Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2019-11-07
Books mentioned on #1379 - Ben Westhoff
Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes about culture, drugs, and poverty. His new book "Fentanyl, Inc.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Hidden History of the Vietnam War
Although the dataset labels refer to John Prados, the discussions across multiple podcast episodes actually center on a book titled Hidden War by John Norris, detailing his experiences as a game warden and his encounter with cartel-run marijuana grows in national forests.
Discussed“we had a guy named John Norris on the podcast and he wrote a book called hidden war and he started off his career as a game warden”
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Pihkal
Pihkal by Alexander Theodore Shulgin and Ann Shulgin is a groundbreaking autobiographical and chemical reference work that documents the synthesis, history, and subjective effects of numerous psychoactive compounds, particularly phenethylamines.
Discussed“Sasha Shogun has those books called P Cal and T Cal which are basically cookbooks and know how to make all his psychedelics”
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Tihkal
Discussed“Sasha Shogun has those books called P Cal and T Cal which are basically cookbooks and know how to make all his psychedelics”
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Chasing the Scream
Johann Hari's book Chasing the Scream explores the history and root causes of addiction, as well as the global war on drugs.
Discussed“like Johann Hari in his book he's been out here chasing The Scream”
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I have a book about NWA and Tupac and I interviewed like Ice Cube dr. Dre Snoop Dogg all those people”
“well for my book about West Coast hip-hop called original gangsters I interviewed a freeway Ricky Ross is here”
“tell everyone your book fentanyl Inc it's available now”
“Tell everyone your book fentanyl Inc it's available now oh yeah absolutely it's uh yeah fencing a link how rogue chemists are creating the deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic”