Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-09-08
Books mentioned on #2550 - Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield is a Grammy Award-winning musician, actor, and author. In addition to his work as a solo artist, Springfield fronts the rock supergroup The Locustz.
Joe Rogan recommended Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and discussed Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Lewis Carroll.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a classic literary masterpiece following a young girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantastical, nonsensical underground realm populated by peculiar creatures.
Discussed“And it's really what it is, is Lewis Carroll, is the lyrics or Lewis Carroll. Wow, wow, that's crazy. But Lewis Carroll, who wrote Alice in Wonderland, in Alice in Wonderland was also about LSD.”
Where to get it
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Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is an examination of the external factors, cultural legacies, and massive amounts of practice that contribute to extraordinary success.
Recommended“Do you ever had Malcolm Gladwell's outliers? No. Well, one of the things it talks about is just talks about, it's great book. And one of the things in the book, it talks about why something became extraordinary.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The War of the Worlds
“I have the, because, um, um, um, um, um, war of the world's time machine. H. G. Wells, one of my favorite writers, right? Although it loves sci-fi. Always love H. G. Wells.”
Passing The Time Machine
“I have the, because, um, um, um, um, um, war of the world's time machine. H. G. Wells, one of my favorite writers, right? Although it loves sci-fi. Always love H. G. Wells.”
Plugged Magnificent Vibration
“They're both about a plague that comes to the world and takes out like two-thirds of the people. Both of them are about that? Yeah. The others are a continuation of it. One's called Magnificent Vibration.”