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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

Empire of the Summer Moon

S. C. Gwynne

Mentioned 3 months ago

The Real History of the American Indians

Walsh referenced the book as a source for detailed accounts of Comanche warfare and their brutal tactics, using it to illustrate the fierce nature of the tribe. He also mentioned it as an excellent history of the Comanche people.

According to S.C. Gwynn's book, Empire of the Summer Moon, Quote, Enemies, meanwhile, were enemies.

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War Before Civilization

Lawrence H. Keeley

Mentioned 3 months ago

The Real History of the American Indians

Matt Walsh cited the book to argue that most societies were warlike and that many American Indian tribes engaged in frequent violence, contradicting the peaceful myth. He also used it to describe evidence of cannibalism at archaeological sites.

According to the book, War Before Civilization by archaeologist Lawrence H. Keeley, ...

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Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians cover

Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879

Herman Lehmann

Mentioned 3 months ago

The Real History of the American Indians

Walsh mentioned Herman Lehman's memoir as a source describing his harrowing experiences living with the Comanches and witnessing extreme violence, including the brutal treatment of a captive infant.

One white captive named Herman Lehman, who lived with the Comanches and eventually became a Comanche warrior, wrote about his experiences in a book titled Nine Years Among Indians.

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Toxic Empathy

Allie Beth Stuckey

Mentioned 5 months ago

Bad Bunny. Bad Culture.

One of the speakers said they had authored a book titled Toxic Empathy to address how compassion is exploited.

That's why I wrote a whole book on this, Toxic Empathy.

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Love Thy Body

Nancy R. Pearcey

Mentioned 5 months ago

Bad Bunny. Bad Culture.

The hosts highlighted it as a great book that discusses dualism and the separation of spirit from the body.

There is this great book by Nancy Piercy called Love Thy Body. If y'all have not read it, you should. And she talks about this concept of dualism, the separation of the spirit from the body.

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Notes from Underground (Everyman's Library, 271) cover

Notes from Underground (Everyman's Library, 271)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Mentioned 5 months ago

Bad Bunny. Bad Culture.

The panel referenced a fascinating section of Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground while discussing choice and nihilism.

There's a fascinating section in Dostoevsky's notes from the underground in which the narrator is talking.

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Bronze Age Mindset

Bronze Age Pervert

Mentioned 5 months ago

Bad Bunny. Bad Culture.

The hosts suggested that the influencer Clavicular was reminiscent of ideas from the book Bronze Age Pervert, which revives Nietzsche for modern times.

In some ways, I think Clavicular is born out of Bronze Age pervert. Bronze Age pervert kind of bringing up Nietzsche for the modern age.

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The Lord of the Rings Illustrated (Tolkien Illustrated Editions)

J. R. R. Tolkien

Mentioned 5 months ago

Ep. 1725 - I Was Wrong About Online Gambling. It’s Destroying A Generation Of Young Men. Here’s Why.

He mentioned seeing the extended edition of the film adaptation and discussed his impressions of the movies, referencing the titles of the individual books.

I went to see the extended edition of Lord of the Rings, Return of the King yesterday in theaters. I saw The Two Towers on Saturday.

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The Kingdom of Cain

Andrew Klavan

Mentioned 5 months ago

Friendly Fire: ICE. Ice. (And The Oscars) Baby.

The book was highlighted as a NewYork Times bestselling nonfiction work that was nominated for an Edgar Award in the critical biographical category.

I've won two of them and I've just been nominated for my sixth one for my book kingdom of Cain, which is nominated in the critical biographical category.

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Frankenstein: The Original 1818 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Mary Shelley Classics cover

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Mentioned 5 months ago

Friendly Fire: ICE. Ice. (And The Oscars) Baby.

The novel was referenced as the source material for the film "One battle after another" and described as the basis for the movie's theme about secular atheism.

the source material, the reason people keep getting the source material wrong is the whole thing is about how secular atheism robs people of their meaning. That's the entire basis of the Mary Shelley book.

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The Look

Michelle Obama

Mentioned 6 months ago

Ep. 1722 - The WEF Made One Thing Very Clear: If Democrats Win We Are Totally Screwed

Matt Walsh noted that Michelle Obama was promoting a book titled *The Look*, which he described as a collection of pictures of her outfits, implying the book offered little substantive content beyond showcasing her clothing.

