Book · 2009 · History
A Land So Strange
The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
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And you go back to Cabeza de Vaca when there's a great book called the land so strange and it's all about these guys from Spain Landing in Florida and and making their way and running into the Mayans and like what the [__] is going on down there.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2023 Listen at 2:19:14 What they say about it
- Called a great book“a great book”3
- Listens in the sauna“in the sauna”2
The best things said about it
So i'm listening to this book on cabeza de vaca who's a uh yeah he's a spanish uh uh explorer that landed in north america in the 1500s and walked across the country it's a crazy you ever want to complain about the weather you ever want to complain about your life oh [ __ ] covid kicked my ass.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2021 My friend Hank turned me onto it.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2021 I listen to this thing in the sauna now.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2021 Where and when it comes up
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A Land So Strange by Andrés Reséndez is a historical nonfiction account chronicling the harrowing and improbable journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his fellow survivors as they walked across North America in the sixteenth century. The book received significant attention on The Joe Rogan Experience, where host Joe Rogan repeatedly recommended and discussed the work with various guests. Rogan brought up the title with Bert Kreischer while exploring the history of early Spanish explorers landing in Florida and encountering indigenous populations. He also recommended the book to Russell Peters and Steven Wright, emphasizing the grueling nature of Cabeza de Vaca's trek and comparing historical hardships to modern complaints. Furthermore, Rogan discussed the text with Elliott West, who confirmed he had read it, and mentioned it to Clay Newcomb and Action Bronson while examining the devastating arrival of European diseases in the Americas. Bert Kreischer independently recalled the book during an appearance with Rogan, marveling at the incredible survival journey across early American territories. Through these enthusiastic discussions, the podcast hosts highlighted the harrowing realities of early exploration, cultural collision, and human endurance documented within Reséndez's detailed historical narrative.
Every mention
Joe Rogan well there's a great book uh about cabesa Daka called a land so strange have you you ever read that book 7
“have you read uh the uh cabesa debaca book uh a strange new land yes I have a land so strange a land so strange strange”
“and you go back to Cabeza de Vaca when there's a great book called the land so strange and it's all about these guys from Spain Landing in Florida and and making their way and running into the Mayans and like what the [__] is going on down there”
“well there's a great book uh about cabesa Daka called a land so strange have you you ever read that book”
“a land so strange a land so strange my friend hank uh turned me onto it”
“so i'm listening to this book on cabeza de vaca who's a uh yeah he's a spanish uh uh explorer that landed in north america in the 1500s and walked across the country it's a crazy you ever want to complain about the weather you ever want to complain about your life oh [ __ ] covid kicked my ass”
“and there's um there's a book that someone recommended jamie and i want to think they recommended it on the podcast but it might be wrong but i'm reading it right i should say i'm reading i'm lying i'm listening to it this is my uh my sauna reading my i listen to this thing in the sauna uh now”
“now it is called a land so strange and uh it's about cortez and about all these uh explorers that came over to america”
Bert Kreischer and you go back to uh Cabeza de Vaca when there's a great book uh called the land so strange and it's all a… 1
“and you go back to uh Cabeza de Vaca when there's a great book uh called the land so strange and it's all about these guys from Spain Landing in Florida and and making their way and running into the Mayans and like what the [ __ ] is going on down there oh dude wait what's the name of”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“that's um there's that book uh by about cabeza de vaca what is it a strange strange what is it a place so strange is that it I think that's the name of the book a play so strange um but it's about cabeza de vaca and the his the group that came with him that made it across uh”