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And he published two books, The Most Haunted House in England, which coined that phrase, I believe. I don't think he used it before then.

And he published two books, The Most Haunted House in England, which coined that phrase, I believe. I don't think he used it before then.

And he published two books, The Most Haunted House in England, which coined that phrase, I believe. I don't think he used it before then.

In 1975, there were a couple of guys from a chapter in Bloomington, Illinois named Jim Gould and Tom Hillegoss and they said, you know what, let's just create our own haunted house book, basically like a... yeah, I don't know if it was a book, yeah, I guess it was a book, and let's teach people how to open these up and sell it and they distributed about 20,000 copies and it was... they formed the Haunted House Company and it was the first real group of outfit to kind of just sell the plan and write the stuff that you needed, the props.

And it was basically about all the problems that come from that kind of mentality that planned obsolescence creates. All the waste associated with it, all the unnecessary consumerism, all the keeping up with the Joneses that emerges.

And it was basically about all the problems that come from that kind of mentality that planned obsolescence creates. All the waste associated with it, all the unnecessary consumerism, all the keeping up with the Joneses that emerges.

And it was basically about all the problems that come from that kind of mentality that planned obsolescence creates.

All the waste associated with it, all the unnecessary consumerism, all the keeping up with the Joneses that emerges.

Like just six years after that speech.

by a guy named vance packard called The Waste Makers and it was basically about all the problems that come from that kind of mentality that planned obsolescence creates all the waste associated with it All the unnecessary consumerism all the keeping up with the joneses that emerges

There was a popular book by a guy named Vance Packard called The Waste Makers and it was basically about all the problems that come from that kind of mentality that planned obsolescence creates all the waste associated with it All the unnecessary consumerism all the keeping up with the Joneses that emerges

There was a popular book by a guy named Vance Packard called The Waste Makers and it was basically about all the problems that come from that kind of mentality that planned obsolescence creates all the waste associated with it All the unnecessary consumerism all the keeping up with the Joneses that emerges

And then the last thing he wrote in 1989 was called The Ultra Rich, how much is too much?

And then the last thing he wrote in 1989 was called The Ultra Rich, how much is too much?

And then the last thing he wrote in 1989 was called The Ultra Rich, how much is too much?

the last thing he wrote in 1989 was called The Ultra Rich colon. How much is too much?

And then the last thing he wrote in 1989 was called The Ultra Rich: How Much is Too Much?

And then the last thing he wrote in 1989 was called The Ultra Rich: How Much is Too Much?

Oh man, I just need to read both of those at some point.

Man, you need to read 1491 and 1493.

If you want to know more about animal domestication, you can type those two seemingly boring but rather fascinating words into the search bar housestuffworks.com and that will bring up this article and then since I said search bar it's time for listener mail.

Although if that floats your boat, you should read 1493 because stuff like that comes up a lot.

Oh man, I just need to read both of those at some point.

Man, you need to read 1491 and 1493.

I'll do that tonight.

If you're interested in that dude you should really read 1493. It's all about it's all about that stuff.

If you're interested in that dude you should really read 1493. It's all about it's all about that stuff.

There's a great section in 1493 about it.

She wrote a book in 1845 called Woman in the 19th Century. And it was really one of the first sort of proto-feminist tomes. And she was way ahead of her time.

She wrote a book in 1845 called Woman in the Nineteenth Century.

And it was really one of the first sort of proto-feminist tomes, and she was way ahead of her time.

She wrote a book in 1845 called Woman in the Nineteenth Century.

That sounds like a cool book. It does. I can't wait to read the chapter on chickens.

What's it called? Chickens in Rome?

Very nice. And it was Mike who wrote it, right?

I recommend the book Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Atkins and Atkins.

The edition I have is 1994. Oxford University Press has all sorts of great info about daily life as an average Roman citizen.

That sounds like a cool book. It does. I can't wait to read the chapter on chickens.

What's it called? Chickens in Rome? Yeah. By Mike? No, it's called Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome.

I recommend the book Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Atkins and Atkins. The edition I have is 1994. Oxford University Press has all sorts of great info about daily life as an average Roman citizen.

That sounds like a cool book.

Very nice.

I recommend the book Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Atkins and Atkins. The edition I have is 1994. Oxford University Press has all sorts of great info about daily life as an average Roman citizen.

I'm sorry to nitpick but also had to mention that the fairy queen was written by Edmund Spenser rather than Spencer Edmund.

And the first mention of the dragon in like a story, like a fictitious story supposedly comes in Spencer Edmonds' The Fairy Queen.

I'm sorry to nitpick but also had to mention that the fairy queen was written by Edmund Spenser rather than Spencer Edmund.

the first mention of the dragon in like a story, like a fictitious story supposedly comes in Spencer Edmonds' The Fairy Queen.

