Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-03-19

Joe Rogan & Josh Waitzkin: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2292

#2292 - Josh Waitzkin

2 books · With Josh Waitzkin · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Josh Waitzkin is a retired chess champion, martial artist, author, and foil surfer. www.joshwaitzkin.com This episode is brought to you by Intuit TurboTax. Now this is taxes.

Josh Waitzkin recommended Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig and The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert M. Pirsig · at 1:43:50

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig is a philosophical novel exploring values, technology, and the quality of human life.

    Recommended
    “Robert Pirsig, my favorite the most important philosopher in my life, Robert Pirsig wrote Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Have you read Have you read that book?”
    Where to get it
  2. The Book of Five Rings

    Miyamoto Musashi · at 2:15:21

    The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi is a classic treatise on strategy, tactics, and philosophy written by a legendary seventeenth-century Japanese swordsman.

    Recommended
    “So, the Book of Five Rings, right? Like to me, I feel that I cannot believe how few people have studied Musashi deeply.”
    Where to get it
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Plugged The Art of Learning
“when I wrote my first book, The Art of or my my second book, The Art of Learning, it was about my experience of crossing over my level from chess into the Chinese martial arts.”