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Books podcasts were talking about in October 2018
During October 2018, several podcasts explored themes of personal development, intellectual history, and human behavior. On Modern Wisdom, the host discussed David Deida's 'Way of the Superior Man' alongside guided partner exercises for building intimacy, and later recommended Cherie Sohnen-Moe and Ben E. Benjamin's 'The Ethics of Touch' for clinicians. The Joe Rogan Experience featured Alex Honnold, who mentioned learning speed climbing from Hans Florine and Bill Wright's 'Speed Climbing!' as well as discussing his own book, 'Alone on the Wall'. The Rubin Report addressed broader cultural and political shifts; the host talked about Allan Bloom's 'Closing of the American Mind' regarding the purpose of universities, a report titled 'Wayward Sons' concerning men falling behind women economically, and Glenn Beck's 'Addicted to Outrage'. Finally, on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, guest Maurice Clarett shared that James Allen's 'As a Man Thinketh' was the most impactful book he read while incarcerated.
Modern Wisdom
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The Way of the Superior Man
Discussed“so so david deida way of the superior man has a book and then he has a series of exercises that you can do guided with your partner”
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The Ethics of Touch
Discussed“so there's a book called the ethics of touch and I was recommended to anyone who is a clinician or suppose that involves touching someone”
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The Happiness Project
Discussed“because guys are saying Gretchen Rubin the Happiness Project you should check out if you want to learn how more about how to extend your remembered self life through the use of novelty”
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Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics
Discussed“he's the co-author of meditation for fidgety skeptics with Dan Harris who is an American news anchor that very famously broke down and had a panic attack live on air”
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The Head Trip
Discussed“and I wrote a book called the head trip which is sort of about the neuroscience where the neuroscience meets our experience like how and what these shifting states of consciousness mean for us you know waking sleeping and dreaming and the different variations and iterations”
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The Science of Enlightenment
Discussed“You mentioned Shinzon Young who I know I really want to get onto who is one of your meditation teachers and he talks in the science of enlightenment His book he likens meditation to a magic trick that can double your life by increasing the depth of experience”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Speed Climbing!
Discussed“this older guy Hans Florine who actually wrote the book how to speed climb that I learned how to speed from from many years ago”
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Alone on the Wall
Discussed“so like I published a book a few years ago and so there's an advance from that”
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Fight for the Forgotten
Discussed“He just wrote a book it's available in Amazon I think it's called like [ __ ] from victim Victor”
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Brazil
Discussed“well especially when they found out when Donna Brazil's book came out they found out what they had done to Bernie during the primaries”
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The Art of Living
Discussed“I've been reading his book and it's actually pretty interesting I actually have it right here the art of living and dying and uh he he wrote this book yeah he wrote this book after he became osho or maybe they published it after he became osho but it's a very good book”
The Rubin Report
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Closing of the American Mind
Discussed“Allan bloom I'm sure you've read the closing of the American mind you know he is claimed is that professors lost faith in the idea of the University as a sort of separate space where you you simply thought about things you didn't get involved”
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Wayward Sons
Discussed“There was a report that came out a few years ago called wayward sons It came out of MIT to economists talking about how in a number of different metrics whether it was skills acquisition real wages there's just employment numbers job status men are falling behind women really shockingly”
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Addicted to Outrage
Discussed“I want to spend a lot of time talking about this book here addicted to outrage but let's just do everything”
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IBM and the Holocaust
Discussed“The guy who wrote IBM in the Holocaust I can't remember his name Really brilliant guy”
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Defying Hitler
Discussed“read the book defying Hitler the best best explanation of what happened in Germany ever written by a guy at the time as a warning to the West go”
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Orphan X
Discussed“There's a lot of Punisher in orphan ax2”
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Chicago Blues Rhythm Guitar
Discussed“my yesterday is Dave Rubin He's written a new book called Chicago my hometown It's great to have you here Dave You know I visited Chicago many times What was love going there Did you Or deed Do you write about the the stockyard You know stargazer fashion”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
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As a Man Thinketh
Discussed“a guy dropped off a book a small 70 page recalled as a man thinketh by James Allen the most impactful book I've ever read in my life bar non comparison”
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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Purposeful
Discussed“so first things first the question posed by the book is are you a manager or a movement starter”