Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2019-03-13
Joe Rogan & Timothy Denevi: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #1264
#1264 - Timothy Denevi
Timothy Denevi is a professor in the MFA program at George Mason University and he is the author of "Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism.
Joe Rogan discussed Freak Kingdom by Timothy Denevi, Stories I Tell Myself by Juan F. Thompson, Playing Off the Rail by David McCumber, and The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe. Timothy Denevi discussed The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson, There and Then by James Salter, Sticky Fingers by Joe Hagan, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Freak Kingdom
Freak Kingdom by Timothy Denevi is a compelling biographical and historical work exploring Hunter S.
Discussed“um so your book freak kingdom”
Where to get it
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F.
Discussed“once again didn't he do that with the great gatsby”
Where to get it
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S.
Discussed“and then a friend had an audiobook of fear and loathing”
Where to get it
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Kingdom of Fear
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S.
Discussed“and then a friend had an audiobook of fear and loathing and so i just remember the first time hearing that old audiobook of fear and loathing were somewhere around barstow on the edge of the desert”
Where to get it
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S.
Discussed“and then a friend had an audiobook of fear and loathing”
Where to get it
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Stories I Tell Myself
Stories I Tell Myself by Juan F.
Discussed“he wrote a book called um stories i tell myself about his relationship with his father”
Where to get it
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Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels by Hunter S.
Discussed“angels sold 500 000 paperback copies that is almost impossible to imagine today”
Where to get it
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There and Then
Discussed“He wrote a memoir at 76 about being a fighter pilot among other things in the korean war lyric literary”
Where to get it
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Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers is a comprehensive and revealing biography by Joe Hagan that chronicles the life and times of Jann Wenner alongside the turbulent history of Rolling Stone magazine.
Discussed“and sticky fingers was a great the document of the new book on um the new book on yon winner has great moments of thompson in the 70s just being kind of lost”
Where to get it
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Playing Off the Rail
Playing Off the Rail by David McCumber is a nonfiction book that chronicles the romantic and demanding lifestyle of professional pool players traveling on the road to make a living.
Discussed“who's the author of playing off the rail google uh playing off the rail there's a guy who was a journalist what year do you think it was david mccumber”
Where to get it
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey's classic novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" portrays institutional life and psychiatric practices through the experiences of patients in a mental asylum.
Discussed“he had moved up to la honda on the success of his first book um one flew over the cuckoo's nest and had just written another beautiful book”
Where to get it
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On the Road
On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a seminal autobiographical novel that chronicles the cross-country road trips of its protagonist and captures the restless energy of the Beat Generation.
Discussed“realizes that neil cassidy who's blackout drunk who is dean moriarty and on the road by jack herreck”
Where to get it
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe is a classic work of New Journalism chronicling Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and their psychedelic adventures across America in the 1960s.
Discussed“okay to recreate that scene in electric kool-aid acid test”
Where to get it
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe is a satirical novel chronicling ambition, greed, and urban decay in 1980s New York City.
Discussed“use those notes okay to recreate that scene in electric kool-aid acid test um”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“um so your book freak kingdom you know we live in uh interesting times right now”
“i mean so freak kingdom the book about hunter s thompson”
“so my first book was called hyper um a personal history of adhd”
“so my first book was called hyper um a personal history of adhd so it was about being medicated as a child”
“freak kingdom hunter thompson's ten year mana crusade against american fascism”