Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2019-04-22
Books mentioned on #1284 - Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock is an English author and journalist, well known for books such as “Fingerprints Of The Gods” & “Magicians of the Gods”. His new book "America Before" comes on out April 23.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization by Graham Hancock is a work of speculative historical nonfiction that investigates lost ancient civilizations and challenges mainstream archaeological timelines, particularly through the lens of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis.
Discussed“um and we were just talking about your your new book america before that there's two versions of it”
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The Stand
The Stand by Stephen King is an epic post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel detailing the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a weaponized strain of influenza.
Discussed“oddly enough i've just been reading stephen king's dark tower series yeah very near the end of the seventh volume of that”
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Fingerprints of the gods
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock is a popular alternative history book that presents theories regarding a lost and advanced civilization destroyed by a global cataclysm at the end of the last ice age.
Discussed“It made sense to me in 1995 when i wrote fingerprints of the gods but there was no compelling evidence for a global cataclysm”
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Magicians of the Gods
Discussed“I have in america before I've not gone over old ground that I went over in magicians of the gods that we covered in the various interviews and podcasts in which it's really a good idea that people take a look at”
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Underworld
Discussed“and by the time i got to 2002 when i published a book called underworld that followed seven years of scuba diving on continental shelves looking for structures that were submerged by rising sea levels at the end of the last ice age”
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Supernatural
Discussed“I ended up writing supernatural meetings with the ancient teachers of mankind about the role of psychedelics in in the origins of the of the human story”
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History Begins at Sumer
Discussed“and indeed i have a i have a book in my my library called history begins at sumer and it's by samuel noah cramer a very renowned archaeologist”
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a landmark popular science book that reframes evolution around the gene rather than the organism.
Discussed“I deploy a concept in this book that I actually got from richard dawkins richard richard dawkins is the author of the book called the selfish gene”
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S.
Discussed“i mean everybody's familiar with the concept of a paradigm shift and and there's a book called the structure of scientific revolutions by thomas kuhn which outlines what a paradigm shift is where an established model in some discipline of science that has been in control of people's thinking for a very long time suddenly falls apart”
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman is a comprehensive examination of the author's groundbreaking clinical research into the powerful psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine, detailing the first FDA-approved human studies conducted at the University of New Mexico during the 1990s.
Discussed“and which is one of the reasons i'm so fascinated by rick strassmann's work you you presented his film dmt the spirit molecule”
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