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"Representation is a necessary condition [for social change], but it is not a sufficient condition."
- Michael Hobbes, If Books Could Kill: Lean In
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This clip is kinda long but please listen to this If Books Could Kill clip where Peter talks about his time in Argentina
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when I go to sleep at night my three parents mike, aubrey and sarah whisper kindnesses into my ears
#maintenance phase#youre wrong about#you're wrong about#if books could kill#michael hobbes#aubrey gordon#sarah marshall#the satanic panic#diet culture#moral panics#podcasters#podcast
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The current podcast lineup in my feed.
#double love podcast#behind the bastards#the podcast at dawn's house#casefile podcast#last podcast on the left#knowledge fight#kakos industries#some place under nieth#the beef and dairy network podcast#if books could kill#qanon anonymous podcast#they walk among america#wolf 359#the magnus archives#for old times sake#malevolent and old gods i haven't started yet
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For the ask game: ✨🕵️♂️🎧
✨ - Favorite one-off character?
Victor Trevor right now, but I'm anticipating that to become Irene when we get there.
🕵️♂️ - First adaption/version that got you into Sherlock Holmes media?
Hm this is an interesting one for me. Because I definitely adored The Great Mouse Detective when I was a kid (I wanted to change my name to Basil there for a minute), but I don't think I really knew that it was a Sherlock Holmes thing. And I did read some of the stories when I was a kid, but I thought they were god awful boring back then. I also remember vaguely enjoying the Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century when it aired on tv lol. I also saw both RDJ Sherlock Holmes movies in theaters, but I went to those out of a love for RDJ, not necessarily Sherlock Holmes (though I do hold a soft spot for that adaption).
However, I was unemployed and didn't have a television, when my friend asked if I wanted to see a new show called Sherlock. I remember we sat on the floor of my apartment and watched it on a laptop sat on a dining chair in the summer of 2012. It was hot and I fell in love immediately with the BBC Sherlock adaption. And then my friend made me wait a WEEK between each episode that was out at the time. 6 WEEKS to get through series 1 and 2 lol.
So I think I've always loved Sherlock Holmes in some way or another, but the full on brain rot didn't hit until BBC Sherlock. And now here we are lol.
🎧 - What other podcasts have you listened to/recommend?
What's hilarious is I don't like True Crime genre stuff and I don't really like fiction either, so Sherlock & Co is really an outlier for me.
That said I highly recommend the following podcasts:
5 to 4 - They tear the supreme court and their shit decisions over the last century to shreds and they're hilarious while they do it.
Maintenance Phase - I fucking adore Aubrey Gordon. This whole podcast is filled with good researched information about diet culture myths and the lies we're told to encourage fatphobia.
You're Wrong About - Sarah Marshall gives wonderfully researched debunkings of popular events in the last 50 or so years and helps shed some light on the way we've culturally twisted things to fit a certain (often bigoted) perspective.
Thinking Like a Lawyer - They review everyday situations from a legal perspective. Very fun imo.
If Books Could Kill - Mike and Peter debunk those junk science and self-help books you find at the airport and they're usually pretty funny while they do it.
#sherlock & co#sherlock and co#sherlock holmes#john watson#goalhanger podcasts#goalhanger#podcasts#5 to 4 pod#maintenance phase#you're wrong about#if books could kill#thinking like a lawyer#rdj sherlock#great mouse detective#sherlock holmes in the 22nd century#bbc sherlock
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"you don't need a simple narrative explanation for something that is incredibly complex" If Books Could Kill pod singing my favourite tune!
#a thing that i love about this show is that they say this but also don't tend to rely on the complexity of things#to avoid making ethical judgment calls you know?#some things are simple: don't be transphobic eg#and we should say them simply#but disregarding the complexity of our circumstances limits our ability to navigate them#sometimes you can go in a straight line and sometimes you can't#anyway.#sentences that are anathema to most internet discourse#as well as. well#if books could kill
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If Books Could Kill (it's a podcast about bad books and ideas) is such a good podcast if you have parasocial enemies who are highly acclaimed despite being wrong, I'm pretty sure they're going to do an episode about Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature and I can't wait for them to tear the bitch apart.
#michael mentioned he is reading an absurdly long book by steven pinker and 👀👀👀 oh?#i know rutger bregman already ripped pinker apart in humankind but i can't wait to hear this#but yeah listen to if books could kill#they have made episodes about freakonomics (enemy eternal); 5 love languages; men r from mars women r from venus; end of history#and many more#if books could kill
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i’m always controlling for bisexuals
#this will never not be the funniest thing ever to me#control for me i’m a bisexual#remove me from the data#this does not make sense unless you’ve listened to the year end if books could kill bonus episode of the worst takes of 2023#which you should do it’s so funny#if books could kill
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this podcast just fucking kills me
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There are little men in my phone. Their names are Michael and Peter
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I am listening to the latest episode of “if books could kill”, which is breaking down Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. It’s jarring, how well this framework fits so tidily into evangelical culture. I attended so many marriage seminars, women’s retreats , Christian counselors, and book clubs in an attempt to salvage my abusive marriage.
I had no idea how many late 90s and early oughts marriage books, instructors, and marriage philosophies are just the same repackaged strict gender rational/emotional binary garbage.
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