Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-03-25
Joe Rogan & Bill Thompson: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2473
#2473 - Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson is a retired U.S.
Joe Rogan discussed The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and others and Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Bill Thompson discussed Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, and criticized White Rage by Carol (Carol Elaine) Anderson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is a foundational 1848 political pamphlet that outlines the core tenets of Marxism, class struggle, and the eventual overthrow of the capitalist system.
Discussed“I can't seek to learn from them cuz I could just pick up the Communist Manifesto or Mein Kampf Right and have a pretty good understanding of who I'm dealing with”
Where to get it
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is Adolf Hitler's notorious autobiographical manifesto detailing his political ideology and antisemitic worldview.
Discussed“I can't seek to learn from them cuz I could just pick up the Communist Manifesto or Mein Kampf Right and have a pretty good understanding of who I'm dealing with”
Where to get it
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White Rage
White Rage by Carol Anderson is a historical examination of the systematic political and institutional backlash by white Americans against African American advancement throughout United States history.
Critiqued“Books like White Rage. Like understanding why you're a problem, uh you as a white man are a problem in the modern-day military”
Where to get it
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Leviathan
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes is a foundational 1651 political treatise arguing that human life in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, and that peace requires absolute submission to a strong central authority.
Discussed“You read Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan or John Locke or Montesquieu. All of them talked about this great experiment that was being set up”
Where to get it
