 1992 text to explain the official criteria and base-level definitions for identifying a serial killer.
Discussed“and that comes from the 1992 crime classification manual and um that's where it outlines all that stuff”
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Devil in the Grove
Gilbert King's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Devil in the Grove" was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know by host Ben Bowlin and the author himself. The podcast highlighted how King's investigative work and the book's publication eventually brought renewed attention to the Groveland Four case, directly leading to the posthumous exonerations of the wrongly accused men.
Discussed“you have written multiple books beneath a Restless son the Pulitzer Prize winning the devil in the Grove as well as the edge execution of Willie Francis”
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Dune
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Matt brought up Frank Herbert's Dune while discussing the butlerian jihad in relation to fears surrounding super intelligent artificial intelligence development. Later, in an episode with Michael Colyar, the guest mentioned the book Dune by Frank Herbert to draw a parallel between the fictional spice and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Discussed“If we don't mention the butlerian jihad from Dune, this is in Frank Herbert's Dune.”
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Foucault's Pendulum
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum across different episodes. Bowlin compared the way online groups construct modern conspiracy theories to the plot of the novel, where characters invent a fictional conspiracy game that ultimately becomes real and brings about real-world consequences.
Discussed“sort of similar to uh that novel uh Fakose pendulum wherein people create a conspiracy and then it becomes real for them and it has real world consequences.”
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Guns, Germs and Steel
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin brought up Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel across multiple episodes. He referenced the author's work to discuss the theory of ecoside on Easter Island and to touch upon historical events surrounding the arrival of Spanish forces in the Incan Empire.
Discussed“Instead, it seems to be what Jared Diamond, the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, would later describe as ecoside, which is a phrase I wasn't familiar with, but yeah, not nor I that's a much better term than I had said resource extraction, which isn't exactly right.”
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Helter Skelter
On the podcast Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin and the hosts discussed 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry across episodes in 2024. Bowlin brought up the book to explain the widely accepted narrative and motivations behind the Manson family murders, referencing it as a definitive source compared to alternative research by Tom O'Neill. The hosts also addressed holes in the book's narrative and examined the differing perspectives on key facts.
Discussed“And that's where you get the what most widely accepted narrative, Å popularized by the book Helter Skelter, written by Vincent Bugliosi.”
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Jurassic Park
Ben Bowlin brought up Jurassic Park to highlight the scientific connection between birds and dinosaurs. He also referenced the dinosaurs in the series to compare their spontaneous reproduction with the parthenogenesis observed in stingrays.
Discussed“And uh you know I've always found the connection uh between birds and dinosaurs fascinating as laid out uh brilliantly and scientifically unquestionably in the Jurassic Park series by the great scientist and Michael Kiteon.”
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Kim
Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in early 2025. In April, Matt brought up the book as a work of fiction rooted in the historical period of the Great Game in Afghanistan, acknowledging Kipling as a talented poet with an intensely problematic background. In February, a host referenced Kim again while exploring the history of tradecraft and intelligence operations, noting that the novel centers entirely on a young boy acting as a spy.
Discussed“Afghanistan became uh once again as you mentioned Matt a very uh fertile battleground right you can see uh you can see some excellent fiction based on this period of time a work by Richard Kipling it's intensely problematic author but I would I would say a talented poet uh he wrote a novel called Kim which is about a”
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Mein Kampf
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in conversations concerning free speech, German laws surrounding neo-Nazi literature, and dangerous books. Bowlin expressed the personal opinion that the work should not be legal reading in Germany and noted that he had read copies of it for context on racist propaganda.
Discussed“I may be painting with a broad brush but I'll be honest given given strong precedent I would rather Mein Kampf not be legal reading in Germany”
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Minority Report
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced the film and concept behind Minority Report by John D. Griffin and Brian Newman during multiple episodes. In November 2024, he brought it up to discuss pre-crime in connection with modern surveillance and predictive technologies. Earlier, in February 2023, he referenced the story to discuss potential future dystopian targeted advertising within augmented reality.
