Thomas Chatterton Williams' "Summer of Our Discontent"
9/11/20251 hr 32 min
Peter and Michael discuss a book that's light on facts and long on sentences.
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- Book Review: ‘Summer of Our Discontent,’ by Thomas Chatterton Williams
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- Majority of college students support Israel/Gaza campus protests, 1 in 10 actually participate in them
- Thomas Chatterton Williams on Race, Identity, and “Cancel Culture”
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First 90 secondsPeter Shamshiri· Host0:00
I've got the new mic setup. It'll be a little louder, I think.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:02
You got your loudener installed?
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:04
It was... By the way, remember how I, I couldn't get it working last time? It just, like... I was like, "Hey," I, I told everyone. I, like, sent a, a thing to the 5-4 chat. I was like, "Hey, I got the thing you told me, but I can't get the mic working now." And basically, there's literally just, like, a button you press on the Scarlett.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:19
It's like the loudener button.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:20
Yeah. Everyone's like, "You didn't press the button? Idiot." (laughs) And they were sending memes, they were sending memes about it.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:24
(laughs) Maybe instead of a beverage center, you should have gotten an audio center. (laughs) Punk.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:29
I will be writing off the beverage center. I think it's a business thing.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:32
Now (laughs) that we've- now that we've mentioned it?
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:34
(laughs) Every new thing I purchase for my home, I'm just gonna mention on the podcast, and that way- Yeah. (laughs) ... I can frame it as a business expense.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:40
So I've, I've watched numerous YouTube videos where I'm like, "You're only talking about this for the taxes, aren't you?"
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:45
(laughs) All right. Let's go in.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:47
All right.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:47
Let's go in.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:47
I'm stealing this from someone in our Discord, but let's do it.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:49
Michael.
Michael Hobbes· Host0:50
Peter.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:50
What do you know about Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams?
Michael Hobbes· Host0:55
All I know is there's a reason people don't call him Thomas Thinkerton-Williams.
Peter Shamshiri· Host0:59
(Upbeat music) Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams. This just came out a few weeks back.
Michael Hobbes· Host1:17
Mm-hmm.
Peter Shamshiri· Host1:17
We wanted to cover this book for a couple of reasons. One is that he's, like, disproportionately influential to his talent, and the other is that, like, I think that there is, like, a lingering reactionary