Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-03-26
Books mentioned on #2125 - Kurt Metzger
Kurt Metzger is a stand-up comic, writer, and host of the "Can't Get Right with Kurt Metzger" podcast. His latest special, "30 Minutes with Kurt Metzger," is available on YouTube.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a classic anti-war novel that follows the protagonist Billy Pilgrim through experiences of time travel and his survival of the Allied firebombing of Dresden.
Recommended“you ever read slaughterhouse Kurt vonet we to read the book in school because he was at Dresden Kurt vonet and it was a deliberate terror attack”
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian masterpiece depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and absolute psychological control.
Discussed“it is right out of the Orwell Playbook to change the definitions change the words it's right out of the book and everyone”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Godfather
“oh am I think of The Godfather with a guy had um yeah right no Myer Linsky did he do that”