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Books podcasts were talking about in May 2017
Books discussed across various podcast episodes in May 2017 spanned several distinct subjects, ranging from economics and history to outdoor survival, political commentary, and sports documentaries. On The Rubin Report, guest Abby Hall joined Dave Rubin to recommend Robert Higgs's 1987 book Crisis in and Leviathan, describing it as foundational to the economic and political research she conducted with her co-author. Later on the same platform, Ayaan Hirsi Ali appeared on The Rubin Report to discuss her own publication, The Challenge of Dawa, explaining that the work originated as a white paper before being adapted into a booklet focused on political Islam. Meanwhile, The Joe Rogan Experience served as a venue for multiple literary discussions throughout the month. In an episode with guest Cameron Hanes, host Joe Rogan brought up Steven Rinella's Meateater as an example of a book exploring hunting and wildlife conservation, while Hanes mentioned Eva Shockey's upcoming book Taking Aim to highlight the expanding lifestyle of female hunters. Rogan and Hanes also briefly debated the title of Maurice Thompson's book The Witchery of Archery. In a separate appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience alongside guests Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson, Michael Shermer referenced Martin Bernal's Black Athena as an example of alternative history and discussed William Ryan and Walter Pitman's Noah's Flood as a geological hypothesis regarding the Black Sea. Finally, Rogan discussed the documentary and film review subject The Smashing Machine during a fight companion episode, noting the unexpected twists encountered by the filmmakers documenting Mark Kerr.
The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Smashing Machine Movie Review
Discussed“well that was like smashing machine when they went to do that that uh thing on Mark cerr oh yeah they didn't expect uh I know the guys that made it they didn't they didn't know it was going to take that turn well they went to get him like right when the water went over the top like right”
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Black Athena
Discussed“When I was in graduate school, this book called Black Athena was published that the Egyptians were actually black and that the you know sort of western white male dominance of history had written them out of the past.”
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Noah's Flood
Discussed“Back in 96, it was a very popular book called uh the Noah's flood. This was a serious book by two geologists that said uh it was the um rapid filling up of the Black Sea that swamped over the civilizations living on the uh edges of this and that that's where the noakian flood story comes from.”
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Taking Aim
Discussed“and her book coming out taking aim is about that lifestyle”
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The Witchery of Archery
Discussed“the witchery of archery witchcraft yeah is it witchery that's a book oh really or the Witchcraft of archery well or Zen In The Art of archery is a great I think that's a book”
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MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
Recommended“maybe read your book or you know read maybe rell's book me eater or maybe listen to some of these books on tape or maybe you know look into Aldo Leopold”
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Jack Reacher
Discussed“if I seriously I had to buy books like you know I read a lot of Jack Reacher”
The Rubin Report
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Crisis and Leviathan
Recommended“so there's a really uh great book by an economist named Robert higs called crisis in Leviathan came out 1987 uh and his work has been the basis for a lot of the work that my co-author Chris and I have done”
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The Challenge of Dawa
Discussed“so instead of talking about some of the critics let's talk about your new your new book should we call it a book or a booklet or a what what should we officially call it well it started out as a white paper yeah it's now a booklet and I I hope to expand it to a book and you”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testament
Discussed“I don't let let them learn me you know I learn myself through the you know I read the Bible a lot I go to God a lot you know I'm saying”