Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2023-09-29
Books mentioned on JRE MMA Show #147 with Sean O'Malley & Tim Welch
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Joe Rogan discussed Meditations by Aurelius Marcus, The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others, and Immortality Key by Brian C. Muraresku. Sean O'Malley discussed The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and others. Also mentioned: The Dead Sea Scrolls by Dr. Peter W. Flint.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a collection of personal journals and philosophical notes written by the Roman emperor, offering timeless reflections on Stoic philosophy, self-discipline, and mortality.
Discussed“I've been listening to Marcus aurelius's meditations in the sauna recently that's that's amazing you listen to this dude that lived 2 thousand [ __ ] years ago and he's just spitting knowledge”
Where to get it
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The Daily Stoic
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman is a popular 366-day guide to ancient Stoic philosophy featuring daily reflections and exercises.
Discussed“I the daily stoics the 365 days I've been I've had that book for like four years and I still religiously especially in Camp for like 12 weeks out read every morning and just like it's [ __ ] it's good”
Where to get it
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt is a sociological study examining how modern safetyism and negative ideas are setting younger generations up for failure.
Discussed“uh jnan haes book the um coddling of the American mind is about that and one of the things it highlights is self harm amongst girls ramps up considerably somewhere around 2008 2009”
Where to get it
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls edited by Dr.
Discussed“like one of the weird things is the Dead Sea Scrolls which is the oldest versions of some of the stories in the Bible and they're different they're in Aramaic and it's like well should we all just read that now you know”
Where to get it
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Immortality Key
Why people recommend it: Brian C.
Discussed“that's one of the more interesting things about diving deep into ancient Greek culture is that you find like this book the immortality key from this guy Brian Mor rescu who found that the ucini Mysteries when they were all these people were coming to eluis from all over the world and taking part of these mystery ceremonies”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Wild Wild Country was so good books he's got a lot of good books”
“and it why are we going on the New Testament instead of the Old Testament is the Old Testament the real thing like that doesn't make sense”
“why are we going on the New Testament instead of the Old Testament is the Old Testament the real thing like that doesn't make sense”