Discussed“remember that Minority Report yes yes”
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Neuromancer
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, William Gibson's cyberpunk novel Neuromancer came up in multiple episodes. Ben Bowlin thanked a listener in November 2023 for shouting out the author who saw it all coming while discussing ransomware themes. Later in July 2025, Matt mentioned Neuromancer in the context of cyberspace, futurist ideas, and an upcoming television adaptation.
Discussed“And speaking of forwardlooking, y'all might have heard this as well, but ¹¹¹ I believe finally ¹¹¹ William Gibson's Neurommancer is getting a a proper adaptation into a series. And I know that's a big one in terms of futurists and the idea of cyerspace, I think, was coined in that.”
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Poor Richard's Almanac
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin and Matt Frederick discussed Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. The hosts referenced the publication to illustrate Franklin's adherence to astrology, noting that he defended the practice within its pages and used it to critique Isaac Newton, while also comparing it to rival colonial almanacs.
Discussed“You're thinking perhaps, oh, an almanac. I've heard of that. Those were very popular in early colonial history that later becomes American history. But I thought Benjamin Franklin wrote the almanac. Who's this Daniel Leeds guy?”
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Rage
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced Stephen King's controversial book Rage, which was published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. In episodes from June 2023 and August 2024, Bowlin discussed how King voluntarily pulled the fictional story from publication after it drew real-world concerns regarding school violence and mass murder.
Discussed“Stephen King under the name Richard Bachman wrote a basically a a fictional instruction manual about how to commit mass murder at a school and the name of the book is Rage It was pulled from the shelves because it was close enough to the truth to inform other people if they would be bad faith actors”
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Remembrance of Things Past
On Stuff Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin discussed Marcel Proust's novel Remembrance of Things Past across multiple episodes. In July 2025, Bowlin referenced the book to explain how smell functions as a primary encoder for long-term human memory. In January 2025, he cited the novel again to illustrate how scents and tastes act as powerful triggers for memory and time travel, beginning with a character dipping a madeleine into a beverage.
Discussed“Not for nothing did P base an entire novel on this remembrance of things past.”
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Rip-off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin and a listener discussed the memoir Transformation of America by Kathy O'Brien, addressing its claims and background regarding Project Monarch.
Discussed“I've read Kathy O'Brien's book Transformation of America three times”
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Rush to Judgment
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, guest Rob Reiner discussed Mark Lane's book Rush to Judgment. Reiner explained that reading the book was his initial entry point into researching the JFK assassination and detailed how Lane's work dismantled the findings of the Warren Commission.
Discussed“I read a book called Rush to Judgment by a writer named Mark Lane and he completely uh uh disbanded the Warren Commission and and pointed out the inconsistencies”
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The Boys
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced Garth Ennis's comic series The Boys while discussing the complexities and dangers of raising super-powered children. In another episode, Matt Frederick also mentioned the series as an exploration of holding powerful figures accountable.
Discussed“We mentioned The Boys in our recent episode on um surviving nuclear war. And one of the things that The Boys comics does very well is depicting the problems of raising superhumans.”
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The Canterbury Tales
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, co-host Ben Bowlin twice referenced Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. In an episode about high-end fakes, Ben mentioned the Pardoner's tale to illustrate the ancient history of con artists selling counterfeit relics. In a later episode about book bans, he used The Canterbury Tales as an example of a classic text that individuals might attempt to remove from community libraries.
Discussed“Those numbers are important because they're one snapshot into an ancient industry back before the days when con artists would sell fake relics of saints or fake shards of the true cross, like the partner's tale in Canterbury Tales.”
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The Catcher in the Rye
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin discussed J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye while recounting how Mark David Chapman was carrying the novel when he shot John Lennon and presented it as his statement upon arrest. In another episode, the host mentioned the book while previewing a discussion on whether the novel acted as a trigger for assassinations.
