Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2015-04-27
Books mentioned on #639 - Greg Proops
Greg Proops is a stand-up comedian, also well-known for his improv comedy on the show "Whose Line is it Anyway?".
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Smartest Book in the World
Discussed“like the smartest book in the world like why would you [ __ ] with Twitter when you just read that”
Where to get it
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Salt
Salt by Mark Kurlansky is a comprehensive historical narrative that examines how a single mineral has shaped human civilization, economics, and warfare throughout the ages.
Recommended“there's a book called salt and it's very good you look up the book called salt the guy who wrote it that and they reduced it just because the world's need for salt yeah they you know they dug it all down like there was a there's two mountains one in South America I can't remember the other in Mexico”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Smartest Book in the World
“obviously it's a cheap you know marketing playy from the smartest man in the world your podcast on it smartest book in the world because when they said what would you call the book and when I went into the meeting I was like the smartest book in the world and they were like love it”