Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-12-18
Books mentioned on #2245 - Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich is a former Illinois governor, removed from office in 2009 and imprisoned for corruption in 2012. Following his sentence commutation by President Donald Trump in 2020, Blagojevich has worked as an author, speaker, and political commentator.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Read the Bible
James L.
Discussed“and then I reached for the Bible you know that my wife gave me to leave for prison to take with me to prison they don't let you bring anything else in but they'll let you bring the Bible in I've always had a belief in God I always believed in prayer I was raised in the Serbian Orthodox Christian”
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The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is an influential nonfiction work examining systemic racism and the devastating impact of mass incarceration in the United States.
Discussed“how this woman a black woman wrote this bestselling book called the new Jim Crow and how it's an excuse on a reasons that discriminate against black people based upon their felony convictions how they go to prison”
