Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-08-09
Books mentioned on #2363 - David Kipping
David Kipping is an astronomer and associate professor at Columbia University, where he leads the Cool Worlds lab.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is an acclaimed Chinese science fiction novel that explores humanity's first contact with an alien civilization facing imminent destruction from a triple-star system.
Discussed“like some there's some editor who it's probably more like you know um the threebody problem the the books and the show.”
Where to get it
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No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy is a gripping suspense novel that tracks the violent aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong in West Texas alongside the pursuit of a ruthless killer.
Discussed“I think it's kind of like no country for old men. Sometimes it ends and it's just you're like damn, I want to know more.”
Where to get it
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt investigates how modern safetyism, parenting trends, and social media dynamics are setting up younger generations for emotional fragility and distress.
Discussed“Because just just social media, you know, we talked about this the other day, the Jonathan hates book, The Coddling of the American Mind, that shows self harm, particularly among girls, p the suicidal ideiation, all the different things that happened to them, anxiety and depression, all rises with the invention of social media.”
Where to get it
