The Let Them Theory

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

Arts, Politics, Books, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Peter and Michael discuss The Let Them Theory, a self-help guide to seeking bliss through unmitigated complacency. Where to find us: Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: How to stop screwing yourself overMel Robbins and PlagiarismLet her? Army wife claims Mel Robbins stole her idea for blockbuster self-help book Mel Robbins’s “Let Them” theory: really that simple?Breathing Practices for Stress and Anxiety Reduction: Conceptual ...

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0:00.0	Okay, I have a zinger, but you need to tell me if it's bad.
0:02.5	We might have to do it again.
0:03.4	Okay.
0:04.6	Michael.
0:05.4	Peter.
0:06.2	What do you know about let them?
0:07.9	All I know is that this is the first time we've covered a Norwegian horror thriller on the podcast.
0:13.5	What the fuck is that reference?
0:15.7	What is that reference?
0:17.2	Fuck.
0:19.1	Never mind.
0:21.7	Wait, okay.
0:22.4	Well, now I need to come up with a fucking real one.
0:24.5	That's the first time I've never had any idea what you're talking about.
0:29.1	Just dead silence?
0:31.2	Because literally all I have now is like they, them jokes about the title, which I don't think is a very good idea.
0:38.6	There's a sweet spot for pronoun jokes where LGBT people think you're joking with them.
0:44.3	Yeah.
0:45.3	And homophobic people think that you're making fun of LGBT people.
0:49.6	I was on Tumblr once and I saw the joke.
0:51.8	Somebody said, it's so hot out that all my gender
0:54.2	fluid friends are now gender vapor. And I immediately went to the account to be like, is this
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