Episode · The Rubin Report · 2016-02-26
Books mentioned on Academics, Free Speech, Atheism & Religion | Gad Saad | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report
Dave Rubin discussed The Consuming Instinct by Gad Saad, A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian, and Contact by Carl Sagan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Consuming Instinct
The Consuming Instinct by Gad Saad is an academic and popular science book that applies evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior and cultural phenomena.
Discussed“we've got your book The consuming Instinct a signed copy for you”
Where to get it
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A Manual for Creating Atheists
A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian is an incisive and clear critique of faith-based thinking that emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and provides tools for spreading secular ideas.
Discussed“so when I had Peter beian on he wrote a book called a manual for creating atheist”
Where to get it
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Contact
Contact by Carl Sagan is a classic science fiction novel that chronicles humanity's first detected radio signal from an extraterrestrial civilization and the subsequent efforts to build a machine to meet them.
Discussed“so we we went and saw contact did you see contact yeah this is with u Foster and it was written it was Carl San's only fiction book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Saad Truth about Happiness
“we've got your book The consuming Instinct a signed copy for you”