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1 | Ep. # | Guest | Count | Title | Author | Mentioned by | Comments | Absences | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | s | 1 | N/A | 1 | The Cartel | Don Winslow | Kmele | No author given, presumed | All | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2 | Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent | Harvey A. Silvergate | Matt | How the average American commits 3 felonies a day | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 3 | The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson | Jeffery Toobin | Michael | Criticism of the OJ Simpson trial as related to race | A copy of the Original Fifth Column Reading List by u/TheKnightLife. The graphs and book counts didn't survive the transfer. If I can ever figure that out I'll rebuild that at some point. | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2 | N/A | 4 | Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court | Damon Root | Matt | Author is also a guest on ep. 45 | All | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 3 | Harry Siegel | 5 | Canarsie: The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn Against Liberalism | Jonathan Rieder | Michael | Jews and Italians in Canarsie, Brooklyn in the 80's and voting | All | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 4 | Anthony Fisher | 6 | High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society | Dr. Carl Hart | Kmele | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 5 | Andy Levy | 7 | Manufactoring Consent | Noam Chomsky & Herman S. Edwards | Michael | Hollywood notes that this is one of Chomsky's dumber books. | Matt Absent | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | 8 | A People's History of the United States | Howard Zinn | Michael | Hollywood alludes to Zinn while talking about Chomsky | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 9 | Political Pilgrims: Western Intellectuals in Search of the Good Society) | Paul Hollander | Michael | Hollywood recommends all of Hollander's books | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 6 | N/A | 10 | Tears of a Clown:Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America | Dana Milbank | Michael | Critique of Glenn Beck, born out of anti-Tea Party hysteria | All | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | 11 | The Delclaration of Independents | Matt Welch & Nick Gillispie | Matt | Matt mentions his own book for the first time (there will be more time) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 12 | American Amnesia: Business, Government, and the Forgotten Roots of Our Prosperity | Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson | Matt | "There are no rich countries with small governments" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 7 | Charles C.W. Cooke | 13 | The Conservatarian Manifesto: Where Conservative and Libertarian Politics Meet | Charles C.W. Cooke | Matt | Author is guest and editor of National review online | All | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | 14 | That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Not Seen | Frédéric Bastiat | Michael | Free market economics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 15 | The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power | Gene Healy | Kmele | Hollywood rudely shouts out author before Kmele. Point Kmele. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 16 | Imagine | Johah Lerher | Michael | Hollywood gleefully reflects on how he ruined a career | All | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | N/A | Manufactoring Consent | Noam Chomsky & Herman S. Edwards | Michael | 1st repeat of book | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 17 | Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Kmele | Kmele waxed poetic about his favorite author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 8 | N/A | N/A | Political Pilgrims: Western Intellectuals in Search of the Good Society) | Paul Hollander | Michael | Hollywood repeats himself again, mentions Hollander was Prof. | All | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | N/A | A People's History of the United States | Howard Zinn | Michael | see above | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 18 | Day's of Fire | Peter Baker | Michael | Bush/Cheney Relationship Following 9/11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 9 | N/A | No Books Mentioned | All | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 10 | Thaddeus Russell | 19 | A Renegade History of the United States | Thadddeus Russell | Kmele | Author is guest | All | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | N/A | A People's History of the United States | Howard Zinn | Michael | Hollywood alludes to this for the 3rd time | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 20 | Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History | Robert D. Kaplin | Matt | History of Balkans and relation to Kosovo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 11 | Anthony Fisher | 21 | Millionaire Republican | Wayne Allyn Root | Matt | A MAGA "Libertarian" wrote this... | All | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | N/A | The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson | Jeffery Toobin | Michael | 2nd mention | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 22 | Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times | Thomas Hauser | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 12 | N/A | 23 | 1984 | George Orwell | Matt | Refered to Orwell and new-speak | All | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | 24 | Minority Report | Phillip K. Dick | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 25 | How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaign | Audrey Kurth Cronin | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 13 | N/A | 26 | Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil | Hannah Arendt | Michael | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 27 | The Fire Next Time | James Balwin | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 14 | Virginia Postrel | 28 | The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion | Virginia Postrel | Kmele | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 29 | The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress | Virginia Postrel | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 30 | The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness | Virginia Postrel | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 31 | Terror and Liberalism | Paul Berman | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 32 | The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 | Lawrence Wright | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 15 | N/A | 33 | Churchill, Hitler and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World | Patrick J. Buchanan | Matt | Unclear about the second book Hollywood mentioned | All | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | 34 | Power and the Idealists: Or, the Passion of Joschka Fischer and Its Aftermath | Paul Berman | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 35 | A Book About Love | Jonah Lehrer | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 36 | The Fabulist | Stephen Glass | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 37 | Burning Down My Masters' House: My Life at the New York Times | Jayson Blair | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 38 | Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs | Johann Hari | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 39 | How We Decide | Jonah Lehrer | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 16 | N/A | 40 | Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Michael | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 17 | N/A | No Books Mentioned | All | |||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 18 | N/A | No Books Mentioned | All | |||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 19 | N/A | No Books Mentioned | All | |||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 20 | N/A | 41 | Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich | Peter Schweizer | Michael | DeSouza book club stamp of approval | All | |||||||||||||||||||
