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Chuckle Sandwich is a comedy podcast hosted by Ted Nivison & Schlatt. New episodes every week! For advertising opportunities please email [email protected]    We want to make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4   Privacy Policy: https://www.stu...

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The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Pokimane Episode

They said they had read the book but could not recall much of its content.

You read that book? The Outsiders? Of course. Do I remember much of it? No. You know, we didn't really get through that point. Like, I really don't remember much of my childhood.

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Die With Zero

Bill Perkins

Mentioned 1 year ago

The Chuckle Sandwich Holiday Special (2024)

Schlatt recalled that he had been suggested the book Die With Zero, read it, and then considered the idea of dying with zero.

You suggested to me a book called Die With Zero about how you should die with zero.

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

J.R.R. Tolkien

Mentioned 1 year ago

We Tested How Fancy We Are

The hosts jokingly imagined dressing up as elves with pointy ears and referenced a "Lord of the Rings" cosplay, noting the fantasy theme of MiddleEarth as part of their banter.

pointy ears

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Mentioned 1 year ago

Are We Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

The podcast hosts discussed this 1960 novel, focusing on its themes of social and racial inequality. One host admitted they did not know the author and struggled to recall the details.

To kill a mockingbird.

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Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)

Laura Hillenbrand

Mentioned 2 years ago

Preparing For Our Retirement

It was a good book. It was about the guys that were in the B-bomb B-something bombers and they got lost at sea for 47 days.

It was a good book. I think we read it in school, Tucker, didn't we?

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A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

Mentioned 2 years ago

Answering Our Fans Deepest Conspiracies

The speaker had two copies of the book but thought it was a gift for a child as it was on the topic of history.

Funny story. My dad got me two of these books for Christmas. I open them up. My my nine year old sister sitting across from me. I was like, are these for her or something?

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Shōgun

James Clavell

Mentioned 2 years ago

Huge Dairy Queen Drama

The speaker mentioned watching the show Shogun, but didn't say anything specific about the book it is based on.

I've been watching Shogun.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket Book 1)

Roald Dahl

Mentioned 2 years ago

The Willy Wonka AI Disaster

It was mentioned that the original 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' book is a Roald Dahl book.

I don't know if that's a isn't Willy-wanka a role doll book. Yeah, willy-wanka. I think that's a role doll

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Guinness World Records 2024

Guinness World Records

Mentioned 2 years ago

Our Fans Sent us Their Hottest Takes...Bad Idea

It was mentioned as a specific book that was from 2006.

Reading that 2006, they were a year ahead, the Guinness Book of World Records for 2006.

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Warriors

Erin Hunter

Mentioned 2 years ago

Our Fans Sent us Their Hottest Takes...Bad Idea

It was mentioned as a book from the Scholastic Book Fair and seemed to be something they enjoyed as kids.

Sunrise, from the Scholastic Book Fair.

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It

Stephen King

Mentioned 2 years ago

Unlawful "Would You Rather?" Questions

The speaker mentioned the book "It" by Stephen King, suggesting it was a good example of a story with a "being of death" character, but did not elaborate further.

And then if you made the duck crazy then that would make that would make duck hunting of very very they'd be like on a war.

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Guardians Of Ga'hoole Series Books 1 - 5 Collection Set by Kathryn Lasky (The Capture, The Journey, The Rescue, The Siege & The Shattering)

Kathryn Lasky

Mentioned 2 years ago

We Ranked The World's Favorite Animals

The Guardians of G'huul was mentioned as part of a young adult novel series where animals like owls are given wars, which was popular in late elementary school. The series was so popular that it got its own movie.

I read a couple of books called The Guardians of G'huul. You ever read The Guardians of G'huul, Tucker Schlatt?

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Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket Book 1)

It was mentioned that the original 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' book is a Roald Dahl book.

