Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2014-07-16
Joe Rogan & CJ Werleman: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #522
#522 - CJ Werleman
CJ Werleman is an Op-Ed Columnist for Salon/Alternet, also known for authoring the books "Crucifying America" and "God Hates You. Hate Him Back".
CJ Werleman recommended Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges and Democracy Incorporated by Sheldon S. Wolin, and discussed Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill. Joe Rogan recommended Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others, and discussed The sacred mushroom and the cross by John Marco Allegro and The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth by John Marco Allegro.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Death of the Liberal Class
Recommended“Mean Chris Hedges wrote a great book called The Death of liberalism uh in America the liberal class no longer exists in America”
Where to get it
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Democracy Incorporated
Recommended“and and this is something I write about a lot is uh you know America what America is today is a corporate totalitarian state and how it difference there's a great book by uh you know democracy Incorporated by Sheldon Wallen who was a Harvard or I think may still be a Harvard professor”
Where to get it
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Dirty Wars
Discussed“and you've touched on such a good point with halberton Jeremy scahill uh author of Dirty Wars and so forth I'm a huge fan of he spoken at length”
Where to get it
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The sacred mushroom and the cross
Discussed“have you ever read or heard of the Sacred Mushroom in the cross no I haven't the oldest version of the Bible is the Dead Sea Scrolls”
Where to get it
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth
Discussed“There's also another book that he wrote that he wrote a second book because the first book got bought out the second book was the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth okay and it was very very controvers controversial”
Where to get it
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Freakonomics
Recommended“have you ever read fre economics no okay I mean it's a great book fre economics makes a uh you know”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged God Hates You, Hate Him Back
“when my first book was released in ' 09 uh the title is God hates you hate him back they saw a title without understanding what the content of the book was”
“and that Amazon page has crucifying America on it”
“it also has atheist can't be Republicans”
Plugged God Hates You, Hate Him Back
“God hates you hate him back”