Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2023-10-26
Jordan Peterson & Glenn Greenwald: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #391
The Prison Inside | Glenn Greenwald | EP 391
Jordan Peterson discussed How Would a Patriot Act? by Glenn Greenwald, 1984 by George Orwell, A Tragic Legacy by Glenn Greenwald, Great American Hypocrites by Glenn Greenwald, With liberty and justice for some by Glenn Greenwald, and No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How Would a Patriot Act?
Discussed“okay so yeah in 2006 you wrote how would a patriot act defending American values from a president run a mock and that was GW Bush one of the many presidents who have run a mock but certainly um that was what you were writing about.”
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and psychological manipulation.
Discussed“George Orwell has this preface, I believe it was for 1984; I'm not sure of the exact details now—it was around the time of World War II—and it was kind of considered heretical because its argument was that we think about tyranny in these melodramatic terms”
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A Tragic Legacy
Discussed“And you wrote a book in 2007, A Tragic Legacy: How Good Versus Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency.”
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Great American Hypocrites
Discussed“In 2008, you published a book called Great American Hypocrates: Tppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics.”
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With liberty and justice for some
Discussed“With liberty and justice for some, is this a book you're more pleased with? This was 2011. How the law is used to destroy equality and protect the powerful.”
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No Place to Hide
Discussed“So, let's segue from that into your 2014 book, That's No Place to Hide, Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Surveillance State.”
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