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The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds

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The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds

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    The 4-Hour Workweek

    The 4-Hour Workweek

    Have you ever wanted to escape the grind and follow your dreams? This week we're discussing "The 4-Hour Workweek," which reveals that all you need is a plan, a willingness to take risks and a modestly sized fraud operation built on Third World labor.
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    The Fraud and the Four-Hour WorkweekRevisiting "The 4-Hour Workweek"New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!From Productivity to Psychedelics: Tim Ferriss Has Changed His Mind About Success Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

    • 56 min
    The Clinton E-Mail Scandal [TEASER]

    The Clinton E-Mail Scandal [TEASER]

    But her e-mails! Michael explains the non-scandal that captivated the mainstream media in 2016 while Peter attempts to sow the podcast with anti-Hillary sentiment.
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    • 28 min
    The Clinton Email Scandal

    The Clinton Email Scandal

    But, her emails! Michael explains the incredibly stupid email scandal that captivated the mainstream media and rocked Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, while Peter attempts to sow the podcast with anti-Hillary sentiment.

    God And Man At Yale

    God And Man At Yale

    Oops all grievance.

    Support us on Patreon:
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    No Ivory Tower : Mccarthyism And The UniversitiesThe Fire Is Upon UsThe Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945The Passion of William F. Buckley: Academic Freedom, Conspiratorial Conservatism, and the Rise of the Postwar RightWhy Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?Compromised Campus: The Collaboration of Universities with the Intelligence Community, 1945-1955Debunking a Longstanding Myth About William F. BuckleyHow William F. Buckley Jr.’s Right-Wing College Crusade Paved the Way for Ron DeSantisThe Right v. Higher Education: Change and ContinuityThe Buckleys: A Family ExaminedThe Academic Elite Goes to Washington, and to WarWhat About “God and Man”?The Attack on YaleThe academy on the firing line: William F. Buckley, Jr.'s God and Man at Yale and the modern conservative critique of higher educationConservatives charge that universities are hotbeds of liberalism. They’re wrong.  Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

    • 1 hr 11 min
    'On Bullsh*t' and the Pundit Industrial Complex [TEASER]

    'On Bullsh*t' and the Pundit Industrial Complex [TEASER]

    For this month's bonus episode we dissected Harry Frankfurt's gloriously brief bestseller and applied the concept to our favorite op-ed page. 

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    • 16 min
    On Bullsh*t and the Pundit Industrial Complex

    On Bullsh*t and the Pundit Industrial Complex

    Michael and Peter dissect Harry Frankfurt's seminal essay "On Bullsh*t," and discuss the types of nonsense that are perpetually cascading through our media and politics.

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
6.1K Ratings

6.1K Ratings

Hudy benudy ,

Books can kill great title and podcast

Love the format of the hosts talking turns to evaluate books. The evaluation is extensive and they also research the author which is so important!! Love it and highly recommend it. Would listen to it?

LMorenaS ,

Perfect

Oddly therapeutic. Thank you for your voices of reason and for the laughs. 10/10

Hello Kitty Caper ,

Enjoy their reviews and comments

The first episode I listened to was on Atomic Habits. I read that book twice thinking I was missing something, but the review on this podcast made me realize, no, I am not defective for not quite “getting the message” of the book.

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