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Behind the Bastards

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of th...

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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order cover

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Samuel P. Huntington

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 220

The discussion referenced Huntington's thesis to illustrate how postColdWar politics framed conflicts as cultural clashes.

It seemed like a sort of kernel of truth in this. It was based on Huntington's writing about the clash of civilizations.

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Balkan Ghosts

Robert D. Kaplan

Mentioned 5 months ago

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The hosts noted that Bill Clinton had read the book, after which his administration's rhetoric shifted regarding the Balkans.

and after Bill Clinton read that horrendous book, Balkan Ghosts by Kaplan, his administration's rhetoric began to change

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Shanghai on Strike

Elizabeth J. Perry

Mentioned 5 months ago

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One of the speakers cited Ferry's book as a detailed account of the 1925 Shanghai general strike.

In a book called Shanghai on Strike by Elizabeth Ferry, she describes the massive labor actions and their aftermath.

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The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set Hardcover Illustrated edition 2020 June 25

J.R.R. Tolkien

Mentioned 5 months ago

Part One: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Build the Modern World

The hosts compared the children's hockey movies The Mighty Ducks to The Lord of the Rings, calling the former the hockey equivalent of the classic fantasy series.

The Mighty Ducks' premise was strong enough to sustain a trilogy, which no critics consider to be basically the children's hockey equivalent to The Lord of the Rings.

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Devil's Bargain

Joshua Green

Mentioned 5 months ago

Part One: How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Build the Modern World

The hosts noted that journalist Joshua Green had written Devil's Bargain, a book about Steve Bannon's rise in the Trump administration.

Bannon became fascinated with the collective power of gamers who gathered on these sites, according to journalist Joshua Green, who wrote a book, Devil's Bargain, about Bannon's rise in the Trump administration.

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Thousand Plateaus (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)

Professor Gilles Deleuze

Mentioned 5 months ago

It Could Happen Here Weekly 219

The analysis from these philosophers was referenced to discuss the ways in which fascism and totalitarianism differ, noting that fascism involves a war machine taking over the state. The text was also quoted to illustrate realized nihilism within fascism, characterized by an intense line of escape that transforms into pure destruction.

They discuss the ways in which fascism and totalitarianism differ. They write that totalitarianism is a state affair made up of material components that overmanage society. Quote, even in the case of a military dictator it is a state army, not a war machine, that takes power and elevates the state to the totalitarian stage. Totalitarianism is quintessentially conservative. Fascism, on the other hand, involves a war machine. When fascism builds itself a totalitarian state, it is not in the sense of a state army taking power, but of a war machine taking over the state. Unquote.

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The Suicidal State

Madoka Kishi

Mentioned 5 months ago

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This essay by Virilio was discussed as the framework building off of Deleuze and Guattari's work, arguing that in fascism, the state is suicidal rather than strictly totalitarian. Virilio argued that this evolution of the state is guided by non-progress and terror, founded on the repulsion and fear of all development in the civil domain.

This analysis from Deleuze and Guattari is building off of an essay by the French writer Paul Virilio called The Suicidal State, where Virilio argues that in fascism, the state is far less totalitarian than it is suicidal.

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Progress

Samuel Miller McDonald

Mentioned 5 months ago

It Could Happen Here Weekly 219

The speaker mentioned reading this book and planning a review for the podcast, noting how its content explored the pervasive concept of progress and how it can trip people up, sometimes acting like a sedative against engaging with degrading reality.

You know, recently I read this book, Progress, by Samuel Miller MacDonald, and I would like to do a review of it at some point for the podcast, but... The short of it is that it gets into just how pervasive this concept of progress is in kind of tripping people up and keeping us serving systems that don't serve us.

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Mephisto (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Klaus Mann

Mentioned 5 months ago

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Deleuze and Guattari quoted from this 1936 novel, which contains fascist speeches, noting an excerpt eerily similar to the visuals of Trump as the suicidal penguin.

