Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2019-12-09
Books mentioned on #1396 - Michelle Wolf
Michelle Wolf is a comedian, writer, producer, and television host. Her new special "Joke Show" starts streaming on Netflix on December 10.
Joe Rogan recommended Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, and discussed Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a data-driven defense of reason, science, humanism, and progress that argues humanity is living in an era of unprecedented health, prosperity, and safety.
Recommended“There's a great there's a book by Steven Pinker I can't remember the name of it is escaping me but it's a it's a really good book about like um oh my god why can't any of the name uh can you look up a Steven Pinker book and it just essentially talks about like how things are actually because”
Where to get it
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Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a fascinating exploration of the external factors, cultural legacies, and hidden advantages that enable certain individuals to achieve extraordinary success.
Discussed“I really like him I love is well I love outliers oh there's Malcolm yeah I love that too He was on recently - He was on much more recently He was on like double weeks ago but Pinker's excellent He's just his work enlightenment now Yes Yes yeah he gets massive pushback on that That's what's interesting because he's”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he wrote a book called I've never met an idiot on the river it's about fly-fishing yeah he loves fly-fishing yeah apparently and he just wrote a book about like fly-fishing”