Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-02-14
Joe Rogan & Will Storr: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2102
Joe Rogan Experience #2102 - Will Storr
Joe Rogan discussed The Status Game by Will Storr, Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Will Storr discussed Selfie by Will Storr and Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Status Game
The Status Game by Will Storr is a sociological and psychological exploration of how the human drive for social rank, prestige, and acceptance influences nearly every aspect of human behavior, interaction, and societal structure.
Discussed“um I really enjoyed you on trigonometry and that's why I wanted to uh talk to you here because it's just I think your book is the status game”
Where to get it
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Dianetics
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L.
Discussed“I ordered Dianetics in like 1994 I had just moved to LA and I thought it was a self-help book”
Where to get it
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F.
Discussed“It's the same with writing; if you read a book that you really love, the next day you turn your computer on and you'll be writing in a slight variation of that style. Didn't he write The Great Gatsby over and over again just to get a sense of the rhythm of the words while learning how to write?”
Where to get it
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Selfie
Selfie by Will Storr examines the cultural and psychological obsession with individual self-esteem, social status, and personal perfection.
Discussed“and when I was doing my research for my book selfie I was sort of because I was interested to know like if you change the rules of the the status game do we change as a as a as a culture”
Where to get it
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Michelle Remembers
Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and Lawrence Pazder is a controversial 1980 book that chronicles alleged satanic ritual abuse recovered through psychiatric therapy and helped spark the widespread satanic panic.
Discussed“Michelle remembers the discredited 1980s book written by Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence P”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“um and when I was doing my research for my book selfie I was sort of because I was interested to know”