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Every book Brendan Schaub recommended on podcasts
Brendan Schaub appeared on multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience to discuss pop culture, true crime, and media trends. Schaub recommended Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, noting that it was one of the very few fiction books he had bothered to read and praising the audiobook version narrated by Wil Wheaton. He also recommended John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker's Mindhunter, mentioning that he had nearly finished reading the true crime book after meeting the author, who interviewed numerous notorious serial killers. Additionally, Joe Rogan asked Schaub if he had read Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff's The Coddling of the American Mind, prompting a discussion about the psychological influences of social media on modern society. Schaub further discussed Tom O'Neill's investigative book Chaos, exploring the author's deep-dive research into Charles Manson and alleged CIA connections, thereby blending literary references with broader cultural and historical inquiries.
Books recommended by Brendan Schaub
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Chaos
Chaos by Tom O'Neill is an investigative non-fiction book that explores the Manson family murders and the CIA's MK Ultra mind control program.
Discussed“did your boy Tom O'Neill who wrote that Manthan book the CIA book did he say when they're gonna come out with the documentary or the TV show of it”
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Mindhunter
Mindhunter by John E.
Recommended“I was doing a show on Sirius with Jim Norton and he brought in this the guy who basically created mine hunter he was this like he's interviewed all the serial killers and speaks to him and they brought him in I think his name's John Douglas they brought him in he's just talking it was fascinating let's go [__]”
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a dystopian science fiction novel set in a virtual reality universe where humanity escapes a ruined Earth.
Recommended“If you care to the book which I didn't already player one of the only fiction books I've ever even bothered to go through But I listened to it Will Wheaton the guy from Star Trek reads it”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt is a contemporary nonfiction book examining how well-intentioned ideas and cultural shifts are setting younger generations up for psychological distress and failure.
Recommended“Have you read Jonathan hates books on that Jonathan hate who he's been on my podcast Kalyn knows him I think maybe Kalyn talked to him too I believe but he wrote a book called the coddling of the American mind and part of the book was about the influence of social media and what is happening”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| JRE MMA Show #95 with Brendan Schaub | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2020-05-08 | 2 |
| JRE MMA Show #94 with Brendan Schaub | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2020-04-10 | 1 |
| #1304 - Brendan Schaub | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2019-05-23 | 2 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“seem like the first two episodes of roots have you ever seen roof oh yeah it was just like that it was very everything was dark and very you know”
“I think this is at least being brown in his book The Da Vinci Code actually talks about it”