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Every book Alex Epstein recommended on podcasts
Across 4 podcasts. Every show Alex Epstein appears on, in one place — not just one.
Alex Epstein’s most recommended books
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The New Left: the Anti-Industrial Revolution by Ayn Rand
- The madhouse effect by Michael E. Mann
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars by Michael E. Mann
- Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall
- The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater
- The end of nature by Bill McKibben
- The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook
- The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
Alex Epstein is a podcast guest who appears on programs such as The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and Modern Wisdom to discuss energy, environmental policy, and philosophy. Across these podcast appearances, Epstein has recommended and discussed several influential books. He frequently highlights works by Ayn Rand, recommending The Fountainhead as a guide to personal happiness and Atlas Shrugged for anyone seeking to understand the world. He also brought up Rand's The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution to explain the historical origins of the modern anti-capitalist environmental movement. In addition to philosophy, Epstein recommended J. Storrs Hall's Where Is My Flying Car? while discussing future possibilities for improving climates and human living conditions. When addressing climate change and historical Malthusian predictions, he mentioned Michael E. Mann's book, sometimes referred to as The Madhouse Effect, as an example of ignoring fossil fuel benefits, and discussed Paul R. Ehrlich's 1968 book The Population Bomb to critique past forecasts regarding starvation and population growth. Through these various selections, Epstein uses literature to reinforce his arguments concerning industrial progress, capitalism, and energy policy.
Books recommended by Alex Epstein
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a philosophical novel that outlines the author's system of Objectivism through a dystopian narrative about a society collapsing under heavy government intervention.
Discussed“For example, my my favorite book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand one of the heroes is somebody who figures out how to get shale to work”
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The New Left: the Anti-Industrial Revolution
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution by Ayn Rand is a collection of essays examining the philosophical origins and destructive anti-industrial motives of modern political movements.
Discussed“there's a book by um by Ein Rand called the the new left the anti-industrial Revolution and it was written at the time that this was happening”
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The madhouse effect
Michael E.
Critiqued“he has a whole book people can look it up called the madhouse effect about fossil fuels and climate”
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is a classic philosophical novel that explores individualism, artistic integrity, and the conflict between independent creators and collectivist societal pressures.
Recommended“So, I think anyone who wants to be happy should read The Fountainhead and anyone who wants to”
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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars by Michael E.
Recommended“He has a whole book people can look it up called the madhouse effect”
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Where Is My Flying Car?
Where Is My Flying Car? by J.
Recommended“but like as this guy points out in this really good book where's my i think it's called where's my flying car by this guy named jay storz hall a really good book like he points out imagine how much people would pay to make their climate like california's climate”
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The Conscience of a Conservative
The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M.
Discussed“I think he had a book called The Conscience of a Conservative that she was, uh, criticizing and she just made this point among others that like, the Founding Fathers were not conservatives.”
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The end of nature
Discussed“one guy for example who was reviewing Bill mckibben's book the end of nature talks about you know like a flourishing bios sphere is more important me more important to me than one human or a billion of them”
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The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports
The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook explores the violent nature, concussions, and pervasive cheating of 1970s professional football.
Discussed“in a Los Angeles Times review of the end of nature Kevin's influential book”
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The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein is a controversial energy book that argues that the widespread use of oil, coal, and natural gas has drastically improved global human flourishing and environmental safety rather than hindered it.
Discussed“oh man well originally i was going to revise my first book the moral case for fossil fuels”
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The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb is a 1968 book by biologist Paul R.
Discussed“he became famous through the 1968 book the population bomb where he's telling human beings not”
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Books Alex Epstein wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (16: passing, ad reads, own books)
“well I mean this is you know the best person to talk to is an expert in large language models but let's just I'll give it to you in the macro and especially I'm very proud that I forecast this in fossil future”
“and so there's all this like mumbo jumbo which I sort of debunk in fossil future like chapter six type stuff”
“so I feel like I got particularly with fossil future I sort of got to a level where I felt like I had fully like fleshed out how to think about this in a pro-human way”
“why my my new book is called fossil future why Global human flourishing requires more oil coal and natural gas not less”
“and I had a personal experience I don't know if you heard about this but the Washington Post tried to basically cancel my book fossil future uh back before it came out”
“The book is Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas, Not Less.”
“The book is Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas, Not Less.”
“starting in chapter one of the book which is called ignoring benefits is these people are ignoring the huge benefits of fossil fuels now and in the future”
“i give a plan for doing this in fossil fuel but my next big project is what i call the energy freedom platform”
“recommend learning more about it in chapter six of my book and and their other resources as well”
“and i point i document this in fossil future he has a book on energy and climate called the mad house effect”
“of course the book is fossil future you can get that anywhere”
“and as i tell in moral case for fossil fuels like what that means if you haven't ever lived it or seen it”
“i mean i have some headlines in my next book fossil future which um it's not out now”
“by the way i just sorry one note to interrupt this is a temporary thing but do not buy the revised moral case for fossil fuels on amazon because it's a fake book so don't do that”
“So why' they go after me? Because I have a prominent book called The Moral Case for Fossil Fields.”