Discussed“and then he just sat down on a curb and started reading The Catcher in the Rye which he had brought with him when he was arrested he and asked for a statement he told police that the book The Catcher And The Ry was his statement”
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The Lesser Key of Solomon
The Lesser Key of Solomon by Joseph H. Peterson came up on multiple episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. Hosts Ben Bowlin and an unidentified host discussed the text in relation to demonology, demon 72 properties, and pre-existing Mesopotamian mythology. They compared the Lesser Key to the standard Key of Solomon and explored how these historical writings contributed to the broader folklore surrounding demons and magical traditions.
Discussed“We've talked before about books like the lesser key of Solomon in a couple other older writings that, well, they go way, way back. And ones that are, that those works are based upon where there's writing about demons in that world.”
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The Lord of the Rings
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the hosts mentioned J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to clarify details regarding characters like Shelob and to discuss fictional portrayals of invisibility.
Discussed“uh in in the book Shob the the spider the evil uh Spider is in Lord of the Rings you are absolutely correct about that”
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe was discussed by Ben Bowlin on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know across multiple episodes. In September 2023 and February 2023, Bowlin highlighted Poe's only completed novel as a dark, bizarre coincidence, noting that the 1838 story about survival cannibalism at sea eerily mirrored a real-life event years later.
Discussed“the only novel he published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket in 1838.”
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The Population Bomb
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, hosts Ben Bowlin and others discussed Paul R. Ehrlich's 1968 book 'The Population Bomb'. In episodes from January 2023 and May 2024, the hosts examined the text as an alarmist, neo-Malthusian work that shaped modern overpopulation fears, shifted perspectives on population growth, and primed the public for conspiracy theories.
Discussed“Uh yeah, shout out to the Population Bomb. That's a book that also changed the game.”
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The Sandman
During the October 30, 2026, episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled "Our Favorite Devil Folktales," an unidentified host discussed Neil Gaiman's The Sandman as an example of supernatural entities operating within specific domains, noting how Lucifer leaves hell in that universe. Additionally, on the January 27, 2024, listener mail episode, Ben Bowlin highlighted The Sandman series when discussing Australian Aboriginal dream time and its integration into popular culture narratives involving the character Morpheus.
Discussed“A lot of that in the Sandman as well, like in terms of like the different, uh, entities in their various domains and like Lucifer gets to leave hell, uh, in the, in the context of the Sandman universe.”
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The Secret
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the host brought up Rhonda Byrne's The Secret during a discussion on self-help books and popular culture. In another episode, the host described the book as a modern interpretation of the new thought movement, explaining its core premise that putting positive thoughts into the world can manifest them into reality.
Discussed“Like The Secret, right? Do you read The Secret? I'm I'm always hear people referencing The Secret.”
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King came up on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in different contexts. Ben Bowlin mentioned the novel during a discussion on fictional tropes involving psychic powers and imaginary friends. In another episode, Matt discussed Stephen King's writing style while comparing the eerie hotel setting of the story to the real-world legends surrounding the El Tovar Hotel.
Discussed“I've always thought it was so interesting that Stanley kubric being such a snob uh glommed on to The Shining because it is a bit of a broad you know Stephen King is a bit of a broad writer”
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The Stand
Ben Bowlin referenced Stephen King's novel 'The Stand' on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know in two separate episodes. In February 2025, he brought up the book to illustrate a scenario where the government covers up a dangerous infection outbreak. In January 2024, Bowlin mentioned the novel again while comparing Jack Parsons's reckless explosive habits to the character Trashcan Man.
Discussed“it reminds me of um for anybody's read The Stand by Stephen King there's there's a moment where the US government decides to cover up an outbreak of a very dangerous infection”
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The Time Machine
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin brought up H. G. Wells's The Time Machine across two different episodes in 2024. In the July episode covering humanity in one thousand years, Bowlin used the Eloi and the Morlocks as a literary example to illustrate how genetic modifications might have unintended consequences. Earlier, in a May episode focusing on rodent utopias and behavioral sinks, he referenced the same characters to draw a direct parallel to the 'beautiful ones' rodent subgroup.
