Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-06-06
Books mentioned on #744: Jocko Willink and Sebastian Junger
This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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About face
About Face by David H.
Recommended“I think there's only one book that I've ever given and I've only given it to a couple people and that's a book called about face by Colonel David hackworth”
Where to get it
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing and visceral historical novel that depicts the extreme violence and bleak reality of the American West through the harrowing journey of a runaway teenager known as the kid.
Discussed“The other book that I've read multiple times is Blood Meridian Blood Meridian Yeah I don't know that You don't know Okay So it's written by cor M McCarthy”
Where to get it
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Letters from a Stoic
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca is a classic collection of philosophical epistles offering profound insights into Roman Stoicism, self-control, and the management of emotional responses.
Discussed“and then you had picked up the letters from A stoic And did the stoics come up in the book about pain”
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The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger is a gripping non-fiction narrative detailing the harrowing final hours of a commercial fishing crew caught in a historic, destructive maritime tempest off the coast of New England.
Discussed“and that set me on course to write my first book called The Perfect Storm about a huge storm that among other things like a commercial fishing boat at Sea”
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Tribe
Tribe by Sebastian Junger is a nonfiction book that examines the psychological need for community, social cohesion, and shared purpose by looking at the challenges soldiers face when returning from modern combat to fragmented civilian societies.
Discussed“but there are a couple of stories that I'd love to talk about that are in the book I'm holding in my hand which is tribe subtitle on homecoming and belonging”
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen is an acclaimed novel that explores the spiritual, cultural, and ecological clashes that occur when American mercenaries and missionaries encounter an uncontacted indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest.
Recommended“most often as a gift at playing the fields of the Lord by Peter maon”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is an expansive exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved from insignificant apes into the dominant force on Earth through cognitive, agricultural, and scientific revolutions.
Recommended“I also recently read sapiens by a guy named Harari which is just phenomenal I'm going to give that thing over and over again to everyone”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“number one New York Times bestselling co-author of extreme ownership host of the toprated Joo podcast and co-founder and CEO of Premier leadership consulting company Echelon front”
“and now Sebastian younger Peabody award-winning journalist author of five New York Times bestsellers including the perfect storm and War and documentarian whose films include Restrepo”
“and now Sebastian younger Peabody award-winning journalist author of five New York Times bestsellers including the perfect storm and War and documentarian whose films include Restrepo”
“Sebastian's new book Is In My Time of Dying You can find him on Twitter at Sebastian younger”
“for those who don't know the basis for searching for Bobby fer but the book and the movie”
“I mean as a journalist I'm very hesitant to actually give advice to people in my book tribe I really I really try not to tell the country what I think we all should do”
“I read a on my previous book called War I saw this study where some Army psychiatrist”