If Books Could Kill

By Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

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The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds

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The Coddling Of The American Mind
3673

TRIGGER WARNING: if you're a SNOWFLAKE college professor afraid of how your students are expressing themselves, you might need a SAFE SPACE, because Michael and Peter are discussing "The Coddling of The American Mind," a book about campus culture that's light on facts and heavy on cherry-picked anecdotes.

CORRECTION: The Socrates quote mentioned at the end of this episode is apocryphal. We thank the listeners who pointed this out for refusing to coddle our American minds.

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Mar 09, 2023
The New York Times's War On Trans Kids [TEASER]
1658

The nation's most prestigious newspaper insists on asking a very stupid question. So for this month's bonus episode, we decided to answer it.

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As we mentioned at the top of the episode, we're donating this month's support to three of our trans journo-friends! They've been unbelievably patient with Mike as he's navigated the science and politics of this issue over the last year. Here's where to find and support their work:




Feb 28, 2023
The Clash of Civilizations
3499
Feb 23, 2023
The End of History
2847

Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History and the Last Man" changed political discourse forever. Peter and Michael peel back his muddled history and fluffy rhetoric, revealing several more layers of muddled history and fluffy rhetoric.

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Feb 09, 2023
The Lab Leak [TEASER]
880

In December 2019, the coronavirus pandemic began in Wuhan, China. In May 2021, America experienced one of the most cursed weeks of punditry we've ever seen.

This is a condensed version of the full episode. To hear the rest go to patreon.com/IfBooksPod. See you next week! 

Jan 31, 2023
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
4161
Jan 26, 2023
The Secret
2578

Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret" sold millions of copies based on a simple premise: All of science is fake and the only reason anything ever happens is because people manifest it by communicating with the universe.

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Jan 12, 2023
The Population Bomb
2967
Dec 15, 2022
A Bari Special Bonus Episode [TEASER]
588

Our first premium episode is a deep dive into the blog of the infamously (and  dubiously) "canceled" Bari Weiss.

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More free episodes are on their way! 

Dec 08, 2022
The Game
3341

Neil Strauss's "The Game" aimed to teach any man how to hook up with beautiful women. All he needed was a little bit of sociopathy, a lot of misogyny and a fanny pack full of props.

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Dec 01, 2022
David Brooks's "Bobos in Paradise"
3584
Nov 17, 2022
Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers"
3006
Nov 10, 2022
Freakonomics
4398
Nov 02, 2022