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The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

A classic, life-changing meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling, with more than two-million copies in print Depicting the men of Alpha Company—Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who...

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

It was mentioned as the favorite book of a podcast listener, Ben, who connected with Conan due to a shared Irish heritage and the O'Brien surname.

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My favorite author growing up was Tim O'Brien, who wrote The Things They Carry.

— Episode: Matthew Rhys

Episode: Matthew Rhys

It was mentioned as the favorite book of a podcast listener, Ben, who connected with Conan due to a shared Irish heritage and the O'Brien surname.

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My favorite author growing up was Tim O'Brien, who wrote The Things They Carry.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

During a conversation about war media with guest Jocko Willink, the podcast briefly discussed Tim O'Brien’s classic, The Things They Carried. Theo Von asked Willink if he had read the work, and both confirmed it was a "great book" and a worthwhile read. They specifically noted its unique position as a semi-fictional account of the Vietnam experience, distinguishing it from the author's later, less fictional works.

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Episode: Jocko Willink | This Past Weekend #120

This book was mentioned in a discussion about the portrayal of war in the mini-series 'The Pacific' and 'Band of Brothers'. It was said that it was a semi-fictional book.

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Do you ever read that The Things They Carried? You know what I'm talking about?

Yeah, yeah. The episode of the podcast. Yeah. And it is, and that's sort of a semi-fictional book and he ended up writing another book that's not as fictional, but yeah, that's a great book for sure.

The Daily Stoic

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The Daily Stoic

It was discussed as a book that explores soldiers dying because they were too cowardly not to, highlighting the choice between letting comrades down and personal safety. The speaker also noted its exploration of the honor involved in prioritizing the needs of fellow soldiers over personal safety.

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if you're listening and you haven't read that, I mean, you just got to read the things they carried.

— Episode: Daniel Barkhuff on Restoring the 4 Stoic...

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It was discussed as a book that explores soldiers dying because they were too cowardly not to, highlighting the choice between letting comrades down and personal safety. The speaker also noted its exploration of the honor involved in prioritizing the needs of fellow soldiers over personal safety.

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if you're listening and you haven't read that, I mean, you just got to read the things they carried.

But he talks in that book about soldiers dying because they were too cowardly not to.

But of course what he's really trying to say is people choose the honor of not letting their comrades down over personal safety.

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