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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines an...

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The Book of Isaiah

Brian Simmons

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The Tudor Dixon Podcast: AOC, Newsom & Hillary’s Biggest Political Meltdowns

Gavin Newsom mentioned he wrote a book, but the speaker suggested it only covered one side of his life, omitting details about his wealthy father funding his early ventures.

He's written a book. And I think it's like the book is telling one side of his life. Like, I lived with this mom who didn't have a lot of money. Don't mention that his dad was super rich and gave him all kinds of safaris to Africa and money to start a business.

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The Wealth of Nations (Modern Library)

Adam Smith

Mentioned 4 months ago

The Truth with Lisa Boothe: Trump Tariffs After the Supreme Court: What the Ruling Means for Trade, China & U.S. Jobs

The father of free trade underscored in this book that a country should not depend on its neighbors for things critical to national defense.

Adam Smith, the father of free trade, even underscored in his book, Wealth of Nations, that a country should not depend on its neighbors for things that are critical to national defense.

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The Dozen Dozens

Tom Green

Mentioned 4 months ago

Hour 2 - This is America!

The host recommended that listeners should have all of Bill O'Reilly's dozen or so bestsellers on their bookshelves.

Any of his dozen or so bestsellers, of course. You should have all those on your bookshelves.

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The Odyssey

Homer

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Normally Podcast: Olympic Gold Pride, Newsom’s “I Can’t Read” Act, and NYC Subway Chaos

US Olympic hockey player Jack Hughes was mentioned as a big reader who brought a copy of this book to read at the Olympics.

He brought the Odyssey to read at the Olympics.

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Young Man in a Hurry

Gavin Newsom

Mentioned 4 months ago

Normally Podcast: Olympic Gold Pride, Newsom’s “I Can’t Read” Act, and NYC Subway Chaos

Gavin Newsom was on tour promoting his memoir, which the speaker noted was a bit wishful thinking given Newsom's age.

This is his tour for his memoir Young Man in a Hurry, which is a little wish casting because he ain't young no more.

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Manufacturing Delusion: How the Left Uses Brainwashing, Indoctrination, and Propaganda Against You cover

Manufacturing Delusion

Buck Sexton

Mentioned 4 months ago

Team 47 - MAHA Uncensored

The speaker, Buck, mentioned that he caught a typo in his own book, Manufacturing Delusion, while recording the audiobook, specifically when reading page eight.

I caught it when I was doing the audiobook of Manufacturing Delusion, which you should all go download if you have not already.

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By James Fell Lose It Right: A Brutally Honest 3-Stage Program to Help You Get Fit and Lose Weight Without Losing [Paperback] cover

By James Fell Lose It Right

unknown author

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Tudor Dixon Podcast: Breaking Big Food, MAHA Movement & America’s Health Crisis

The documentary, which is discussed as if it were a book or source material, explained the failure of the American food system and inspired the filmmakers to open an organic coffee shop and market. The conversation often referred to the documentary's insights as key knowledge points for the audience.

And today they're going to tell us, I think not only how to break big food, but also how to break our addiction. I'm hoping how to break our addiction to big food, because as I was watching their documentary, which I tell you, you should go watch this because it really does explain to you why you just can't eat one potato chip.

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Safety On

Yehuda Remer

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Karol Markowicz Show: Armed & Awake: Yehuda Remer on Jewish Self-Defense, the Second Amendment & Post–October 7 Reality

This was the author's first published book, which focused on introducing children to the world of firearms and firearm safety, taking five years to complete.

So I went online. I was shocked to find that there were no books on the market. I wanted something that I can read to my children as a bedtime book, that there were no books on the market devoted solely to children regarding gun safety.

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27 Words

Yehuda Remer

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Karol Markowicz Show: Armed & Awake: Yehuda Remer on Jewish Self-Defense, the Second Amendment & Post–October 7 Reality

This was the book the author began writing after his first was published, intended as a breakdown of the 27 words of the Second Amendment specifically for children.

And I was writing a book called 27 Words, which is a breakdown of the 27 words of the Second Amendment for children.

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Tell Your Children

Alex Berenson

Mentioned 5 months ago

Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 11 2026

The guest mentioned he wrote this book in 2019 about the strong link between cannabis use, especially when started young, and the increased risk of developing psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. He noted that the science supporting his claims has become even more developed since the book's publication.

So, so it's interesting because I wrote a book called Tell Your Children about this in 2019, right? That's seven years ago.

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A Journey to the Center of the Mind

James Fitzgerald

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Tudor Dixon Podcast: Inside the Nancy Guthrie Case with James Fitzgerald

James Fitzgerald mentioned that this series consists of four books, which are available as e-books, audiobooks, and regular paperback books. He wrote them in retirement to tell stories, covering his upbringing, police career, FBI years including the Unabomber case, and later cases like the Olympic bombings and the John Bonnet Ramsey case.

