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Every book Dave Rubin recommended on podcasts
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Dave Rubin’s most recommended books
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
- Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier
- A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian
- The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
- The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony
- The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
- Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
- Islam and the Future of Tolerance by Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz
- Waking Up by Sam Harris
- Contact by Carl Sagan
David Joshua Rubin is an American conservative political commentator, talk show host, YouTuber, and author. He is the host of The Rubin Report, a talk show on YouTube and the BlazeTV network. The program was first launched in 2013 as part of the TYT Network; Rubin left in 2015, citing ideological differences. He previously co-hosted LGBTQ-themed talk shows, including The Ben and Dave Show and The Six Pack. On his program, Rubin frequently promotes and discusses books written by his guests and fellow commentators. He recommended Gad Saad’s Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind during a discussion on Western societal trends, and he brought up Isaac Asimov's I, Robot while talking about AI safety rules and the three laws of robotics. Rubin promoted Dennis Prager's book If There Is No God and Sean Spicer's book Trump 2.0 during show segments and closing remarks. He also recommended Jan Jekielek's Killed to Order, promoted Michael Shermer's Truth, and directed his audience to John Kennedy's book How to Test Negative for Stupid. Through these recommendations, Rubin highlighted works that aligned with the cultural and political themes of his show.
Books recommended by Dave Rubin
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12 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B.
Discussed“so again it's like the same with with 12 rules”
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Irreversible Damage
Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier is a 2020 non-fiction book that explores the social contagion aspect of gender dysphoria, focusing on the sudden, massive surge in teenage girls identifying as transgender.
Recommended“Abigail Shri wrot wrote an incredible book called irreversible damage about just that that there's a social contagion element to this where suddenly because so many kids are being taught taught in seventh grade health class that you can change your gender”
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A Manual for Creating Atheists
A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian is an incisive and clear critique of faith-based thinking that emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and provides tools for spreading secular ideas.
Discussed“He wrote a book called "A Manual for Creating Atheists." And now most of his friends are usually, well, certainly people of faith, but mostly evangelical Christians, I think.”
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The Madness of Crowds
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray is a provocative contemporary commentary that investigates the cultural, social, and political shifts surrounding modern identity politics, intersectionality, and public discourse.
Recommended“that's why he in his form not his last book his previous book uh madness of crowds when he wrote about lgb that was one chapter”
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The Virtue of Nationalism
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony is a political theory book that defends the nation-state and examines the historical and philosophical roots of nationalism against global governance and empires.
Discussed“so i reference the book that i have right here by your um Horizonte have called the virtue of nationalism and and i think you guys in the UK have a have a particularly unique experience related to nationalism”
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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“when I had Alex Epstein on and wrote a book called the moral case for fossil fuels”
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Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a widely acclaimed book that uses data and numerous charts to argue for long-term human progress, global prosperity, and the triumphs of reason and science.
Discussed“And you know, his new book, Enlightenment Now, is that things are trending more positively. But even hearing that is is very hard for a lot of people.”
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance
Islam and the Future of Tolerance by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz is a dialogue-driven book that explores the challenges of religious reform, extremism, and free expression within Islam.
Discussed“their book was was about Islam in the future of Tolerance not Islam in the future of nuclear war”
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Waking Up
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris is an insightful exploration of meditation, consciousness, and the secular aspects of spiritual practice, bridging scientific rationality with inner awareness.
Discussed“because you may remember Ben Affleck was on Real Time with Bill Maher when sam Harris the the neuroscientist and really mindful thinker was on to talk about his book waking up a guide to spirituality without religion”
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Contact
Contact by Carl Sagan is a classic science fiction novel that chronicles humanity's first detected radio signal from an extraterrestrial civilization and the subsequent efforts to build a machine to meet them.
Discussed“I ate some pot brownies and then went to see the movie "Contact" by the great science communicator, Carl Sagan.”
