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"Nudge" Part 2: Mr. Nudge Goes to Washington
The Nudgening. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod): https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod Where to find us: • Twitter (https://twitter.com/IfBooksPod) • Peter's other podcast, 5-4 (https://www.fivefourpod.com/) • Mike's
The Meme Stock Cult [TEASER]
In 2021, scrappy young investors from across the world joined forces to buy GameStop stock, aiming to take down greedy hedge funds. What came next was tragedy, injustice, and a conspiratorial internet cult so stupid we had to do an episode
"Nudge" Part 1: A Simple Solution For Littering, Organ Donations and Climate Change
In 2008, an economist and a law professor proposed a radical new approach to politics: Telling people not to do bad stuff. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod): https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod Where to find us: • Tw
The 5 Love Languages
What’s your love language? Is it gifts? Words of affirmation? Or is it podcasts about books with extremely weird, reactionary gender dynamics? Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod): https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod Wh
Ben Shapiro's Plan To End Poverty [TEASER]
Is it bootstraps? It's bootstraps. To hear the rest of the show, support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod): https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod
Rich Dad Poor Dad
In 1997, Robert Kiyosaki revealed the secret to lifelong success: Deliver grifty seminars and hire child slaves. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod): https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod Where to find us: • Twitter (htt
The Dumbest Campus Controversies Of The Last Decade [TEASER]
Get in loser, we're going to Oberlin. To hear the rest of the show, support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod): https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod
Hillbilly Elegy
In 2016, J.D. Vance informally launched his political career with "Hillbilly Elegy," a memoir that blames the relative poverty of Appalachian and Rust Belt populations on their own culture. Despite its reactionary premise, mainstream and li
The Coddling Of The American Mind
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 c
The New York Times's War On Trans Kids [TEASER]
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. To hear the rest of the show, support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod): https://
The Clash of Civilizations
"If your thesis doesn't hold up to obvious criticisms, there's a chance that your thesis sucks." Thanks to Paul Musgrave and Alex Cruikshanks for helping us fact-check this episode! Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod)
The End of History
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. Support
The Lab Leak [TEASER]
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 https://www
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
In 1992 a yoga instructor with a distance-learning PhD had the courage to ask: "Are women not getting help around the house because they're using the wrong modal verb?" Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod) Where to fin
The Secret
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. Support us on Patreon (https:/
The Population Bomb
How a Stanford lepidopterist convinced the world to fear the breeding habits of the poor. Again. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod) Where to find us: • Twitter (https://twitter.com/IfBooksPod) • Peter's other podcast
A Bari Special Bonus Episode [TEASER]
Our first premium episode is a deep dive into the blog of the infamously (and dubiously) "canceled" Bari Weiss. To hear the full episode, subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod More free episodes are on their way! Support
The Game
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. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod)
David Brooks's "Bobos in Paradise"
David Brooks became liberals' famous conservative by telling them what they wanted to hear. But ... why did they want to hear something that was lazy and wrong? Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod) Where to find us: •
Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers"
In "Outliers," Malcolm Gladwell posited that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in something. Mike and Peter prove him wrong by mastering his dumb book over the span of about 50 minutes. Support us on Patreon (https://www
Freakonomics
In 2005, two men named Steven and Stephen published the quintessential airport book. In 2022, two men named Mike and Peter started a whole podcast just to make fun of it. Thanks to Ted Joyce and Ames Grawert for helping with the research fo
