The Bookworm Mom
A weekly review of a new read by Shannon Grady.
Episodes
Shannon interviews AR Salyer; an author, visionary, and political hack. Enlisting in the US Navy, he served on Trident nuclear submarines, serving as a battle stations helmsman. From bouncer to bartender, electrician to car salesman, front-man guitarist to Senior Manager for a Fortune 100 company—each role and every stage shaped his unorthodox lens on life.
His book, The Nation State of Texas: How to ...
Shannon interviews author and friend Xi Van Fleet on her book Made in America.
Xi Van Fleet made waves with her breakout book Mao’s America, exposing eerie parallels between China’s past and America’s present woke revolution. Now, alongside renowned Chinese dissident Yu Jie, she sounds the alarm once more―revealing how the CCP’s rise was not just enabled by Soviet Russia but, shockingly, by th...
Shannon interviews the author of The Generosity of Scars, Scott Mann. It is the second book of his trillogy of tomes.
The Generosity of Scars is for anyone who has struggled and wants to put their lived struggle to work in the service of others through authentic storytelling.
This book, the second in his leadership trilogy, is different than most books about crafting stories. It is forged fr...
The Next Big Crash by Justin Haskins who is a vice president at The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank, and a senior fellow at Our Republic. Haskins is a prolific writer who has authored more than 1,000 articles in major digital and print publications. He writes most frequently for FoxNews.com, TheBlaze, The Hill, The Federalist, and Townhall. His work has also been published by The Wall S...
Shannon does a deep dive interview with Captain K himself, Seth Keshel. Seth is the fighting man with numbers and a story to tell. His book, The American War On Election Corruption is an investigative exposé revealing the battle to uncover and dismantle systemic fraud threatening the integrity of US elections.
A Substack (captaink.us) bestselling author, Keshel’s no-holds-barred exposés on systemic ...
Shannon interviews Yaser Yarghal, a warrior and survivor of the Afghanistan conflict. Yaser grew up in poverty along the Pakistan - Afghan border to become a soldier and witness to the upheaval in that far off part of the world. Tune in and listen to his story and perhaps you too will desire to hear his complete story when it arrives in 2026.
Shannon discusses David Horowitz's last book, America Betrayed. He starts with how it all began with a monk. In this episode, we bring up the fact Shannon creates "Porcupine Books" am we promised to have an example!
Shannon discusses the book The Naked Capitalist by W. Cleon Skousen, In her review, she cross-references other reads that are listed below. Listen and go on the journey as she takes us all down the rabbit hole of politics, history and the quest for power.
Warning to the West by Alexander Solzhonitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhonitsyn
This episode, Shannon exposes us to the book The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom by W. Cleon Skousen.
Unmasking the Secrets, Subversion, and Legacy of Communism
Step into the gripping world of The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom by W. Cleon Skousen—a riveting exploration of one of the most influential ideologies of the 20th century. With its rich ...
Shannon brings to life a book that should be a timeless classic. This is the first of a series of offerings from Cleon Skousen that she hopes to introduce to us.
The nation the Founders built is now in the throes of a political, economic, social, and spiritual crisis that has driven many to an almost frantic search for modern solutions. The truth is that the solutions have been available for a long time -- in t...
Todays terrifying read is If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares Shannon discusses how they address in 2023, hundreds of AI luminaries signed an open letter warning that artificial intelligence poses a serious risk of human extinction. Since then, the AI race has only intensified. Companies and countries are rushing to build machines that will be ...
In this Episode Shannon discusses the book The Manufacturing Delusion Exposed: A Tactical Study Guide and Critical Thinking Framework for Identifying Brainwashing and Indoctrination
The Manufacturing Delusion Exposed pulls back the curtain on these systems of influence and gives readers a practical framework for understanding how modern information environments can subtly guide thinking and behavior.
Sannon Explores the book REVOLT by Ray Bourhis. She talks not only about the style, narrative and message but, she equates it to historical references and applying the lessons to today's geological/social societies.
Shannon interviews Lisa Heartman, author of High Heels and Handguns (A Kate Howard Novel, Book One).
Synopsis: For Kate Howard, former Army Special Forces Sergeant, life as a one-woman personal protection detail comes with challenges. Kate must accept help from an unwanted source: the soldier she loved and left in Afghanistan, bloody, broken, and barely alive. Special Forces Officer Paxton Banks. After te...
In this episode, Shannon delves into the pages of You Will Own Nothing by Carol Roth. In her discussion, we see the plan to convert individual income and wealth to a centralized provider of all products and services deemed enough for you. With wit and humor, many societal and economic concerns are addressed.
Shannon discusses the book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon – January 20, 2026
by Peter Schweizer
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