Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

it reminds me of Joseph Heller and catch 22 for anyone who's a fan of that book

it reminds me of Joseph Heller and Catch-22 for anyone who's a fan of that book the there seems to be an inherent absurdity but you got to check out that article we found because that will explain in depth just how carefully worded that kind of stuff had to be so we've got that timeline and we see some trends in some of these cases we see an initial act of terrorism a furious sudden accusation of left-wing groups and then later information seems to often reveal a connection between the state and these groups so at this point man having looked over this timeline and thank you for walking through that with us listeners at this point we're seeing something that we see often when we talk about shadowy organizations or government operations and that is that there there's some stuff that is proven and is is crazy and is illegal and is proven after the fact and then there's a much larger category of stuff that's unproven but alleged we're going to save that stuff for the end of course but we can start at least with the things that have already been proven

it reminds me of Joseph Heller and catch 22 for anyone who's a fan of that book the there seems to be an inherent absurdity

He wrote a 1955 book. It's called Profiles in Courage.

He wrote a 1955 book. It's called Profiles in Courage.

And he wrote this while he was recovering from an operation that he had on his back.

He wrote a 1955 book. It's called Profiles in Courage.

And he wrote this while he was recovering from an operation that he had on his back.

You know what I'll take a page from L. Ron Hubbard's book and call it cognitive technology

I'll take a page from L. Ron Hubbard's book and call it cognitive technology

I'll take a page from L. Ron Hubbard's book and call it cognitive technology

As always, researching the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is 1010 a great read. The whole series, even if you consider yourself an adult, it's real folklore. It's super good. Shout out to Schwartz. Alan Schwartz wrote and then her head fell off.

Yes, that book in that particular story for me is the and that's why you don't pop your pimples because spiders might come out.

I will never, as long as I live, forget the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Yes, about the girl that had like a boil and she just talked about spiders just poured out and the illustration so much more terrifying than the story that stuck with me as long as I was just talking about this.

And then they get reprinted in books that you could buy at the book fair, like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Like they would have the one about the guy with the hook hand and the tapping and the blood dripping on the car and the foot scraping and all of that stuff.

And then they get reprinted in books that you could buy at the book fair, like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

He wrote a book called The Biggest Secret, and he laid out like Moses coming down with some weird paperback tablets.

He says everything we said before.

He's almost I'm just trying to see the human part of it, right? He's kind of forced to expand on all that stuff.

And then a lot of the theories and the ideas that are in his books seem to be traced back to super problematic things, even though what he's saying in his books actually aren't that problematic on the surface until you realize maybe the originating place of them.

If you buy in to the theory early on, let's say you read The Biggest Secret and you buy into this concept and you keep going down that rabbit hole, you buy into the idea that he was given or divined some message.

It connects the Grand Canyon discovery, specifically this one, the Kincaid discovery, with the reptilian overlords like we were talking in the beginning.

the book that you put on our Instagram, Ben, The Biggest Secret, the 1999, I think, I guess book that was written by Mr. Icke.

It connects the Grand Canyon discovery, specifically this one, the Kincaid discovery, with the reptilian overlords like we were talking in the beginning.

There's a great book. Oh gosh, what's his name? Neil Stevenson. It's called Seven Eves. It's never going to be adapted, but it absolutely should. It struggles with that same question, like who survives in a world ending event.

The first sentence is something like all at once for no reason, the moon blew apart.

And Anathema or Anathem and Seveneves were also great.

But then there's also I think Snow Crash is maybe the most kind of cyber punky or like very much an important one from him, right? Mm hmm. And Anathema or Anathem and Seveneves were also great.

I wanted to ask you about because in Carlson's examination of what what this author is looking at is more of a an emphasis on how certain women primarily women were chosen to be accused of witchcraft.

And Carlson argues that there is a violation of social hierarchy that occurs in some cases.

I think one of the specific quotes is that the accusers and the accused were in a way in a negotiation about the legitimacy of female discontent resentment and anger because it's not too far of an assumption to say this was probably a severely patriarchal society.

I would recommend in addition to six women. In folks who are interested should check out a fantastic book by Dr. Carol F Carlson, which is called The Devil in the Shape of a Woman. This thing was published in 1987.

Carlson is one of the first academics, the first researchers to do a serious, intense interrogation of Puritan history in the early American colonies.

there's a fantastic book called devil in the shape of a woman that looks at this practice in the salem witch trials yeah and what we find is that um more so in europe but also a little bit in salem there are questions of uh there are questions of motive did the accusers always believe someone was in league with the devil or were they pushing the case because according to law in some communities the inquisitors or the accusers got a piece of the person's estate when they were found to be a witch

another book On Killing by David Grossman

another book On Killing by David Grossman

another book On Killing by David Grossman that's where you'll find some more information about pharmacology and Vietnam

I read it. No, which one? The gods or... No. Chasing... Yeah.