I'm sorry to nitpick but also had to mention that the fairy queen was written by Edmund Spencer rather than Spencer Edmund.

And we were saying also that the first visual depiction of the dragon shows up in Harley 3244. The first mention of the dragon in like a story, like a fictitious story supposedly comes in Spencer Edmonds' The Fairy Queen.

He had throat cancer I think and the last thing he ever wrote was a note to his wife requesting such and such milligrams of LSD or micrograms of LSD injected intramuscularly.

Right because Aldous Huxley wrote Doors of Perception. He was a big mescaline guy wouldn't he? That book was about his first mescaline trip. Right and that's where the Doors got their name.

He had throat cancer I think and the last thing he ever wrote was a note to his wife requesting such and such milligrams of LSD or micrograms of LSD injected intramuscularly.

Right because Aldous Huxley wrote Doors of Perception. He was a big mescaline guy wouldn't he? That book was about his first mescaline trip. Right and that's where the Doors got their name.

He had throat cancer I think and the last thing he ever wrote was a note to his wife requesting such and such milligrams of LSD or micrograms of LSD injected intramuscularly.

Right because Aldous Huxley wrote Doors of Perception.

He was a big mescaline guy wouldn't he? That book was about his first mescaline trip.

And that's where the Doors got their name.

that was, um, discussed at length in the really great book, Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker, which we talked about in our junk food episode.

You have to read it.

It's about the food we eat today and just how incredibly manufactured it is.

But the really refreshing thing about it is that anybody can read this book. It's basically apolitical. It doesn't lay this at anybody's feet. It doesn't blame anybody. It doesn't suggest there's anything nefarious going on. It's just like here's our food right now. It's really interesting.

Really approachable, interesting book.

They don't even blame Big Dorito?

You have to read it.

It's about the food we eat today and just how incredibly manufactured it is.

But the really refreshing thing about it is that anybody can read this book. It's basically apolitical. It doesn't lay this at anybody's feet. It doesn't blame anybody. It doesn't suggest there's anything nefarious going on. It's just like here's our food right now.

Really approachable, interesting book.

But it's a really great book. Definitely worth reading.

was discussed at length in the really great book, Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker, which we talked about in our junk food episode.

You have to read it.

It's about the food we eat today and just how incredibly manufactured it is.

But the really refreshing thing about it is that anybody can read this book. It's basically apolitical. It doesn't lay this at anybody's feet. It doesn't blame anybody. It doesn't suggest there's anything nefarious going on. It's just like here's our food right now.

They don't even blame Big Dorito?

I mean, they basically trace the origin of our current food standards back to the invention of the Dorito, hence the name. But it's a really great book. Definitely worth reading.

The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the white city where The Devil in the White City is set.

Have you ever read Devil in the White City?

God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it.

Have you ever read Devil in the White City?

I know I've asked you before. I saw it already.

You still have it? No. Man, you're really going to like it, Chuck.

But anyway, it was that World's Fair. God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it.

Far as I know, he doesn't mention zippers, but he may because he did some pretty good research, obviously.

Have you ever read Devil in the White City?

God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it.

Far as I know, he doesn't mention zippers, but he may because he did some pretty good research, obviously.

Have you ever read Devil in the White City?

God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it. Far as I know, he doesn't mention zippers, but he may because he did some pretty good research, obviously.

And that, you know, he was pursuing this dream that his father would like beat him out of, like his father enrolled him in a technical school. He's like, no son of mine is going to be an artist. He would beat him up whenever he brought the idea up.

You can't buy Mein Kampf which I think that's true, isn't it?

You can't buy Mein Kampf which I think that's true, isn't it?

You can't buy Mein Kampf, which I think that's true, isn't it?

I regard him as my inspiration.

Sherlock Holmes was really good at that kind of thing.

Uh, did you know he was a morphine and cocaine addict?

Oh, really? Yeah. Well, I guess you need both in like the original stories. Really? Yeah. Oh, like in the books.

I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm sorry. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

He was super into this. He joined the Society for Psychical Research, which was an early skeptical slash believer society.

And he always, he bought into this. He was just convinced.

I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm sorry. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

He was super into this. He joined the Society for Psychical Research, which was an early skeptical slash believer society.

And he always, he bought into this. He was just convinced.

I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm sorry. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

He was the author of Sherlock Holmes, of course. He was super into this. He joined the Society for Psychical Research, which was an early skeptical slash believer society. And he always, he bought into this. He was just convinced.

I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm sorry. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

He wrote the movie Contact, McConaughey and Jodie Foster.

If you've seen the movie Contact...

