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Books podcasts were talking about in July 2017
During July 2017, several podcasts explored books touching on science, history, and culture. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan discussed Karen Gravano's book Mob Daughter to examine New York mob connections, and later promoted Maynard James Keenan's A Perfect Union of Contrary Things. Also on the show, Dorian Yates mentioned reading Ethan Blackwood's The Spirit Molecule. On The Rubin Report, Michael Shermer recommended Paul Bloom's Just Babies to support an argument about infant morality, while Mike Munger referenced Terry Lee Anderson and P.J. Hill's The Not So Wild, Wild West to illustrate how people in the old West organized property rights without a centralized state. Additionally, Bill Burr talked about Nicholas Pileggi's Wiseguy on the Monday Morning Podcast, noting how it inspired a scene in Goodfellas. StarTalk Radio featured guests discussing biographical and historical works, including Godfrey mentioning Walter Isaacson's Einstein and Fareed Zakaria highlighting Matt Ridley's The Rational Optimist.
The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Spirit Molecule
Discussed“I used to live in Amsterdam and like I read the DMT spirit molecule and all that stuff”
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Mob Daughter The Mafia Sammy The Bull Gravano And Me
Recommended“and if anybody is smart go to the Sammy the bull book he talks about it not so many ways really”
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A Perfect Union of Contrary Things
Recommended“a perfect union of contrary things available now ladies and gentlemen I suggest you go out and purchase it immediately we did I've got top 10 New York Times bestseller”
The Rubin Report
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The Not So Wild, Wild West
Discussed“in a way there's a book by Carrie Anderson and PJ Hill called the not so wild wild west they talk about the California Gold Fields and the fact that people came up with ways of allocating property rights and adjudicated dispute”
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Alexander Hamilton
Discussed“and I was just we were just talking about the Hamilton biography and what a genius this guy was”
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Just Babies
Recommended“then also read Paul Bloom's book just babies so they show that like these little things with the infant they can't speak yet”
Monday Morning Podcast
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Wiseguy
Discussed“that was one sentence in the book that scors sayy got this idea there's a there's a line in that book wise guy or whatever the the one that Henry Hill wrote”
StarTalk Radio
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Einstein
Discussed“I actually read read Walter isaacson's biography on on on Einstein Einstein uhhuh And so one of many great biographies he's written including a Steve Jobs”
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The Rational Optimist
Discussed“There's this wonderful book by Matt Ridley about the you know why did human beings manage this extraordinary rise you know from being just just animals and the most important thing he points out is whenever we encountered diversity we we flourished you know just even scientifically”
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Make Me the Best Volleyball Player
Discussed“I was reading the New York Times um recently there was an article about Steve Bannon Donald Trump's Chief strategist who's having everybody read a book called the best and the brightest this is a book about how the smart Kennedy advisers uh got America into Vietnam and the the the moral of the book is meant to be or”
