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Books podcasts were talking about in September 2023
In September 2023, podcast hosts and guests explored a range of memoirs, manifestos, and historical texts. On People I (Mostly) Admire, Rick Doblin discussed Stanislav Grof's 'Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research' and its treatment of the therapeutic uses of psychedelic substances. The Joe Rogan Experience featured discussions on ancient texts, including Dr. Peter W. Flint's work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Alan J. Talley's 'Jesus Christ and the New Testament', alongside mentions of Osho's guidebooks. Pod Save America compared a statement from the Republican debate to Theodore J. Kaczynski's manifesto, 'Industrial Society and Its Future'. The Jordan Harbinger Show welcomed Tim Urban, whose conversation touched upon 'Remaking Planning' by Tim Brindley, Yvonne Rydin, and Gerry Stoker, as well as Linda Yang's 'The City Gardener's Handbook' in the context of factors affecting the country. Finally, on No Stupid Questions, Angela Duckworth discussed reading Howard Schultz's memoir 'Pour Your Heart Into It' while exploring the topic of imposter syndrome.
People I (Mostly) Admire
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Realms of the human unconscious
Discussed“I had just read a book by Stanislav Grof, the world’s leading LSD researcher at Hopkins, whose research was being shut down after the backlash against the psychedelic 60s. His book was about the therapeutic use of LSD, called Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research.”
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Extraterrestrial
Discussed“Your last two books, 'Extraterrestrial' and 'Interstellar,' and what's interesting is the tone of those books is very different than your tone now; they're very measured; they're very scientific.”
The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
Discussed“like one of the weird things is the Dead Sea Scrolls which is the oldest versions of some of the stories in the Bible and they're different they're in Aramaic and it's like well should we all just read that now you know”
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Jesus Christ and the New Testament
Discussed“and it why are we going on the New Testament instead of the Old Testament is the Old Testament the real thing like that doesn't make sense”
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Guide Books
Discussed“Wild Wild Country was so good books he's got a lot of good books”
Pod Save America
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Industrial Society and Its Future
Discussed“This is like when somebody reads something from the Unabomber manifesto and it's like it was the Unabomber. Now, how do you feel?”
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The Boys on the Bus
Discussed“One Republican who is quite done with his party's antics is Willard Mitt Romney, whose announcement last week that he’ll be retiring from the Senate was accompanied by a candid exit interview with McKay Coppins, who spent hours with Romney for a forthcoming biography that should be out next month.”
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Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition
Discussed“That was Senator Kennedy quoting the most sexually explicit passages from the two most censored books in America: Maya Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' and George M. Johnson's 'All Boys Aren't Blue.'”
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All Boys Aren't Blue
Discussed“That was Senator Kennedy quoting the most sexually explicit passages from the two most censored books in America: Maya Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' and George M. Johnson's 'All Boys Aren't Blue.'”
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Mobility
Discussed“It's now been one month since Crooked Media Reads published our first book, 'Mobility' by Lydia Kiesling, and not only did it make the bestseller list, it also received amazing reviews from outlets like the LA Times, which called it an emotionally and geopolitically savvy coming-of-age story.”
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The Last Politician
Discussed“Joining us today is the author of The Last Politician, the first real insider account of the Biden presidency, which is out this week—Frank Foer.”
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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Remaking Planning
Discussed“No, every time I saw her, she basically threatened to die before the book came out, knowing that that would make me feel awful because if she's like, 'All I want is for this book to be done' and she was like, 'I just want to hold this book.'”
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The city gardener's handbook
Discussed“Or the various factors that work in destroying our country according to your book.”
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When Reason Goes on Holiday
Discussed“So like the stakes are super high, and to your point, it's very easy; there's a great book I recommend called 'When Reason Goes on Holiday.'”
No Stupid Questions
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Pour Your Heart Into It
Discussed“I don't know Howard Schultz; actually I would love to know Howard Schultz, but I did read his memoir. I think it's called something like 'A Cup at a Time' or something like that.”
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The Light We Carry
Discussed“Right, and you know, Michelle Obama in her book, 'The Light We Carry,' talks a lot about being an only and being a first. And when you're an only, you carry this massive additional burden because you are sort of the person laying the groundwork and setting the stage for what this is like.”
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Discussed“She wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and is just one of my major heroes in life. Anyway, she had this conversation years ago with Bill Moyers and what I think is so fascinating, she said, you're only free when you realize you belong nowhere, everywhere, no place at all.”
