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Why The Host Disappeared
- Brad Harris explains his year away from the podcast due to major life changes like a new child and moving across the country.
- He frames this absence as continued observation of societal decline while seeking refuge in books.
Book As A Mirror For Society
- All Quiet on the Western Front offers an unflinching look at trench warfare and psychological trauma from World War I.
- Brad uses the novel as a lens to compare past propaganda-driven enlistment to modern societal manipulation.
Recurring Rule Of The Powerful
- Brad argues ruling classes habitually deceive to preserve power and siphon wealth from citizens across history.
- He links that pattern to the novel's exposure of propaganda selling patriotic myths that lead to catastrophe.