Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2014-03-20
Books mentioned on #472 - Shane Smith
Shane Smith is a Canadian-American journalist. He also is the co-founder and CEO of the international media company VICE.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel exploring totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and the manipulation of truth.
Discussed“and if that that's not 1984 that makes 1984 look like a [ __ ] you know children's you know fairy tale”
Where to get it
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Gorgias
Gorgias by Plato and translated by Benjamin Jowett is a foundational Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of rhetoric, justice, and the philosophical premise that no individual knowingly does wrong.
Discussed“there's a a book by Plato uh called the gorgus where the main guy in it says I only became a good politician when I put all the passions behind me cuz he was like 70 and he couldn't get his dick hard anymore and he could just be reasonable and that was and he that was the foundation of”
Where to get it
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The Color of Money
The Color of Money by Walter Tevis is a compelling novel that serves as a sequel to The Hustler, following an aging Fast Eddie Felson years after his glory days as he navigates a changed world of pool halls and high-stakes gambling.
Discussed“well Walter Tevis is a uh the guy who wrote both of them and he wrote The Hustler and he also wrote The Color of Money but The Color of Money the book it's a very different book it's very different ending very different it follows fast Eddie like on the like he goes around by himself there's no Vince”
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