Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2019-03-13
Books mentioned on #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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Freak Kingdom
Freak Kingdom by Timothy Denevi investigates the radical political activism, journalism, and cultural commentary of Hunter S.
Discussed“um so your book freak kingdom you know we live in uh interesting times right now”
Where to get it
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F.
Discussed“rhythm 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 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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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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Hyper
Discussed“so my first book was called hyper um a personal history of adhd so it was about being medicated as a child”
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
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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Stories I Tell Myself
Stories I Tell Myself by Juan F.
Discussed“i want juan thompson writes about it so beautifully stories i tell myself there's some some footage of him when he was writing for i forget what newspaper”
Where to get it
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Playing Off the Rail
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
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey is a powerful novel set in a psychiatric hospital that explores themes of institutional control, sanity, and rebellion.
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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The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe is a sweeping satirical novel that exposes the extreme greed, ambition, and urban dysfunction of 1980s New York City.
Discussed“use those notes okay to recreate that scene in electric kool-aid acid test um”
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