Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-01-13
Books mentioned on Jordan B Peterson: You Need To Listen To Your Wife! We've Built A Lonely & Sexless Society! If You & Your Partner Do This, You'll Divorce!
From ‘make your bed’ to ‘stand up straight’, Jordan Peterson returns with some more radical rules to revolutionise love, sex, and marriage Dr Jordan Peterson is a world-renowned former Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and co-founder of the online education platform Peterson Academy.
Steven Bartlett discussed We Who Wrestle with God by Jordan B. Peterson, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, and True Identity: The Bible for Women (NIV) by Various Authors. Jordan Peterson discussed Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky and The Idiot by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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We Who Wrestle with God
We Who Wrestle with God by Jordan B.
Discussed“so much your book comes at a really interesting time in my life personally your book is called we who wrestle with God and it's my belief and suspicion that there's a lot of people wrestling with God at the moment”
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound psychological novel that explores guilt, morality, and the severe consequences of moral relativism and nihilism.
Discussed“do you ever read the idiot no yeah well I'm probably half idiot and half rol nikov that's another way of looking at it”
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The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound 19th-century Russian novel that follows the compassionate, innocent, and deeply misunderstood Prince Myshkin as he navigates the cynical and corrupt high society of St.
Discussed“do you ever read the idiot no yeah well I'm probably half idiot and half rol nikov”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping narrative that traces the evolutionary and historical development of the human species from prehistoric bands to modern civilizations.
Discussed“I mean if you if you obviously read the book sapiens by novel Harari and his central point is that what bound us as humans”
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True Identity: The Bible for Women (NIV)
True Identity: The Bible for Women (NIV) by Various Authors serves as a framing text for broader discussions on the cultural, historical, and literary significance of the Bible across multiple podcast episodes.
Discussed“is the Bible in part the story of human beings coming to Consciousness yes yeah yes”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Jordan Peterson the psychology Professor people love or love to hate”
“Jordan Peterson the psychology Professor people love or love to hate”
“answer do you ever read the idiot no yeah well I'm probably half idiot and half rol nikov”
“so I did I did a course for Peterson Academy called It's On The Sermon on the Mount And The Sermon on the Mount is the longest record we have of Christ's Direct utterances let's say and it constitutes the core of Christian ethics”
“that's why I wrote this book is to indicate well at least in part well what the stories are and also what what they mean”
“So Stories and scientific hypotheses aren't the same thing The Lord of the Rings is not a scientific hypothesis but that doesn't mean it's not true”