Book · 1994 · Alien abduction
Abduction
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Two great books.
Questions about Abduction by John E. Mack
Who recommends Abduction by John E. Mack on podcasts?
Michael P. Masters (1 episode) has recommended Abduction by John E. Mack on podcasts. In all, 5 people brought it up across 2 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Abduction the most?
The Joe Rogan Experience (7 episodes) and Stuff You Should Know (1 episode).
Is Abduction recommended, or only discussed?
Abduction by John E. Mack was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 7 episodes, as of 2025-12-18.
What do people say about Abduction?
Michael P. Masters on The Joe Rogan Experience (2025-12-18): "Two great books."
When was Abduction last mentioned on a podcast?
Abduction by John E. Mack was last recommended on The Joe Rogan Experience by Michael P. Masters on 2025-12-18.
What they say about it
- Authored by Harvard psychiatrist2
The best things said about it
He got really obsessed with alien abduction stories and he wrote a book called Abduction and it was all hypnotic regressions of people that have been abducted by aliens allegedly.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2025 I've read John Mack's book John Mack was a uh uh psychiatrist at Harvard and he or a psychologist I forget which one um he uh wrote a book called abduction that was all about hypnotic regression therapy.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2025 John Mack who is a psychologist from Harvard wrote a book called Abduction that I read in the 1990s that detailed all the different people that he worked on.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2024 He had a book in '94 about 13 different abduction cases called Abduction: Human Encounters with Alien.
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Abduction by John E. Mack is a provocative non-fiction work by a Harvard psychiatrist that investigates close encounters and alleged alien abductions through the lens of subjects studied via hypnotic regression. On The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan repeatedly brought up the book across multiple episodes—including conversations with Gad Saad, Yannis Pappas, Chris Distefano, and Shawn Ryan—noting how Mack carefully documented detailed interviews with individuals claiming extraordinary experiences. Michael P. Masters also mentioned the book on the same podcast, grouping it alongside Whitley Strieber's Communion as essential literature on close encounters. On Stuff You Should Know, Josh Clark and his co-host discussed Mack's 1994 publication and its compilation of thirteen distinct abduction accounts, humorously acknowledging the academic friction caused by a tenured Harvard professor taking such fringe phenomena seriously. Jeremy Corbell similarly referenced Mack on the podcast when discussing historical UFO sightings and witness accounts. Across these various platforms, speakers utilize the book to examine the intersection of institutional scientific credibility, psychological regression therapy, and the enduring cultural fascination with anomalous human experiences.
Every mention
Michael P. Masters whether it's Whitley Strieber from Communion or the John Mack books, the guy from Harvard that wrote what w… 1
“whether it's Whitley Strieber from Communion or the John Mack books, the guy from Harvard that wrote what was it? Abduction, Passport to the Cosmos and Abduction. Yeah, two great books.”
Joe Rogan He got really obsessed with alien abduction stories and he wrote a book called Abduction and it was all hyp… 4
“He got really obsessed with alien abduction stories and he wrote a book called Abduction and it was all hypnotic regressions of people that have been abducted by aliens allegedly”
“I've read John Mack's book John Mack was a uh uh psychiatrist at Harvard and he or a psychologist I forget which one um he uh wrote a book called abduction that was all about hypnotic regression therapy”
“John Mack who is a psychologist from Harvard wrote a book called Abduction that I read in the 1990s that detailed all the different people that he worked on”
“John Mack had this book John Mack was a psychologist who uh was at Harvard who wrote this book I think it's called abduction and it's all like him interviewing people that have had these kind of experiences happen to them”
Dan Aykroyd you know he wrote the book abduction he was the Harvard psychiatrist who wrote abduction 1
“you know he wrote the book abduction he was the Harvard psychiatrist who wrote abduction”
Jeremy Corbell and the bbc came the next day with dr john mack head of harvard psychiatry and he's the one who wrote that… 1
“and the bbc came the next day with dr john mack head of harvard psychiatry and he's the one who wrote that book abduction”
Josh Clark he had a book in 94 about 13 different abduction cases called abduction colon uh human encounters with alie… 1
“he had a book in 94 about 13 different abduction cases called abduction colon uh human encounters with alien uh parenthesis”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“Then, yeah, he had a book in '94 about 13 different abduction cases called 'Abduction: Human Encounters with Alien.' Uh, parentheses, BTW, I teach at Harvard. Did I mention?”