Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2019-04-03
Books mentioned on #1276 - Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro is editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire, syndicated columnist, and host of “The Ben Shapiro Show." His new book "The Right Side Of History" is available now everywhere.
Ben Shapiro discussed Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama, Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and others, Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance, Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam, The war on normal people by Andrew Yang, and Free Will by Sam Harris.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama is an introspective memoir chronicling the future president's early life, family history, and journey toward self-discovery.
Discussed“so in dreams for my father he says right well you know when i was back in high school did a little blow and everybody's like oh okay so you did cocaine when he was in high school”
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Nudge
Nudge by Richard H.
Discussed“there's a scholar named cass sunstein as a legal scholar and he wrote a book called nudge he was very famous it was”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“i mean this is what jd vance talks about in hillbilly elegy right the people who are in these small towns and they've basically been told that they have two choices they can go on welfare or they can leave”
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“well there's a robert putnam who's a sociologist over at harvard He wrote an entire book about the social fabric called bowling alone”
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The war on normal people
The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang is a stark economic critique examining the disruptive impacts of automation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the American workforce, while advocating for sweeping policy solutions like universal basic income.
Discussed“so there's there's two problems that come up there and this is where andrew's book is interesting because problem number one is that the people will be poor”
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Free Will
Free Will is a concise philosophical book by Sam Harris that argues humans do not possess conscious control over their actions.
Discussed“and then he'll write a full book about why freewill doesn't exist and i just don't understand how those two things can co-exist”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“what's amazing is a review of my new book and my new book has several sections in there dedicated to how terrible the alt-right is and then the interview they did with me doesn't talk about alt-right stuff at all”
“i mean this is where you know my my book which i always hesitate to pitch my own stuff because it sounds gauche pitch away but the new book the right side of history number one new york times best-selling non-fiction book wait a minute you got number one in the new york times best-selling really yeah we sold enough”
“so you can check out my book the right side of history It talks about a lot of the sort of deeper issues we're talking about judeo-christian values and reason”