Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2023-03-27

Jordan Peterson & Rafe Kelley: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #343

343. Parkour and Rough Play: Combatting Infantilization | Rafe Kelley

3 books · With Rafe Kelley · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, joined by movement and parkour expert Rafe Kelley, discuss the importance of rough-and-tumble play for developing children, how a lifestyle centered around movement can expand

Rafe Kelley discussed Exuberant Animal by Frank Forencich, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Maps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Exuberant Animal

    Frank Forencich · at 10:58

    Discussed
    “and so when I I first came across the play research through a man named Frank Francis in his book The exuberant animal and I started digging into it behind that”
    Where to get it
  2. The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien · at 1:07:26

    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is a high fantasy epic chronicling the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron in Middle-earth.

    Discussed
    “I was very influenced by the Lord of the Rings and I remember really clearly as a young and like 12 years old realizing that like there were no dragons”
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  3. Maps of Meaning

    Jordan B. Peterson · at 1:24:00 · mentioned 2 times

    Maps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson is a dense academic text that explores the deep evolutionary history of human mythology, religious structures, and the psychological frameworks through which individuals construct meaning.

    Discussed
    “I was literally just reading I was I read through all the the beginnings of the chapters of maps of meaning yesterday”
    Where to get it