Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-08-09
Joe Rogan & David Kipping: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2363
#2363 - David Kipping
David Kipping is an astronomer and associate professor at Columbia University, where he leads the Cool Worlds lab.
Joe Rogan discussed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. David Kipping discussed The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem is a renowned science fiction novel by Chinese author Cixin Liu that explores humanity's first contact with an alien civilization and the dark forest theory.
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 bleak, suspenseful novel set along the Texas-Mexico border that follows a hunter who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and the relentless sheriff pursuing him.
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, declining childhood resilience, and the rapid rise of social media are negatively impacting the mental health and emotional development of younger generations.
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.”
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