In A Thousand Plateaus, Deleuze and Guattari quote an excerpt from Klaus Mann's 1936 novel Mephisto, which contains fascist speeches and ordinary conversations from Nazi Germany.

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Starship Troopers

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Greg Bovino Episode Extravaganza!

The hosts said it was apparently his favorite novel, that he reads it once a year, and noted that it is often interpreted as a fascist work.

His favorite book was probably Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers, surprising no one. His sister told the Daily Mail that he reads Starship Troopers once a year, which completely makes sense.

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (S.F. MASTERWORKS)

Robert A. Heinlein

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Greg Bovino Episode Extravaganza!

The book was cited as a key influence on libertarian thought, being called a foundational text for the American libertarian movement.

One of his books, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, is often seen as providing a lot of the ideological underpinning for the libertarian movement.

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Emperors in the Jungle

John Lindsay-Poland

Mentioned 5 months ago

It Could Happen Here Weekly 218

This book served as the main resource for the detailed historical analysis of U.S. intervention in Panama, covering everything from the Bidlack Treaty to the 1989 invasion. The speaker found the book provided fantastic information on topics they had never heard discussed before, shaking them regarding events at the crossroads of the continents.

Panama was a long-standing laboratory of U.S. imperial power.

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Gunnar Myrdal

An American Dilemma

The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, Volume 1 (Black & African-American Studies)

It was a 1944 study that highlighted how police often represented white supremacy and social customs rather than solely civic order.

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The policeman stands not only for civic order as defined in formal laws and regulations, but also for white supremacy and the whole set of social customs associated with this concept.

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It was a 1944 study that highlighted how police often represented white supremacy and social customs rather than solely civic order.

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The policeman stands not only for civic order as defined in formal laws and regulations, but also for white supremacy and the whole set of social customs associated with this concept.

Episode: Behind the Police: How The Police Defeated Lynchin...

It was cited as a 1944 study that saw police as representing not only order but also white supremacy and social customs related to it.

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The policeman stands not only for civic order as defined in formal laws and regulations, but also for white supremacy and the whole set of social customs associated with this concept.

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Solomon Northup

12 Years A Slave

It was mentioned as a memoir providing an account of the brutality of slave patrols, specifically the use of dogs to hunt down enslaved people who had broken curfew.

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one slave fled before one of these companies thinking he could reach his cabin before they could overtake him. But one of their dogs, a great ravenous hound, gripped him by the leg and held him fast....

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It was mentioned as a memoir providing an account of the brutality of slave patrols, specifically the use of dogs to hunt down enslaved people who had broken curfew.

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one slave fled before one of these companies thinking he could reach his cabin before they could overtake him. But one of their dogs, a great ravenous hound, gripped him by the leg and held him fast. The patrollers whipped him severely.

Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Pol...

It was mentioned as an example of the brutality of slave patrols, recounting a scene where a slave was punished for breaking curfew and attacked by dogs.

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one slave fled before one of these companies thinking he could reach his cabin before they could overtake him. But one of their dogs, a great ravenous hound, gripped him by the leg and held him fast. The patrollers whipped him severely.

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William O (William Oscar) Scroggs

Filibusters and Financiers

the Story of William Walker and His Associates

It was discussed as being published in 1916, during a time where colonialism was viewed positively. The book discussed the growing support of filibustering, particularly mentioning the 'appetite comes with eating' proverb in regards to American land hunger.

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if on the other hand they happened to direct their attention towards another nation whose sovereignty was formally recognized by their own they were called filibusters

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Episode: Part One: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

It was discussed as being published in 1916, during a time where colonialism was viewed positively. The book discussed the growing support of filibustering, particularly mentioning the 'appetite comes with eating' proverb in regards to American land hunger.