So yeah, there it's e-books, audio books, regular paperback books. Go on my website, jamesrfitzgerald.com. Contact me through there. We're glad to set off signed copies to people.

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The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations cover

The Wisdom of Crowds

James Surowiecki

Mentioned 5 months ago

Normally Podcast: Don Lemon Arrest Fallout, School Closures, and the True Cost of Convenience

The speaker mentioned this book in the context of criticizing James Surowiecki's commentary on the Don Lemon arrest, implying the author lacked wisdom regarding the situation described.

James Surowiecki, who wrote a book called The Wisdom of Crowds and like really has none of his own. Um, it tweeted, are you seriously arguing that a journalist who embedded with civil rights protesters in the 1960s while they planned acts of civil disobedience and then accompanied them to cover those acts of civil disobedience would be persecuted for doing so?

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Christine Emba

Rethinking Sex

A Provocation

Tiana Loh-Descher mentioned Christine Emba's book on the sexual revolution, but did not specify the title.

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And that was like a big conversation with Christine Emba's book when she was talking about like, was like the sexual revolution a failure or not?

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Tiana Loh-Descher mentioned Christine Emba's book on the sexual revolution, but did not specify the title.

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And that was like a big conversation with Christine Emba's book when she was talking about like, was like the sexual revolution a failure or not?

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The Chosen

Against The Current T-Shirts - Men, Women, Youth Sizes - Official Merchandise

Riley Gaines's book was mentioned in the context of her being a best-selling author, following her experiences with male athletes competing in women's sports.

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And a new best-selling author of the book Something Against the Current

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Riley Gaines's book was mentioned in the context of her being a best-selling author, following her experiences with male athletes competing in women's sports.

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And a new best-selling author of the book Something Against the Current

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Glenn Beck

Chasing Embers (1) (The Oarsmen)

It was described as his first young adult fiction novel, a dystopian tale exploring a future where history is rewritten and knowledge is suppressed, prompting readers to consider the value of truth.

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His latest is actually his first young adult fiction novel Chasing Embers which we'll get to in a second.

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It was described as his first young adult fiction novel, a dystopian tale exploring a future where history is rewritten and knowledge is suppressed, prompting readers to consider the value of truth.

"

His latest is actually his first young adult fiction novel Chasing Embers which we'll get to in a second.

It's a dystopian future. It is where we will be in 50 years, maybe not even that long. If we continue to go down this road, if things don't change, there are racing history in real time.

Well, that's what this book is about is is is the truth worth looking for.

And hopefully these teens we've written it in such a way that they will be interested and want to go find out more about history, real history and courage and standing up for what you believe and what the truth actually means.

But it's a really great story. Great book to get for the young adult in your life for all of you Chasing Embers by Glenn Beck out now get yourself a copy.

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D R Morris

The washing of the spears

a history of the rise of the Zulu nation under Shaka and its fall in the Zulu War of 1879 / Donald R. Morris

It was mentioned as a good book about the Zulu Wars, specifically highlighting the Bantu migrations, the forgotten conquest of Africa by medieval black warriors and the impacts on the indigenous inhabitants of South Africa.

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I have my buddies right now reading those really manly man's history books. Like one is called the washing of the spears, which is about the bond to migration. The bond to migration is the forgotten g...

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It was mentioned as a good book about the Zulu Wars, specifically highlighting the Bantu migrations, the forgotten conquest of Africa by medieval black warriors and the impacts on the indigenous inhabitants of South Africa.

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I have my buddies right now reading those really manly man's history books. Like one is called the washing of the spears, which is about the bond to migration. The bond to migration is the forgotten great conquest. It's how the sort of medieval tech level black people that we think of as black took over Africa.

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Robert Jordan

The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, Book 5) (Wheel of Time, 5)

It was discussed as a book centered on the Yamnaya, an almost-forgotten group of chariot-riding people from pre-recorded history who are being rediscovered through archaeology.

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There's another one called the, the wheel, the horse and fire or something you'll Google the wheel, the horse, you'll find it. But that's the one we have queued up after that. It's about the Yamnaya....

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It was discussed as a book centered on the Yamnaya, an almost-forgotten group of chariot-riding people from pre-recorded history who are being rediscovered through archaeology.

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There's another one called the, the wheel, the horse and fire or something you'll Google the wheel, the horse, you'll find it. But that's the one we have queued up after that. It's about the Yamnaya. There were these fairly civilized sort of chariot riding people that existed before recorded history.

