Book · 2021 · Law
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
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Michael Shellenberger wrote a great book about it called San Francisco and he talks about how these progressive policies are just destroying these cities.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2023 Listen at 56:56 What they say about it
- Discussed progressive policies ruining cities“how progressives are ruining big cities”4
- Called it a great book“wrote a great book”2
The best things said about it
And if you haven't read Michael's book San Francisco you did some great reporting there as well.
San Francisco is worth reading if you're from the bay area a long time like I've been because it ain't good.
So under book of the year I have a very recent choice which is San Francisco by Michael Shellenberger. It just came out.
Now he's out with a brand new book called San Francisco that's so good about how progressives are ruining big cities across the U.S.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Oct 2021 There's a Michael Shellenberger book called San Francisco which in many ways was not only but heavily a critique of housing first policies.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Jul 2023 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
San Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger is a critical examination of urban decay, homelessness, and governance in modern American cities, arguing that progressive policies have severely harmed places like San Francisco. Joe Rogan strongly recommended the book across multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, discussing it with guests like Gabriel Iglesias and Michael Shellenberger himself, while praising the author's insights into the destruction caused by failing city leadership. David Sacks featured the book on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg, naming it his top book choice of the year and commending Shellenberger's reporting. Brendan Eich also recommended the work during an appearance on Acquired as part of his personal carve outs, noting its relevance for longtime Bay Area residents. Furthermore, Megyn Kelly invited the author onto The Megyn Kelly Show to discuss how progressive governance ruined major urban centers across the United States. Throughout these appearances, hosts and guests used the book to fuel broader debates about public policy, crime, and the declining quality of life in once-thriving metropolitan areas.
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Joe Rogan Michael shellenberger wrote a great book about it called San Francisco and he talks about how these Progres… 5
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“Hence the title of your book, San Francisco Sicko, which is a great title. I mean, it's a sick place and it was one of my favorite cities.”
Recommended
“Michael shellenberger wrote a great book about it called San Francisco and he talks about how these Progressive policies are just destroying these cities”
Discussed
“like in San Francisco that's the big criticism that uh there's a guy named Michael schellenberger and he wrote a book called San Francisco describing like what happens when progressives ruin cities”
Discussed
“you know you're your book san francisco what would you call that that's a socio-political book”
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“san francisco and apocalypse never available now”
Megyn Kelly but now he's out with a brand new book called san francisco that's so good about how progressives are ruini… 4
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“and he wrote the book San Francisco recently about the homeless crisis”
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“They it's such a mess. They just recalled their DA, but the homelessness there, I mean it's why Shellenberger wrote that book San Francisco.”
Recommended
“but now he's out with a brand new book called san francisco that's so good about how progressives are ruining big cities across the u.s”
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“michael schellenberger author of the new book san francisco why progressives ruin cities out tomorrow”
David Sacks and if you haven't read Michael's book San Francisco you did some great reporting there as well 2
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“and if you haven't read Michael's book San Francisco you did some great reporting there as well”
Recommended
“So under book of the year I have a very recent choice which is San Francisco by Michael Shellenberger. It just came out”
Brendan Eich mike schellenberger san francisco is worth reading if you're from the bay area a long time like i've been b… 1
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“mike schellenberger san francisco is worth reading if you're from the bay area a long time like i've been because it ain't good”
Michael Shellenberger This is you know there's a chapter on my book called love bombing, but it's basically this is the big blind… 3
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“This is you know there's a chapter on my book called love bombing, but it's basically this is the big blind spot for progressives”
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“well i think the book helped a lot san francisco i'll take some amount of credit for it”
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“and we the time the new york times trashed my book as we would have expected one of the most crazy things they said is they said that i didn't interview any homeless people”
Jordan Peterson he's also the author of the forthcoming forthcoming book san francisco 2
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“he's also the author of the forthcoming forthcoming book san francisco”
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“we're talking about this book here apocalypse never so i'd like to also ask you if you don't mind about san francisco what's that what's that about”
Dave Rubin Right, so that's actually one of the themes of the book that the progressive and all the cities you just me… 1
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“Right, so that's actually one of the themes of the book that the progressive and all the cities you just mentioned, they're all progressive cities, that they sort of say the right thing.”
