Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-04-10
Books mentioned on #2303 - Dave Smith & Douglas Murray
Dave Smith is a stand-up comedian, libertarian political commentator, and podcaster. He's the host of the "Part of the Problem" podcast, as well as a co-host of the "Legion of Skanks” podcast.
Dave Smith recommended Provoked by Scott Horton and others. Douglas Murray discussed Testaments Betrayed by Milan Kundera. Joe Rogan discussed War on the West by Douglas Murray.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Provoked
Provoked by Scott Horton is a detailed historical analysis examining the complex geopolitical dynamics and relations between the United States and Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union, with a primary focus on the origins of the war in Ukraine.
Recommended“And you know, my uh um uh Scott Horton, who I always try to promote on here, he just wrote this book called Provoked. I think it's the best book that's been written on the uh history leading up to uh um the the war between is basically takes you from the collapse of the Soviet Union up to the”
Where to get it
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Testaments Betrayed
Discussed“The great Czech writer Milan Candera had this beautiful phrase in a book of his from the '9s called testaments betrayed where he said the odd thing about mankind is he said we walk through life in a fog and we stumble along a path and we create the path as we stumble along it.”
Where to get it
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War on the West
The War on the West by Douglas Murray is a cultural commentary examining contemporary criticisms of Western civilization and the ideological battles shaping modern political discourse in America and Britain.
Discussed“Show everyone the book here. It's so Jesus Christ. Avoided on myself, luckily. um on democracies and death cults, Israel and the future of civilization. Douglas Murray, did you do the audio book?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“It's one of the things in the nature of a liberal democracy that because we have the right to air our opinion because we have the right to criticize our government and much more we end up doing all of that and there is a misapprehension people can come to I don't know if you do but they can come”
“Avoided on myself, luckily. um on democracies and death cults, Israel and the future of civilization. Douglas Murray, did you do the audio book?”