Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-01-02
Books mentioned on #1059 - Brian Redban
Brian Redban is a comedian and the founder of the Deathsquad podcast network. Check out his podcast called "What Brian Redban Do" at http://deathsquad.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Men Like Gods
Discussed“in men like Gods in 1923 Welles invites readers to a futuristic utopia that's essentially Earth”
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When the Sleeper Wakes
Discussed“in when the sleeper wakes from 1899 the protagonist rouses from two centuries of slumber to a dystopian London in which citizens used wondrous forms of technology like the audiobook airplane and television yet suffer systemic oppression”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and created complex societies through shared myths and imagined realities.
Discussed“I started listening to the audiobook of sapiens yeah and that's I feel like that's what it's getting to just that question you're asking the first couple chapters are leading up to like he says it over and over again like thousands of years from now”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Ready Player One
“ready player one ready player one have you seen the preview for that”