Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-06-14
Books mentioned on 176. Malice, or the Establishment? | Michael Malice
On Season 4 Episode 30 of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson is joined by Michael Malice. Michael Malice is a New York City-based author, podcaster, columnist, and media personality.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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New Right
New Right by Michael Malice is an exploration of the extremes of American political movements and the journey to the fringe of politics.
Discussed“he is the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il 2014 as well as the new write 2019 a book that i've been reading deeply this week”
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe is a foundational work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and their psychedelic journey across America in a psychedelic school bus.
Recommended“when i first read the electric kool-aid acid test which i would recommend to everyone as a brilliant journalistic anthropological investigation into what became the psychedelic culture in the early 1960s”
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Propaganda
Propaganda by Edward L.
Discussed“in the books propaganda and public opinion this was something that they figured out a hundred years ago specifically during the woodrow wilson administration”
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Public opinion
Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann is a foundational political science text published in 1922 that examines how media, stereotypes, and psychological biases shape the thoughts and actions of the citizenry in a modern industrial democracy.
Discussed“in the books propaganda and public opinion this was something that they figured out a hundred years ago specifically during the woodrow wilson administration”
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The Blank Slate
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker is a widely read nonfiction book that challenges the traditional sociological doctrine that the human mind is entirely shaped by culture and environment at birth, arguing instead for a nuanced view of innate human nature and genetics.
Recommended“pinker's the blank slate is a book everyone should read i'll i say that without any asterisks it's an amazing accomplishment”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he is the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il 2014 as well as the new write 2019 a book that i've been reading deeply this week”
“he's the co-author of seven additional books including made in america the new york times best-selling autobiography of ufc of hall ufc hall of famer matt hughes concierge confidential with michael fazio 2011 which was one of npr's top five celebrity books of the year and most recently 2006 black man white house comedian comedian d l hughley's satirical look”
“right so uh the deer reader the book i did for about north korea which we'll talk about later”
“it's farcical because it's kim jong-il's autobiography i went there i read all their literature and i took the things that these people are taught and since it's in his voice they're presented at face value”