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Explaining the biggest worldwide monetary scandal everyone promptly forgot about. The Laundromat is out on Netflix, based on the book Secrecy World by Jake Bernstein.

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(WATCH): the trailer for The Laundromat

(READ): about the boat sinking insurance scandal:

(READ): about the murder of the businessman in China:

(READ): the full interactive database for the Panama Papers:

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Topics from today’s episode:

01:30 - the movie’s comedic take

02:20 - reasons for a shell company

06:45 - strange origins of the company

10:55 - tax avoidance or tax evasion

12:45 - how they got so popular

15:30 - who tried to stop this?

17:10 - the pot starts boiling over

22:00 - the real boating accident

24:25 - the secret art world

26:45 - the flood of leaks

32:45 - the murder in China

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How the film Jojo Rabbit was birthed from a tragic book, the history of Hitler satire, and what all the dictators are writing about. Jojo Rabbit is out now, starring Taika Waititi, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens.

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(WATCH) the trailer for Jojo Rabbit:

(WATCH) the Mercedes commercial the author of Caging Skies modeled in:

(WATCH) an Interview with Christine Leunens about New Zealand:

(WATCH) Taika Waititi falling asleep at the Oscars:

(WATCH) Taika’s short film, Two Cars One Night:

(WATCH) The Great Dictator - full film (1940):

(WATCH) the trailer for The Producers (1967):

(WATCH) the film Look Who’s Back on Netflix:

(WATCH) the trailer for the Australian show Danger 5:

(READ) about the store in India called Hitler:

(READ) about “What Can We Learn from Dictator’s Literature?”:

(READ) about “Hitler’s Forgotten Library”:

(LISTEN): to a New Zealand radio interview with Christine Leunens about the film adaptation:

Get a copy of Caging Skies, the book Jojo’s based on:

Topics from today’s episode:

00:01 - a Nancy Drew collector hit us up

03:20 - Caging Skies is wildly different

07:20 - The supermodel who wrote Caging Skies

10:00 - this story happened to her friend

11:40 - how it’s Taika Waititi’s mom’s fault

18:50 - the history of Hitler parodies

27:20 - Saddam Hussein wrote romance fiction

29:40 - Hitler’s secret library

31:10 - the future of satirizing Hitler?

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Learn about the bizarre changes to Nancy Drew over time, who wrote the stories, and why she’s inspired millions, even if we can’t remember what happened in her books.

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(VIDEO) Trailer for the new CW series:

(VIDEO) Trailer for the 2019 film:

(VIDEO) An episode of the 1970 TV series:

(IMAGES): A chronological comparison of cover artwork:

(IMAGES): The international cover art differences:

(ARTICLE): The 1930 newspaper article about the shark-shooting author:

(ARTICLE): About the adaptability of Nancy Drew:

Get a copy of an original Nancy Drew book:

Topics from today’s episode:

01:30 - Nancy Drew’s mom is dead?

04:00 - Stratemeyer, literary genius

05:50 - the real-life Nancy Drew

08:30 - scandal of the true authors

10:00 - author shoots shark from airplane

13:00 - Nancy’s artwork in other countries

15:15 - the anti-racist revisions in the 60’s

16:50 - the sexual revisions in the 80’s

19:30 - who is Nancy Drew for?

23:50 - Nancy overtakes the Hardy Boys

25:50 - strange and failed adaptations

29:10 - the CW’s take on Nancy

32:00 - why Nancy Drew is so great

34:30 - you could be Nancy Drew!

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Learn about the history of the Joker, and the real world assassinations and scandals that created the Joker character over the years. Now a major film “Joker” with Joaquin Phoenix.