David Friedberg I think this is what your book and uh um you know in a lot of the videos you've made at least the message I… 1
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“I think this is what your book and uh um you know in a lot of the videos you've made at least the message I got was San Francisco”
Ezra Klein so there's a Michael Schoenberger book called San Francisco which in many ways was not only but heavily a c… 1
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“so there's a Michael Schoenberger book called San Francisco which in many ways was not only but heavily a critique of housing first policies”
Mike Perry and so like in San Francisco that's the big criticism that uh there's a guy named Michael schellenberger an… 1
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“and so like in San Francisco that's the big criticism that uh there's a guy named Michael schellenberger and he wrote a book called San Francisco describing like what happens when progressives ruin cities”
Shawn Ryan I mean people as you might imagine you call your book San Francisco and some people get their backs up all 1
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“I mean people as you might imagine you call your book San Francisco and some people get their backs up all”
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Other mentions (25: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“Michael Shellenberger is an author, journalist, and founder of Civilization Works. He is the CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin. His books include “Apocalypse Never" and “San Fransicko."”
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“I mean I was concerned around the ways in which the most civilized people the elites have been undermining civilization since my since really my first and second book both on the environment and on homelessness undermining for exact for example the security of a city you know making cities dangerous again”
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“I last time I was here you asked me if if what the new book was and this is what it is pathocracy is the new book why Elites subvert civilization”
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“Michael Shellenberger is an award winning Journalist and best selling Author. He is best known for his book "San Fransicko," a cautionary tale of how progressives ruin cities.”
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“author of Apocalypse never in San Francisco San Francisco green book award winner”
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“that's why I wrote San Francisco is as I I couldn't understand”
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“you know when the book came out I was criticized the New York Times of course they didn't like my book”
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“I have two characters in my book real life characters”
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“but yeah I mean what we I also wrote about that in my book which is basically San Francisco pays a cash welfare payment”
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“Joining me now one of my favorite guests Michael Shellenberger best-selling author journalist and the founder and president of environmental progress”
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“you're your book san francisco what would you call that that's a socio-political book”
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“never in san francisco and in both cases it was some humility that i was wrong and i wanted to figure out what i was right that you know what what was right”
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“and also the new uh book san francisco why progressives ruined cities right on”
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“and steve also blurbed my new book san francisco and so san francisco”
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“I have two books out, one last year, one this year, "Apocalypse Never," and "San Fran-sicko."”
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“Part of the reason I wrote "San Fran-sicko" is because when I would raise the problems with them, including the fact that the vast majority of people living on the streets are addicted to hard drugs or suffering mental illness, they would say to me, it sounds like you just want to arrest everybody.”
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“"San Fran-sicko" really describes the whole history of how did we get here, but basically we're in the midst of two overlapping drug epidemics, as you know...”
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“San Francisco has more permanent supportive housing per capita than any other city, and it has the worst outcomes.”
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“So what you find in the book in "San Fran-sicko," I document a long history going back, of course, to the '60s of antagonism, to the police, but to the criminal justice system more broadly.”
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“Part of the reason I wanted to write "San Fran-sicko" was it's not just the universities. There's real victims of these policies, 93,000 deaths last year.”
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“And I spend the very last few chapters of "San Fran-sicko" interviewing the leading conservative thinkers on this proposal. And they all support it, so Chris Rufo...”
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“That's right, and if any advice comes out of "San Fran-sicko" for libertarians and for the right, it's just that we should lead with what we want to do...”
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“i mean i joke that the subtitle of my two books because i did a book on the environment last year and then this book on homelessness and drugs and crime the subtitle is like you know what the idw means to me”
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“i mean i'm a huge fan of john mcwhorter yeah who blurbed san francisco”
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“he's got a new book out called author called san francisco by progressives ruined cities”