Host of Maintenance Phase
8 books recommended · 5 critiqued · 5 episodes
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“So there's a book that I read for this called milk exclamation point. That was a good idea. Jeb kudos. In that book, the book was great. And I really loved reading this history of milk.”
Why: He loved reading the history and praised the book as great.
Milk! by Mark Kurlansky
Host on Maintenance PhaseRaw Milk
“the number one source for this episode is a book called the personality brokers written by merva amre this…”
Why: It is a great read with infinity times more layers and texture.
The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre
Host on Maintenance PhaseThe Myers-Briggs Personality Test
“This comes from Paul Offit's book, Autism's False Prophets, which is extremely good.”
Why: It is described as extremely good.
Autism's False Prophets by Paul A. Offit
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Mainstreaming Of The Anti-Vaxx Movement
“So most of this I'm getting from Brian Deer's book, The Doctor Who Fooled the World. But I'm also pulling from Neurotribes by Steve Silberman and Paul Offit's book, Autism's False Prophets.”
Why: Used as an authoritative resource on the subject.
Autism's False Prophets by Paul A. Offit
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
“So another very good book that I read for this is The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin. He talks about how this, just this documentary results in like another increase in the size of the organized anti-vax movement.”
Why: Highly praised as a very good book on the panic surrounding vaccines.
The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
“So most of this I'm getting from Brian Deer's book, The Doctor Who Fooled the World. But I'm also pulling from Neurotribes by Steve Silberman and Paul Offit's book, Autism's False Prophets.”
Why: Used as a primary, trusted source for uncovering the Wakefield fraud.
Doctor Who Fooled the World by Brian Deer
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
“So most of this I'm getting from Brian Deer's book, The Doctor Who Fooled the World. But I'm also pulling from Neurotribes by Steve Silberman and Paul Offit's book, Autism's False Prophets.”
Why: Cited as a valuable source for the research.
Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
“For this, I spoke to a friend of the show, Eric Garcia, and read his book, We're Not Broken, which was really good. Yay, Eric!”
Why: Recommended as really good.
We're Not Broken by Eric Garcia
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
“And then I also read a book called Anti-Vaxxers, How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement by Jonathan Berman. Terrible title. Very good book. Oh, good.”
Why: Described as a very good book despite a terrible title.
Anti-Vaxxers by Jonathan M. Berman
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
Books they argue against or name the limits of.
“The perfect example of this is in his second memoir, My Booky Wook 2. Oh my God. For the love of God. Oh my God, there's a second one.”
Why: Described as even worse than the first book, detailing more unrepentant behavior.
My Booky Wook 2 by Russell Brand
Host on Maintenance PhaseRussell Brand Part 1
“She co-authored a book called the contagion myth why viruses including quote-unquote coronavirus are not the cause of disease…”
The Contagion Myth by MD Thomas S. Cowan
Host on Maintenance PhaseRaw Milk
“He's got a new book. It's called Thimerosal. Let the Science Speak.”
Why: Criticized as part of anti-vax misinformation.
Thimerosal : Let the Science Speak by Robert F. Kennedy
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Mainstreaming Of The Anti-Vaxx Movement
“he also wrote a book which for the love of fucking god i read because it's very short and is mostly footnotes but like janky phone notes called do you know what his book is called no as soon as i saw it i was like…”
Why: Read it only for the show out of frustration, noting it is mostly footnotes and janky notes.
The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
“I am going to send you an excerpt from the foreword to a book called The Peanut Allergy Epidemic, which is like this really weird crank conspiracy book. But they ask RFK Jr. to write the foreword to it in like the second edition or something.”
Why: Dismissed as a really weird crank conspiracy book.
The Peanut Allergy Epidemic by Heather A. Fraser
Host on Maintenance PhaseRFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
Their own books, or books they discussed with the author. Not counted as recommendations.
“The perfect example of this is in his second memoir, My Bookie Wook 2. Oh my God. For the love of God. Oh my God, there's a second one.”
Why: The host notes that the second book is much worse than the first.
My Booky Wook 2 This Time Its Personal by Russell Brand
Host on Maintenance PhaseRussell Brand Part 1
“You're gonna make me say the title of this fucking book, aren't you? I hate it. He wrote a book called My Booky Wook. I hate it.”
Why: The host expresses strong dislike for the title.
My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
Host on Maintenance PhaseRussell Brand Part 1
“He wrote a book called Recovery that is kind of like part of his wellness pivot. it. It has 12 chapters and each chapter is like one of the steps.”
Recovery by Russell Brand
Host on Maintenance PhaseRussell Brand Part 1
Named without an opinion attached.
“It isn't until 1923 that an English translation of Carl Jung's Psychological Types is published,…”
Psychological Types by Carl Gustav Jung
Host on Maintenance PhaseThe Myers-Briggs Personality Test