Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-08-22
Joe Rogan & Jack Symes: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2193
#2193 - Jack Symes
Jack Symes is a public philosopher, writer, and producer of the "Panpsycast" podcast. A researcher at Durham University, he’s the author of "Defeating the Evil-God Challenge" and editor of the "Talking About Philosophy" series.
Joe Rogan recommended Hitler by Ian Kershaw. Jack Symes recommended The Outsider by Albert Camus, and discussed The Fall by Albert Camus and Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hitler
Ian Kershaw's massive, definitive two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler provides an exhaustive historical examination of the dictator's life, rise to power, and the regime he forged.
Recommended“I just finished Ian Kershaw's book on Hitler it's like a over a thousand Pages it's a real good read like 40h hour read”
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The Outsider
The Outsider, widely known as The Stranger, is a classic philosophical novel by Albert Camus that explores themes of existentialism and absurdism through the experiences of its detached protagonist, Meursault.
Recommended“you know there's uh there's three great books by Kimu which I highly recommend one The Outsider or the stranger a lot of high school students read this book and the main character starts off his his mom's just dies and he doesn't care and then he goes to the beach and just shoots some random guy and he doesn't”
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The Fall
The Fall by Albert Camus is a striking and provocative philosophical novel that explores human guilt, judgment, and the complex search for meaning in a morally ambiguous world.
Discussed“in one of his next books the the fall the characters trying to find meaning or or better put trying to find someone to take the place of God that can forgive them of their sins”
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Utopia for Realists
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman is an imaginative economic and social policy book that challenges conventional political wisdom by advocating for transformative ideas such as a universal basic income and a drastically shortened workweek.
Discussed“take uh Rook G bregman did you know the Utopia for realists guy he's a big proponent of universal basic incoming”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Norman oler we've been talking about his book uh over and over again the past couple weeks yes since he's been here”
“Everyone goes back to George Orwell's '1984' and says you can't be open with your thoughts, and it's been interesting to be here, experiencing that strong sentiment.”
“two bucks out this year philosophers on god two in a year damn both on God as well so first one's philosophers on God talking about existence”
“and the second one is defeating the evil God challenge in defense of God's goodness so I spend that book defending the existence of God despite being an agnostic”