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Books podcasts were talking about in July 2019
During July 2019, podcast discussions heavily gravitated toward classical literature, historical civil rights texts, and philosophical works that examine human morality and society. A prominent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience featured Dr. Cornel West, who engaged in an extensive exploration of foundational plays, stories, and historical analyses. Dr. West recommended Aristophanes' comedy 'Clouds' alongside Anton Chekhov's celebrated plays and short stories, highlighting 'The Student' as a particular favorite. The conversation also turned toward historical and religious philosophy, with Dr. West referencing Thomas More's 'Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation' and Reinhold Niebuhr's influential book 'Moral Man and Immoral Society'. In the same episode, the dialogue addressed racial injustice and American history through discussions of C. Vann Woodward's 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow', which Dr. West noted Martin Luther King considered a bible of the civil rights movement, and Joe Rogan praised Dr. West's own book 'Race Matters' for its critical analysis of societal pursuits. Together, these literary references underscored a shared thematic exploration of justice, human suffering, theatrical art, and moral responsibility across Western history.
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Clouds
Discussed“but it was aristophanes at least in the west who initiated this with the clouds and and frogs and so on”
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Uncle Vanya
Discussed“you read three sisters uncle vanya you read the cherry orchard or any of the short stories”
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The Cherry Orchard
Discussed“you read three sisters uncle vanya you read the cherry orchard or any of the short stories”
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A Classical Student
Discussed“Man the greatest one is called a student it's only two and a half pages It's his favorite short story”
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Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
Discussed“that's the question thomas more was wrestling with in the tower of london before he was executed in his dialogues on tribulation”
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Race Matters
Discussed“well i can't recommend your book race matters enough and one of the reasons is because of your analysis of that your your understanding of this the superficial aspect of the pursuit that so many people are locked into from cradle to grave”
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
Discussed“jim crow for example by the great c van woodward uh history of jim crow which is the bible uh martin luther king said was the bible the civil rights movement”
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Moral Man and Immoral Society
Discussed“ryan holnieber the greatest christian thinker of the 20th century democratic socialist moral man and moral society”
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Love and Theft
Discussed“and you see what was going on with blackface where eric lott and others have talked about the love and theft”
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Worstward Ho
Discussed“you know the great samuel beckett number great another great comic writer try again fail again fail better that's the story of our lives”
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An appeal in favour of that class of Americans called Africans
Discussed“lydia maria child she wrote a book in 1834 called an appeal for that class of americans called africans it was deeply influenced by one of the greatest works ever written at that time by david walker appealed the colored citizens of the world”
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David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
Discussed“it was deeply influenced by one of the greatest works ever written at that time by david walker appealed the colored citizens of the world she's a white sister”
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Discussed“the great stories he tells in the autobiography of malcolm x one of the great classics really i mean more than history of american civilization”
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The Sister of Mercy. A Tale for the Times We Live in
Discussed“yo mind i'm just reading the book called the birth of a korean cool by sister wong”
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An Unusual Beginning
Discussed“your book it's still like this doing really well yes cuz rabbit rabbit right nominated for n double acp mu o”
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Byrne's Treasury of Trick Shots in Pool and Billiards
Discussed“I read this book by this uh pool hustler it was a mcgirty life of a billiard hustler I think it was it's a really interesting book because it was about a guy who survived by traveling around on trains like a hobo gambling playing pool and billiards in the depression”
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Primal Blueprint
Discussed“but mark sisson is uh who's he's the guy from he wrote that book the primal blue uh primal blueprint and um he's uh like a nutrition expert”
Lex Fridman Podcast
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AI Superpowers
Discussed“he's the author of seven best-selling books in Chinese and most recently the New York Times bestseller called AI superpowers China Silicon Valley and the New World Order”
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The Particle at the End of the Universe
Discussed“he's the author of several popular books one on the arrow of time called from eternity to here one on the Higgs boson called particle at the end of the universe and one on science of philosophy called the big picture on the origins of life meaning in the universe itself”
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Something Deeply Hidden
Discussed“he has an upcoming book on quantum mechanics that you can pre-order now called something deeply hidden”
StarTalk Radio
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Failure Is Not an Option
Discussed“It's the title of his book I think as well, is "Failure Is Not An Option".”
Modern Wisdom
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Children of Time
Discussed“I have you ever read children of time by Adrienne Tchaikovsky? no But I do talk about science fiction utopia's and dystopias in my book because one of the things that I try to do is I try to imagine sort of counterfactual types of social order so I look at science fiction authors to see you know what kind”
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Wired to Create
Discussed“but but that reminds me of this book that I really loved called wired to create by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire because basically one of the themes is that these creative people are like contradictory and all their personality tests basically like they contain multitudes”
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Ending Medical Reversal
Discussed“there's a whole book about this called ending medical reversal by these two doctors that talks about how procedures keep being done even after science has like totally show they should not be done and more”
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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Every Tool's a Hammer
Discussed“and this book is my permission slip that when you do pay heed to those things that tickle at your head that you can't stop paying attention to that I'd call sacred thrills”