The Emerging Republican Majority: Updated Edition (The James Madison Library in American Politics) Cover

Kevin P. Phillips

The Emerging Republican Majority

Updated Edition (The James Madison Library in American Politics)

This book was mentioned as part of a book club discussed on the show, with the implication that Republicans should be more politically savvy.

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First, we read The Emerging Republican Majority. Then we did a primer on the emerging democratic majority.

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This book was mentioned as part of a book club discussed on the show, with the implication that Republicans should be more politically savvy.

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First, we read The Emerging Republican Majority. Then we did a primer on the emerging democratic majority.

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Cover

Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror

The Calamitous 14th Century

It was mentioned as a book he has on his shelf and plans to read next, after 'The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel'.

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I have A Distant Mirror. I haven't read it.

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It was mentioned as a book he has on his shelf and plans to read next, after 'The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel'.

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I have A Distant Mirror. I haven't read it.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World Cover

Steven Johnson

The Ghost Map

The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

A book was mentioned in reference to Dr. John Snow in the 1870s London and his discovery regarding typhus outbreaks.

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And I know you could go back to what was it, John Snow in 1870s London. Wasn't it Dr. Snow? And figuring out where typhus outbreaks were. There's that great book, The Ghost Map.

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A book was mentioned in reference to Dr. John Snow in the 1870s London and his discovery regarding typhus outbreaks.

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And I know you could go back to what was it, John Snow in 1870s London. Wasn't it Dr. Snow? And figuring out where typhus outbreaks were. There's that great book, The Ghost Map.

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Sterling North

Rascal (Puffin Modern Classics)

It was mentioned as a book that was adapted into both an anime and a Disney movie, and it caused a huge surge in raccoon ownership as pets in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s.

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There was an anime in the 70s called Rascal the Raccoon. Have you ever seen the movie Rascal? They were based on the same book.

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It was mentioned as a book that was adapted into both an anime and a Disney movie, and it caused a huge surge in raccoon ownership as pets in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s.

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There was an anime in the 70s called Rascal the Raccoon. Have you ever seen the movie Rascal? They were based on the same book.

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Tom Clancy

Clear and Present Danger

It was mentioned as a fantastic Tom Clancy movie that deals with the cartels, which was ranked as the second best Clancy film by the speaker. The speaker noted that the ambush sequence still holds up and it is a fun watch.

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Just as a fellow Clancy fan, I was surprised that while talking about Trump going after the cartels, you never referenced the fantastic Tom Clancy movie, Clear and Present Danger, whe...

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It was mentioned as a fantastic Tom Clancy movie that deals with the cartels, which was ranked as the second best Clancy film by the speaker. The speaker noted that the ambush sequence still holds up and it is a fun watch.

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Just as a fellow Clancy fan, I was surprised that while talking about Trump going after the cartels, you never referenced the fantastic Tom Clancy movie, Clear and Present Danger, where the president used an executive order to send our special forces overseas to wipe out the cartels.

Clear and Present Danger, though, for me, is number two.

Clear and Present Danger, though, is excellent. That ambush sequence in Clear and Present Danger. And if you haven't seen a movie holds up, it's a good movie. It's a fun watch to this day.

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Judy Blume

Forever . . .

This book was brought up as an example of older literature containing racy content that some parents might still consider inappropriate for younger children, like a sixth grader.

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I don't want it for my, you know, sixth grader. I don't want it from my third grader. My my daughter's in ninth grade. I don't know maybe another year or two before I think she should be you know coul...

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This book was brought up as an example of older literature containing racy content that some parents might still consider inappropriate for younger children, like a sixth grader.

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I don't want it for my, you know, sixth grader. I don't want it from my third grader. My my daughter's in ninth grade. I don't know maybe another year or two before I think she should be you know could read forever by Judy bloom. It was racy, I remember that.

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Tom Wolfe

The Bonfire of the Vanities

A Novel

The podcast hosts recommended the book 'Bonfire of the Vanities' by Tom Wolfe, citing it as a good representation of city politics in New York, despite the film adaptation being poor.

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it is a terrible movie do not watch the movie and think that you are getting you know the good stuff and you don't have to read the book it's tom wolf's bonfire of the vanities a lot in bonfire the va...

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The podcast hosts recommended the book 'Bonfire of the Vanities' by Tom Wolfe, citing it as a good representation of city politics in New York, despite the film adaptation being poor.

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it is a terrible movie do not watch the movie and think that you are getting you know the good stuff and you don't have to read the book it's tom wolf's bonfire of the vanities a lot in bonfire the vanities you'd think very applicable to the city politics of new york right now

it's about new york city i thought it was it's tom wolf's best novel in my opinion made it into a movie with tom hanks and melanie griffith it was horrible but the book is great

great novel great beach read i think it's one of the best explanations of city politics it was written back in the 80s so going back 40 years um one of the best explanations of how city politics really works that you'll ever read

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Michael Crichton

State of Fear

It was mentioned as a book that the speaker enjoyed, addressing climate change catastrophism.

