Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2014-07-16
Books mentioned on #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".
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Death of the Liberal Class
Discussed“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
Discussed“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
John Marco Allegro's The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross is a controversial and provocative study proposing that early religious traditions and Christianity stemmed from the ritualistic use of psychedelic mushrooms.
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
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth by John Marco Allegro is a controversial historical study proposing that early Christian traditions originated from ancient fertility cults centered around the sacramental use of psychedelic mushrooms.
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
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book 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”
Own book God Hates You, Hate Him Back
“God hates you hate him back”