She was on that very podcast promoting a book called The Look that she's selling, where it's a bunch of pictures of her wearing outfits.

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Elephants Are Not Birds (Freedom Island, 1-5) cover

Elephants Are Not Birds (Freedom Island, 1-5)

BRAVE BOOKS

Mentioned 6 months ago

Ep. 1715 - The Left's Renee Good Narrative Has Completely Collapsed. Here's Why

Walsh noted that Ashley St. Claire had published an antitrans children's book titled "Elephants Aren't Birds," which came out shortly before his own book.

she had published her own antitrans children's book called Elephants Aren't Birds, Elephants Are Not Birds

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Adam Mansbach

Go the Fuck to Sleep

He noted that his own book, Johnny the Walrus, had been labeled an LGBT title, which he found humorous.

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almost funnier than my book, Johnny, the walrus, uh, being labeled an LGBT book

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He noted that his own book, Johnny the Walrus, had been labeled an LGBT title, which he found humorous.

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almost funnier than my book, Johnny, the walrus, uh, being labeled an LGBT book

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Michael Teitelbaum

The Little Mermaid (Disney Princess) (Little Golden Book)

Matt Walsh noted that the original Little Mermaid story was written by Hans Christian Andersen and that it is rooted in European mythology.

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The Little Mermaid was written by hans christian anderson it is rooted in european mythology right it is i mean like and if you did the same thing about an a traditional african myth...

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Matt Walsh noted that the original Little Mermaid story was written by Hans Christian Andersen and that it is rooted in European mythology.

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The Little Mermaid was written by hans christian anderson it is rooted in european mythology right it is i mean like and if you did the same thing about an a traditional african myth written by an african author and then you made the character a blonde white lady same for house of dragons

Go the Fuck to Sleep Cover

Adam Mansbach

Go the Fuck to Sleep

Matt Walsh said he wrote the children's book, describing it as both a masterpiece of children's literature and a scientific treatise on aquatic mammals, and later promoted it for sale at $12.

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I am the beloved and revered LGBT author of Johnny the Walrus. I literally wrote a book about marine animals. Johnny the Walrus is not just a masterpiece of children's literature but also the seminal...

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Matt Walsh said he wrote the children's book, describing it as both a masterpiece of children's literature and a scientific treatise on aquatic mammals, and later promoted it for sale at $12.

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I am the beloved and revered LGBT author of Johnny the Walrus. I literally wrote a book about marine animals. Johnny the Walrus is not just a masterpiece of children's literature but also the seminal scientific treatise on the subject of aquatic mammals.

you can get a copy of my best-selling children's book Johnny the Walrus for only 12 dollars

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Alfred C. Kinsey

Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by Alfred C Kinsey (1998-05-01)

Walsh described the book's infamous Table34, which he claimed listed the number of orgasms children allegedly experienced, and said Kinsey enlisted pedophiles to obtain the data.

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the notorious table 34 from the book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male documents the number of orgasms allegedly experienced by children from the ages of 15 down to five months old and he acquired thi...

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Walsh described the book's infamous Table34, which he claimed listed the number of orgasms children allegedly experienced, and said Kinsey enlisted pedophiles to obtain the data.

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the notorious table 34 from the book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male documents the number of orgasms allegedly experienced by children from the ages of 15 down to five months old and he acquired this information by working with rapists who would abuse children, keep a journal about the experience and then report back to Kinsey.

What Is Wrong with the World?: The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid Cover

Timothy Keller

What Is Wrong with the World?

The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid

Walsh cited Chesterton's book as a source for a point he was making about cultural criticism, mentioning it during the membersegment discussion.

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My favorite take on this is from GK Chesterton from his book, What's Wrong With the World? I hope someone reads this and finds it enlightening.

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Walsh cited Chesterton's book as a source for a point he was making about cultural criticism, mentioning it during the membersegment discussion.

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My favorite take on this is from GK Chesterton from his book, What's Wrong With the World? I hope someone reads this and finds it enlightening.

Gender Queer: A Memoir Cover

Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer

A Memoir

The host described the book as an explicit pornographic graphic memoir that has been heavily challenged and labeled obscene, noting its graphic sexual content and its status as the most challenged book of 2021.

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Time magazine attempting to win the Nobel Prize in virtue signaling published an interview last night with the author of a pornography book called Gender Queer and we'll have more on...

