Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-06-27
Books mentioned on Joe Rogan Experience #1954 - Bert Kreischer
Joe Rogan discussed Conquerors by Roger Crowley, Fingerprints of the gods by Graham Hancock, and War Is a Racket by Smedley Butler. Bert Kreischer recommended Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins and Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Conquerors
Conquerors by Roger Crowley is a historical non-fiction work detailing the Portuguese maritime expansion down the coast of Africa and into the Indian Ocean.
Discussed“like the what's the one about uh the the what's the book about the people from Portugal coming down the coast of Africa it's like the Conquistadors or the conquerors It's a book”
Where to get it
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Fingerprints of the gods
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock is an alternative history bestseller that argues an advanced, forgotten global civilization was wiped out by a cataclysm at the end of the last ice age.
Discussed“I mean I found out about his original book Fingerprints of the Gods in the 90s and I remember reading it”
Where to get it
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Can't Hurt Me
Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins is a powerful memoir detailing the author's harrowing journey from a brutal, abusive childhood and severe obstacles to becoming a Navy SEAL, ultra-marathon runner, and symbol of extreme mental toughness.
Recommended“His book that he wrote did you listen to it... I mean it his book I wrote that I did the forward to it”
Where to get it
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Living with a SEAL
Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler chronicles the author's thirty-day experience inviting an intense Navy SEAL, later identified as David Goggins, to live with him and completely overhaul his physical and mental limits.
Recommended“Do you know Jesse's I must mispronounced his name Jesse seitzer Caesar he lived with the campaigns... he lived with David Goggins my bad... he did something so [ __ ] for a runner so powerful is that he's talking about getting back into running”
Where to get it
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War Is a Racket
War Is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a concise and blistering critique of military profiteering written by a retired United States Marine Corps Major General who exposed how armed conflicts primarily serve corporate and financial interests.
Discussed“I mean that is uh literally Smedley Butler's 1933 uh story that he wrote article he wrote War is a racket have you ever read that Joe war is a racket”
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