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Every book Eddie Bravo recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Eddie Bravo appears on, in one place — not just one.
Edgar A. Bravo is an American martial arts instructor, podcaster, stand-up comedian, and musician. After earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own self-developed style of jiu-jitsu and founded 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu. He is also the creator of the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) grappling competition and the EBI ruleset. He is a recurring guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Tin Foil Hat Podcast. Across various podcast appearances, Eddie Bravo has recommended and discussed several books covering diverse topics such as historical flat earth theories, conspiracy narratives, martial arts philosophy, and counterculture history. When discussing the historical debate surrounding flat earth concepts on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, Bravo suggested reading Samuel Birley Rowbotham's Earth Not a Globe. On The Joe Rogan Experience, he mentioned William Cooper's Behold a Pale Horse while exploring government conspiracy theories, intelligence documents, and UFO phenomena. In conversations about music conspiracy narratives, he brought up David McGowan's Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon. To illustrate the philosophy of integrating diverse disciplines and remaining flexible for innovation, Bravo referenced Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings. Additionally, he recalled reading historical facts from Jack Herer's The Emperor Wears No Clothes and passing out photocopied chapters when attempting to introduce cannabis history to peers. Finally, he briefly mentioned J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to discuss the physical characteristics of hobbits.
Books recommended by Eddie Bravo
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Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse is a 1991 book by Milton William Cooper that compiles various conspiracy theories regarding secret societies, government cover-ups, and extraterrestrials.
Discussed“and and when you hear what he says [ __ ] he wrote that book behold the pale white horse”
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Earth Not a Globe
Earth Not a Globe by Samuel Birley Rowbotham, published under the pseudonym Parallax, is a foundational nineteenth-century text that argues the Earth is a flat disc rather than a spheroid.
Recommended“I'm like Samuel Rowbotham read his but there's a lot of books”
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The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi is a classic treatise on strategy, tactics, and philosophy written by a legendary seventeenth-century Japanese swordsman.
Discussed“So I'm sure he read the book of five rings and one of the things about the book of five rings that it emphasized was like taking in all sorts of different be soft like taking calligraphy do painting because stay flexible”
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The Emperor Wears No Clothes
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer is a foundational book on the history, industrial utility, and prohibition of hemp and cannabis.
Discussed“some story some analogy some weed analogy some historical facts you know some [ __ ] that I was reading from Jack herrera's book I had that [ __ ] memorized I would I would I would Xerox the chapters and have make copies of the chapters”
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“even in the books didn't didn't it did they said they had big hairs look at those in the books”
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Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon
Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon by David McGowan is a non-fiction book exploring the dark history and alleged secret intelligence operations within the Laurel Canyon music scene.
Discussed“and then you there's this book called um uh weird scenes in Laurel Canyon and in this book the author of this book”
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Books Eddie Bravo wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| #1308 - Eddie Bravo | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2019-06-03 | 2 |
| Eddie Bravo 2 | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #148 | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von | 2018-11-15 | 1 |
| Eddie Bravo | This Past Weekend #94 | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von | 2018-05-10 | 1 |
| Fight Companion - May 29, 2016 | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2016-05-30 | 1 |
| Fight Companion - February 6, 2016 | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2016-02-06 | 1 |
| Joe Rogan Experience #206 Eddie Bravo | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2013-05-04 | 1 |
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and and when you hear what he says [ __ ] he wrote that book behold the pale white horse”
“about dianetics i didn't know dynamics was scientology i thought it was like uh you know you got to kick ass take on the world get away from your insecurities and your fears”
“I bought a satanic bible so i could write lyrics and [__] I started you know my right so it fit with your whole vibe”
“haven't seen Braveheart in 10 years”
“and [ __ ] I bought like a Satanic Bible”
“While this was like 10 years ago while we were we were driving around and dude's filming me as I'm driving and I'm talking about jiu-jitsu and we pull up, we're like there's 50 Cent right there. It was crazy.”
“spanked spanks 50 sh little hair a little hair”
“no I found in my first book and the Jiu-Jitsu Unleashed it came out in 2005”
“man I got to put out the mastering the Twister DVD”