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Every book Carl Hart recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Carl Hart appears on, in one place — not just one.
Carl L. Hart is an American psychologist and neuroscientist who is the Mamie Phipps Clark Professor of Psychology at Columbia University. Hart is known for his research on drug abuse and drug addiction, his advocacy for the legalization of recreational drugs, and his recreational drug use, and he is the author of books including 'Drug Use for Grown-Ups' and 'High Price'. Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience and the podcast People I (Mostly) Admire, Hart recommended Michelle Alexander's 'The New Jim Crow', utilizing the text to illustrate the massive scale of mass incarceration driven by the war on drugs. He also discussed his own book, 'Drug Use for Grown-Ups', explaining his intent behind writing about drugs and pleasure, defending the scientific accuracy and language used in chapter four regarding brain imaging, and asserting his desire for personal autonomy. Furthermore, Hart referenced Irvine Welsh's novel 'Trainspotting' during conversations examining how popular culture and films sensationalize and perpetuate false narratives about heroin and drug use.
Books recommended by Carl Hart
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The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is a profound examination of mass incarceration and the war on drugs as mechanisms for suppressing African American communities and enforcing racial injustice.
Recommended“I think uh uh there are a few things I I think um Michelle Alexander wrote an important book called the new Jim Crow to help people to understand the fact that we now have 2.3 million people in our prisons and largely because of the war and drugs you know so it's like we have 5% of the world's”
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Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Drug Use for Grown-Ups by Carl L.
Discussed“I was trying to write a book about drugs and pleasure and I kept getting sidetracked with these adolescent arguments about what about the children”
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Trainspotting
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh is a gritty, darkly humorous novel that portrays the lives of a group of heroin addicts living in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Discussed“but then there are other people just think about some of the films train spotting you think of a number of these films”
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Books Carl Hart wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Carl Hart Argues All Drugs Should Be Legal — Can He Convince Steve? | Episode 28 | People I (Mostly) Admire | 2023-01-20 | 5 |
| #698 - Dr. Carl Hart | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2015-09-21 | 2 |
| #469 - Dr. Carl Hart | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2014-03-17 | 1 |
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“yeah if you can make sure your listeners buy like a million copies of the book that'll be cool”
“that's what the book is about drug use drug use for grown-ups”
“yeah you know that's one of the things I I've wrote my book recently high price and that's one of the things I tried to uh well I told this story it's a memoir and a science book”
“and so that's one of the things I argue for in high price the book I argue that we should decriminalize all drugs in this country”