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Gulliver's Travels SeaWolf Press Illustrated Classic (Unabridged)

Jonathan Swift

A beautiful, illustrated edition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the release of this classic book - includes all 4 parts. An unabridged, uncensored edition including Captain Gulliver's letter, the Publisher's note, and material that other editions may have censored. SeaWolf Press is proud to o...

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The Megyn Kelly Show

It was discussed in relation to the role of influencers, likening them to 'flap doodles' in Gulliver's Travels who open the eyes and ears of those who rule the world.

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The first name for people like you was flap doodles. And they were the ones that made an independent decision to open the flaps of the eyes and ears of the people who were running the world, which wer...

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Episode: What Will Smith's Slap Says About America, and Dan...

It was discussed in relation to the role of influencers, likening them to 'flap doodles' in Gulliver's Travels who open the eyes and ears of those who rule the world.

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The first name for people like you was flap doodles. And they were the ones that made an independent decision to open the flaps of the eyes and ears of the people who were running the world, which were, they looked like elephants. And it was in Daniel Defoe's Gulliver's Travels.

The Moth

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The Moth

He described Gulliver's Travels as the 13.1level book that stood between him and reading freedom in middle school.

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It was a 13.1 reading level book and it was Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Not So Golden Rules

Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: Not So Golden Rules

He described Gulliver's Travels as the 13.1level book that stood between him and reading freedom in middle school.

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It was a 13.1 reading level book and it was Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

StarTalk Radio

It was mentioned as a novel with a part where scientists are performing nonsensical experiments, including one with a weather vane, as an example of absurdity.

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In the novel, Jonathan Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels, there's two movies in there.

— Episode: Cosmic Queries – Navigating the Cosmos

Episode: Cosmic Queries – Navigating the Cosmos

It was mentioned as a novel with a part where scientists are performing nonsensical experiments, including one with a weather vane, as an example of absurdity.

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In the novel, Jonathan Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels, there's two movies in there.

And I think it's a parody on what people think scientists do.

So there are these scientists with lab coats on and they're really intense and they can't even have a conversation with you.

And one of them is working on crushing freshly mined marble into material that they can make pillows out of.

There's another one where there's a weather vane which tells you the direction of the wind. It's usually like a rooster or something on the top.

The Rubin Report

The book is referenced when discussing the analogy of Gulliver being tied down by tiny strings, which Elon Musk believes represents the overwhelming amount of regulations that are hindering progress.

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Of course, he's talking about Gulliver's travels, that great scene if you've read the book or if you've watched any of it, made multiple movies about it. Gulliver's laying there and he's huge and they...

— Episode: Host’s Head Explodes When Javier Milei S...

Episode: Host’s Head Explodes When Javier Milei Says What N...

The book is referenced when discussing the analogy of Gulliver being tied down by tiny strings, which Elon Musk believes represents the overwhelming amount of regulations that are hindering progress.

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Of course, he's talking about Gulliver's travels, that great scene if you've read the book or if you've watched any of it, made multiple movies about it. Gulliver's laying there and he's huge and they have all these people with these straps keeping him down. And that's all of us right now, right?

Sleep Magic: Sleep Hypnosis & Meditation for Sleep Podcast

The host read the title as a bedtime story for children, noting that it was actually a witty satire on human nature and the travel literature of its era. She highlighted Swift's claim that he wrote it to vex the world rather than divert it, and mentioned its universal appeal from political chambers to nurseries. The discussion conveyed a light‑hearted appreciation of the work without strong endorsement.

Episode: Hypnotic Bedtime Story: Gulliver's Travels

It was read as a children's book but was actually a witty satire on human nature and the travel literature popular at the time. It was written to vex the world, not divert it.

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Golliver's Travels, but speaking of traveling we've had some very nice feedback lately from England, Australia and New Zealand.

Gulliver's Travels was written by Jonathan Swift and published in 1726.

Swift claimed he wrote Gulliver's Travels quote, to vex the world rather than divert it.

It is universally read from the Cabinet Council to the nursery.

Tonight I will be reading from chapter two of Gulliver's Travels.

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