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if on the other hand they happened to direct their attention towards another nation whose sovereignty was formally recognized by their own they were called filibusters

there is a proverb current among Frenchmen to the effect that the appetite comes with eating and in the case of the land hunger of the American people the truth this assertion seems well established

as soon as they set foot on American soil the colonists from Europe were compelled to wrest their lands from the savages many of whom resisted the invaders to the death

Episode: Part Two: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

It was discussed as a 1916 book that was somewhat favorably biased towards William Walker and the concept of Manifest Destiny. It was used to give insight into the mindset of Americans who supported Walker's actions in Mexico.

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It is consoling, however, to record that our faults, numerous as they were, were symptoms of youth and super abundant health rather than signs of senile degeneracy.

Monster Manual: Core Rulebook III (Dungeons & Dragons) Cover

Monte Cook

Monster Manual

Core Rulebook III (Dungeons & Dragons)

Robert mentioned that one of the best monsters in this D&D book was a giant hovering aborted god fetus, which was a very cool monster.

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Anyway, that's a reference for the nine people listening to this podcast right now.

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Episode: All Fertility Doctors Are Bastards

Robert mentioned that one of the best monsters in this D&D book was a giant hovering aborted god fetus, which was a very cool monster.

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Anyway, that's a reference for the nine people listening to this podcast right now.

It was a very cool monster.

one of the best monsters in the Dungeons and Dragons like third edition Monster Manual was this giant hovering aborted god fetus.

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Katie Walsh Flanagan

Medical Conditions in the Athlete

It was mentioned in the podcast as a source for information about the harsh conditions and cost-cutting practices within the plant, leading to the disaster.

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during the training period technicians were treated as casual workers after the training they were only paid an hourly rate a technician who accepted a job at the MIC plant got a paper about receiving...

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It was mentioned in the podcast as a source for information about the harsh conditions and cost-cutting practices within the plant, leading to the disaster.

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during the training period technicians were treated as casual workers after the training they were only paid an hourly rate a technician who accepted a job at the MIC plant got a paper about receiving six months of training but after five weeks he was asked to stop the training and to take charge as a full-fledged plant operator

Episode: The Industrial Disaster That Makes Chernobyl Look...

It was mentioned in the context of discussing the poor working conditions within the Bhopal plant, noting how technicians were treated as casual workers and how promotions were based on loyalty to the bosses rather than experience.

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during the training period technicians were treated as casual workers after the training they were only paid an hourly rate a technician who accepted a job at the MIC plant got a paper about receiving six months of training but after five weeks he was asked to stop the training and to take charge as a full-fledged plant operator

The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump Cover

Max Blumenthal

The Management of Savagery

How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump

The conversation referenced a book titled "The Management of Savagery," describing it as a foundational or strategic text for the Islamic State.

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there's a book that was is kind of considered to be like the foundational text of or at least strategic document of the islamic state uh called The Management of Savagery

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The conversation referenced a book titled "The Management of Savagery," describing it as a foundational or strategic text for the Islamic State.

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there's a book that was is kind of considered to be like the foundational text of or at least strategic document of the islamic state uh called The Management of Savagery

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 41

The book is described as a foundational text or strategic document of the Islamic State.

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There's a book that is kind of considered to be like the foundational text of or at least strategic document of the Islamic state called The Management of Savagery.

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Emma Goldman

Anarchism and Other Essays (Annotated)

It was mentioned as a pamphlet discussing how the focus on constructing anarchist institutions has receded from anarchist practice.

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And there's these thinkers like Christian Williams, who's an anarchist from the Pacific Northwest, who wrote a pamphlet about this called *Wither Anarchism*.

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It was mentioned as a pamphlet discussing how the focus on constructing anarchist institutions has receded from anarchist practice.

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And there's these thinkers like Christian Williams, who's an anarchist from the Pacific Northwest, who wrote a pamphlet about this called *Wither Anarchism*.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 26

The pamphlet was described as arguing that the focus on constructing institutions and the nitty-gritty of how to do that has receded from anarchism as it is actually practiced.

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There's these thinkers like Christian Williams, who's an anarchist from the Pacific Northwest, who wrote a pamphlet about this called Wither Anarchism.

