Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-02-21
Books mentioned on #2276 - Felipe Esparza
Felipe Esparza is a standup comic, actor, and host of the podcast "What's Up Fool?" Watch his new special "Raging Fool" only on Netflix.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fun
Fun Home is a critically acclaimed graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel that explores the author's complex relationship with her closeted father, her own coming out, and the literary allusions that shaped her upbringing.
Recommended“another book called um how to write funny be funny and make money being funny and that was a real great book bro”
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Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust by John Fante is a classic 1930s novel set in Los Angeles that chronicles the struggles of young writer Arturo Bandini and serves as a major literary inspiration for authors like Charles Bukowski.
Discussed“he wrote a he wrote a book called ask the dust and um The Adventures of vuro Bandini”
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Arturo Bandini
Discussed“he wrote a book called ask the dust and um The Adventures of vuro Bandini”
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Brotherhood Of The Grape
Brotherhood Of The Grape by John Fante is a novel that explores immigrant experiences, family dynamics, and the Italian-American background centered around Roseville.
Discussed“he wrote a he wrote a book called ask the dust and um The Adventures of vuro Bandini”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so I went to a library to learn about writing Jean paret comedy writing step by step”