Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-05-12
Joe Rogan & Gad Saad: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2497
#2497 - Gad Saad
Dr. Gad Saad is a scholar at the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi and host of “The Saad Truth.
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“drops the book Suicidal Empathy. A quote that we use all the time.”
Plugged The Parasitic Mind
“So, I I thought maybe I'd give you because I I know that you know The Parasitic Mind really well. And so, I wanted to kind of contextualize this book in relation to that book.”
Plugged The Parasitic Mind
“Well, The Parasitic Mind was the story of what I need to do to hijack your cognitive system, your your your ability to think rationally. And hence, there were all these parasitic ideas that destroyed your capacity to think.”
“And so what I argue in the book and then we we can drill down to endless examples if you want. I'm not saying that empathy is a bad thing”
Plugged The Parasitic Mind
“So, in the Parasitic Mind, I talk about social constructivism. Everything is a social construction.”
Plugged The Parasitic Mind
“Cultural relativism is a parasitic idea that I discuss in The Parasitic Mind. It basically says, "Who are you to judge the beliefs and the practices of another culture? Shut up, racist."”
“Uh Suicide of the Infidel is available now.”