Apparently it's not too inaccurate from the writer of this article who was Freud and Link, wasn't it?

Well, it was based on a book written by Carl Sagan and he definitely knew his stuff.

He wrote the movie Contact, McConaughey and Jodie Foster. That was based on his novel.

If you want to watch that one, is fairly accurate and on track.

Well, it was based on a book written by Carl Sagan and he definitely knew his stuff.

But one of the things he wrote was Contact, the novel.

And wrote the movie Contact, McConaughey and Jodie Foster.

That was based on his novel.

We're talking about Dorothy Gale, the character in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz book series.

And that's just if you're reading the book. She also in the book befriends and accompanies three men, none of whom are traditionally masculine or manly.

And there's even a part in the book, well, not the Wizard of Oz, but one of the other books from the Oz series where another character tells her, Dorothy, you have some queer friends.

And she says, the queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends.

We're talking about Dorothy Gale, the character in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz book series.

Yeah, and that's just if you're reading the book. She also in the book befriends and accompanies three men, none of whom are traditionally masculine or manly.

And there's even a part in the book, well not the Wizard of Oz, but one of the other books from the Oz series where another character tells her, Dorothy, you have some queer friends. And she says, the queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends.

We're talking about Dorothy Gale, the character in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz book series.

And that's just if you're reading the book. She also in the book befriends and accompanies three men, none of whom are traditionally masculine or manly.

And there's even a part in the book, well, not the Wizard of Oz, but one of the other books from the Oz series where another character tells her, Dorothy, you have some queer friends.

And she says, the queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends.

But the point is this, is whether it meant, no, they certainly didn't mean queer as in gay. They just meant strange, unusual.

We're talking about Dorothy Gale, the character in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz book series.

Yeah, and that's just if you're reading the book. She also in the book befriends and accompanies three men, none of whom are traditionally masculine or manly.

And there's even a part in the book, well not the Wizard of Oz, but one of the other books from the Oz series where another character tells her, Dorothy, you have some queer friends. And she says, the queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends.

In the book, those ruby slippers, and I guess they're talking about the Wizard of Oz, yes?

So in the book, those ruby slippers were actually silver and were meant to represent the silver standard, not a ruby standard. The movie changes silver slippers to ruby.

It's a really good book. But I thought I followed that story and thought the same thing. Like, like why? Why would you why would you say that every word of this is accurate?

It's like when the guy, the author wrote about his drug rehab, the James Fry. Yeah, that was a great book. And I remember at the time when it all came out, I was like, man, you should just call it fiction.

Oh, James Fry. Yeah, she had him on the show, A Million Little Pieces. Is that it?

I read that book. I really enjoyed it. And then found out afterward about the fact that a lot of it was made up and I didn't care. I was like, well, fine, call it a novel then. Right. I enjoyed it.

Oh, James Fry. Yeah, she had him on the show, A Million Little Pieces. Is that it? Yeah, something like that. I read that book. I really enjoyed it. And then found out afterward about the fact that a lot of it was made up and I didn't care. I was like, well, fine, call it a novel then. Right. I enjoyed it.

And then she did not let that one go. Remember, she brought him back on for just like that. She went on TV like vouching for the guy, or not vouching but essentially you're sort of vouching if you recommend his book. I guess, but really, I don't know. I think the follow up episode was unnecessary and really put the guy in the stocks basically.

Yeah, I just remember thinking at the time he just should not have called it a memoir. Just call it a novel. Right. And not to diminish anyone's experience and rehab which I think was the problem. Is that what offended people? I think so.

Oh, James Fry.

Yeah, she had him on the show, A Million Little Pieces.

I read that book. I really enjoyed it.

And then found out afterward about the fact that a lot of it was made up and I didn't care.

I was like, well, fine, call it a novel then.

I want to recommend a book called Merchants of Doubt right now. I'm reading and it's about how the tobacco industry, climate change, denial, all this stuff is largely the result of PR.

They're a conservative think tank. You might remember them in the nineties when they worked alongside Philip Morris to deny the risks of secondhand smoke.

They're a conservative think tank. You might remember them in the nineties when they worked alongside Philip Morris to deny the risks of secondhand smoke. Yeah. That's all chronicle in that book. I've talked about Merchants of Doubt.

And I want to recommend a book called Merchants of Doubt right now. I'm reading and it's about how the tobacco industry, climate change, denial, all this stuff is largely the result of PR.

If you haven't seen the movie or read the book, which is - they're both great.

They're both great. It's like great book, great movie.

What a movie. What a book. Man. So great.

Uh, then there was Ken Kesey, um, author of many books, uh, notably One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Ken Kesey, um, author of many books, uh, notably One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Which that alone makes him a great author.

