Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-11-07
Books mentioned on #336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War
Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a notorious and thoroughly debunked anti-Semitic hoax originally produced in Russia that purports to expose a secret global Jewish conspiracy.
Critiqued“I mean, there's no, I mean, I called it on my show, there's Sherman Nazism, and it is, it's like right from Protocols of the Elders of Zion type stuff.”
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
Discussed“Like, the way The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is written about Hitler, I like because there's almost not a criticism of Hitler. It's a description of Hitler, which is very,”
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The Federalist papers
The Federalist papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay is a collection of eighteenth-century essays written to urge the ratification of the United States Constitution and outline the structural philosophy of American governance.
Recommended“The Federalist Paper is a big one in terms of sort of how American politics works.”
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Economics in One Lesson
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt is a foundational introduction to economic principles that emphasizes the broader consequences of economic policies on society as a whole.
Recommended“The first econ book that I thought was really great 'cause it was written for teenagers, essentially, is one called Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. It's like 150 pages. I recommend it to everybody sort of 15 and up.”
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Basic economics
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell is a widely read introduction to economic principles designed for general audiences without the burden of dense mathematical equations or graphs.
Discussed“It's easier than say Thomas Sowell's Basic Econ; which is four or 500 pages.”
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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R.
Recommended“there's a great book by Carl Trueman called Rise and Triumph for the Modern Self, which I think is the best book in the last 10 years. That's been sort of impactful on some of the thoughts I've been having lately.”
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
“You wrote How to Debate the Leftist and Destroy Them.”