📚 12 Books mentioned in "Joe Rogan Experience #2331 - Jesse Michels" of The Joe Rogan Experience

Podcast: The Joe Rogan Experience
Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2331 - Jesse Michels
Published on June 3, 2025
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

A New New Testament
Buy A New New Testament by Hal Taussig on Amazon
If you look at every culture, whether it's or or maybe a better example is medieval Christianity with St. Thomas Aquinas or just read the New Testament like a multitude of angels.
Jesse Michels mentions the New Testament in a discussion about historical accounts of non-human entities.

American Cosmic
Buy American Cosmic by Diana Walsh Pasulka on Amazon
You have angels and demons, you know, that's kind of the passport to Meonia, Dina, American cosmic thesis. Like this stuff has been going on forever.
Jesse Michels mentions 'American cosmic thesis', referencing Diana Pasulka's book 'American Cosmic'.

Cixin Liu Three Body Problem Collection 3 Books Set (Hard Cover)
Buy Cixin Liu Three Body Problem Collection 3 Books Set (Hard Cover) by Cixin Liu on Amazon
And like I don't know if you've read there's a um great uh Chinese science fiction novel called The Three Body Problem. Great show on Netflix, too.
Jesse Michels mentions the Chinese science fiction novel 'The Three-Body Problem'.

DMT: The Spirit Molecule
Buy DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman on Amazon
And you've had Rick Straman on. He talks, you know, DMT, the spirit molecule. He talks about DMT as like night vision or like like it's like a it's like goggles or a window, you know, it's like Aldis Huxley, the doors of your perception.
Jesse Michels mentions 'DMT, the spirit molecule', referencing Rick Strassman's book.

Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
Buy Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 by Karl Marx on Amazon
In 1844 I believe he wrote a book um called you know is e economic and philosophic manuscripts. I hate Karl Marx.
Jesse Michels mentions Karl Marx and his book 'Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts'.

Messengers of Deception
Buy Messengers of Deception by Jacques Vallee on Amazon
I mean the the the other weird thing in that story is in Messengers of Deception, Jacques Valle's book, he talks about because he's not a believer in Lazar.
Jesse Michels mentions Jacques Vallée's book 'Messengers of Deception' and a detail about Bob Lazar mentioned in it.

Miracle of the Gods
Buy Miracle of the Gods by Erich von Däniken on Amazon
That was 17. Uh Cherries of the Gods. No, when I was at Peter Teal's house when Von Dan that must have been 2018, 2019.
Joe Rogan mentions the title 'Cherries of the Gods' (likely 'Chariots of the Gods?') in the context of Erich von Däniken.

Penetration
Buy Penetration by Ingo Swann, Janet Lee Mitchell on Amazon
Lowest probability craziest thing is Engo Swan who is another remote viewer in the Stargate program. He wrote a book called Penetration where he's basically like abducted by this guy in a suit like this kind of Men in Black style guy named Axel Rod and he is told to remote view the moon
Jesse Michels mentions Ingo Swann's book 'Penetration' and describes its content.

The Book of Sam
Buy The Book of Sam by Sam Johnston on Amazon
But also look at there's a great book called The Half-Life of Facts by Sam Arbisman. And he talks about how like at any given time 50% of you know received knowledge like our our physical model of the universe is wrong.
Jesse Michels mentions Sam Arbesman's book 'The Half-Life of Facts' and a concept from it.

The Communist Manifesto
Buy The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx on Amazon
Actually Karl Marx wrote two books. Um you know he wrote uh uh obviously the communist manifesto in 1848.
Jesse Michels mentions Karl Marx and his book 'The Communist Manifesto'.

The doors of perception
Buy The doors of perception by Aldous Huxley on Amazon
He talks, you know, DMT, the spirit molecule. He talks about DMT as like night vision or like like it's like a it's like goggles or a window, you know, it's like Aldis Huxley, the doors of your perception.
Jesse Michels mentions 'the doors of your perception', referencing Aldous Huxley's book.

UFOs and Nukes
Buy UFOs and Nukes by Robert L. Hastings on Amazon
Now, being as deep as I am in UFO research where like I know there's a nuclear connection, there's a great book by a guy named Robert Hastings called UFOs and nukes and it's like 600 pages and it is 167 Qcle cleared ICBM security personnel, radar operators, employees at nuclear bases where they're saying they see tic tacs, orbs, saucers, all sorts of stuff flying around our nuclear sites often disarming the nukes.
Jesse Michels mentions Robert Hastings' book 'UFOs and Nukes' and describes its scope.