Companies/media
Family of Secrets
2016-08-09, 1 mention2016-08-30, 7 mentions2017-12-25, 1 mention2018-01-23, 3 mentions2018-12-07, 6 mentions
Tim’s take
He treats Family of Secrets as the book that rewired how he sees politics, describing reading it at a dive bar and coming away convinced that the government is running a con on everyone 31:53. He calls it one of his favorite books and pushes it on the audience every time author Russ Baker comes on, plugging the physical copy, the Kindle, the audiobook, and Baker's site Who What Why alongside it 0:29 0:54 0:48 56:04.
His regard for the book stays fixed even as his opinion of Baker himself curdles — by the 2018 recap he and Ray are joking that Baker seemed schmaltzy and possibly poisoned them at dinner, but Tim is careful to say the book is still great, just not the way Baker talks about it 13:05. So the take splits cleanly: total enthusiasm for what the book says, souring on the guy who wrote it 13:05 0:48.
Every Reference (18)
"floor of the couple that rented the house and I would read family of secrets And I would go and I'd hang out at this bar Lisa's lounge"
"The book is called Family of Secrets. It was published in 2008. It is about the Bush family, but about much more than that. The subtitle here is America's Invisible Government and the Hidden History of the Last 50 Years. I would pick this up if you can. I would buy it. Absolutely. 100% go and buy his book."
"And this is really what I think changed my life. It led to Family of Secrets, which is a book that's about the deep state. And it led"
"if you look at Amazon, you look at the reader reviews on Family of Secrets, it's almost solid five stars. It's like 4.6 or something."
"don't have a transcript of this, as I recall, and I wrote Family of Secrets some years ago, and I'm a little bit hazy on a few things,"
The JFK Interview Where Bush Forgets Where He Was — Incompetence and Ruthlessness+40s into the segment"is that it is the undiscovered twists and turns of history that give us an entirely new understanding of who we are, and how we got where we are and where we're going, what this is really all about. It's almost like a, you know, it has the profundity of theology in a sense because it really just changes everything."
Why the Kennedy Assassination Matters and Alex Jones/David Icke — Incompetence and Ruthlessness+95s into the segment"these things. They all make a difference. Pick up a copy of Family of Secrets and tell your friends, give copies to your friends."
Co-opting Journalists and Funding Who What Why — Incompetence and Ruthlessness+173s into the segment"pattern here. It's pretty easy, that's very good. The book is Family of Secrets, it's available everywhere. The new book we gotta wait, what"
"like whatever. Yeah, it's not to say his book is not great family of secrets. Not the way you say it Yes, what are you doing? Every time"
"Because those are the author of a book that is one of my favorite books, and I think it's an important book, called Family of Secrets, which talks about the Bush family, but it talks about a lot more than that."
Introducing Russ Baker and Family of Secrets — Live From The NY Comedy Festival (with Russ Baker)+67s into the segment"the political realm. And he started writing a book called Family of Secrets and just kind of recount for us where you were in your career"
Russ Baker's Origin Story: Iraq, Kerry, and Dan Rather — Live From The NY Comedy Festival (with Russ Baker)+27s into the segment"The book, Family of Secrets, if you really want to take a journey into post-Cold War America and learn kind of about a lot of these agencies, the CIA, FBI Richard Nixon George H.W. Bush"
Lost Trillions, Optimism, and Closing on Weiner — Live From The NY Comedy Festival (with Russ Baker)+209s into the segment"regular now. The great Russ Baker is here, the author of Family of Secrets, stocking stuffer. It's a wonderful gift to give to the whole"
Cold Open: Introducing Russ Baker and Family of Secrets — Dead President with Russ Baker+35s into the segment"in the book. They go through that all in the book. So get Family of Secrets. Go online and get it. I'm a big fan of the physical book,"
"a deep cover CIA? I'm trying to remember how I did that. Family of Secrets is like, there's like a thousand footnotes and just tons"
"separate strands start coming together. There's a early on in Family of Secrets, I get into this thing, a guy who wrote for Variety and so"
Zapata Offshore and 'Mr. George Bush of the CIA' — Dead President with Russ Baker+5s into the segment"Secrets, so you don't have to wait for my Kennedy book, in Family of Secrets, I have a whole chapter on all of these revolutionary things"
Kennedy's Revolutionary Cabinet Strategy and Media Complicity — Dead President with Russ Baker+4s into the segment"This is the crew. Family of Secrets is the book. If you want to read about George Bush's service"