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Thorstein Veblen

The Engineers and the Price System / The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx and His Followers

This book was mentioned as a source of the theory of corporate sabotage, with a section titled "On the Nature and Uses of Sabotage", discussing how corporations routinely sabotage their own production to maintain prices.

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In the first part of The Engineers and the Price System, a work that has been broadly ignored even by his followers, Veblen wrote a section called On the Nature and Uses of Sabotage.

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This book was mentioned as a source of the theory of corporate sabotage, with a section titled "On the Nature and Uses of Sabotage", discussing how corporations routinely sabotage their own production to maintain prices.

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In the first part of The Engineers and the Price System, a work that has been broadly ignored even by his followers, Veblen wrote a section called On the Nature and Uses of Sabotage.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 11

It was discussed as a book that heavily focused on the concept of corporate sabotage. The author was quoted directly from the book, arguing that the ordinary work of a corporation is a form of sabotage, as it prioritizes profits over the needs of people.

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In the first part of "The Engineers and the Price System", a work that has been broadly ignored even by his followers, Veblen wrote a section called "On the Nature and Uses of Sabotage".

From that work, writers and speakers who dilate on the militarious exploits of the nation's businessmen will not commonly allude to this voluminous running administration of sabotage, this conscientious withdrawal of efficiency that goes into their ordinary day's work.

We are not used to thinking of the ordinary work of a corporation being sabotage.

But for Veblen, there was no other explanation for what he was seeing.

But for reasons of business expediency, it is impossible to let these idle plants and idle workmen go to work.

That is to say, for reasons of insufficient profit to the businessmen interested or in other words, for reasons of insufficient income to the vested interests which control the staple industries and so regulate the output of product.

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Nicole Woolsey Biggart

Charismatic Capitalism

Direct Selling Organizations in America

The book was brought up while discussing how MLMs, including Amway, manipulate people into believing that failure is their fault, not the system itself.

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MLMs gaslight you into believing that if you follow their flawless system and don't succeed, there is simply something wrong with you.

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Episode: Part Two: Amway: The Gravedigger of Democracy

The book was brought up while discussing how MLMs, including Amway, manipulate people into believing that failure is their fault, not the system itself.

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MLMs gaslight you into believing that if you follow their flawless system and don't succeed, there is simply something wrong with you.

Episode: Part Two: Amway: The Gravedigger of Democracy

The book was referenced as an academic study on the practices of direct selling organizations in the USA, specifically MLMs. The podcast hosts discussed it in the context of how MLMs influence their members.

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MLMs gaslight you into believing that if you follow their flawless system and don't succeed, there is simply something wrong with you.

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Terry Greene Sterling

Driving While Brown

Sheriff Joe Arpaio versus the Latino Resistance

The book detailed Joe Arpaio's time in school and how he was subjected to anti-immigrant racism, a factor that likely influenced his later actions as Sheriff. It also offered insights into his career and tactics as Sheriff, including details about his posse.

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Joe Arpaio had a difficult time in school. He struggled to get passing grades and often bore the brunt of anti-immigrant thoughts. Dago, WAP, Guinea. He took it, pretended to ignore it because that's...

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The book detailed Joe Arpaio's time in school and how he was subjected to anti-immigrant racism, a factor that likely influenced his later actions as Sheriff. It also offered insights into his career and tactics as Sheriff, including details about his posse.

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Joe Arpaio had a difficult time in school. He struggled to get passing grades and often bore the brunt of anti-immigrant thoughts. Dago, WAP, Guinea. He took it, pretended to ignore it because that's what you did back then, he told us.

We came to understand that Arpaio learned in the small drug enforcement agency then overseen by the Treasury Department, a lot of things that would inform his tenure as a Maricopa County Sheriff.

We asked Arpaio several times if he'd ever killed anybody. He answered, Not that I know of, although in Turkey I used to have gun battles. I think one gun battle I did hit one or two dope peddlers only because I am the one that had the gun. A 38, I guess.

