Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-08-26
Books mentioned on #2370 - Dave Smith
Dave Smith is a comic, political commentator, host of the "Part of the Problem" podcast, and a co-host of the "Legion of Skanks” podcast.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Best evidence
Best Evidence by David S.
Discussed“I mean I I had read one book a long time ago that really [ __ ] me up. This book called Best Evidence about the Kennedy assassination.”
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Wired
Wired by Bob Woodward is a biography detailing the life and tragic death of comedian and actor John Belushi.
Discussed“So, Bill Murray was on the podcast and he was talking about Bob Woodward's movie, the book he wrote. What was it? Uh, what was it called? Well, he's written a lot at this point, but the one about Belushi. What was it called? It was all It was wired.”
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Provoked
Provoked by Scott Horton and Darryl Cooper is a detailed historical book examining the buildup to the war in Ukraine, tracing events from the collapse of the Soviet Union through the subsequent conflict.
Recommended“My uh uh good friend who I mentioned quite a bit, but Scott Horton, who is uh the I think the best foreign policy voice in the United States of America, and he's written he wrote the best book on the terror wars called Enough Already and the best book on the war in Ukraine called Provoked.”
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Enough Already
Enough Already by Scott Horton is a comprehensive historical critique examining the origins, costs, and consequences of American foreign policy and the various conflicts initiated during the war on terror.
Recommended“My uh uh good friend who I mentioned quite a bit, but Scott Horton, who is uh the I think the best foreign policy voice in the United States of America, and he's written he wrote the best book on the terror wars called Enough Already and the best book on the war in Ukraine called Provoked.”
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Hate Inc
Hate Inc.
Discussed“there's so many times where she's, you know, Matt Taibbe wrote a great book uh Hate Inc. And he he basically said Rachel Matto is the left's Bill O'Reilly.”
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The Hidden History of the Vietnam War
Although the dataset labels refer to John Prados, the discussions across multiple podcast episodes actually center on a book titled Hidden War by John Norris, detailing his experiences as a game warden and his encounter with cartel-run marijuana grows in national forests.
Recommended“There's a great book uh John Norris Hidden War that's all about that. He's a game warden who had to find out about this the hard way and then became part of a tactical unit where they would go in and and fight the cartels in the woods.”
