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Making Haste from Babylon

Nick Bunker

This book covered the untold story of the Pilgrims, going beyond the familiar tale of the first Thanksgiving, focusing on the conflict and betrayal against the Wappanag people who helped them survive.

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In the fall of 1620, a battered merchant ship called the Mayflower set sail across the Atlantic. It carried 102 men, women, and children, risking it all to start again in the new world.

Agent Storm

This podcast season followed the story of Morten Storm, a man from a Danish biker gang who found a book about Islam in a library, leading him into Al-Qaeda, then turning him into a spy for the CIA and MI5.

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He finds them in the form of a book about Islam.

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Jon Ronson

During research for this book, the author visited Eric Olson, the son of Dr. Frank Olson, who believed his father was murdered by the CIA. The book provided insight into Eric Olson's perspective on the death of his father.

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Whilst writing The Men Who Stare at Goats, John Ronson paid Eric a visit and found a man convinced that his father who worked on artichoke was actually a good man who intended to bring it all down from the inside.

The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"

John Marks

This book detailed the CIA's MKUltra project and its experiments in mind control. The CIA's attempts to suppress information from the book led to a court case, giving the book significant publicity and contributing to a Senate inquiry.

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The Search for the Manchurian Candidate, colon, The CIA and Mind Control, colon, The Secret History of the Behavioural Sciences.

Coming of age in Samoa; a Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation

Margaret Mead

The podcast host expressed dislike for this book, criticizing its descriptions and anthropological approach. It was mentioned in relation to the author's involvement with the CIA.

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She's an anthropologist. I fucking hate her. She was very involved with the CIA and she wrote a book called Coming of Age in Samoa and it's one of the original texts that you have to read. And it's so creepy. She just talks about these glistening black bodies and it's fucking gross.

Communication between man and dolphin

John C. Lilly

In 1961, John C. Lilly wrote this book, exploring the possibility of teaching dolphins to speak English.

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Malcolm Brenner, the author, documented his alleged sexual relationship with a dolphin named Dolly in this book.

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

The podcast mentioned Frankenstein as an early example of humanity's fascination with controlling the brain, pre-dating the CIA's MKUltra program.

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Frankenstein was published in 1818, long before spies were getting nuclear scientists off their nut and asking them questions about fission.

The Manchurian Candidate

Richard Condon

The podcast mentioned the book as the origin of the Manchurian Candidate concept, describing it as an assassin who's been brainwashed without their knowledge, triggered by external cues.

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Originally a book which was published in 1959 and the Frank Sinatra film is like 1963 or something so it's very quick afterwards and essentially Frank Sinatra and all of his mates were at war and they come back and Frank Sinatra keeps having this really weird dream and I think it's really well done because it's like you know when you're in a dream and there's a person but they're in the wrong place and they capture that so well.

Poisoner in Chief

Stephen Kinzer

The podcast referenced this book as a source of information on Sydney Gottlieb, the CIA's chief of MKUltra, who was involved in mind control and drug experiments.

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There is a book about Sydney Gottlieb called the poisoner in chief I haven't well I have used it but I haven't particularly followed it because I don't like him and I didn't want to make him the central character it's kind of unavoidable to an extent but I've done my best

Joyce McKinney And The Case Of The Manacled Mormon

Anthony Delano

The book, "Joyce McKinney: in the case of the manacled Mormon", is described as a period piece detailing the events surrounding Joyce McKinney and Kirk Anderson, highlighting the role of the press in shaping the narrative.

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This is what it was like in Fleet Street.

A Woman of No Importance

Sonia Purnell

The podcast was based on this book, which details the life and times of Virginia Hall, one of history's most secretive spies. It pieced together the life of a secretive woman who continually overcame obstacles and changed the course of history.

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The reason that we've been able to put this episode together for you at all is a book called A Woman of No Importance by Sonja Pernau.