After listening to the If Books Could Kill podcast episode, answer the two foll
After listening to the If Books Could Kill podcast episode, answer the two following questions 1. The hosts, Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri, describe this podcast with the following tagline: “The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.” What do they mean by “airport bestsellers?” Why not just refer to them as “bestsellers?” What tactics do they use to call the effect these books seem to have upon people into question (cite an example from The Secret episode).
2. Using The Secret as representative of their program, how do Hobbes and Shamshiri see these types of books as manipulating their readers? Cite an example from this podcast in particular. Links to this podcast episode.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/70nYfIc81bpYtyiTcDyQCt
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-secret/id1651876897?i=1000593946585
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