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Don't Burn This Book
Don't Burn This Book by Dave Rubin is a political work that encourages readers to think for themselves and champions classical liberal values in an era of unreason.
Discussed“You know, my first book, Don't Burn This Book, came out in April of 2020.”
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a dystopian science fiction novel set in a virtual reality utopia where a teenager hunts for an Easter egg hidden within a massive simulation by a quirky billionaire.
Discussed“you were one of the producers of Ready Player One, a movie and a book that I read many many years ago, but a movie that I reference all the time on this show”
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The Strange Death of Europe
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray is a non-fiction book that examines the cultural and political transformation of Europe through mass migration, open borders, and demographic shifts.
Discussed“You've been talking about all this for a long time. Uh strange death of Europe and you know at least a decade you've been on all of this.”
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On Liberty
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is a foundational 19th-century philosophical essay that defends the liberty of the individual against the absolute power of the state and societal conformity.
Discussed“- Yeah, you don't get 597 1197.0 much further than that. 598 1199.0 I gotta show you. 599 1200.0 I have a copy of "On 600 1202.0 Liberty" in my nightstand. 601 1204.0 So I'm with you on that.”
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 depicts a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual war, government surveillance, and the complete eradication of individual truth and freedom.
Discussed“this is dystopian I mean this is 1984 level stuff where they they want to take your children from you”
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Unmasked
Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy by Andy Ngo is a controversial exposé that examines the tactics, ideology, and structural organization of radical leftist extremist groups.
Recommended“He's the one who dared to recommended Andy Ngo's scary book about Antifa.”
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Quran
Quran by Talal Itani is an accessible English translation of Islam's holy text that outlines the core theological teachings and foundational messages of the religion.
Discussed“And I just want you to think for just a second, if this guy wins, he's going to swear in on the Koran. Keith Ellison, who's the Attorney General of Minnesota, has done that.”
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a sweeping philosophical novel that champions objectivism, laissez-faire capitalism, and individual achievement while depicting a dystopian society collapsing under the weight of excessive government controls.
Discussed“Nick, you just gave me like a three minute sort of Atlas shrugged ending sales job for Locals because that's exactly what I'm trying to do with Locals we're building escape hatch while I'm yelling”
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a globally celebrated fantasy book series following a young wizard's epic struggle against the dark wizard Voldemort.
Discussed“if the woman who wrote all the Harry Potter books is richer than - or whatever she bought a hell of a lot of pleasure and so on to other be right I will frequently write an author if I really like their I might be fiction or whatever you know or a singer a performer I really like that's”
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K.
Discussed“if the woman who wrote all the Harry Potter books is richer than - or whatever she bought a hell of a lot of pleasure and so on to other be right”
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- Skeptic by Michael Shermer
- The Diversity Myth by David O. Sacks, Peter A. Thiel
- The Moral Arc by Michael Shermer
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- Loserthink by Scott Adams
- How to Test Negative for Stupid by John Kennedy
- The Plus by Greg Gutfeld
- The Tyranny of Big Tech by Josh Hawley
- Truth by Michael Shermer
- What's Left? by Nick Cohen
- Why Darwin Matters by Michael Shermer
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- Confronting Evil by Bill O'Reilly
- War on the West by Douglas Murray
- A Carlin Home Companion by Kelly Carlin
- Blueprint by Nicholas A. Christakis
- Faithful Presence by Bill Haslam
- Fortitude by Dan Crenshaw
- Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Killed to Order by Jan Jekielek
- Light of the Mind, Light of the World by Spencer Klavan
- Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind by Gad Saad
- Thanksgiving by Melanie Kirkpatrick
- The Anti-Communist Manifesto by Jesse Kelly
- The Happiness Experiment by Carl B Barney
- The Unbroken Thread by Sohrab Ahmari
- Trump 2.0 by Sean Spicer
- Addicted to Outrage by Glenn Beck
- Blackout by Candace Owens
- Conservatism by Yoram Hazony
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