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Explicitly mentioned as a book Voltaire published in 1751: 'he publishes a book called The Century of Louis XIV. And in this book, there is an entire chapter about the man in the iron mask.' This is where Voltaire coined the phrase 'the man in the iron mask.'

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Referenced when discussing Admiral Byng's execution, with the famous quote about the English executing admirals 'pour encourager les autres' (to encourage the others).

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Discussed as Voltaire's famous satirical work published in 1759, four years after the Lisbon earthquake, which addressed the philosophical question of how a good God could permit such disasters. The hosts discuss the character Pangloss and the satire of philosophical optimism.

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Referenced metaphorically when discussing Western intervention in Muslim countries - 'let's go to Afghanistan, let's go to Iraq with our copies of Candide'