Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2015-12-24

Joe Rogan & Joey Diaz: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #741

#741 - Joey Diaz

3 books · With Joey Diaz · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Joey “CoCo” Diaz is a Cuban-American stand up comedian and actor. Joey also hosts his own podcast called “The Church of What’s Happening Now” available on Spotify.

Joe Rogan discussed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson, and Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 1:23:25

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is a wildly eccentric journalistic novel that chronicles a drug-addled road trip across the American Southwest in search of the elusive American Dream.

    Discussed
    “have you ever read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas no it's been years God damn it's good it's it's good dude he's got some great passages in it there's some some great moments that he captured on on paper that just make you go [ __ ] he had these the ability to hit these these these rare patches”
    Where to get it
  2. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 1:23:25

    Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson collects the famed gonzo journalist's subversive, drug-fueled reporting and political dispatches for the magazine, capturing the chaotic spirit of American culture and elections in the 1970s.

    Discussed
    “have you ever read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas no it's been years God damn it's good it's it's good dude he's got some great passages in it there's some some great moments that he captured on on paper that just make you go [ __ ] he had these the ability to hit these these these rare patches”
    Where to get it
  3. Hell's Angels

    Hunter S. Thompson · at 1:23:59

    Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson is a classic work of investigative journalism and immersive reporting that chronicles a year spent living alongside the notorious motorcycle club.

    Discussed
    “Hell's Angels that was one of the first books I read the first who the author was I didn't even know what an author was at that time what that book was though was like a much more of a regular journalism book was a book about the Hell's Angels like they had disputed some of the facts in it”
    Where to get it