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(IMAGE) The comparison photo between “The Man Who Laughs” and Joker:

(VIDEO) The trailer for “Joker”:

(VIDEO) Batman vs. Alien vs. Predator

(BOOK) The Joker: A Serious Study

(BOOK) An Assassin’s Diary (Arthur Bremer)

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Topics from today’s episode:

01:00 | Children’s socks with a murderer on them

01:40 | The Killing Joke book

08:10 | the 1928 silent film Joker comes from

11:45 | media controversy

15:20 | Joker’s changes thru the decades

19:30 | audience voted on who Joker should kill

20:40 | Joker becomes the ambassador to Iran

22:30 | how Harley Quinn got made

24:00 | real assassination attempts

28:10 | Joker becomes Batman

29:30 | Batman vs. Alien vs. Predator

30:50 | Joker in Shakespeare

31:30 | the iconic laugh

34:00 | let us know what you think

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Learn about the tumultuous life of Judy Garland, and the lesser know play End of the Rainbow - which the new film “Judy” is based on. We also reveal connections to The Wizard of Oz, A Star is Born, and a fake ringleader for gay relationships in the military. It gets wild and interwoven in this one. Be sure to check out the links below for all the bonus materials we discuss.

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Get a copy of the play “End of the Rainbow” by Peter Quilter:

BONUS LINKS:

(VIDEO) The trailer for “Judy”:

(VIDEO) The audio tapes for Judy’s unreleased biography:

(VIDEO) The HBO dramatized special “Me and My Shadows”:

(VIDEO) Judy sings “Battle Hymn of the Republic” live:

(VIDEO) An episode of “The Judy Garland Show”:

(VIDEO) The trailer for the TV show “Emerald City” that aired on NBC:

(ARTICLE) Renee Zellweger’s essay after her absence:

(ARTICLE) The NYT obituary (1969) for Judy’s death:

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Learn about the space epic Ad Astra and the 19th century novella it’s based on, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

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CRAZY DEAL - 5$ for your FIRST BOX (’til Sept 30th)

Get a copy of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad:

BONUS LINKS:

(VIDEO) The trailer for Ad Astra:

(VIDEO) The trailer for Monos:

(ARTICLE) An interview with James Gray (director):

(ARTICLE) Critical take on the themes in Heart of Darkness:

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Don’t let this one pass you by. Learn about the Pulitzer-Prize winning epic that became a box office bust. By Donna Tartt.

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Get a copy of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt:

BONUS LINKS:

(VIDEO) The trailer for The Goldfinch:

(VIDEO) Donna Tartt interview with Charlie Rose in 2014:

(VIDEO) Donna Tartt interview on tour for Goldfinch:

(VIDEO) The destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyian:

(ARTICLE) How the film reconstructed the Met:

(ARTICLE) Donna Tartt interview before the Goldfinch was written:

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The horror epic that spawned our preteen nightmares. Learn about the origins of the book, how it got adapted, the history of clowns, and why Stephen King loves writing the spooky stuff.

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Get a copy of It by Stephen King:

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BONUS LINKS:

(VIDEO) The trailer for It Chapter 2:

(VIDEO) An interview with Stephen about Ronald McDonald:

(VIDEO) A beautiful animated short about childhood from Stephen:

(ARTICLE) About Charlie, the real man who was murdered in Bangor:

(ARTICLE) A journalist’s diary on reading the whole book:

(ARTICLE) On Stephen King adaptations to film:

(ARTICLE) On the multiverse of Stephen’s books:

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Learn about the amazing independent film, The Peanut Butter Falcon and how it fits into the controversial classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

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BONUS LINKS:

(VIDEO) The trailer for The Peanut Butter Falcon:

(VIDEO) The featurette about the film:

(ARTICLE) The Toni Morrison essay “In Defense of Huck Finn”:

(BOOK) “My Jim” by Nancy Rawles:

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Learn about the Nobel & Pulitzer Prize winning author, teacher, editor and voice of the black experience.

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BONUS LINKS:

(VIDEO) The trailer for documentary “The Pieces I Am”:

(VIDEO) The Opera version of Beloved:

(VIDEO) The Oprah version of Beloved:

(VIDEO) Interview clip with Toni Morrison:

(ARTICLE) The artwork of Jacob Lawrence:

(ARTICLE) The artwork “African’t” at the Broad Museum:

(ARTICLE) The Bench by the Road Project:

(ARTICLE) Where to start with Toni Morrison:

(BOOK) The Black Book:

(BOOK) Playing in the Dark:

(BOOK) Those Bones are not My Child:

CONTACT LINKS:

email us any questions, comments, or curse words - [email protected]

follow for silly memes on instagram - @illiteratepod

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