Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2025-04-28
Jordan Peterson & Charlie Kirk: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #542
542. Charlie Kirk’s Personal Story
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson engages in conversation with Charlie Kirk—author, speaker, and founder and CEO of Turning Point USA. They delve into Kirk’s emergence as a leading voice in the Conservative movement, his choice to bypass traditional higher education, and the early indicators of ideological bias in academia.
Jordan Peterson discussed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. Charlie Kirk discussed Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Discussed“So for example, I remember when I was 13 or 14, so that would have been se mid70s, um I was reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and some of the uh so-called new journalists.”
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Things Fall Apart
Discussed“And so it was it was like books that come to mind is a book called like things fall apart. I don't know if you're familiar with this book. Shininoa Okabi, I think.”
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The Road to Serfdom
Discussed“Because eventually I was reading Hayek Road to surfom and I had kind of an aha moment. I said there's a lot of good and evil claims in this book.”
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