52 | 42 | The Lexus and the Olive Tree | Thomas L. Friedman | Kmele | Think a nuanced view on globalism - think cabbies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 21 | Michael Malice | 43 | Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years | D. L. Hughley & Michael Malice | Kmele | Michael Absent | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 44 | Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il | Michael Malice | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 45 | Ego and Hubris: The Michael Malice Story | Harvey Pekar | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 46 | American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division | Michael Cohen | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 47 | The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government or Business as Usual? | Chris Edwards | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 48 | The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion | Jonathan Haidt | Guest | |||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 22 | Buck Sexton | 49 | Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future | Johan Norberg | Michael | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 23 | Andre Kirell | 50 | Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest | Matthew Restall | Kmele | Only one book mentioned (i think) but many an open letter referred to. | All | |||||||||||||||||||
61 | 24 | N/A | 51 | The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York | Robert A. Caro | Michael | "Feable opposition of the Trump campaign" - Hollywood | All | |||||||||||||||||||
62 | 52 | Anti-Intellectualism in American Life | Richard Hofstadter | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 53 | The Naked Communist | W. Cleon Skousen | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 54 | The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory | Jesse Walker | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 55 | Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers | Bobby Seale | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 25 | Josh Zepps | 56 | Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them | John E. Mueller | Michael | Apparently Kmele and Denzel Washington had a conversation one time | ||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 26 | N/A | N/A | The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 | Lawrence Wright | Michael | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 57 | Sex | Madonna | Michael | 60 year old French woman that is a marketing genius | ||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 58 | Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | 59 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Lionel Schriver | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 60 | Dust Tracks on a Road | Zora Neale Hurston | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | 61 | Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom | Peter Kolchin | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | N/A | The Fire Next Time | James Balwin | Kmele | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | 62 | Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph | T.E. Lawrence | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | 27 | Gary Johnson | 63 | My Brilliant Friend | Elena Ferrante | Michael | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | 28 | N/A | 64 | Progress - Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future | Johan Norberg | Matt | I'm not sure if this is the right book but it was this author. | All | |||||||||||||||||||
77 | 65 | The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | Steven Pinker | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 66 | Liberation Biology: The Scientific And Moral Case For The Biotech Revolution | Ronald Bailey | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | 67 | The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves | Matt Ridley | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | 68 | The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Centur | Ronald Bailey | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | 69 | Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India | Joseph Lelyveld | Michael | Hitchens reviewed this book for The Atlantic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | 70 | Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years | Thomas Mallon | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 29 | N/A | 71 | Real Anita Hill | David Brock | Matt | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
84 | 72 | McCain: The Myth of a Maverick | Matt Welch | Matt | Journaloo Coinned - "smoked him out with gusto" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | 73 | If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It | Hugh Hewitt | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | 74 | If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade | Warren Hinckle | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | 75 | Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid To Talk About It | Jon Entine | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | N/A | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Lionel Schriver | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 76 | From Fatwa to Jihad | Kenan Malik | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 77 | The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 30 | Andrew Schulz | 78 | The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | Michelle Alexander | Kmele | Hyperbolic Argument - According to Kmele | Michael Absent | |||||||||||||||||||
92 | 31 | N/A | No Books Mentioned | All | |||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | 32 | Andrew Schulz | N/A | Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest | Matthew Restall | Kmele | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
94 | 33 | Kat Timpf | No Books Mentioned | All | |||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | 34 | N/A | N/A | McCain: The Myth of a Maverick | Matt Welch | Michael | Episode in which Hollywood alludes to Eric Bolling being a "specalist" | All | |||||||||||||||||||
96 | 79 | The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap | Matt Taibbi | Matt | I'll give you credit Matt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 35 | Glenn Garvin | 80 | Everybody Had His Own Gringo: The CIA and the Contras | Glenn Garvin | Michael | All | ||||||||||||||||||||
98 | 81 | Pichon: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir | Carlos Moore | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | 82 | Persona Non Grata: A Memoir of Disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution | Jorge Edwards | Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | N/A | If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It | Hugh Hewitt | Matt | |||||||||||||||||||||||