Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-08-27
Books mentioned on #2547 - Daniel Everett
Daniel Everett, PhD, is a linguist and college professor. He is the author of several books, including “Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle” and “How Language Began: The Story of Humanity’s Greatest Invention.
Joe Rogan recommended Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett and Language by Daniel L. Everett, and discussed The Kingdom of Speech by Tom Wolfe and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Kingdom of Speech
The Kingdom of Speech is a provocative non-fiction work by renowned author Tom Wolfe, featuring contributions by Ernest Riera Arbussà, that explores and challenges conventional theories regarding the origins of human language.
Discussed“So the the author Tom Wolf um the last book he wrote was called Kingdom of Speech.”
Where to get it
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett chronicles the author's transformative experiences living among the Pirahã people of the Amazon.
Recommended“Um this one Daniel Everett don't sleep there are snakes. The life and language in the Amazon jungle.”
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Language
Language by Daniel L.
Recommended“Um this one Daniel Everett don't sleep there are snakes. The life and language in the Amazon jungle.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And and in my book, How Language Began, I have um they had to be communicated.”
“So, there was one young man, a teenager, and I talk about him in um in both my book, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, and in the new one that's coming out next year, Born of the River.”
“So, there was one young man, a teenager, and I talk about him in um in both my book, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, and in the new one that's coming out next year, Born of the River.”
“So, there was one young man, a teenager, and I talk about him in um in both my book, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, and in the new one that's coming out next year, Born of the River.”