Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2026-11-02
Books mentioned on Why Young Women Are The Most Miserable They've Ever Been
Jordan Peterson argues the crisis tearing the Western world apart isn't political or economic — it goes far deeper. When science stripped meaning from the world, it left something worse behind: suffering with no purpose and no story to make sense of it.
Jordan Peterson discussed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K.
Discussed“He's reading his son who's only four he's reading his son Harry Potter and that's pretty rough for a four year old but this little guy he's pretty verbally proficient”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Maps of Meaning
“I think I got the explanation for why the value structures have to be characterized more clear than I did when I was lecturing for Maps of Meaning for example”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“so you know because it's scary Disney movies are scary Lord of the Rings is scary Harry Potter is scary and so what do you do about that”