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Books podcasts were talking about in December 2015
Books podcasts were talking about in December 2015 focused heavily on anthropological studies, political commentary, and personal memoirs, with most discussions taking place on The Joe Rogan Experience and The Rubin Report. On The Rubin Report, Dave Rubin discussed reading Nick Cohen's What's Left during a long plane ride home. The Joe Rogan Experience featured multiple deep dives into historical and societal behaviors. Christopher Ryan discussed Marvin Harris's Cannibals and Kings to explain the anthropological reasons behind historical cannibalism. Joe Rogan praised Molly Crabapple's writing in her book Drawing Blood and also mentioned a book about Hunter S. Thompson running for sheriff of Aspen that he had sent to Lance Armstrong. Guest Peter Boghossian referenced several titles during his appearance, including Martin Gross's The Conspiracy of Ignorance to discuss international test scores, Sam Harris's The Moral Landscape which he used in his classes, and a book on Christian tactics by Alexander Chernev to explain community relationship development. Whitney Cummings also brought up the documentary series related to The Staircase by John Templer. Connecting these diverse works was a prevailing theme of human nature, societal structures, and the rigorous examination of historical, political, and cultural institutions.
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Cannibals and Kings
Discussed“so then I read this guy Marvin Harris this Anthropologist who wrote a book called cannibals and Kings he went back and looked at societies that were cannibalistic”
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Drawing Blood
Discussed“I've been reading your book and it's [ __ ] excellent you're a really good writer”
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Hunter S. Thompson: The Last Interview
Discussed“And then you got a hold of me about it and had that incredible book sent to me when Hunter was running for sheriff of Aspen.”
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The Conspiracy of Ignorance
Discussed“I read this in U Martin gross's the conspiracy of ignorance many years ago excuse me”
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The Moral Landscape
Discussed“we use Sam Harris's book the moral landscape in that class and we talk about”
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Marketing Strategy and Tactics
Discussed“if you read the the Christian books they talk about this interesting book called tactics the main thing is you know develop relationships with people”
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How to Beat Up Anybody
Discussed“so you wrote this book which is how to beat up anybody yeah that was uh five years ago that came out now”
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The Staircase
Recommended“have you seen the movie the staircase no what's that what's the Jinx uh the staircase the staircase how you haven't seen the staircase the documentary is that when he throws it down the staircase”
The Rubin Report
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You Can't Read this Book
Discussed“he's authored two books you can't read this book and what's left”
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What's Left?
Recommended“on the 14-hour plane ride back to Los Angeles I read what's left by my guest this week Nick Cohen”
