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The fatal shore
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You know, I'm reading this book right now about—it's called The Fatal Shore. It's about the founding of Australia.
Ryan Holiday · The Daily Stoic · Dec 2024 The best things said about it
I read that I just did a couple weeks there in April and I've read it's a it's called the the fatal Shore and it's like this 700 page history of Australia and it's [ __ ] brutal.
Why people recommend it
The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes is a comprehensive historical account detailing the brutal founding of Australia as a British penal colony. Ryan Holiday discussed the book on The Daily Stoic while exploring historical perspectives on penal systems, punishment, and prison reform alongside Judge Frederic Block. Doug Stanhope also brought up the extensive 700-page history on The Joe Rogan Experience, sharing his visceral reaction to the harsh realities and brutal conditions endured by early convicts transported to the Australian continent. Both hosts used the text to illustrate the grim historical realities of state-sponsored penal exile and the evolution of institutional punishment. Through these podcast appearances, the book was framed as an essential, albeit harrowing, exploration of human suffering and colonial history. The discussions underscored the enduring relevance of examining past penal practices to understand modern approaches to incarceration, justice, and state power.
Every mention
Doug Stanhope I read that I just did a couple weeks there in April and I've read it's a it's called the the fatal Shore a… 1
“I read that I just did a couple weeks there in April and I've read it's a it's called the the fatal Shore and it's like this 700 page history of Australia and it's [ __ ] brutal”
Ryan Holiday You know, I'm reading this book right now about—it's called The Fatal Shore. It's about the founding of Aus… 1
“You know, I'm reading this book right now about—it's called The Fatal Shore. It's about the founding of Australia.”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“including a really thriving literary community and Publishing industry and you go into the bookstores there and there are just you know shelves and shelves of Australian fiction of people that maybe you've heard of some of them obviously they they they do tend to get over here but not all and when you leave I mean for me other”