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Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
If Books Could Kill
The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds
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4.6 stars from 10,690 ratings
A hug for an optimistic sceptic.
After you finish school, it can be hard to figure out how to dig into pop culture that doesn’t feel right, but is assumed to be right by so many. Peter and Mike not only do it for you, but give you a framework in which you might be able to look into this stuff yourself and and get fired from your...Read full review »
Kattymix via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/18/24
Seems podcast is basically to rip
…on Sam Harris—I’m not a Harris fan but am interested in being educated. This was not educational but was sleep inducing.
artmompoemmaker via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/17/24
Just can’t stomach this anymore
As many people comment on, these two have a high view of their own intelligence. That being said, I listened for a long time as I still enjoyed the discussion. However, the podcast has just become too biased by their political beliefs to be interesting anymore. They refuse to consider any...Read full review »
l.a...l.a via Apple Podcasts · France · 11/14/24
Recent Episodes
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Published 10/10/24
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