Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-07-31
Joe Rogan & Annie Jacobsen: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2534
#2534 - Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigative journalist, and bestselling author. Her latest book, "Biological War: A Scenario," is out now.
Joe Rogan recommended Biological War by Annie Jacobsen, and discussed Silo by Hugh Howey, Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen, and Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Silo
Discussed“We had Tim Robbins on and we were talking about Silo. Have you seen that show Silo? Not yet. Not yet. Really good show. It's on Apple. And it's essentially about an underground civilization that survived some sort of cataclysm.”
Where to get it
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Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen's nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario provides a chilling, unsparing countdown and thorough examination of what a global nuclear exchange would actually look like.
Discussed“They I mean, your nuclear war book freaked a lot of people out. That were kind of, you know, nuclear war was in the back of their mind. You know, yeah, it's a possibility, but hey, we haven't done it.”
Where to get it
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Area 51
Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen is an investigative history exploring the secrets, extreme boundary-pushing nuclear testing, and national security operations of America's most famous top-secret military base.
Discussed“Um I wanted to talk to you about your Area 51 book because uh in the time since you released that book when we first talked, a lot has changed.”
Where to get it
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Biological War
Biological War by Annie Jacobsen is a sobering investigative nonfiction book that examines government plans, potential outbreaks, and the terrifying realities surrounding genetically modified pathogens and modern warfare.
Recommended“Um Biological War, Annie Jacobsen. Go get it, folks. Go get terrified.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“My first six books were written in the past tense. Like, you know, the Nazi scientists who came to America, Area 51, um The Pentagon's Brain.”
“My first six books were written in the past tense. Like, you know, the Nazi scientists who came to America, Area 51, um The Pentagon's Brain. The Nuclear War and Biological War are written in the future.”
“My first six books were written in the past tense. Like, you know, the Nazi scientists who came to America, Area 51, um The Pentagon's Brain.”