Have you ever seen or read or both One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

The book was great. I've seen the movie a dozen times.

It is a great movie. I haven't read the book. Although I was a Ken Keesey fan. I thought he was a cool dude.

Well if you haven't seen or read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, you totally should. It is like Chuck was saying one of the best movies of all time. It is a great book apparently.

And one of the things that factors into it is setting an insane asylum in the 50s I would say. Maybe 60s. And one of the... I guess almost a character in this movie or book is electroconvulsive therapy, which the staff uses to basically keep the patients in check.

Have you ever seen or read or both One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

The book was great. I've seen the movie a dozen times.

It is a great movie. I haven't read the book. Although I was a Ken Keesey fan. I thought he was a cool dude.

Well if you haven't seen or read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, you totally should. It is like Chuck was saying one of the best movies of all time. It is a great book apparently.

And one of the things that factors into it is setting an insane asylum in the 50s I would say. Maybe 60s. And one of the... I guess almost a character in this movie or book is electroconvulsive therapy. Which the staff uses to basically keep the patients in check.

John Kennedy Tool. Sure. Confederacy of Dunces.

How often do you think about just in your normal life? How, I don't know. Almost never maybe?

Yeah, a couple of times a year maybe when it's like a movie will be in the works that never happens.

I was thinking about that movie or that book yesterday.

But I don't think it's like one of the greatest books of all time or anything.

Yeah, this crazy character in Louisiana. It's always grabbed my attention because it's just like a perfect title and then the guy's name is perfect as well. John Kennedy Tool.

Yeah, his author.

Well, he'd killed himself. He was clearly now suffered some sort of mental illness and could not get published and that drove him to eventually commit suicide in 1969 and his mother made it her life's work to get it published and did so in 1980.

And then his second book was published The Neon Bible I think in 1986 and that was made into a movie.

Well, The Neon Bible wasn't a huge hit but.

But yeah, I would say he's a one hit wonder.

And John Kennedy Tool. Sure. Confederacy of Dunces.

It's like, I think a lot of people have these expectations because it's known as this like genius work after this guy committed suicide and it is really good. But I don't think it's like one of the greatest books of all time or anything.

Well, he'd killed himself. He was clearly now suffered some sort of mental illness and could not get published and that drove him to eventually commit suicide in 1969 and his mother made it her life's work to get it published and did so in 1980.

Well, The Neon Bible wasn't a huge hit but. Oh, gotcha. But yeah, I would say he's a one hit wonder.

And John Kennedy Tool. Sure. Confederacy of Dunces.

But I don't think it's like one of the greatest books of all time or anything.

It's always grabbed my attention because it's just like a perfect title and then the guy's name is perfect as well. John Kennedy Tool.

He was clearly now suffered some sort of mental illness and could not get published and that drove him to eventually commit suicide in 1969 and his mother made it her life's work to get it published and did so in 1980.

the first one is A Confederacy of Dunces the film adaptation of John Kennedy Tool's book I guess novel great book yeah ... it's a classic classic book and very sadly Tool killed himself in 1969 and the book was not out yet and part of the reason he killed himself is because he he could not achieve success as a writer his mother gets it published it wins a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 and posthumously he became a famous author ... so people when it first was published in the early 80s

the very famously, the great, great book, A Confederacy of Dunces, has never been made.

He wrote a self-published memoir called The Thrill of the Chase, published in 2010.

And he, in it, contained a poem with six rhyming stanzas printed on the map of the Rockies.

And I think we should take a break and read this poem right after this.

He wrote a self-published memoir called The Thrill of the Chase, published in 2010.

And he, in it, contained a poem with six rhyming stanzas printed on the map of the Rockies.

He wrote a self-published memoir called The Thrill of the Chase, published in 2010.

And he, in it, contained a poem with six rhyming stanzas printed on the map of the Rockies.

He wrote a self-published memoir called The Thrill of the Chase, published in 2010.

And he, in it, contained a poem with six rhyming stanzas printed on the map of the Rockies.

And I think we should take a break and read this poem right after this.

He wrote a self-published memoir called The Thrill of the Chase, published in 2010.

And he, in it, contained a poem with six rhyming stanzas printed on the map of the Rockies.

I never read the book. I did both and they were both pretty good. It was one of those ones where like the movies just about as good as the book.

I never read the book. I did both and they were both pretty good. It was one of those ones where like the movies just about as good as the book.

I never read the book. I did both and they were both pretty good.

It was one of those ones where like the movies just about as good as the book.

I never read the book. I did both and they were both pretty good.

I never read the book. I did both and they were both pretty good. It was one of those ones where like the movies just about as good as the book.