Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2013-01-22

Joe Rogan & Bryan Callen: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #121

Joe Rogan Experience #121 - Bryan Callen

3 books · With Bryan Callen · Watch on YouTube

Joe Rogan discussed Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Bryan Callen discussed The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Blink

    Malcolm Gladwell · at 36:22

    Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a psychology book examining how the human subconscious makes rapid snap judgments and how intuition relies on instinct and experience.

    Discussed
    “there's a book I mean Malcolm gladell wrote that book blink about that where you you a human eye can pick up a massive amount of information”
    Where to get it
  2. The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins · at 2:02:28

    The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a landmark popular science book that explores evolution through a gene-centric lens, famously introducing the concepts of the selfish gene and cultural replicators known as memes.

    Discussed
    “I think I know that um there's a book I read called The Selfish Gene um I know that that a scientist um I can't remember who wrote it”
    Where to get it
  3. The War of Art

    Steven Pressfield · at 2:13:21

    The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is a widely praised guide that explores the creative process, the nature of artistic struggle, and how to conquer the internal mental blocks that prevent people from doing their best work.

    Discussed
    “cynical people who look at like pressfield's book like the the war of Art and they'll go this is poppycock this is nonsense”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Man's Search for Meaning
“David's read so much about the Holocaust and so much about you know uh Man's Search for meaning by Victor Frankl and those kind of guys”