Book · 2014 · Biography & Autobiography
Dear Reader
The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il
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Dear Reader that book is incredible.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2021 Listen at 26:50 What they say about it
- Call it a very good book“a really good book”3
- Praise the book as incredible“that book is incredible”2
- Note its North Korea subject“amazing insight into north korea”2
The best things said about it
Well your book dear reader yeah is a [ __ ] amazing insight into north korea.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2021 His book on North Korea called Dear Reader that people should definitely check out.
Yeonmi Park Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 2021 It's called Dear Reader, it's a very very good book.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2017 There's a really good book called Dear Reader from Michael Malice.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2017 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Dear Reader by Michael Malice is an insightful, dark exploration of North Korea through the lens of its propaganda and the personality cult surrounding Kim Jong Il. The book has earned high praise from numerous podcast hosts and guests. Joe Rogan has repeatedly recommended the work on The Joe Rogan Experience, calling the text absolutely incredible and noting that it provides a chilling look into the history and reality of the regime. During an appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Yeonmi Park also highlighted the publication, suggesting that listeners should definitely check out Malice's unique perspective on North Korea. Rogan has referenced the book across multiple episodes, including conversations with Dave Smith, Pauly Shore, and Eddie Bravo, consistently emphasizing the stark, unsettling history of that part of the world and praising the author's ability to document it effectively. Commentators have focused on how the narrative unpacks the mechanics of totalitarian control and state-sponsored myth-making, using primary source material and official state publications to reveal the absurd and terrifying nature of the dynasty. Through these enthusiastic podcast recommendations, the title has gained a reputation as a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the psychological foundations of modern authoritarian regimes.
Every mention
Joe Rogan michael malice does is an author that I had on the podcast that wrote a book about kim jong hoon and you kn… 8
Discussed
“well your book dear reader yeah is a [ __ ] amazing insight into north korea”
Recommended
“dear reader that book is [ __ ] incredible”
Discussed
“You ever talked to uh michael malus about oh yeah oh yeah dear reader that book is [__] incredible”
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“his book dear readers excellent”
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“you could read about in actually there's a really good book called dear reader from Michael malice he's a guy who was on my podcast and the history that part of the world is really [ __ ] up”
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“you know there's it's you could read about in actually there's a really good book called dear reader from Michael malice He's a guy who was on my podcast and the history that part of the world is really [ __ ] up”
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“michael malice does is an author that I had on the podcast that wrote a book about kim jong hoon and you know he was describing as an owner ill”
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“okay so it was chick kim jong-il but it's called dear reader it's a very very good book”
Yeonmi Park what do you think of michael what do you think of his book on north korea called dear reader that people sh… 1
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“what do you think of michael what do you think of his book on north korea called dear reader that people should definitely check out”
Lex Fridman dear reader the uh unauthorized autobiography Kim Jong-il 1
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“dear reader the uh unauthorized autobiography Kim Jong-il”
Michael Knowles dear reader yeah his book his book uh citing uh the leader of north korea 1
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“dear reader yeah his book his book uh citing uh the leader of north korea”
Saagar Enjeti He's also working on this like short little thing which is uh like anarchist um handbook or something like… 1
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“He's also working on this like short little thing which is uh like anarchist um handbook or something like that”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (23: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“So when I was doing my research for my North Korean book, Dear Reader, they're talking about Kim Jong-il”
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“because my book on North Korea dear reader it's written from Kim Jill's perspective right”
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“Michael Malice is a cultural commentator, host of the PodcastOne podcast YOUR WELCOME, and author of several books, including Dear Reader The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il”
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“The following is a conversation with Michael Malice, anarchist and author of "Dear Reader", "The New Right", "The Anarchist Handbook", "The White Pill", and he is the host of the podcast "YOUR WELCOME".”
Passing
“i have one of his books the hero deer reader dear reader”
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“and deer reader is the book on north korea and you can follow me on twitter at michael ballas”
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“i'm writing as you know i talk about this endlessly this book the white pill but writing about when people do hurtful things to children it really is hard to watch”
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“one of the reasons i you know talk about north korea so much why i wrote dear reader is because it's very easy and this is human nature”
Passing
“he is the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il 2014 as well as the new write 2019 a book that i've been reading deeply this week”
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“right so uh the deer reader the book i did for about north korea which we'll talk about later”
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“it's farcical because it's kim jong-il's autobiography i went there i read all their literature and i took the things that these people are taught and since it's in his voice they're presented at face value”
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“i've been on his show in for worse a few times when i was researching my book then you write so i had had conversations with him before”
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“it was a north korea book i published that came out in 2014. i went there in 2012. came out in january 2014.”
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“i was i think the first one to have an hour on book tv for dear reader because that was a kickstarter book”
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“so if you have to look it's like looking to the sun if you stare at it straight on it's very hard to do so you have to kind of look at it obliquely”
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“dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il”
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“so i wrote dear reader by going to north korea and getting all their propaganda which is translated into several languages”
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“dear reader yeah that's the north korea book”
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“he is the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il and the new right a journey to the fringe of american politics”
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“it makes me sad because for a little window there you know I went there I wrote a book about it dear reader”
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“the longer answer is my background is with North Korea was my last book with your reader the new right happened as a consequence of so many of my friends who were in tort roles who were anarchists fell down these rabbit holes of what they were what was called insomnia reaction and later became like the alt-right and dark”
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“we're continuing our partnership with learn Liberty this week and joining me is a columnist a media personality and the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of Kim Jong Il”
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“you know you got this book in front of me here dear reader Kim Jong eel”