Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-07-29
Books mentioned on #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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Cujo
Cujo by Stephen King is a terrifying horror novel about a rabid Saint Bernard that traps a mother and her young son inside a disabled 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.”
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The Shining
Stephen King's The Shining is a classic psychological horror novel that chronicles a struggling writer's descent into madness while isolated in a snowbound mountain 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.”
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Carrie
Carrie by Stephen King is a horror novel about a troubled teenage girl with telekinetic powers who takes revenge on her cruel classmates at a high school prom.
Discussed“So, was it Carrie? He threw Carrie away.”
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The Nature of Things
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
Passing 'Salem's Lot
“and then of course you know demonic possession and Salem's lot and all that other crazy it was so good”
Own book Bull Durham
“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.”