Why people recommend it
Blitzed by Norman Ohler is a historical non-fiction book that investigates the widespread, systemic use of drugs, particularly methamphetamines, by the military and leadership of Nazi Germany during World War II. Joe Rogan repeatedly endorsed the book across several episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, including conversations with Ralph Barbosa, Jillian Michaels, Scott Eastwood, and Johnny Knoxville, while also hosting author Norman Ohler himself. Rogan frequently highlighted how the book explains the startling stamina that allowed German forces to rapidly march through Poland over the course of three days fueled by pharmaceutical stimulants. Chris Williamson also praised the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, echoing the astonishing historical account of the Third Reich's drug consumption. Russell Crowe joined in discussing the title during his appearance, marveling at the revelations regarding how deeply substance use permeated the Nazi regime. The book has established itself as a recurring point of fascination on these podcasts for exposing a hidden, chemically induced dimension of twentieth-century warfare.
Who recommended it
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- Lex Fridman Discussed
- Russell Crowe Discussed
- Chris Williamson Recommended
- Elon Musk Discussed
- Tom Segura Discussed
- Ari Matti Discussed
- Greg Coles Discussed
- Tucker Carlson Discussed
- Sam Altman Discussed
- Matt Farah Discussed
Joe Rogan — 10 mentions
Discussed
“Then we had Norman Ohler, he wrote um Blitzed? How do I say his last name? Ohler.”
Discussed
“Did you ever read Blitzed? No. It's a Norman Oler wrote about Hitler marching through Poland and about all the drugs that they were giving.”
Recommended
“There's a great book. Is it out there? It's in the other room. Yeah, it's in the other room. It's called Blitzed um by um how do you pronounce his name? Norman Oler, right? Oler. Norman Oler, uh, great guest, too. He was amazing.”
Discussed
“Have you read Norman Oler's book Blitzed? No. It's about Nazis and the use of methamphetamine during the war.”
Recommended
“Have you ever read Blitzed? No. It's uh Do we have it here still, Jamie? out there. Um Norman Oler Norman Oler wrote this insane book on the ubiquitous use of drugs during the Third Reich and how uh it caused them to go through Poland in three days because they stayed up for three [ __ ] days on”
Discussed
“it was ‘Blitzed.’ Yes, it's a crazy book. And I had the author in here and he's explaining... this book is nuts.”
Discussed
“that book over there blitzed is all about the use of methamphetamines and the different drugs that they gave their soldiers the guys the front of the line they gave the most meth”
Discussed
“it's a book that we just read it's called blitzed this dude Norman or her it's all about the Nazis”
Recommended
“Another great TV show, I've talked about a thousand times, but there's a book that we just read, it's called Blitzed; this dude, Norman, or hurt, it's all about the Nazis. They gave them meth!”
Recommended
“so uh tripped and blitzed is the other one”
Lex Fridman — 2 mentions
Discussed
“there's a book called blitzed drugs in the third reich by norman ohler it makes the case that drugs played a very large meth essentially played a very large role in world war ii”
Discussed
“I just recently finished a book titled 'Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich' by Norman Ohler.”
Russell Crowe — 1 mention
Discussed
“There's a really good book um I don't remember the name of it. Ohler. Blitzed, yes.”
Chris Williamson — 1 mention
Recommended
“I mean, Norman Oler's book, Blitz, I loved those episodes that you did with Yeah. incredible. It's just an incredible story that they they literally went through Poland in three days.”
Elon Musk — 1 mention
Discussed
“That book over there, Blitzed, is all about the use of methamphetamines and the different drugs that they gave their soldiers. The guys on the front line, they gave the most meth! They had different dosages!”
Tom Segura — 1 mention
Discussed
“I can't believe I'm bringing it up again but that book over there blitzed is a Norman oler book about the Nazis during um The Blitz GRE campaign they were all on meth all of them”
Ari Matti — 1 mention
Discussed
“so his this blitz book is insane because it's a story about how the Nazis were jacked up on meth”
Greg Coles — 1 mention
Discussed
“but there's also lots of excitement going on on the non-fiction side of things where Norman olers blitzed hits the list at number 15”
Tucker Carlson — 1 mention
Discussed
“uh which if you read the book blitzed um actually uh traces the history it was Aderall was developed by Nazi Germany as a tool for Nazi soldiers to be more aggressive”
Sam Altman — 1 mention
Discussed
“I just read "Blitzed", which is this... - Oh, I wanna read that. - Yeah. - How is it. - It was really good. It gives a theory of Nazi Germany and Hitler that so much can be described about Hitler and a lot of the upper echelon of Nazi Germany through the excessive use of drugs.”
Matt Farah — 1 mention
Discussed
“which I read a book love called blitzed drugs in the Third Reich that was basically just about how much meth they were all on”
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Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“The following is a conversation with Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich. A book that investigates what role psychoactive drugs, particularly stimulants such as methamphetamine, played in the military history of World War II.”
Own book
“He was quite old, but quite ready to be my mentor for this book, "Blitzed."”
Own book
“well this had a lot to do with my previous book which is called Blitz drugs in the Third Reich”
Own book
“I mean the joke about Blitz is that I was actually the first one to write about this”
Own book
“I don't know I I have like there's photos of it in my book blitzed where you see like the young medical officers”
Own book
“um uh there is a was a German drug called o codal and um it's quite interesting I write about that musolini meeting”
Own book
“in Blitz we find like a new biography in a way of Hitler a more accurate one”