He added hastily that he had never killed anyone in the United States. Another time he told us, In Turkey I've had some gun battles. I don't know who killed who, but I never killed anybody.

Episode: Part One: Joe Arpaio: America's Favorite Concentra...

It was mentioned that the book provided a less favorable view of Joe Arpaio's schooling, where he faced anti-immigrant prejudice, and also offered insights into his law enforcement career, particularly his methods and motivations.

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Joe Arpaio had a difficult time in school. He struggled to get passing grades and often bore the brunt of anti-immigrant thoughts. Dago, WAP, Guinea. He took it, pretended to ignore it because that's what you did back then, he told us.

We came to understand that Arpaio learned in the small drug enforcement agency then overseen by the Treasury Department, a lot of things that would inform his tenure as a Maricopa County Sheriff. He learned how to assume a fictitious role.

We asked Arpaio several times if he'd ever killed anybody. He answered, Not that I know of, although in Turkey I used to have gun battles. I think one gun battle I did hit one or two dope peddlers only because I am the one that had the gun. A 38, I guess.

He added hastily that he had never killed anyone in the United States. Another time he told us, In Turkey I've had some gun battles. I don't know who killed who, but I never killed anybody.

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Jill Duggar

Growing Up Duggar

The four older Duggar sisters published this book, capitalizing on their family's fame and discussing relationships. Josh Duggar contributed a passage about accountability and confessing sins.

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As I became a young man, I was constantly tempted to have lots of wrong thoughts and often battled to keep my heart right.

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Episode: Part Two: The Cult Behind Josh Duggar

The four older Duggar sisters published this book, capitalizing on their family's fame and discussing relationships. Josh Duggar contributed a passage about accountability and confessing sins.

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As I became a young man, I was constantly tempted to have lots of wrong thoughts and often battled to keep my heart right.

One of the greatest things that helped me in my struggles was my parents' commitment to accountability.

They were faithful to talk with each of us children if we were willing to share honestly and openly with them to maintain a clear conscience.

I learned quickly that great freedom can be achieved by accountability, but that deep accountability requires humility and openness.

I often had failures in my early teenage years, but I found that I had a clear conscience only when I was willing to confess my thoughts quickly to God and to my parents.

Episode: Part Two: The Cult Behind Josh Duggar

The four older Duggar sisters published this book, capitalizing on their family's fame. Josh Duggar provided a quote from the book about accountability and confessing sins to God and his parents.

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As I became a young man, I was constantly tempted to have lots of wrong thoughts and often battled to keep my heart right.

One of the greatest things that helped me in my struggles was my parents' commitment to accountability.

They were faithful to talk with each of us children if we were willing to share honestly and openly with them to maintain a clear conscience.

I learned quickly that great freedom can be achieved by accountability, but that deep accountability requires humility and openness.

I often had failures in my early teenage years, but I found that I had a clear conscience only when I was willing to confess my thoughts quickly to God and to my parents.

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Michelle Duggar

A Love That Multiplies

An Up-Close View of How They Make it Work

Michelle Duggar wrote this book, where she included a story told by her husband about purity and the consequences of losing it, using a bike as a metaphor.

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Imagine that your parents are going to surprise you and give you a brand new bike for Christmas.

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Michelle Duggar wrote this book, where she included a story told by her husband about purity and the consequences of losing it, using a bike as a metaphor.

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Imagine that your parents are going to surprise you and give you a brand new bike for Christmas.

Two weeks before Christmas, they buy your bike and hide it in the storage shed in the backyard.

But then the boy next door sneaks into the shed and borrows your new bike. He stunt rides it up and down the back alley.

On Christmas morning, your parents lead you out to the shed to reveal the special gift they bought for you.

And as they open the door and say, 'surprise,' they're just as surprised as you are. You're all shocked to see that the bike looks like it's been thrown off a cliff.

