Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2011-09-11

Joe Rogan & Anthony Bourdain: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #138

Joe Rogan Experience #138 - Anthony Bourdain

6 books · With Anthony Bourdain · Watch on YouTube

Joe Rogan recommended Libra by Don DeLillo, and discussed Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. Anthony Bourdain recommended Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson, and The Proud Highway (The Fear & Loathing Letters) by Hunter S. Thompson and others, and discussed Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Kitchen Confidential

    Anthony Bourdain · at 1:04 · mentioned 2 times

    Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is a candid, bestselling memoir that exposes the gritty, high-pressure underbelly of professional restaurant kitchens while romanticizing the culinary arts.

    Discussed
    “like you just got your book Kitchen Confidential just [ __ ] took off and then all of a sudden you're this famous guy like pretty much yeah it was like an overnight thing for sure”
    Where to get it
  2. Heart of Darkness

    Joseph Conrad · at 17:41

    Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a classic novella detailing a perilous journey up the Congo River and the moral collapse of the colonial agent Kurtz.

    Discussed
    “I want to do the whole Joseph Conrad you know Heart of Darkness thing I'm obsessed with going up the Congo River”
    Where to get it
  3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 40:20

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is a wildly eccentric journalistic novel that chronicles a drug-addled road trip across the American Southwest in search of the elusive American Dream.

    Recommended
    “I remember you know running to the store to to get fear and love in Las Vegas ser realized life-changing”
    Where to get it
  4. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 40:20

    Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson collects the famed gonzo journalist's subversive, drug-fueled reporting and political dispatches for the magazine, capturing the chaotic spirit of American culture and elections in the 1970s.

    Recommended
    “I remember you know running to the store to to get fear and love in Las Vegas ser realized life-changing”
    Where to get it
  5. The Proud Highway (The Fear & Loathing Letters)

    Hunter S. Thompson; Douglas Brinkley; William J. Kennedy · at 44:11

    The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 is the first volume of the collected letters of pioneering gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, edited by Douglas Brinkley with assistance from William J. Kennedy.

    Recommended
    “His letters are available I think the books called The Proud Highway and his correspondence with the people is really hilarious”
    Where to get it
  6. Libra

    Don DeLillo · at 2:17:30

    Libra is a complex historical novel by Don DeLillo that fictionalizes the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and the events leading up to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

    Recommended
    “I think the book that got it close got it most right was a work of fiction a Libra by Don Dilo where it it really gets inside uh oswalt's head”
    Where to get it