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I don't know if that's a isn't Willy-wanka a role doll book. Yeah, willy-wanka. I think that's a role doll

— Episode: The Willy Wonka AI Disaster

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Episode: The Willy Wonka AI Disaster

It was mentioned that the original 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' book is a Roald Dahl book.

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I don't know if that's a isn't Willy-wanka a role doll book. Yeah, willy-wanka. I think that's a role doll

That seems like something role doll would make up

Yeah, some other yeah next to his stupid shit about a giant peach

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Bret Easton Ellis

American Psycho

The conversation likened the clear raincoat and plastic wrap on a couch to the atmosphere of the novel, saying it gave "American Psycho" vibes.

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It definitely gives American Psycho vibes for sure. In fact, the clear raincoat in this instance, somewhat gives American Psycho vibes from this particular person bec...

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Episode: We Ranked Reddit's Worst Humans

The conversation likened the clear raincoat and plastic wrap on a couch to the atmosphere of the novel, saying it gave "American Psycho" vibes.

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It definitely gives American Psycho vibes for sure. In fact, the clear raincoat in this instance, somewhat gives American Psycho vibes from this particular person because he puts on a clear raincoat.

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Roald Dahl

Matilda

The hosts referenced the book while recalling a teacher named Miss Trunchbull, noting that one of them had attended the school depicted in the story.

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I didn't know you went to Matilda's school growing up. That's crazy.

— Episode: We Ranked Reddit's Worst Humans

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Episode: We Ranked Reddit's Worst Humans

The hosts referenced the book while recalling a teacher named Miss Trunchbull, noting that one of them had attended the school depicted in the story.

"

I didn't know you went to Matilda's school growing up. That's crazy.

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Sun Tzu

The Art of War (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Fingerprint! Classics)

It was suggested that one of the podcast hosts may have read it and been using its principles to his advantage in an upcoming boxing match.

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I think you read the whole, I think you read the whole art of war and you're, cause that is honestly a little bit to your advantage.

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It was suggested that one of the podcast hosts may have read it and been using its principles to his advantage in an upcoming boxing match.

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I think you read the whole, I think you read the whole art of war and you're, cause that is honestly a little bit to your advantage.

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Bernard Waber

Courage

It received a score of 100 on Moist Meter and was described as a perfect cartoon, unique, good for kids with positive messages, but still scary for children.

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is to Courage the cowardly dog.

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Episode: The Cr1tikal Exclusive

It received a score of 100 on Moist Meter and was described as a perfect cartoon, unique, good for kids with positive messages, but still scary for children.

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is to Courage the cowardly dog.

Oh there we go all right all right I can I can jive with that and but how do you know that that's not just nostalgia speaking have you gone back and watched it

okay I've watched the entire all four seasons at least like six times over the last 20 years man it's so good dude is it I fucking love that show it's perfect

I haven't seen the show in so long is it does it actually have any sort of overarching lore or is it just the sort of one-off episodes kind of his misadventures

kind of mainly one-offs but there is like reoccurring characters and there is some that kind of have longer plot lines like Dr. Zalost but it's fucking yeah Dr. Zalost is probably my favorite piece of television bro the fucking cannons the cannons that make people unhappy

I was scared of that shit for so many years as a kid I watched that and I was I was scarred for a while my lead is still Dr. Zalost feeling to it yeah what's that rad what's that like 3d animated like 3d animated like Wraith that appears in on the planes that's just like oh you know I'm talking about King Ramsey's curse return the slab oh yeah return the slab yeah fuck yeah that's I think the show just is literally a perfect cartoon

adults love it it holds up well it's unique it's good for kids it has positive messages but it's still like fucking scary for kids like there was an episode where like Courage is having nightmares and one of them is like this claymation abortion thing and it just says you're not perfect and it's like oh my god I can't sleep now it's an awesome way to learn fear for children a great way to teach them

when did that show run what was the runtime of the original 99 to 2003 I think oh okay so that was right on the cusp of the edge of you know the crime age yeah cartoons that's nice

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Stephen King

Gerald's Game

It was mentioned as a similar sounding title to 'Megan's Game', which the speakers were trying to find information about online.

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Gerald's Game.

— Episode: We Tortured Ludwig Ahgren on Our Podcast

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Episode: We Tortured Ludwig Ahgren on Our Podcast

It was mentioned as a similar sounding title to 'Megan's Game', which the speakers were trying to find information about online.

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Gerald's Game.

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David Thomson

Breaking Bad

The Official Book

It received a perfect score of 100 on Moist Meter, and was considered one of the best shows ever made, with something for everyone.

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so there is two there's three things I'd give a hundred to one of them would be Breaking Bad.

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Episode: The Cr1tikal Exclusive

It received a perfect score of 100 on Moist Meter, and was considered one of the best shows ever made, with something for everyone.

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so there is two there's three things I'd give a hundred to one of them would be Breaking Bad.

Breaking Bad I think is genuinely just one of the best shows ever made that shit is so fucking good even for people that only want like titties in action you still find things to love about Breaking Bad I think that show is a masterpiece

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Erin Hunter

Warriors

Power of Three #6

It was mentioned as a book from the Scholastic Book Fair and seemed to be something they enjoyed as kids.

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Sunrise, from the Scholastic Book Fair.

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Episode: Our Fans Sent us Their Hottest Takes...Bad Idea

It was mentioned as a book from the Scholastic Book Fair and seemed to be something they enjoyed as kids.

"

Sunrise, from the Scholastic Book Fair.

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Kathryn Lasky

Guardians Of Ga'hoole Series Books 1 - 5 Collection Set by Kathryn Lasky (The Capture, The Journey, The Rescue, The Siege & The Shattering)

The Guardians of G'huul was mentioned as part of a young adult novel series where animals like owls are given wars, which was popular in late elementary school. The series was so popular that it got its own movie.

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I read a couple of books called The Guardians of G'huul. You ever read The Guardians of G'huul, Tucker Schlatt?

— Episode: We Ranked The World's Favorite Animals

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Episode: We Ranked The World's Favorite Animals

The Guardians of G'huul was mentioned as part of a young adult novel series where animals like owls are given wars, which was popular in late elementary school. The series was so popular that it got its own movie.

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I read a couple of books called The Guardians of G'huul. You ever read The Guardians of G'huul, Tucker Schlatt?

I don't know what it was but when I was... That period of late elementary school, I feel like there was a thousand different young adult novel series where they just gave animals, like a species of animals, they gave them wars. They just gave...

They started giving these creatures war. Like so in Guardians of G'huul, they're giving owls war. See that? The rescue. Look at it. They're giving these things fucking helmets. They're sending owls into war.

But then there's also a... There was a series of books about cats too. Remember that?

As well. There's a Guardians of G'huul movie. Silver screen Hollywood movie, Guardians of G'huul.

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Dr. Ernest Drake

Dragonology

The Complete Book of Dragons (Ologies)

The Dragonology book was brought up as a Scholastic Book Fair favorite that sparked a love of dragons. The book has interesting features like world maps, textures, and notes, along with visuals that showcase how dragons are portrayed in different cultures.

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Oh, yeah. You want to talk about Guinness World Record book? No, but the dragon Tucker Tucker head up, Tucker. We're talking about the dragon book from the Scholastic Book Fair. What did it come? Did...

— Episode: We Ranked The World's Favorite Animals

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Episode: We Ranked The World's Favorite Animals

The Dragonology book was brought up as a Scholastic Book Fair favorite that sparked a love of dragons. The book has interesting features like world maps, textures, and notes, along with visuals that showcase how dragons are portrayed in different cultures.

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Oh, yeah. You want to talk about Guinness World Record book? No, but the dragon Tucker Tucker head up, Tucker. We're talking about the dragon book from the Scholastic Book Fair. What did it come? Did it show up?

