Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-09-03
Books mentioned on #2549 - Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond, PhD, is a professor, scientist, historian, and author of several books, including “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” “Collapse,” and “Why Is Sex Fun?” His latest book, “Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings,” is available now.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond is a popular history book that explores how geographic and environmental factors shaped the disparate fates of human societies over the last 13,000 years.
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Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings
Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings by Jared Diamond is a reflective work exploring leadership, historical contingency, human decision-making, and the profound role of individual actors versus structural forces in shaping civilization.
Discussed“And uh I just got into this yesterday uh and today I I started reading your new book.”
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Swing Kings
Discussed“And uh I just got into this yesterday uh and today I I started reading your new book.”
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Guns, Germs and Steel
“Jared Gunstorms and Steel neglects individual people it's about things that happen over the last 10,000 years”
Own book Guns, Germs and Steel
“there were convincing priests and devoted priests but behind these convincing devoted priests were European guns germs and steel”
Own book Guns, Germs and Steel
“so my books get translated into lots of languages the guns German the steel have been translated into into 45 languages”
Passing Guns, Germs and Steel
“Well, listen, Jared, I just want to thank you for all your work over the years, collapse, um, you know, guns, germs, and steals.”
Passing Collapse
“Well, listen, Jared, I just want to thank you for all your work over the years, collapse, um, you know, guns, germs, and steals.”