SmartLess
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Atomic Habits
Discussed“One that I'm really enjoying is written by James Clear, called Atomic Habits! It's just basically, you know, it's not just another self-help book, it's something that like you can actually put these things into motion!”
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Just Because
Discussed“But we are going to talk about his books, and we are going to talk about his foundation, and then we are going to talk about his new book, Just Because, which I read, which is for kids that comes out September 12, 2023.”
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Greenlights
Discussed“And but what's really amazing is in the last couple years, as I mentioned, you have been writing books! So you wrote Greenlights, huge success!”
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Aol.com
Discussed“I’ve known him since he covered AOL. I wrote a couple of books on AOL.”
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Marine
Discussed“But they might own the rights to, but they don’t own the rights to all the books that Tom Clancy has written!”
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EDITIO PRINCEPS.
Discussed“And that was, that’s I was like, oh, well, that’s that's like the Gutenberg Bible!”
Huberman Lab
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Fool's Paradise
Discussed“And then perhaps if people will have a bit more of a psychological understanding, or they’re reading some pop psychology books these days, some of which are pretty good, they might understand something about themselves or the other person being a bit more anxious or a bit more relaxed.”
Behind the Bastards
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Ivanhoe
Discussed“Well, Scott actually has a lot to say about that in his first book.”
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The way of the iceman
Discussed“In his book The Way of the Iceman, he claims he came out as something of a surprise, quote, "after his mother had given birth to his twin brother, Andre."”
Lex Fridman Podcast
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How to Stay in Love
Discussed“The following is a conversation with James Sexton, a divorce attorney and the author of 'How to Stay in Love: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together.'”
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How to stay in love
Discussed“You write in the book, which everybody should get, it's a great book, it's a great read, it's a window into your soul.”
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Dreams from My Father
Discussed“Barack Obama wrote in his memoir, "Every successful man is either trying to live up to his father's expectations or live down his father's sins." This is especially relevant for Elon, who had a violent and troubled childhood, with a psychologically complex father.”
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The Innovators
Discussed“In 'Innovators,' another book of yours that I love, you write about individuals and groups. One of the questions the book addresses is whether it is individuals or groups that turn the tides of history.”
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Lyndon Johnson and the American dream
Discussed“And when she was going for tenure at the university, she wrote a biography of 'Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.' They denied her tenure because it was beneath the dignity of the academy to write history through one person.”
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The Code Breaker
Discussed“That's one of the reasons you write books about these people, so that if you're a young woman in a school where you're not being told to do science, and you read 'The Code Breaker' about Jennifer Doudna, you say, 'Okay, I can be that.'”
The Daily Stoic
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The Little Prince
Discussed“Yeah, it's, uh, if you read 'The Little Prince,' did you hear that book when you were a kid?”
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The Great Influenza
Discussed“I remember at the start of the pandemic, you’ll probably know the book about the Spanish Flu. Yeah, The Great Influenza by John Berry. Yeah, so I was reading that book, and it's the same—like down to the freaking masking, all of it is the same.”
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Master of Change
Discussed“And you know, what was interesting part of the research for Master of Change was just seeing throughout history how whenever there are periods of accelerated or punctuated change, there are always demagogues and grifters that just prey on people’s homeostatic mindset and natural inclination to be scared of change and to want to cling to the old stability or”
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The Untethered Soul
Discussed“You know, as Michael Singer talks about in The Untethered Soul, you realize, 'Oh, I am not my thoughts and I'm not even my feelings,' and you have this whole— that's mind-blowing!”
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Freakonomics Radio
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Amelia Bedelia
Discussed“I sometimes think of those Amelia Bedelia books about the girl who takes everything literally; you ask her to plant a bulb, and she puts a light bulb in the dirt. Here's prompt engineer Anna Bernstein.”
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
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Bible
Discussed“The Hallow app also helps you connect with a community of like-minded individuals, sharing experiences, insights, and encouragement along the path to spiritual growth. Download the app for free at hallow.com/Jordan.”
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Leviathan
Discussed“I mean, there are verses in Ecclesiastes that talk about repetition throughout time, but there's always that same driving force and that element that created the Soviet Union and many other nightmares before and after it.”
StarTalk Radio
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
Discussed“Another famous book that references Prometheus is the subtitle of Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein. And, yeah, what's the full title? It is Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus.”
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The making of the atomic bomb
Discussed“If it was just about building the H-bomb, the atomic bomb, of course there's already a book with that title, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes, right? But also a prize-winning book, by the way.”