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The host described the book as an explicit pornographic graphic memoir that has been heavily challenged and labeled obscene, noting its graphic sexual content and its status as the most challenged book of 2021.

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Time magazine attempting to win the Nobel Prize in virtue signaling published an interview last night with the author of a pornography book called Gender Queer and we'll have more on that book later on but they tweeted a link to the article with this caption.

Time spoke to Gender Queer author and illustrator Maya Kobe on about air work the efforts to restrict access to air writing and what a make of the current cultural moment.

A Virginia court had dismissed a lawsuit seeking to label Kobe's book Gender Queer as obscene and restricted sale to minors, and the suit was among the latest in an onslaught of challenges; the book was the most challenged book of 2021 according to the American Library Association.

The book Gender Queer is a work of outright pornography with content so explicit and outrageous that I can't show it to you; it contains explicit images of various sex acts and depraved scenes, including a graphic depiction of the author's sister suggesting she taste her own vaginal discharge.

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hunter rook

the GENDER book

Walsh said the AAP had endorsed the Gender Book as a resource, but described it as an activist pamphlet rather than a medical guide, noting its illustrated content and lack of objective information.

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For more information, the GENDER book found at www.thegenderbook.com is a resource with illustrations that are used to highlight these core terms and concepts.

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Walsh said the AAP had endorsed the Gender Book as a resource, but described it as an activist pamphlet rather than a medical guide, noting its illustrated content and lack of objective information.

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For more information, the GENDER book found at www.thegenderbook.com is a resource with illustrations that are used to highlight these core terms and concepts.

the GENDER book is not a medical guide or a textbook or a source of objective information, but it is rather an activist pamphlet.

Go the Fuck to Sleep Cover

Adam Mansbach

Go the Fuck to Sleep

Matt Walsh promoted his bestselling children's paperback, saying listeners could buy it at johnnythewalrus.com to give kids appropriate reading material.

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you can give them the right books to read like my best-selling children's book Johnny the Walrus at johnnythewalrus.com

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Matt Walsh promoted his bestselling children's paperback, saying listeners could buy it at johnnythewalrus.com to give kids appropriate reading material.

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you can give them the right books to read like my best-selling children's book Johnny the Walrus at johnnythewalrus.com

Go the Fuck to Sleep Cover

Adam Mansbach

Go the Fuck to Sleep

Matt Walsh mentioned his bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus, as an example of a suitable read for kids.

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you can give them the right books to read like my best selling children's book, Johnny the Walrus.

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Matt Walsh mentioned his bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus, as an example of a suitable read for kids.

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you can give them the right books to read like my best selling children's book, Johnny the Walrus.

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution Cover

Carl R. Trueman

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

He recommended the book, noting it explained the modern age of the psychological man and the historical roots of today's selfconcept.

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If you have heeded my many recommendations to read Carl Truman's book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, then you'll know that this is all the consequence of what other philoso...

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He recommended the book, noting it explained the modern age of the psychological man and the historical roots of today's selfconcept.

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If you have heeded my many recommendations to read Carl Truman's book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, then you'll know that this is all the consequence of what other philosophers have dubbed living in the age of the psychological man.

Go the Fuck to Sleep Cover

Adam Mansbach

Go the Fuck to Sleep

He mentioned his own book, saying it had been released, could be purchased online, and that a giant stuffed walrus had been made to celebrate it.

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This is something that I just found out about recently when my producer Sean told me about it. Apparently, back when Johnny the Walrus first came out, somebody here at The Daily Wire had the idea that...

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He mentioned his own book, saying it had been released, could be purchased online, and that a giant stuffed walrus had been made to celebrate it.

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This is something that I just found out about recently when my producer Sean told me about it. Apparently, back when Johnny the Walrus first came out, somebody here at The Daily Wire had the idea that they should celebrate the book and congratulate me for the success of my book, which you can still buy at johnnythewalrus.com.

Go the Fuck to Sleep Cover

Adam Mansbach

Go the Fuck to Sleep

He suggested parents protect their children by giving them the right books, citing his own bestselling children's book Johnny the Walrus.

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you can get them the right books to read, like my bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus, by the way.

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He suggested parents protect their children by giving them the right books, citing his own bestselling children's book Johnny the Walrus.

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you can get them the right books to read, like my bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus, by the way.