Oh, he's I think he has a book. No, I think I think because we were talking about this. A little while ago and I think he ordered it. And I think he has it now. Oh my God. Oh, dragon all that you were mentioning this dragon ology.

Jesus Christ. Yeah, it's a throwback. Badass.

I love it's got like the ranges out of the pages smell. I feel like the pages smell good. The pages have fun things like little notes and they've got like like these like open up and have like what the stages of growing and it'll have like wow, this is more intense than I remember it. There's like a journal entry like here and some of them have like textures.

Yeah, this book and also the coincides with like the style of like how you see dragons painted in like Chinese culture versus like Scottish culture.

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Mike Lupica

Heat

The author, Mike Lupica, was mentioned for his books that were popular with kids in middle school, like Heat. He is known for his sports-themed books.

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I wasn't into animal stories as a young adult. That was reading more like Heat by Mike Lupica.

— Episode: We Ranked The World's Favorite Animals

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Episode: We Ranked The World's Favorite Animals

The author, Mike Lupica, was mentioned for his books that were popular with kids in middle school, like Heat. He is known for his sports-themed books.

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I wasn't into animal stories as a young adult. That was reading more like Heat by Mike Lupica.

Mike Lupica was a big author for kids. Yeah.

Middle school. What else did he write?

His sports stories. Yeah, no I can't relate. I was more of an imagination game kid.

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BradyGames

The Art of Soul Calibur 2

Illustrated Guide to the Characters, Weapons, and Arenas of Soul Calibur II

It was mentioned as the game the speaker recently bought and was reading the manual for. The manual included a phone number for a help line and the prices per minute for full walkthroughs and tips.

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I just bought a copy of Soul Calibur 2 for the game And I was reading the manual while we were getting ready And at the back of the man, so the games made by Namco at the back of the manual They give...

— Episode: Ranking The Internet's Worst People (Red...

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Episode: Ranking The Internet's Worst People (Reddit AITA)

It was mentioned as the game the speaker recently bought and was reading the manual for. The manual included a phone number for a help line and the prices per minute for full walkthroughs and tips.

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I just bought a copy of Soul Calibur 2 for the game And I was reading the manual while we were getting ready And at the back of the man, so the games made by Namco at the back of the manual They give you a phone number and the prices by the minute for full walkthroughs and tips Isn't that cool

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Todd McFarlane

Spawn Compendium Vol. 1

Meat Canyon mentioned being a fan of Spawn as a kid, drawn to its depiction of demons and grotesque imagery, like teeth and gum.

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I was big in a Spawn. That was my big thing.

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Episode: Unhinged Conversations ft. MeatCanyon

Meat Canyon mentioned being a fan of Spawn as a kid, drawn to its depiction of demons and grotesque imagery, like teeth and gum.

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I was big in a Spawn. That was my big thing.

Spawn? Spawn? Spawn is the comic book character? Yeah the Todd McFarland comic book.

He has like demons from hell and shit but he used to always show like tons of gum and teeth and all that stuff and then all that kind of shit always got me really good. Always stuff that was really really cool.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

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

In a light‑hearted episode, the hosts imagined dressing up as elves and referenced a Lord of the Rings cosplay, using the fantasy setting of Middle‑Earth as part of their banter. They mentioned the book only as a backdrop for the joke, without offering a recommendation.

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Episode: We Tested How Fancy We Are

The hosts jokingly imagined dressing up as elves with pointy ears and referenced a "Lord of the Rings" cosplay, noting the fantasy theme of MiddleEarth as part of their banter.

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pointy ears

like you were coming straight out of middle earth

we would just be doing Lord of the Rings cosplay

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Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game (The Ender Saga, 1)

The hosts briefly referred to the book when describing how they organized their Minecraft realm, noting its premise of training children for war. Ted Nivison asked if anyone had read it, and Travis connected the concept to their server setup, resulting in a casual mention rather than a recommendation.

