Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-07-29
Joe Rogan & Tim Robbins: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #2532
#2532 - Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins is an Academy Award-winning actor, director, writer, and producer known for such films as "The Shawshank Redemption," "Mystic River," and "The Hudsucker Proxy." He currently stars in the Apple TV+ series "Silo.
Tim Robbins discussed Cujo by Stephen King, The Shining by Stephen King, and The Nature of Things by Lucretius Lucretius. Joe Rogan discussed Carrie by Stephen King.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Cujo
Cujo by Stephen King is a chilling horror novel about a once-gentle Saint Bernard that contracts rabies after being bitten by a bat, terrorizing a mother and her young son trapped inside a broken-down car.
Discussed“I think Coo I think is one of the books his wife took out of the garbage cuz he threw it away. He's like, "Fuck this book. This book sucks." It was it was Coojo or one of the classics.”
Where to get it
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The Shining
The Shining by Stephen King is a classic psychological horror novel about a struggling writer descending into madness while caretaking an isolated winter hotel.
Discussed“He wrote The Shining, right? Yeah. So, was it Carrie? He threw Carrie away. Crazy. Crazy. [laughter] Crazy. Yeah. Shining was a big movie for a book. Big book for me.”
Where to get it
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Carrie
Carrie by Stephen King is the iconic 1974 horror debut novel about a tormented, telekinetic teenage girl who unleashes devastation at her high school prom after suffering years of relentless bullying.
Discussed“So, was it Carrie? He threw Carrie away.”
Where to get it
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The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things by Lucretius is a classical philosophical poem from antiquity that articulates Epicurean philosophy and introduces early atomic theories regarding the material composition of the universe.
Discussed“there's a book called the the nature of things by a guy named Lucriccius written in 350 BC and it's Epicurianism”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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“I got my uh appearance at the Baseball Hall of Fame for Bull Durham 15th anniversary or something like cancelled uh by the head of the the Baseball Hall of Fame.”