Discussed“a good example of this would be the Eloy and the morlocks from the time machine right”
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The Tipping Point
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Malcolm Gladwell's concept and book The Tipping Point came up in different contexts. In October 2023, Ben Bowlin cited the book to explain how sudden events like military conflict can seemingly materialize out of nowhere. In February 2023, another host referenced Gladwell directly while questioning whether a current situation had reached what Malcolm Gladwell would call a tipping point.
Discussed“Cuz as Malcolm Gladwell so eloquently explains in The Tipping Point, nothing seems like it will ever happen until suddenly it does.”
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin referenced Jan Harold Brunvand's The Vanishing Hitchhiker while explaining the extensive folkloric research behind the vanishing hitchhiker legend and discussing how the academic study of urban legends informs modern conspiracy theories.
Discussed“another guy yaw and Harold brunvald writes a book called The Vanishing hitchhiker American urban legends and their meanings”
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Third Eye Spies
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin frequently referenced the book Third Eye Spies by Russell Targ during listener mail segments. Bowlin brought up the book while discussing government programs for training psychic spies, the intersection of science and the unknown, and a previous interview conducted with the author about the literal intelligence programs the subject helped design.
Discussed“specifically I know I bring it up a lot, but I know you guys enjoy this conversation to Russell Tar to third eye spies author and person who is involved in some of those very programs with the government for training psychic spies”
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Trance Formation of America
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Cathy O'Brien and Mark Phillips's book is discussed during listener mail and classic conspiracy segments in August and September 2024. A listener named Skip shares his enthusiasm for the text, stating he has read it three times. The hosts also discuss the correct spelling of the title, 'Trance Formation of America', and its subtitle, noting the play on words between 'trance' and 'formation' regarding Project Monarch mind control.
Discussed“Hey guys, this is crazy Skip from Bal. I've read Kathy O'Brien's book Transformation of America three times. Her partner Mark Phillips saved her life.”
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Valis
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin mentioned the novel Valis by Philip K. Dick while discussing personal experiences of receiving messages or divine-like interventions, noting that the science fiction author's story is dramatized and autobiographical. Noel Brown also brought up Philip K. Dick's book Valis to discuss how the author fully believed he received divine information and messages.
Discussed“Yeah, I think I mentioned on the hearing voices episode the story about the science fiction author Philip K. Dick that's dramatized, it's also kind of autobiographical in the novel Valis.”
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12 Angry Men
During an episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter Two: The Larger Context, Ben Bowlin referenced the work 12 Angry Men. He brought up the book and its film adaptations to illustrate the concepts of jury selection and legal dynamics.
Recommended“then also you know a good example of this of course the seminal work 12 Angry Men do also check out an amazing film Devil's Advocate”
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1776
In the March 2024 episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled CLASSIC: Agent 355: Washington's Secret Spy, Ben Bowlin recommended the book 1776 by David McCullough. Bowlin brought up the historical work while discussing the heavy and devastating casualties, numbering around 25,000, that the American colonists suffered during the course of the Revolutionary War.
Recommended“and uh there's an historian David McCulla who wrote a book called 1776 which we would recommend um the Americans suffered terrible just horrendous losses roughly uh 25,000 casualties in all”
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
During an episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled What happens in a nuclear war?, released on May 23, 2025, the host suggested fictional works about nuclear disaster. The host recommended Walter M. Miller Jr.'s book alongside other favorites for listeners looking for fiction dealing with post-apocalyptic themes.
Book club“Thinking things like Canacle for Liowitz, The Day After Tomorrow. Uh hey, you hit us to your favorites.”
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A Lie Too Big to Fail
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the host discussed Lisa Pease's book A Lie Too Big to Fail. The host recommended the book to listeners, noting it is available for free online and arguing that the text points to CIA fixer Robert Mayhew as the real mastermind behind the assassination. Furthermore, the host explored specific eyewitness claims detailed in the book regarding shredded paper fluttering through the air during the shooting.
