Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2023-07-03

Jordan Peterson, Jim Caviezel & Tim Ballard: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #372

372. The Fight Against Worldwide Child Slavery & the Sex Trade | Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discusses the new film “Sound of Freedom,” with star Jim Caviezel and real life inspiration Tim Ballard. The film details Ballard’s work as a Special Agent to fight against sex trafficking and the child sex trade.

Jordan Peterson recommended Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning, and discussed Paradise Lost by John Milton.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Ordinary Men

    Christopher R. Browning · at 42:14 · mentioned 2 times

    Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning is a historical study examining Reserve Police Battalion 101, a unit of ordinary German middle-aged men who perpetrated mass killings of Jews in Poland during the Holocaust.

    Recommended
    “there's also a great book called Ordinary men this is well worth reading although it's a bloody catastrophe to read I'll tell you it details out how a group of German policemen who were moved to Poland during World War II were transformed from ordinary middle class working class or sorry ordinary working class men”
    Where to get it
  2. Paradise Lost

    John Milton · at 56:17

    John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost explores the fall of man, temptation, and the battle between good and evil.

    Discussed
    “In Milton's 'Paradise Lost', there have been two readings forever, and one is that Milton's Satan is an anti-hero of the most profound sort— really, the embodiment of evil.”
    Where to get it