Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-04-24
Joe Rogan & Robert Rodriguez: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2310
#2310 - Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez is a director, producer, and screenwriter known for films including "Desperado," "From Dusk Till Dawn," and "Machete." He is the founder of Troublemaker Studios and Brass Knuckles Films.
Robert Rodriguez recommended The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Joe Rogan discussed The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi and Skeleton Crew by Stephen King.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The War of Art
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is a celebrated guide that identifies the internal creative blocks and psychological barriers every artist, writer, and creator faces.
Recommended“Like you have to, you know, I always give people copies of the War of Art, Presfield's book.”
Where to get it
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The Book of Five Rings
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.
Discussed“That's a like a Miiamatu Masashi quote from the book of Five Rings, right? Once you know the way broadly, you could see it in all things.”
Where to get it
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Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King is a celebrated collection of horror and suspense short stories written by the master of modern American fiction.
Discussed“It's a Stephen King book that or maybe it might have been a short story. It was a short story in one of his adapted skeleton crew.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I wrote a book called Rebel Without a Crew that really inspired filmmakers because you remember that for it too just recently.”
“It's a Stephen King book that or maybe it might have been a short story. It was a short story in one of his adapted skeleton crew.”