Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-05-31
Books mentioned on 172. Tyranny, Slavery and Columbia U | Yeonmi Park
On this episode of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan was joined by Yeonmi Park. Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector and human rights activist trying to shine a light on the atrocities still being committed in North Korea by the current Kim regime.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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In Order to Live
In Order to Live is a memoir by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers that chronicles the author's harrowing escape from North Korea and her journey to freedom.
Discussed“today really i would say um privileged to be talking to janmi park born in 1993 in north korea author of in order to live 2015 a book which i just finished reading today”
Where to get it
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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a young adult dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic nation where children are forced to compete in a televised death match.
Discussed“so the modern example that i found was actually the hunger games there is a capital and they divide 13 different districts they make everybody else out of the capital on verge of surviving”
Where to get it
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a seminal dystopian novel that warns against totalitarianism, constant surveillance, and the manipulation of truth and language.
Discussed“um so when i was reading this book by georgio in 1984 it talks about the man like winston who had a lot of wits and after that all the torture he became empty right like”
Where to get it
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“and when i read by uh georgia o'rourke's book the animal farm that's when i realized”
Where to get it
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is a philosophical novel that follows a young man's spiritual journey of self-discovery in ancient India.
Discussed“i remember the the the siddhartha the novel is a fictional novel”
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