Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2011-05-10

Joe Rogan & Steve Rannazzisi: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #106

Joe Rogan Experience #106 - Steve Rannazzisi

3 books · With Steve Rannazzisi · Watch on YouTube

Joe Rogan discussed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson and Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson. Steve Rannazzisi discussed True Grit by Charles Portis.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 53:21

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is a wildly eccentric journalistic novel that chronicles a drug-addled road trip across the American Southwest in search of the elusive American Dream.

    Discussed
    “ever since I found out he was a big fan of Hunter S Thompson and then when he did Fear and Loathing in Los he was good he was very good”
    Where to get it
  2. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 53:21

    Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson collects the famed gonzo journalist's subversive, drug-fueled reporting and political dispatches for the magazine, capturing the chaotic spirit of American culture and elections in the 1970s.

    Discussed
    “ever since I found out he was a big fan of Hunter S Thompson and then when he did Fear and Loathing in Los he was good he was very good”
    Where to get it
  3. True Grit

    Charles Portis · at 1:21:14

    True Grit by Charles Portis is a classic American novel following the fierce young Mattie Ross as she hires a one-eyed U.S. Marshal to track down her father's killer in the old West.

    Discussed
    “I watched True Grit the other day do you like it it was good man the new one is good”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“or just start Lord of the Ring swords you know that's not good enough man you think you can kill a guy with a sword”