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Books podcasts were talking about in October 2019
During October 2019, various podcast episodes explored a range of literary works, historical texts, and memoirs, frequently connecting through themes of human behavior, societal structures, politics, and historical conflicts. On the Lex Fridman Podcast, Garry Kasparov's 'How Life Imitates Chess' was highlighted for its insights into strategy and decision-making alongside his political writings. Meanwhile, The Joe Rogan Experience hosted several guests who discussed notable books. Kyle Kulinski appeared on the show to compare whistleblower actions to Daniel Ellsberg's 'Papers on the War', while also tracing the famous atomic quote back to the 'Bhagavad-Gita'. Kevin Smith joined Joe Rogan to discuss George Carlin's posthumous memoir 'Last Words', co-authored with Tony Hendra, and touched upon Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction contributions. Additionally, Joe Rogan and his guests delved into Terence McKenna's theories on psilocybin mushrooms and human evolution, as well as Michael Hyatt's organizational guide, the 'Full Focus Planner Wellness - Gray'. Across these episodes, the discussions highlighted how historical documentation, political activism, personal memoirs, and strategic philosophy continued to resonate with contemporary audiences and podcast hosts alike.
The Joe Rogan Experience
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Full Focus Planner Wellness - Gray
Discussed“and I like how I also have another one called the full focus planner in that anyway you can plan out your day your week”
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Papers on the War
Discussed“because you know just like with Mike Ravel previously Daniel Ellsberg actually is who I'm thinking of just like with Daniel Ellsberg when he showed the what we were doing in Vietnam and how we were killing civilians they do not want you to expose their war crimes”
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The Hidden History of the Vietnam War
Discussed“well I had the author of hidden war on the podcast his name is John Norris and John Norris he got a job initially as a game warden because you know he grew up in the outdoors and fishing and hunting and things like that”
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita
Discussed“when Oppenheimer saw the very first explosion of test explosion said I am become death destroyer of worlds It's a quote from the bhagavad-gita”
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Last Words
Discussed“but in his book last words he talks about like he bought a jet... they published it posthumously but he was working on it with Tony Hendra before he died”
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The Brown's Reunion 2001
Discussed“Clark's first law there is about 2001... well Kubrick made the movie made the movie by thank God he write it Clark wrote it”
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Mushrooms, Mankind, DMT, and Hyperspace
Discussed“but Terence Mckenna had a theory called the stoned ape theory he believed that human beings were experimenting with psilocybin mushrooms and it's psilocybin mushrooms accelerated our evolution”
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Civilized to Death
Discussed“There's a there's an anecdote that is in this book civilized to death Notice that segue”
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I've Never Met An Idiot On The River
Discussed“He wrote a book on fly fishing and I think the books called I never met an idiot on the river”
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Permanent Record
Discussed“so I I came on because I just written a book called permanent record which is the the story of my life because that's what publishers make you do and when you're writing your first book but it's more than that because I didn't just want to talk about me it's actually about the changing of Technology and the changing”
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The Book of Mormon
Discussed“in addition to the Book of Mormon Joseph Smith purported to translate another book called The Book of Abraham which was in a different language some ancient Egyptian language”
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Prisoners of Faith
Discussed“yeah I'm sure you read Lawrence Wright's book go ahead and read it but I mean I know the story the book is fantastic”
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Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Discussed“Douglas Adams wrote a lovely book called the long dark teatime of the soul which had in which the Norse gods apart a vision”
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River Out of Eden
Discussed“yes it's in two halves the first half is debunking God it begins with what we were talking about earlier this year number of different gods”
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Barfing in the Backseat #12
Discussed“I did a movie with Henry... he wrote a book called there's no idiots on the river about fly-fishing he loves fly-fishing”
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Fenway Park
Discussed“January 2001 at Fenway Park I set down with previous thirty-year heads ground keeper mr. Joe Mooney to discuss the nuances of Fenway ... but at least I made time to take this photo And since then I've had it hanging on my office wall”
Lex Fridman Podcast
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How Life Imitates Chess
Discussed“gary is also a pro-democracy political thinker and leader a fearless human rights activist and author of several books including how life imitates chess which is a book on strategy and decision-making winter is coming which is a book articulating his opposition to the Putin regime and deep thinking which is a book on the role of both artificial intelligence”
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Winter Is Coming
Discussed“gary is also a pro-democracy political thinker and leader a fearless human rights activist and author of several books including how life imitates chess which is a book on strategy and decision-making winter is coming which is a book articulating his opposition to the Putin regime and deep thinking which is a book on the role of both artificial intelligence”
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Deep Thinking
Discussed“gary is also a pro-democracy political thinker and leader a fearless human rights activist and author of several books including how life imitates chess which is a book on strategy and decision-making winter is coming which is a book articulating his opposition to the Putin regime and deep thinking which is a book on the role of both artificial intelligence”
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Einstein's Cosmos
Discussed“he's the author of many fascinating books that explored the nature of our reality and the future of our civilization they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
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Physics of the Impossible
Discussed“he's the author of many fascinating books that explored the nature of our reality and the future of our civilization they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
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Parallel Worlds
Discussed“he's the author of many fascinating books that explored the nature of our reality and the future of our civilization they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
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Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars Interstellar Travel Immortality & Our Destiny Beyond
Discussed“he's the author of many fascinating books that explored the nature of our reality and the future of our civilization they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