Episode: Part Two: The Cult Behind Josh Duggar

Michelle Duggar's book featured a story about a bike as a metaphor for purity, suggesting that any sexual activity before marriage damages a person's value and purity.

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Imagine that your parents are going to surprise you and give you a brand new bike for Christmas.

Two weeks before Christmas, they buy your bike and hide it in the storage shed in the backyard.

But then the boy next door sneaks into the shed and borrows your new bike. He stunt rides it up and down the back alley.

On Christmas morning, your parents lead you out to the shed to reveal the special gift they bought for you.

And as they open the door and say, 'surprise,' they're just as surprised as you are. You're all shocked to see that the bike looks like it's been thrown off a cliff.

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L. David Mech

The Wolf

The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species,

It was mentioned as a 1970 book that initially supported the concept of alpha wolves, but was later revised by the author to correct inaccuracies regarding wolf pack dynamics.

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Schenkel's work was basically the only word most people could find on worse on wolf behavior. His findings were backed up in 1970 when wildlife biologist David Meck published The Wolf...

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It was mentioned as a 1970 book that initially supported the concept of alpha wolves, but was later revised by the author to correct inaccuracies regarding wolf pack dynamics.

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Schenkel's work was basically the only word most people could find on worse on wolf behavior. His findings were backed up in 1970 when wildlife biologist David Meck published The Wolf, the ecology and behavior of an endangered species.

The concept of the alpha wolf as a top dog ruling a group of similar aged compatriots Meck writes in the 1999 paper is particularly misleading.

Episode: Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

The hosts referred to David Mech's 1970 book The Wolf, the ecology and behavior of an endangered species, noting its challenge to earlier wolf hierarchy research.

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David Mech published The Wolf, the ecology and behavior of an endangered species, a 1970 book that disputed earlier, flawed work on wolf social structure.

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Murray N. Rothbard

Betrayal of the American Right

It was referenced in a discussion about the history of the word 'libertarian', and how it was hijacked by Murray Rothbard to become a right-wing concept. The quote from the book was used to discuss the changes in meaning and the impact of Rothbard's ideology.

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One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that for the first time in my memory we our side has captured a crucial word from the enemy. Libertarians had long been simply a polite word for...

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It was referenced in a discussion about the history of the word 'libertarian', and how it was hijacked by Murray Rothbard to become a right-wing concept. The quote from the book was used to discuss the changes in meaning and the impact of Rothbard's ideology.

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One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that for the first time in my memory we our side has captured a crucial word from the enemy. Libertarians had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists that is for anti private property anarchists either of the communist or syndicalist variety but now we had to turn him over.

Episode: Part One: Nestor Makhno: Anarchist Warlord and Boo...

It was mentioned as a book where Rothbard highlighted his efforts to reclaim the term 'libertarian' and shift its meaning from its original anarchist connotations to a right-wing perspective.

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One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that for the first time in my memory we our side has captured a crucial word from the enemy.

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Jimmy Soni

The Founders

The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

It was discussed as a biography of Cecil Rhodes, focusing on his development and upbringing, and was quoted in relation to his childhood and behaviour.

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When vexed, he would hide in a dark corner under the staircase, not speaking for hours.

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Episode: Part One: Cecil Rhodes: The First Proud Boy

It was discussed as a biography of Cecil Rhodes, focusing on his development and upbringing, and was quoted in relation to his childhood and behaviour.

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When vexed, he would hide in a dark corner under the staircase, not speaking for hours.

He sometimes fled to the family's summer home with a book, pouring over it by the hour together, resenting imperiously any attempted intrusion.

He was prone to strange fits of moodiness, some vague uneasiness of spirit whose source he was never able to properly communicate, unaware himself of whether it was melancholy or horror that seized him.

Occasionally, the young Rhodes rocked himself to and fro and kept up a low crooning which was almost a moan, a crooning that never shaped itself into articulate words.

At such times, Miss Rhodes would go to her special son and, with her arms about him, she would beg him to explain the reason of his disquiet. But he never told her, locking himself then as later in a private, possibly solipsistic world.

