Book · 2012 · Biography & Autobiography
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
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Fear and Loathing on the campaign Trail is one of the best books ever on the American political system just like what it's like when people are running for officee.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2025 Listen at 12:14 What they say about it
- Discussing the 1972 election coverage“the 1972 presidential campaign”2
- Calling it a political favorite“one of my favorite books ever about politics”2
The best things said about it
One of my favorite books ever about politics is fear and loathing on the campaign yeah I wrote the introduction to that.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2019 What he had covered with Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail it was the way young people were feeling about it versus the way it was being represented on television and in newspapers.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2022 The Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail Hunter S. Thompson spoke about the 1972 presidential campaign.
Did you ever see the thing that he did about the election when he did Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail? So, he made Ed Musky go crazy. He made him go crazy cuz he was saying that he was using a Brazilian witch doctor.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2026 Where and when it comes up
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson stands as a legendary piece of gonzo journalism chronicling the chaotic 1972 United States presidential election. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Bill Murray praised the work, telling Joe Rogan that it ranks among the absolute best books ever written on the American political system and the reality of running for office. Dan Pfeiffer similarly recommended it on Pod Save America, noting that Thompson vividly captured the historical presidential race. The book has also surfaced in multiple other discussions across various episodes. Joe Rogan brought it up when talking about Thompson's unconventional reporting tactics—such as spreading a rumor about a Brazilian witch doctor to rattle candidate Ed Muskie—and revisited it while analyzing campaign trail dynamics with guests like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tucker Carlson. Josh Brolin mentioned the title on the same podcast to reflect on following the political trail, while Joe Rogan touched upon it during conversations with Sam Tripoli regarding the McGovern election. Furthermore, Josh Clark recalled reading Thompson's work in his youth on an episode of Stuff You Should Know. Overall, the volume continues to be recognized as a striking and influential piece of political commentary from a bygone era.
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Joe Rogan Fear and Loathing on the campaign Trail is one of the best books ever on the American political system just… 10
“Did you ever see the thing that he did about the election when he did Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail? So, he made Ed Musky go crazy. He made him go crazy cuz he was saying that he was using a Brazilian witch doctor”
“I don't know if you remember this, but Hunter Thompson during whatever election he covered in Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail.”
“Fear and Loathing on the campaign Trail is one of the best books ever on the American political system just like what it's like when people are running for officee”
“I think that was when Hunter S Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the campaign Trail”
“Did you ever read uh you know cis and Ebert did you ever read when uh Roger Ebert rather wrote wrote a screenplay no it's very bizarre it's really sexual very strange it's supposed to be terrible of course I've read passages in it it's terrible but I remember going oh okay yeah they're not they're not creative they're creative”
“I mean that was you know what what your magazine had covered and what he had covered with fear and loathing on the campaign Trail it was the way young people were feeling about it versus the way it was being represented on television and in newspapers”
“one of my favorite books ever about politics is fear and loathing on the campaign yeah I wrote the introduction to that”
“yeah I mean he had a bunch of them that were great but that one particularly it's you can sort of redo it”
“it's possible they're going to Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 yep that's the book”
“I watched that Gonzo that Hunter S Thompson and back in you know the 1970s when he was writing Fear and Loathing on the campaign”
Dan Pfeiffer the fear and loathing on the campaign trail Hunter s Thompson spoke about the 1972 presidential campaign 1
“the fear and loathing on the campaign trail Hunter s Thompson spoke about the 1972 presidential campaign”
Jordan Peterson we were talking about hunterz Thompson earlier and famously he wrote a book called uh Fear and Loathing on… 1
“we were talking about hunterz Thompson earlier and famously he wrote a book called uh Fear and Loathing on the campaign Trail if I remember correctly”
Josh Brolin well did you ever read fear and love on the campaign Trail yeah that's one of the more interesting pieces 1
“well did you ever read fear and love on the campaign Trail yeah that's one of the more interesting pieces”
Josh Clark rum diaries or maybe it was fear and Loa on the campaign Trail 1
“rum diaries or maybe it was fear and Loa on the campaign Trail”
