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Books podcasts were talking about in January 2013
Books discussed across podcast episodes in January 2013 spanned correspondence, fiction, outdoor pursuits, and investigations into unusual phenomena, with several titles appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience. Anthony Bourdain recommended Hunter S. Thompson's collection of letters, The Proud Highway, praising its humor. Joe Rogan brought up Don DeLillo's novel Libra to explore theories surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald, and later in the month, he recommended and praised guest Steven Rinella's book, Meat Eater, for its descriptive writing. Other guests introduced specialized topics. Alex Honnold mentioned the annual publication Accidents in North American Mountaineering to discuss the analysis of climbing accidents. Daniel Pinchbeck brought up Richard Wiseman's Paranormality to contrast views on psychic phenomena, and also mentioned Ian Stevenson's extensive study, Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect, while discussing past lives and reincarnation. Additionally, Kevin Smith mentioned My Brother Sam Is Dead during a conversation about Sam Kinison, and Duncan Trussell briefly discussed media depictions. These discussions highlighted a diverse range of personal reading interests and reference points shared by the hosts and their guests throughout the month.
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Accidents in North American Mountaineering
Discussed“accidents in North American mountaineering and it's just a list of every accident that happened over the year and they have analysis and causes and you know I mean some accidents you read”
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Paranormality
Discussed“but I've also read recently this book by Richard Wiseman called paranormality who believes there's no psychic phenomena you know busts every evidence for it you know and in his own way is quite convincing you know”
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Where reincarnation and biology intersect
Discussed“Ian Stephens was a professor at University of Virginia order like 25 hundred page book called where biology and reincarnation intersect”
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Discussed“did you ever read uh his brother's book no how is it it's awesome it's called My Brother Sam Brother Sam very honest very honest and very very insightful”
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The Passion of the Christ
Discussed“did you see The Passion of the Christ yeah that's an SNM movie man”
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The future of money
Discussed“and we interviewed this guy Bernard leotar who was he's an economist he was one of The Architects of the Euro he wrote a great book called the future of money”
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Sacred Economics
Discussed“we were actually publishing a book through my company evolver called sacred economics by Charles eisenstein it's actually already up on it's out on the internet and uh you can get copies”
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(R)EVOLUTION 2012
Discussed“anyway we published a few pieces by a German scientist guy derer brows wrote a book called Revolution 2012 and he's one of a bunch of people who are arguing that a lot of what's Happening has to do with”
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The Proud Highway (The Fear & Loathing Letters)
Recommended“His letters are available I think the books called The Proud Highway and his correspondence with the people is really hilarious”
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Libra
Recommended“I think the book that got it close got it most right was a work of fiction a Libra by Don Dilo where it it really gets inside uh oswalt's head”
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Every which way but loose
Discussed“Clint Ewood had a orangutang Every Which Way but Loose yes that's the one that's the one”
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The Murder Room
Discussed“There's a book called The Murder Room and the guy who specializes in sadism and serial killers. He wrote what's called kind of like the double helix of the serial killers profile.”
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Meat Eater
Recommended“Steven Rinella and follow him on Twitter and pick up his excellent book, which I'm really enjoying by the way, meat eaters. So you're a really good descriptive writer, man, really bring people into the moment. It's a great book. I really, really enjoy it.”
