Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-10-15
Joe Rogan & Diane K. Boyd: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2213
#2213 - Diane K. Boyd
Diane K. Boyd is a wildlife biologist who has devoted decades to studying wolves.
Joe Rogan recommended Spillover by David Quammen and others, and discussed The Tiger by John Vaillant. Diane K. Boyd recommended A World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul and How to Tame a Fox by Lee Alan Dugatkin and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Tiger
The Tiger by John Vaillant is a gripping work of narrative nonfiction that chronicles a deadly confrontation between a massive Siberian tiger and the men tasked with tracking it down in the remote Russian wilderness.
Discussed“I'm trying to remember the name of the book I read it might just be called tiger I'm trying to remember the name but it's a story of a a predatory tiger And these guys a story of the Tiger's life and how they go to finally try and kill it It's terrifying story in Siberia”
Where to get it
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A World on the Wing
A World on the Wing is a captivating exploration of avian biology and the global phenomenon of bird migration, written for a general audience.
Recommended“So have you ever heard of the book called World on the Wing by Paul I think last name is Weeden How something it's about the world of migration it it is mind B if you like to read nature stuff and science it's it's written so anybody can enjoy You don't have to be a scientist But it's fascinating”
Where to get it
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How to Tame a Fox
How to Tame a Fox and Create a Dog by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Lyudmila Trut is a fascinating scientific account of the Soviet-era farm-fox experiment, which successfully domesticated silver foxes over decades through selective breeding.
Recommended“book title is how to tame a fox and create a dog One of the most interesting books I've ever read”
Where to get it
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Spillover
Spillover by David Quammen is a sweeping non-fiction investigation into zoonotic diseases, exploring how pathogens leap from wild animals to human populations.
Recommended“czy another book you'd like to read is called spillover Have you read that by David Quan”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“So no in my book I've got a chapter called slaying the superwolf and so people call these wolves superwolves cuz they say that they're”
“I have a chapter in my book early in the book where I describe an event that I'm basically been a real private person all my life until this book came out And once I wrote this book I had to bring up stories that are very personal to me”
“the book is a woman amongst wolves My journey through 40 Years of wolf recovery yep Diane Boyd”
“this is my debut book a woman Among Wolves I've not written a book I've published scores of scientific articles but not a book”