Recommended“one book I want to give a big shout out to is a lie too big to fail which you can read for free on archive.org right now by an author named Lisa peas p a e”
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A New Earth
On an episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled Interview: Alive Again, with Dan Bush released on June 27, 2025, Ben Bowlin brought up A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Bowlin stated that he had been really enjoying the book and recommended it to explore the disconnect between dogmatic religion and true spirituality.
Recommended“Um but another one that I've been really enjoying is a book called A New Earth: Awakening Your Life's Purpose by Ehart Tulli.”
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A Song of Ice and Fire (1-4)
On the October 6, 2025 episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin recommended George R. R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire. Bowlin referenced the series while comparing current events to the Red Wedding storyline from Game of Thrones, which was adapted from the books.
Recommended“Remember I kept comparing it to a red wedding last time we talked about this from Game of Thrones which is adapted from Song of Ice and Fire. Check out the books.”
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A Spy in Canaan
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin welcomed a guest by highlighting his new work, A Spy in Canaan. Later in the episode, Bowlin and the other hosts recommended the book to the audience, noting that all three of them had read it and would highly recommend it.
Discussed“and you sir have a quite amazing thing going in your new book a spy in Canaan”
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Absolute Batman: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
On the November 2, 2026 episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled Strange News: War Dogs, Bigfoot, Anthropic and More, a host recommended Absolute Batman: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder. The host told listeners that the current Absolute series is worth reading and described Absolute Batman as a wildly different and more controversial version of the character.
Recommended“And the current run with the absolute series is worth a read if you like DC and you like comics. Absolute Batman is a wildly different and more controversial character.”
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After the Revolution
On the July 2, 2024 episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, the podcast host recommended the novel After the Revolution by Robert Evans. The host highlighted Evans as a good friend of the show and noted that the fictional work ties into his continuing podcast series of a similar vein.
Recommended“There's an excellent novel by our pal Robert Evans, a good friend of the show, called It Could Happen Here. It is a continuing podcast as well, so please do check it out.”
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Bigfoot Unveiled
On the December 29, 2022 episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled CLASSIC: The Search For Bigfoot, David Bakara brought up Ron Morehead's work. Bakara mentioned that Morehead, known for the Sierra Sounds, released a new book called Quantum Bigfoot, which explores quantum physics, string theory, and the possibility of alternate universes and realities existing in close proximity to humanity.
Recommended“So it's Ron Morehead, the fellow that wrote the the Sierra Sounds. He just came up with a brand new book called Quantum Bigfoot where he discusses quantum physics and string theory and possibility of um of other universes and other realities being just within arm's reach of us, but we are unable to see them. But, other things are”
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Blessed
On the March 22, 2023 episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know titled CLASSIC: The Sordid, Secret World of Televangelists, Megachurches, Ben Bowlin recommended Blessed by Kate Bowler. Bowlin highlighted the text as an essential historical work on the American prosperity gospel.
Recommended“I do also while we're mentioning books want to highlight blessed a history of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate bowler”
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The next 300 books mentioned on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, ranked
- Body of Secrets by James Bamford
- Coma by Lisa Jackson
- Conclave by Robert Harris
- Conference on Clean Room Specifications by Sandia Corporation
- Constitutional Cliffhangers by Brian C. Kalt
- Crystallizing public opinion by Edward L. Bernays
- Dark ark by Cullen Bunn
- Dark Nights: Metal by Scott Snyder
- Dark Wire by Joseph Cox
- Dead birds by John Milne
- Demonic Foes by Richard Gallagher, M.D.