Episode: Part One: Cecil Rhodes: The First Proud Boy

It was described as a biography of Cecil Rhodes, detailing his childhood and upbringing, including his mother's coddling and his father's criticism of his dreams.

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Miss Rhodes was unusually skilled in establishing supportive relations. Well-liked by contemporaries and servants, she provided an ample measure of love for her children, especially Cecil. It was that special love which was the foundation of his invincible self-confidence, an affirmative sense of self, which was both a spur to accomplishment and a resilient buffer against the ravages of failure.

My father frequently and I am now sure wisely demolished many of my dreams is fantastical. But when I had rebuilt them on more practical lines, he was ready to listen again. He never failed to put his finger on the weak spots, and his criticism soon taught me to consider a question from every possible point of view.

roads may have continued dreaming of a university education and of life as a professional, probably a barrister. But these would have been dreams with utilitarian motives. For the moment, he was content to have land of your own horses of your own and shooting when you like and a lot of black inwards to do what you like with apart from the fact of making money.

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Chris Fritschi

The Grave Diggers Collection #1 - 3

Includes

It was mentioned in passing as a second book written by Phyllis Schlafly during the same period as 'A Choice Not an Echo'.

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I wrote A Choice Not an Echo. I self-published it. I went to the Republican Convention, wrote a second book, The Grave Diggers.

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It was mentioned in passing as a second book written by Phyllis Schlafly during the same period as 'A Choice Not an Echo'.

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I wrote A Choice Not an Echo. I self-published it. I went to the Republican Convention, wrote a second book, The Grave Diggers.

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It was mentioned as one of the books Schlafly wrote in 1964, alongside 'A Choice, Not an Echo', during a year she describes as the most productive of her life.

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I wrote A Choice Not an Echo. I self-published it. I went to the Republican Convention, wrote a second book, The Grave Diggers.

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Imam 'Abdallah Ibn Alawi al-Haddad

The Lives of Man

A Guide to the Human States

The book was mentioned as a biography commissioned by Dr. Brinkley, which contained his recollections of the events that took place. It was mentioned during the discussion of his first goat testicle implant on farmer Bill Stitzworth.

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So he realized that he was an unusually talented surgeon and an unusually brilliant thinker due to the incredible success of his goat testicle and ovaries, and he was able to get the results of his go...

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The book was mentioned as a biography commissioned by Dr. Brinkley, which contained his recollections of the events that took place. It was mentioned during the discussion of his first goat testicle implant on farmer Bill Stitzworth.

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So he realized that he was an unusually talented surgeon and an unusually brilliant thinker due to the incredible success of his goat testicle and ovaries, and he was able to get the results of his goat testicle and ovary implants.

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This book, commissioned by Dr. Brinkley himself, was used to provide a biased account of his perspective, including the story of how he was convinced to implant goat testicles into a farmer.

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So he realized that he was an unusually talented surgeon and an unusually brilliant thinker due to the incredible success of his goat testicle and ovaries, and he was able to get the results of his goat testicle and ovary implants.

The doctor half closed his eyes and considered, and then he shook his head slowly. The code of ethics his father had drilled into him forever forbade him from any conducts, especially with relation to healing, except the utterly honest and straightforward.

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Mike Davis

City of Quartz

Excavating the Future of Los Angeles (Haymarket Series)

The discussion cited Davis's book as describing Los Angeles as a city of stark contrasts and highlighting its sociopolitical landscape.

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In City of Quartz, the great Mike Davis describes how ... the city is a perpetual riot ...

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The discussion cited Davis's book as describing Los Angeles as a city of stark contrasts and highlighting its sociopolitical landscape.

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In City of Quartz, the great Mike Davis describes how ... the city is a perpetual riot ...

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The episode recommended listeners check out City of Quartz by Mike Davis for further context on LosAngeles history.

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Check that out ... called City of Quartz by Mike Davis.

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