White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America Cover

Don Jordan

White Cargo

The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America

Walsh referenced the book White Cargo, The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America, highlighting its claim that many indentured servants were effectively slaves.

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In a book called White Cargo, The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America, authors Don Jordan and Michael Walsh explain, no relation by the way as far as I know, that i...

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Walsh referenced the book White Cargo, The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America, highlighting its claim that many indentured servants were effectively slaves.

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In a book called White Cargo, The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America, authors Don Jordan and Michael Walsh explain, no relation by the way as far as I know, that in most cases an indentured servant socalled was simply a slave by another name.

White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America Cover

Don Jordan

White Cargo

The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America

He explained that the book shows how indentured servants were effectively slaves, bought, sold and kept in bondage for life, and that many of these white servants died early from harsh conditions.

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In a book called White Cargo, The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America, authors Don Jordan and Michael Walsh explain that in most cases an indentured servant socalle...

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He explained that the book shows how indentured servants were effectively slaves, bought, sold and kept in bondage for life, and that many of these white servants died early from harsh conditions.

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In a book called White Cargo, The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America, authors Don Jordan and Michael Walsh explain that in most cases an indentured servant socalled was simply a slave by another name. The servants were bought, sold and traded like any other slave, and although their period of bondage was supposed to be temporary, they were often kept in servitude for life, many worked to death, and kids were even kidnapped and sold into servitude.

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Adam Mansbach

Go the Fuck to Sleep

He recommended his bestselling children's book "Johnny the Walrus" as a suitable read for kids to protect them from leftwing indoctrination.

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you can give them the right books to read like my bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus. These things are all great and you should do them

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He recommended his bestselling children's book "Johnny the Walrus" as a suitable read for kids to protect them from leftwing indoctrination.

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you can give them the right books to read like my bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus. These things are all great and you should do them

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Mark Thunder

Dee's Big Nuts

He recommended his bestselling children's book Johnny the Walrus as a suitable read to protect kids from leftwing influences.

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you can give them the right books to read like my bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus.

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He recommended his bestselling children's book Johnny the Walrus as a suitable read to protect kids from leftwing influences.

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you can give them the right books to read like my bestselling children's book, Johnny the Walrus.

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Marissa Stapley

Lucky (Large Print) (Reese's Book Club)

Walsh mentioned that a school board employee was paid to place the book Lucky by Alice Sibbo on the school shelves.

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put this book Lucky by Alice Sibbo.

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Walsh mentioned that a school board employee was paid to place the book Lucky by Alice Sibbo on the school shelves.

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put this book Lucky by Alice Sibbo.

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Mark Thunder

Dee's Big Nuts

The book was described as a notorious antitrans children's book that Walsh wrote and promoted during the discussion.

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Walsh, the author of Johnny the Walrus, a notorious antitrans children's book, has become known for describing himself as a theocratic fascist, a label that has been directed at him previously by his...

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The book was described as a notorious antitrans children's book that Walsh wrote and promoted during the discussion.

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Walsh, the author of Johnny the Walrus, a notorious antitrans children's book, has become known for describing himself as a theocratic fascist, a label that has been directed at him previously by his critics.

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Cover

Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad Poor Dad

What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Matt Walsh said the book was still as relevant as when it first appeared 25 years earlier, pointing to its discussion of inflation, recession and criticism of the education system.

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This feature is a very special guest bestselling author of rich dad jokes. And I'm going to be talking about that. Feature is a very special guest bestselling author of rich dad, poor dad, Robert Kiyo...

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Matt Walsh said the book was still as relevant as when it first appeared 25 years earlier, pointing to its discussion of inflation, recession and criticism of the education system.

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This feature is a very special guest bestselling author of rich dad jokes. And I'm going to be talking about that. Feature is a very special guest bestselling author of rich dad, poor dad, Robert Kiyosaki.

That book is still as relevant as it was when it first appeared 25 years ago with the perfect storm of inflation and recession and an educational system that's turning people against the value of free markets.

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Johan Norberg

The Capitalist Manifesto

Walsh described the book as a new release that directly responded to the current economic climate.

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to listen to his book, his new book, The Capitalist Manifesto is a direct response to these current times in this episode of Sunday special.

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Walsh described the book as a new release that directly responded to the current economic climate.

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to listen to his book, his new book, The Capitalist Manifesto is a direct response to these current times in this episode of Sunday special.

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