If Books Could Kill
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A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds. Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
Episode 54: Three Cups of Tea One man's mission to build schools, fight terrorism and promote peace, one private jet reimbursement at a time.
Three Cups of Tea - If Books Could Kill
In 1993, a desperate man stumbled into a remote village in the foothills of the Karakoram mountains. After the residents nursed him back to health, he placed his hands on the village elder's shoulders...
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This month's bonus episode is a rare mailbag, where we answer various private questions about our brains and hash out an assortment of beefs with our listeners.
Peter Had a Baby and Michael Has ADHD: Your Questions, Answered | If Books Could Kill
The boys answer listener questions about fatherhood, the literacy crisis, and whether we're capable of reflecting on our mistakes.
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This made me so so so mad. Not because of anything that Peter and Michael did or said, but because of how many people who I have respected and loved in the last 12 years have just been straight up lying to me because of this fucking book
If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."
i just finished listening to the @ifbookspod.bsky.social about how no one engages with WaPo podcasts and it's very funny that this post been up nearly a full day and hasn't gotten a single like
Make It Make Sense@themimsshow.bsky.social · last mo.The resilience of America should be celebrated
in case anyone was wondering what the WaPo podcaster eating a burger to own the libs looked like, here you go.
If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · last mo.This month's bonus episode is about the humiliating decline of The Washington Post, which has culminated in the launch of a podcast that is worse than you could possibly imagine.
This month's bonus episode is about the humiliating decline of The Washington Post, which has culminated in the launch of a podcast that is worse than you could possibly imagine.
The Assassination of The Washington Post by the Coward Jeff Bezos | If Books Could Kill
Peter and Michael discuss the slow death of The Washington Post at the hands of its billionaire owner, and dive deep into the Post's truly t
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Listening to this episode and it’s actually worse than I thought; this book is like the final boss for fact checkers and other people who are bothered by made-up claims.
If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."
This book is so bad that when my colleagues and I (all trauma specialists specifically in IPV/SV) read it for our office book club we could hear each other yelling about it through the walls. Fuck this book and this man's shitty fucking science and gross ass writing.
If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."
brb, changing my bio to "Aubrey is obese and aggressive"
If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · 2mo agoEpisode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."
Episode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."
The Body Keeps The Score
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · June 18 · 1h 50m
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This month's bonus episode is about the Sarah Palin Fake Pregnancy Conspiracy, and how it drove Andrew Sullivan to madness.
Conspiracies of Yore: Sarah Palin's Fake Pregnancy | If Books Could Kill
Conspiracies of Yore: Sarah Palin's Fake Pregnancy by If Books Could Kill on Patreon. Join If Books Could Kill's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Episode 52: Think and Grow Rich In 1937, one man helped pioneer the self-help genre the only way he knew how: by telling an elaborate series of preposterous lies.
Think And Grow Rich
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · May 21 · 1h 3m
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Episode 51: Grit In 2013, education reformers decided to fix America's schools the old-fashioned way: By consulting the 16th most popular Ted Talk. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
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Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · April 30 · 1h 19m
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@ifbookspod.bsky.social It's happening! They're doing burnmaxxing or whatever!!
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3mo ago"I remember smoking in the 90s. It was divine" "Im my 20s, smoking was sexy." GIRL, SHUT UP. Shut up. Shut up. SHUT UP. First off, you smelled like ashtrays. It was gross. And forced people serving you/around you to inhale your disgusting smoke, too.
On month's bonus episode we check in on the Alpha and Omega of weird political discourse: Bari Weiss and Zohran Mamdani.
Catching Up With Bari & Zohran | If Books Could Kill
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In fucking tears over the 15-minute female orgasm segment holy shit
Maintenance Phase@maintenancephase.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨 IT’S A CROSSOVER EPISODE 🚨 We’re joined by @fivefourpod.bsky.social & @ifbookspod.bsky.social’s own Peter Shamshiri for a diet book deep dive on Tim Ferriss’s “The 4-Hour Body.” What does $250k in medical equipment get you? Unlimited ultrasounds & bad advice! www.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...
🚨 IT’S A CROSSOVER EPISODE 🚨 We’re joined by @fivefourpod.bsky.social & @ifbookspod.bsky.social’s own Peter Shamshiri for a diet book deep dive on Tim Ferriss’s “The 4-Hour Body.” What does $250k in medical equipment get you? Unlimited ultrasounds & bad advice! www.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...
Tim Ferriss’s "The 4-Hour Body" (feat. Peter Shamshiri) - Maintenance Phase
We're joined by Mike's If Books Could Kill co-host to revisit a biohacking diet book for the boys.Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonWatch Aubrey's documentaryBuy Aubrey's bookListen to Mike's o...
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This month’s bonus episode covers the worst takes from the opening weeks of the Iran War, from Bret Stephens and Tom Friedman to Iran’s long-exiled crown prince.
The Worst Iran Takes | If Books Could Kill
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Episode 50: Bullshit Jobs An anthropologist proffers a theory about fake jobs, and two professional podcasters weigh in.
B******t Jobs
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · March 5 · 1h
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Bari to CBS: ok, fine we'll cut him loose, but only if we can wait for @notalawyer.bsky.social to say on @ifbookspod.bsky.social that we aren't.
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 5mo agoDr. Peter Attia is stepping aside as a contributor to CBS News after correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein came to light, The Hollywood Reporter has learned
This month's bonus episode is about how "technically it's ephebophilia" went mainstream
The "Epstein Is A Moral Panic" Moral Panic | If Books Could Kill
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that book is so bad that @ifbookspod.bsky.social made 2 episodes about it
Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 8mo agoCongratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as: ⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year ⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year ⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
