Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2023-03-02
Jordan Peterson & Jeff Sandefer: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #336
336. How to Educate Your Children | Jeff Sandefer
Dr Jordan B Peterson and Jeff Sandefer discuss the k-12 education machine, its origins and failures, and how the Acton Academies are making leaps to correct the system. Jeff Sandefer is an entrepreneur and Socratic teacher.
Jordan Peterson discussed The pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan and The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit. Jeff Sandefer discussed Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The pilgrim's progress
Discussed“It's Pilgrim's Progress; it's the hero going out looking for the Grail, fighting dragons and monsters, and then you realize when you get to the end it wasn't about the Grail at all.”
Where to get it
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Democracy in America
Discussed“and then by 11 or 12 summer reading Democracy in America”
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The Book of Dragons
Discussed“They're telling very small lies, just like in the Dragon book. You can catch them, because otherwise the system will correct itself.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read The Imitation of Christ
“dive deep into scripture and the second most read Christian book of all time the imitation of Christ”
Ad read The imitation of Christ
“Dive deep into scripture and the second most read Christian book of all time, the imitation of Christ. You'll learn how to become a better individual through prayer, fasting, and giving in spite of today's broken world.”