Much has been said about globalization, but perhaps no one has said it worse than Thomas Friedman.Content Note: Discussions of... more

The Nudgening.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPodWhere to find us: TwitterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:David Gal's "Behavioral Winter"The i-frame... more

In 2021, scrappy young investors from across the world joined forces to buy GameStop stock, aiming to take down greedy... more

In 2008, an economist and a law professor proposed a radical new approach to politics: Telling people not to do... more

What’s your love language? Is it gifts? Words of affirmation? Or is it podcasts about books with extremely weird, reactionary... more

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In 1997, Robert Kiyosaki revealed the secret to lifelong success: Deliver grifty seminars and hire child slaves.Support us on Patreon:... more

Get in loser, we're going to Oberlin.To hear the rest of the show, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod

In 2016, J.D. Vance informally launched his political career with "Hillbilly Elegy," a memoir that blames the relative poverty of... more

TRIGGER WARNING: if you're a SNOWFLAKE college professor afraid of how your students are expressing themselves, you might need a... more

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

"If your thesis doesn't hold up to obvious criticisms, there's a chance that your thesis sucks." Thanks to Paul Musgrave... more

Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History and the Last Man" changed political discourse forever. Peter and Michael peel back his... more

In December 2019, the coronavirus pandemic began in Wuhan, China. In May 2021, America experienced one of the most cursed... more

In 1992 a yoga instructor with a distance-learning PhD had the courage to ask: "Are women not getting help around... more

Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret" sold millions of copies based on a simple premise: All of science is fake and the... more

How a Stanford lepidopterist convinced the world to fear the breeding habits of the poor. Again. Support us on PatreonWhere... more

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

Neil Strauss's "The Game" aimed to teach any man how to hook up with beautiful women. All he needed was... more

David Brooks became liberals' famous conservative by telling them what they wanted to hear. But ... why did they want... more