Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-10-21
Books mentioned on #2569 - Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson is a retired U.S.
Bill Thompson discussed The red book = by Carl Gustav Jung, Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, and Man and His Symbols by Carl G. Jung. Joe Rogan discussed Cujo by Stephen King, The Shining by Stephen King, Pet Sematary by Stephen King, The Tommyknockers by Stephen King, and On Writing by Stephen King.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The red book =
The Red Book by Carl Gustav Jung is a monumental illuminated manuscript chronicling the Swiss psychoanalyst's intense period of self-exploration and active imagination between 1913 and 1917, which he deliberately withheld from publication during his lifetime.
Discussed“So I read it started reading every Carl Jung book I could like the everything about the collective unconscious uh the red books everything that he wrote um and and and really got into to dreams”
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Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King's compelling novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, originally published in the collection Different Seasons, tells the story of an unjustly imprisoned banker who maintains his hope and eventually engineers a brilliant escape.
Discussed“And um he had a collection of disciples that followed him around. And he taught them beautiful things about the world and the fabric of reality and gave them appreciation for life. He w he he died and was reborn or raised from the dead.”
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Cujo
Cujo by Stephen King is a suspenseful horror novel about a mother and her young son trapped in a broken-down car by a rabid, killer Saint Bernard.
Discussed“Well, he doesn't even remember writing Kujo. Great movie. Yeah. Great. Great book. The book is fantastic.”
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic horror novel that follows a struggling writer descending into madness while caretaking an isolated, snowbound resort.
Discussed“King wrote it between 81 and 85 while deeply dependent on alcohol and cocaine. One of the best books. Uh he also wrote books like The Shining, Pet Cemetery, and The Top Tommy Knockers during that era”
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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a classic horror novel by Stephen King that explores grief, mortality, and the terrifying consequences of crossing the boundary between life and death.
Discussed“King wrote it between 81 and 85 while deeply dependent on alcohol and cocaine. One of the best books. Uh he also wrote books like The Shining, Pet Cemetery, and The Top Tommy Knockers during that era”
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The Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King is a science fiction horror novel about a small Maine town whose residents become slowly altered and possessed after uncovering a massive, ancient alien spacecraft buried in the woods.
Discussed“King wrote it between 81 and 85 while deeply dependent on alcohol and cocaine. One of the best books. Uh he also wrote books like The Shining, Pet Cemetery, and The Top Tommy Knockers during that era”
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On Writing
On Writing by Stephen King is a celebrated half-memoir and half-practical guide that explores the craft of writing and the author's personal experiences.
Discussed“He's openly shared in his on writing. Yeah, it's in the book. Um, he often had to stuff cotton swabs in his nose stop cocaine induced nose bleeds from dripping onto his typewriter.”
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Man and His Symbols
Discussed“So, I read this and I think it's called um uh I think this was in the red book, but I'm not sure or it might be I can't remember which might be man and his symbols.”
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“And I think it was Carrie too, right? I'm not sure what he's got a a bunch of his books where you know some of the best ones where he was just obliterated when he wrote that”