Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2022-07-27

Joe Rogan & Francis Foster: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #1848

Joe Rogan Experience #1848 - Francis Foster & Konstanin Kisin

2 books · With Francis Foster, Konstantin Kisin · Watch on YouTube

Francis Foster discussed The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell. Also mentioned: The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Road to Wigan Pier

    George Orwell · at 11:35

    The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell is a classic work of investigative journalism and social commentary documenting the grueling living conditions of working-class coal miners in northern England during the 1930s.

    Discussed
    “so and and for the for the reason my dad uh he grew up in a very poor part of the north of england which is wigan orwell actually wrote a book about it the road to wigan pier talking about the deprivation of that of that particular part of the world”
    Where to get it
  2. The Gulag Archipelago

    Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn · at 2:08:15

    The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a monumental historical exposé detailing the brutal Soviet forced labor camp system through survivor testimonies, archival research, and the author's own imprisonment.

    Discussed
    “truth at the end of the day this is the one thing that have you ever read the gulag archipelago by solution no i haven't it's the story of the gulags it's a gigantic book”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Shooting an Elephant
“my dad uh he grew up in a very poor part of the north of england which is wigan orwell actually wrote a book about it the road to wigan pier talking about the deprivation of that of that particular part of the world”
Plugged Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
“and i you know i wrote an immigrants love letter to the west joe because i i love the particularly the united states britain”