Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-01-16

Joe Rogan, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2440

#2440 - Matt Damon & Ben Affleck

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are Academy Award-winning actors, writers, producers, and creative partners who have collaborated on over a dozen films.

Joe Rogan discussed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson, and The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 2:03

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is a wildly eccentric journalistic novel that chronicles a drug-addled road trip across the American Southwest in search of the elusive American Dream.

    Discussed
    “I mean those books Hell's Angels and and you know, Fear and Loathing is some of the best writing.”
    Where to get it
  2. Hell's Angels

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 2:03 · mentioned 2 times

    Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson is a classic work of investigative journalism and immersive reporting that chronicles a year spent living alongside the notorious motorcycle club.

    Discussed
    “I mean those books Hell's Angels and and you know, Fear and Loathing is some of the best writing.”
    Where to get it
  3. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 2:03

    Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson collects the famed gonzo journalist's subversive, drug-fueled reporting and political dispatches for the magazine, capturing the chaotic spirit of American culture and elections in the 1970s.

    Discussed
    “I mean those books Hell's Angels and and you know, Fear and Loathing is some of the best writing.”
    Where to get it
  4. The Rum Diary

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 2:11

    The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson is a semi-autobiographical novel written during the author's youth in Puerto Rico, following a restless journalist named Paul Kemp as he navigates a chaotic expatriate life filled with alcohol, journalism, and social friction.

    Discussed
    “Rum Diary was spectacular, you know?”
    Where to get it