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Every book Dennis Prager recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Dennis Prager appears on, in one place — not just one.
Dennis Prager’s most recommended books
- How to Read the Bible by James L. Kugel
- Democracy - the God That Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
- Don't Burn This Book by Dave Rubin
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Pravda by Howard Brenton
- The Black Boom by Jason L. Riley
- The God that Failed by Richard Howard Stafford Crossman
Dennis Mark Prager is an American conservative radio talk show host, political commentator, and writer. He hosts the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Dennis Prager Show and co-founded PragerU in 2009 to advocate capitalism and promote conservative viewpoints. On podcasts, Prager discussed and promoted several of his own publications, enthusiastically recommending the newest volume of his multi-volume Bible commentary series, The Rational Bible, and mentioning his book If There Is No God, the Battle Over who defines good and evil. He also referenced James L. Kugel's How to Read the Bible while discussing the Torah and addressing external criticisms, and he brought up Jason L. Riley's The Black Boom to highlight economic conditions for Black Americans during the Trump administration. Additionally, Prager mentioned studying Russian in graduate school specifically to read Pravda, and he discussed chapter nine of Dave Rubin's Don't Burn This Book regarding the importance of finding a mentor.
Books recommended by Dennis Prager
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The Rational Bible: Genesis
The Rational Bible: Genesis by Dennis Prager is a comprehensive commentary that explores the foundational text of the Hebrew Bible through a lens of universal moral and rational values.
Discussed“And he listened to all 250 hours of my Bible commentary, which I've expanded and edited and now published in five volumes of the Rational Bible.”
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How to Read the Bible
How to Read the Bible by James L.
Discussed“I have a Bible commentary out there on the Torah and and they call me an anti-semite because they can't imagine if you're conservative”
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Democracy - the God That Failed
Democracy - the God That Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe is a prominent critique of democratic systems and a defense of monarchical governance.
Discussed“it is like the the famous book written when Stalin made his pact with Hitler all these Communists in the left who had followed who had followed Stalin not all many of them thought oh my god I've been believing in nonsense my whole life The God That Failed it's a very famous book from I think the 50s or”
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Don't Burn This Book
Don't Burn This Book by Dave Rubin is a political and cultural work that argues for the importance of independent thought and classical liberalism in a polarized society.
Discussed“So we're gonna talk about Don't Burn This Book chapter nine. I am very delighted that David asked me to comment on chapter nine.”
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If There Is No God
Dennis Prager's If There Is No God: The Battle Over Who Defines Good and Evil dives into foundational philosophical questions regarding morality, the existence of a higher power, and the societal implications of a secular worldview.
Discussed“Erica herself wrote to me and she wrote a beautiful blurb on my book that was just published, If There Is No God, the Battle Over who defines good and evil.”
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel depicting a group of British schoolboys descending into savagery after becoming stranded on an uninhabited island.
Discussed“the idea that we could learn that children are born with a a strong moral sense uh I mean you've read Lord of the Flies I think that's far more accurate”
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Pravda
Discussed“since i was in graduate school of columbia that's why i studied russian was to read pravda and visit the soviet union on multiple occasions and other and other communist countries”
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The Black Boom
The Black Boom by Jason L.
Discussed“And he wrote this book, "The Black Boom." And the guy can't stand Trump, but he also loves truth more than he can't stand Trump.”
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The God that Failed
Discussed“it is like the the famous book written when Stalin made his pact with Hitler all these Communists in the left who had followed who had followed Stalin not all many of them thought oh my god I've been believing in nonsense my whole life The God That Failed it's a very famous book from I think the 50s or”
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Books Dennis Prager wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (23: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Let me just leave everybody with knowledge that I completed a very very important book here published in February. It's called If There Is No God, the battle over who defines good and evil. And it's people should read the reviews on Amazon. If there is no God, it's for everybody, believer and atheist.”
“The fifth volume is coming out next year called the Rational Bible.”
“Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and I wrote when we were 30 a book that's still in print, third edition, "Why the Jews? The Reason for Antisemitism."”
“I cite him in my book, "Still the Best Hope," on America, Islam, and leftism.”
“which is why I'm writing my "Rational Bible" series on each of those five books to explain all the great answers to evil are in those five books.”
“well many years ago I wrote a book titled why the Jews the reason for anti-Semitism”
“I referenced the book I wrote 35 years ago why the Jews it's in its Third Edition”
“That means a lot of books were banned. You mean your elementary school didn't have 'Mein Kampf'? Well, listen, here's the irony.”
“among my books is a book on anti-Semitism it's called why the Jews it's in its third printing”
“Among my books is a book on anti-Semitism It's called why the Jews It's in its third printing It's been out for decades It explains anti-Semitism”
“Hey, listen, I wrote a piece called "Adultery and Politicians" 25 years ago. It's in print in my book of essays from 1998 called "Think a Second Time".”
“It's why my series is called The Rational Bible.”
“Look, nobody writes a Bible commentary to get rich. I'm writing it because this is my legacy of my life's work. People need to understand the greatest five books ever written. And that's what this project is called, "The Rational Bible".”
“The only way to get out of it is, well, it's not the only way. The best way or one of the key ways is disseminate what we stand for. Which is why there's PragerU, which is why I'm writing "The Rational Bible", which is why you do what you do.”
“if every atheist listening read that they would at least intellectually appreciate what those of us who believe the bible is the greatest book ever written is about has nothing to do with faith nothing that's why i call it the rational bible”
“i have a book that explains america and the left it's called still the best hope”
“And it's the bestselling Bible commentary in America, I'm proud to say. Costco ordered 35,000 copies of "Deuteronomy."”
“and my rational bible which is written uh with atheists in mind as i write it it is complete it is a use of reason to explain the five books of the torah the first five books of the bible and deuteronomy the third volume is coming out this year”
“I've written a bible commentary, "The Rational Bible," and the figures there, Moses was a mentor.”
“I've written a bible commentary, The Rational Bible, and the figures there, Moses was a mentor.”
“Okay, so I opened up my book The Rational Bible. It's now two of five volumes, Genesis and Exodus, and I tell the story.”
“Jew hatred is the only and I wrote a book on this called why the Jews Jew hatred is the only hatred that is extermination”
“Jew hatred is the only and I wrote a book on this called why the Jews”