Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-07-10
Joe Rogan & Annie Jacobsen: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2174
#2174 - Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigative journalist, and bestselling author. Her latest book, “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” is out now.
Joe Rogan discussed Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen. Annie Jacobsen discussed A path here no man thought by Carl Sagan and others and Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobsen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen's nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario provides a chilling, unsparing countdown and thorough examination of what a global nuclear exchange would actually look like.
Discussed“I've heard a lot about your book I haven't read it but I've heard a lot about your book from a lot of people that you freaked out”
Where to get it
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A path here no man thought
Discussed“Words of Carl Sagan, who is the author of Nuclear Winter.”
Where to get it
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish
Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobsen is an investigative history book that chronicles the clandestine origins, evolution, and operations of the CIA's elite paramilitary Ground Branch.
Discussed“Someone was asking me about my book, 'Surprise, Kill, Vanish,' about the CIA's paramilitary guys, the Ground Branch, the snake eaters.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (15) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“It's called Nuclear War. Yeah, um, what nuclear war?”
“it's called nuclear war yeah um what nuclear war a scenario and a very plausible scenario”
“it's why I think the response to this book it's been out for 3 months has been so extraordinary”
“I mean the book is really about nuclear launch to nuclear winter but the buildup IS fascinating”
“I get into that in the end of the book. So I write the book and essentially three acts: like the first 24 minutes, the next 24 minutes, the last 24 minutes, and then nuclear winter.”
“I get into that in the end of the book so I write the book”
“So nuclear winter is very well described by a fellow called Professor Brian Toon, who I interview in the book.”
“well I get into this in the book which is which is terrifying”
“as I explain in the book and again as was relayed to me by defense officials we can't shoot down ballistic missiles”
“As I explain in the book, and, again, as was relayed to me by defense officials, we can’t shoot down ballistic missiles, long-range ballistic missiles, with any kind of certainty or accuracy.”
“these things are by the way I have a map in the back of the book that shows you how close our ad our en adversaries”
“because he says there's an antidote to the military-industrial complex and that is an alert and knowledgeable citizenry”
“and I definitely write about in all my books which is you can't fix what you can't face”
“he said that there's a quote from him which I have in the book a six minute window”
“she was 13 years old I write about her in chapter two of this book”