Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-11-07
Lex Fridman & Ben Shapiro: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #336
#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.
Ben Shapiro recommended The Federalist papers by Alexander Hamilton and others, Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt, and The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman and others, discussed The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer and Basic economics by Thomas Sowell, and criticized The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Right Side of History
“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.”
Passing The Authoritarian Moment
“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.”