Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-09-03
Books mentioned on #2374 - Ben van Kerkwyk
Ben van Kerkwyk is an independent researcher exploring ancient mysteries.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Histories
Herodotus's The Histories is widely considered the foundational work of historical writing in Western literature, chronicling the ancient conflicts between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.
Discussed“So this is the this is from Heroditus' histories in the fifth century BC.”
Where to get it
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The Book of Enoch
The Book of Enoch is an ancient apocalyptic religious text attributed to the patriarch Enoch that was excluded from standard biblical canons.
Discussed“I'm uh reading where I'm listening uh to the book of Enoch right now.”
Where to get it
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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.
Recommended“So, it's this came out of uh it was the threebody problem. uh great series of books by a Chinese author got turned into amazing Netflix show great show the books are phenomenal too”
Where to get it