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It was mentioned as a basis for how the podcast hosts' Minecraft server was set up, with a passing reference to children being trained for war in the book.

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Have you guys read or seen uh Ender's Game?

Oh is that uh like many times many times well it's sort of how we set up our like a minecraft realm

no yeah i may be actually a little confused here well so look it is a spoiler alert but like in the media property Ender's Game it's about training children to do war because they think that how much

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Gary Paulsen

The River (A Hatchet Adventure)

Connor recalled reading Hatchet, a novel set in the Canadian wilderness, suggesting he read it either for school or leisure.

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I read hatchet. I read hatchet. I've heard stories. What was it a look?

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Episode: ConnorEatsPants

Connor recalled reading Hatchet, a novel set in the Canadian wilderness, suggesting he read it either for school or leisure.

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I read hatchet. I read hatchet. I've heard stories. What was it a look?

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Michael McDermott

Smosh

In the episode, the hosts briefly noted that the creators had worked on comic books and a movie early in their careers, referencing the title as part of that early work. No strong endorsement was given, and the mention served mainly as a contextual anecdote about the creators' background.

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Episode: Tier Listing YouTubers We Could Beat in a Fight

The Smosh creators were mentioned to have been involved with the production of Smosh comic books, alongside the Smosh movie, early in their careers.

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and like do the fucking, you know, the Smosh movie and the comic books and all that.

How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks Cover

Witold Szablowski

How to Feed a Dictator

Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks

The title was brought up as QTCinderella's book club selection, where she briefly introduced its focus on dictators and their influence. The discussion was limited to noting the subject matter without a strong endorsement.

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It was mentioned as QTCinderella's book club selection, where she discussed the topic of dictators and their influence.

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I just read a book about, it's called Feeding Dictators and it's about the five-

That was your book club book.

101 FUN FACTS ABOUT MILLIONAIRES: Mind-Blowing Interesting Facts about MONEY that will Transform your LIFE forever! Cover

Rahim Lajfar

101 FUN FACTS ABOUT MILLIONAIRES

Mind-Blowing Interesting Facts about MONEY that will Transform your LIFE forever!

In a brief segment of the episode, the hosts referenced the title as a book about millionaire facts, though they were uncertain about the exact name and author. They treated it as a possible business or wealth‑focused work but did not discuss its content in depth or recommend it. The mention was casual and speculative.

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It was mentioned as a book, possibly fiction, related to business or wealth, although the specific title and author were not entirely clear.

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What was the book you said called again? Millionaire Facts with a Z.

But that's just me making clarifying it's a Z. It's not called millionaire facts with a Z. It's not the literal title.

Yeah man are you Jim Lyon whoa hey let me ask you a question what is it Jim oh my god oh my god he's like so enthralled by you he like tries it a little back he's like Jim I bet you don't have any haters man how do I lose all my haters no one likes me if you tell me where you know anything about the money situation in Omni Corp. Omni Rune you know anything about the money situation in Omni Rune or who could we talk to and wish we could find out some information like that that would be badass Jim I bet there's nothing about the money situation you don't know man cause you are on that go go go go grind oh my god

yeah man are you Jim Lyon whoa hey let me ask you a question what is it Jim oh my god oh my god he's like so enthralled by you he like tries it a little back he's like Jim I bet you don't have any haters

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Erin Hunter

Warriors 6-Book Collection with Bonus Book

Enter the Clans

The title was only briefly brought up when Connor noted that a friend of his, Mason, was reading the Warrior Cats series. No further commentary or recommendation was given, so the mention was casual.

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Connor briefly mentioned that a friend of his, Mason, read the Warrior Cats books. The discussion doesn't delve into specific details or the content of the book series.

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I have I remember I had a friend mason who would read the warrior cats books, but no one ever is like Yeah, I read a little warrior cats those people don't exist.

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