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I love a State of Fear, which is him taking the whole climate change catastrophism to task.

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It was mentioned as a book that the speaker enjoyed, addressing climate change catastrophism.

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I love a State of Fear, which is him taking the whole climate change catastrophism to task.

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Torrey Peters

Detransition, Baby

A Novel

It was discussed as a book detailing the stories of people who detransitioned after attempting to change their gender, highlighting the negative impacts of social media, gender ideology, and medical interventions.

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The book is D-Trans, True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult.

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It was discussed as a book detailing the stories of people who detransitioned after attempting to change their gender, highlighting the negative impacts of social media, gender ideology, and medical interventions.

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The book is D-Trans, True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult.

In this, it's not that you're in the role of expert because this is what they always try to undermine. Anyone who talks with us, you know, are you an expert? You've even seen this, I'm sure Mary Margaret will say, I can't tell if that's a boy or a girl. I'm not a biologist.

Yeah, so these are the real reported stories of detransitioners, which are people and in this book, young people who tried to do what we would say is unthinkable to change their gender.

The book, D-Trans, the true stories of escaping the gender ideology cult.

The book, D-Trans, True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult. We encourage you to go check it out.

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Will Smith

Will

The speaker noted that Will Smith's autobiography, which was a bestseller, had a bidding war for a biopic that ultimately ended after his Oscars incident.

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Insiders say a bidding war for the actor's biopic, which is based on his best-selling autobiography, Will, is now effectively over after Netflix and Apple pulled their bids following...

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The speaker noted that Will Smith's autobiography, which was a bestseller, had a bidding war for a biopic that ultimately ended after his Oscars incident.

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Insiders say a bidding war for the actor's biopic, which is based on his best-selling autobiography, Will, is now effectively over after Netflix and Apple pulled their bids following his bizarre Oscars meltdown.

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Marty Makary M.D.

Blind Spots

When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

The book, which was released on the day of the discussion, explored systemic failures and areas where medical consensus was historically wrong, such as the demonization of natural fat or dogma surrounding hormone replacement therapy. It was reported to be the number two bestseller on Amazon shortly after its release and aimed to address root causes of chronic illness that are often ignored in modern medicine.

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But the book I have doesn't really talk much about COVID because people are sick of it and it's kind of tribal.

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The book, which was released on the day of the discussion, explored systemic failures and areas where medical consensus was historically wrong, such as the demonization of natural fat or dogma surrounding hormone replacement therapy. It was reported to be the number two bestseller on Amazon shortly after its release and aimed to address root causes of chronic illness that are often ignored in modern medicine.

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But the book I have doesn't really talk much about COVID because people are sick of it and it's kind of tribal.

They demonized natural fat for 60 years, igniting the refined carbohydrate added sugar addiction that led to the obesity epidemic.

And so the body does not react with an acute inflammatory response. It has a low grade response and it makes people feel sick.

I was just talking to a medical student from a school in the US and he was telling me he got two hours of nutrition training in his medical school.

There is truly zero benefit at this point [to the COVID shot].

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Tom Clancy

Without Remorse

It was mentioned as a Tom Clancy novel he read as a kid that impacted him and his decision to join the CIA.

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And then I remember I read Without Remorse and debt of honor.

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It was mentioned as a Tom Clancy novel he read as a kid that impacted him and his decision to join the CIA.

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And then I remember I read Without Remorse and debt of honor.

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Auron MacIntyre

The Total State

How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies

It was discussed as a documentation of the crisis of liberty and constitutional rights, particularly during the 2020 period. The author explored how liberal democracies became tyrannies.

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It is total and it is a state.

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It was discussed as a documentation of the crisis of liberty and constitutional rights, particularly during the 2020 period. The author explored how liberal democracies became tyrannies.

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It is total and it is a state.

Feels like these days, we talk about liberty and constitutional rights and the system in charge treats that all like it's a suggestion, if not a joke. What is The Total State?

Yeah, exactly, man. Like you, I probably, yeah, I grew up listening to talk radio as kind of a standard issue, talk radio Republican. And then 2020 happened and we all got locked in our houses. We couldn't go to church. We couldn't go to work. You couldn't go outside.

The Total State, the book is really my attempt to kind of document that crisis and my faith of like the Constitution, the American system and what went on like I think a lot of people had during that time.

I do think there are steps that we can take but I think we are going through a process. I think that the things that are happening to us are actually part of a larger movement that's happening to all societies, which is the scaling up and massification.

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