Yeah, Chasing Shadows.

There are examples throughout history, recent history of books and also just people that try to tie all of the conspiracy theories, all of the mysteries together into kind of one uniform.

No. Chasing - Yeah.

I read it. No, which one? The gods or... No. Chasing... Yeah. Is it Chasing Shadows?

So get your copy of Mouse while you can.

So get your copy of Mouse while you can.

So get your copy of Mouse while you can.

So that book is Fast Food Nation, The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by an author named Eric Schlosser.

Highly recommend it.

it's been used as a textbook in colleges

So that book is Fast Food Nation, The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by an author named Eric Schlosser.

Highly recommend it.

You should be able, it's been used as a textbook in colleges which, why am I bringing that up?

That means that there are gonna be a lot of very inexpensive copies of that book because a lot of people just got rid of it when they were done with school.

So that book is Fast Food Nation, The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by an author named Eric Schlosser.

Highly recommend it.

You should be able, it's been used as a textbook in colleges which, why am I bringing that up?

That means that there are gonna be a lot of very inexpensive copies of that book because a lot of people just got rid of it when they were done with school.

And also I would say maybe even first read Propaganda.

ah yes, Propaganda, the wow, what a great book, I, I had a copy of that somewhere.

And also I would say maybe even first read Propaganda

ah yes propaganda the wow what a great book I I had a copy of that somewhere

The book Propaganda, available online.

the next one is called Trust Me, I'm Lying confessions of a media manipulator by Ryan Holiday.

the next one is called Trust Me, I'm Lying confessions of a media manipulator by Ryan Holiday

the next one is called Trust me I'm lying confessions of a media manipulator by Ryan Holiday

and then we have a more recent book The Image a guide to pseudo-events in America by Daniel J. Boorstin.

and then we have a more recent book The Image a guide to pseudo-events in America by Daniel J. Boorstin.

and then we have a more recent book The Image a guide to pseudo-events in America by Daniel J Borstan

You can learn more about Love Canal in the book Paradise Falls, written by a journalist named Keith O'Brien. He focuses on the 1976 to 1980 period. So it's very, very specific focus.

You can learn more about Love Canal in the book Paradise Falls, written by a journalist named Keith O'Brien. He focuses on the 1976 to 1980 period. So it's very, very specific focus.

You can learn more about Love Canal in the book Paradise Falls, written by a journalist named Keith O'Brien. He focuses on the 1976 to 1980 period. So it's very, very specific focus.

The Exorcist, the film based on the novel. Yeah. So he says the crab walking, spitting levitation...

If you really want to get father fired up, I priest would never, ever, ever ask a demon, take me instead.

He's like, it's just because there's that's a surrender. It would not happen.

He gets very, it's fun to watch the things that get father riled up, you know, and that's one of them.

albiet one massive, like ruining plot problem. No, no, no, no inviting the demon in father. Yes. Is, is in our priest would ever do that. No.

There's a fantastic graphic novel about this that Matt, you introduce us to called Trinity.

It's wonderful is very much worth your time if you want to if you want to fact based exploration of both the science, the subterfuge and and the problems with nuclear weapons.

There's a fantastic graphic novel about this that Matt, you introduce us to called Trinity. It's wonderful is very much worth your time if you want to if you want to fact based exploration of both the science, the subterfuge and and the problems with nuclear weapons.

There's a fantastic graphic novel about this that Matt, you introduce us to called Trinity. It's wonderful is very much worth your time if you want to if you want to fact based exploration of both the science, the subterfuge and and the problems with nuclear weapons.

This was posted by Nafiz Ahmed. This was July of 2021 and it's mentioning an old book. Limits to Growth.

It was about 1970, I want to say. Then they made a 30-year update that was published in 2004.

This was posted by Nafiz Ahmed. This was July of 2021 and it's mentioning an old book. It's an old standby that we like to name check every once in a while here on the show. Limits to Growth.

It was about 1970, I want to say. Then they made a 30-year update that was published in 2004.

This was posted by Nafiz Ahmed. This was July of 2021 and it's mentioning an old book. Limits to Growth. This is a book that came out in 1972. It was about 1970, I want to say. Then they made a 30-year update that was published in 2004.

It reminds me of a David Eggers book called The Circle that I've mentioned before.

There is a version of the internet that exists in this novel where you can no longer be anonymous on the internet anymore and that in and of itself creates this democratization of the internet where if you're not willing to stand behind your trolling and have your name and ID number visible to everyone, then you're not going to do it.