- Depraved by Harold Schechter
- DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman
- Dreaming of How it Was Going to Be by JJ Rose
- Drugs as Weapons Against Us by John L. Potash
- Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 by Charles Soule
- Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology by Theresa Bane
- Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition by Theresa Enos
- Everything is Possible by Mary Wood
- Evil by Chad Meister
- Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg by Marty Crump
- Fingerprints of the gods by Graham Hancock
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
- George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
- Guns, Gold, and Caravans by Robert Easton
- Henry V by William Shakespeare
- Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
- Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
- How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex by Samantha Cole
- How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
- Hunt for the Skinwalker by Colm A. Kelleher Ph.D
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- In the Devil's Snare by Mary Beth Norton
- Insulting English by Peter Novobatzky
- Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System by M. Chris Fabricant
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Killing for Coal by Thomas G. Andrews
- Killing Hope by William Blum
- Krabat by Otfried Preußler
- Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner
- Making Monsters by Richard Ofshe
- Murder on the Rails by William G. Palmini
- Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel by Douglas Brunt
- Nothing Is Real by David Hepworth
- Nuclear Choices by Richard Wolfson
- Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
- Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson
- Operation Chaos by Matthew Sweet
- Out of Your Mind by Jorge Cham
- Outbreak! by Hilary Evans, Robert E. Bartholomew
- Outbreak! the Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior by Hilary Evans
- Outer Darkness by John Layman
- Perfume. Film Tie-In. The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
- Prison Writings by Leonard Peltier
- Rain by Cynthia Barnett
- Return of the Black Death by Susan Scott
- Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
- Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo
- Salt by Mark Kurlansky
- Salt Proof by Mark Kurlansky
- Savage Harvest by Carl Hoffman
- Simple Sabotage Field Manual by Office of Strategic Services
- Spies in the Congo by Susan Williams
- Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
- Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown by Robert Baker
- Stuff They Don't Want You to Know by Ben Bowlin, Matt Frederick, Noel Brown
- Summary and Analysis of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by Worth Books
- T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land by Harold Bloom
- Tactical Combat Casualty Care Handbook by United States Army
- Tempest by William Shakespeare
- The American Boys' Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles by Dan Beard
- The Art and Science of Respect by James Prince
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- The Berkut by Joseph Heywood
- The Bhopal Saga by Ingrid Eckerman
- The CIA by William Blum
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- The Contractor by Raymond Davis
- The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - Crowd Psychology by Gustav Le Bon
- The Cutter Incident by Paul A. Offit
- The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom
- The Department of Truth #2 by James Tynion IV
- The Devil's Advocate by Percy Greg
- The Ends of the Earth by Josh Clark
- The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics by A. W. Moore
- The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
- The Filth by Grant Morrison
- The Florida Project by Robert Autobee
- The Foxfire book by Eliot Wigginton
- The Foxfire Book by Eliot Wiggington
- The ghost bride by Yangsze Choo
- The Great Depression by Doug West
- The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg
- The Great Mortality by John Kelly
- The Knights Templar & their myth by Peter Partner
- The Missing Millionaire by Katie Daubs
- The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke
- The People's Peking Man by Sigrid Schmalzer
- The Rainmaker by John Grisham
- The red market by Scott M. Carney
- The Satanic Mill by Otfried Preussler
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Spirit Molecule by Ethan Blackwood
- The Sting Man by Robert W. Greene
- The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud
- The Third Man Factor by John Geiger
- The U.S. Civil War by Louis P. Masur
- The Undead in World Mythology and Folklore by Theresa Bane
- The Waste Land and other poems by T.S. Eliot
- The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J. Jacobs
- There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
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- Why We Love Serial Killers by Scott Bonn
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“Daniel Leeds was an Englishman who immigrated to the U.S. in 1678. Spent most of his adult life publishing The American Almanac. He created this publication as well, and it continued to print new issues until his retirement in 1716.”
“You're thinking perhaps, oh, an almanac. I've heard of that. Those were very popular in early colonial history that later becomes American history. But I thought Benjamin Franklin wrote the almanac. Who's this Daniel Leeds guy?”
“His name is Professor Fred McFadden of Coppin State University over in Baltimore. He did the work. He dug deep into everything you could find about the life of Daniel Leeds, and then also into the earliest mentions of the devil in some form in print.”
“His name is Professor Fred McFadden of Coppin State University over in Baltimore. He did the work. He dug deep into everything you could find about the life of Daniel Leeds, and then also into the earliest mentions of the devil in some form in print.”
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