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If Books Could Kill

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A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.

Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com

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@ifbookspod.bsky.socialJun 25, 2025, 7:20 PM Pinned

After many years, we’ve finally given in and launched a merch store. Only one design for now, but we’ve got shirts, hoodies, hats, mugs, stickers - all the classic items you know and love.

ifbookspod.dashery.comShop Official Merch by If Books Could KillThe airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds
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@michaelhobbes.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 12:31 PMReposted by @ifbookspod.bsky.social

About halfway through reading this I started saving my favorite equations

@ifbookspod.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:11 PM

Episode 56: Why Men Love Bitches In 2002, a writer revealed the new rules of bold, confident 21st century women: Dress modestly, don’t put out and never, ever ask him to do chores.

@ifbookspod.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:22 PM

This month's bonus episode is about how climate change is fake but the hosts' body horror is real.

@ifbookspod.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 3:20 PM

this comes out next week lol

@lissajostewart.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 8:58 PMReposted by @ifbookspod.bsky.social

Gotta stop listening to this podcast during workouts because I got to “Jesus is green” and almost dropped a dumbbell on my head.

@ifbookspod.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 4:03 PM

Episode 55: Surrounded By Idiots Have you ever wondered why people have different personalities? A guy who’s not a psychologist is here to explain it during a mandatory workplace training.

@ifbookspod.bsky.socialAug 28, 2026, 7:30 PM

it’s really us

@ifbookspod.bsky.socialAug 28, 2026, 2:42 PM

This month's bonus episode is about Ross Douthat, the longtime NYT columnist and new Bari Weiss hire whose job is selling conservatism to liberals.

@ifbookspod.bsky.socialAug 5, 2026, 2:15 PM

Episode 54: Three Cups of Tea One man's mission to build schools, fight terrorism and promote peace, one private jet reimbursement at a time.

buzzsprout.comThree Cups of Tea - If Books Could KillIn 1993, a desperate man stumbled into a remote village in the foothills of the Karakoram mountains. After the residents nursed him back to health, he placed his hands on the village elder's shoulders...
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@ifbookspod.bsky.socialJun 18, 2026, 12:08 PM

Episode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."

podcasts.apple.comThe Body Keeps The ScorePodcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · June 18 · 1h 50m
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@ifbookspod.bsky.socialApr 30, 2026, 1:05 PM

Episode 51: Grit

In 2013, education reformers decided to fix America's schools the old-fashioned way: By consulting the 16th most popular Ted Talk. 

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

podcasts.apple.comGritPodcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · April 30 · 1h 19m
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@ifbookspod.bsky.socialMar 5, 2026, 4:00 PM

Episode 50: Bullshit Jobs An anthropologist proffers a theory about fake jobs, and two professional podcasters weigh in.

podcasts.apple.comB******t JobsPodcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · March 5 · 1h
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@ifbookspod.bsky.socialDec 18, 2025, 1:25 PM

Episode 48: Elon Musk, Part 2 Over the course of several years, the richest man in the world lost his mind. His biographer didn’t seem to notice.

podcasts.apple.comElon Musk Part 2Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 12/18/2025 · 1h 31m
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