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Every book Greg Lukianoff recommended on podcasts
Across 4 podcasts. Every show Greg Lukianoff appears on, in one place — not just one.
Greg Lukianoff’s most recommended books
- Poison Ivy by Evan Mandery
- So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
- Testosterone by Carole Hooven
- The origins of political order by Francis Fukuyama
- We Have Never Been Woke by Musa al-Gharbi
- Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Gregory Christopher Lukianoff is an American lawyer, journalist, author and activist who serves as the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. He previously served as FIRE's first director of legal and public advocacy until he was appointed president in 2006. Discussing various cultural and political phenomena on podcasts, Lukianoff recommended Evan Mandery's Poison Ivy when addressing class privilege and elite higher education. He also discussed several other works, including Musa al-Gharbi's We Have Never Been Woke to illustrate similarities between the authoritarian left and right, Carole Hooven's Testosterone while discussing academics who faced backlash over biological sex discussions, and Jon Ronson's So You've Been Publicly Shamed to provide historical context on the rise of cancel culture. Additionally, he referenced Francis Fukuyama's The Origins of Political Order to illustrate points about political development and historical context, alongside mentioning his own previously co-authored book, The Coddling of the American Mind.
Books recommended by Greg Lukianoff
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt explores how well-intentioned ideas and bad pedagogical approaches are setting a generation up for failure, with a strong focus on the mental health impacts of social media.
Discussed“I think because of my first book or my last book Coddling of the American Mind, people think that what Height and I are saying is that for most of my career until 2013 like”
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Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy by Evan Mandery is an investigative critique examining admissions practices, equity, and the state of higher education within elite American universities.
Recommended“And there's a great book called "Poison Ivy" by Evan Mandery which I recommend to everybody.”
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson is a non-fiction exploration of internet culture, modern outrage, and the severe consequences of public shaming on social media.
Discussed“John Ronson wrote a book called, "So You've Been Publicly Shamed." It came out in 2015 already documenting this phenomena.”
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Testosterone
Testosterone by Carole Hooven is a non-fiction science book that examines the biological and behavioral impacts of the hormone testosterone across various species and human contexts.
Discussed“And meanwhile, it was just I think last year where Carole Hooven, um who is in our book, Carole Hooven is a a brilliant person, she's a lovely person, she was on Fox News to talk about her book testosterone.”
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The origins of political order
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution is a sweeping historical and sociological study by Francis Fukuyama that examines how human societies have developed governing institutions, legal frameworks, and the modern state across millennia.
Discussed“Francis Fukuyama, the book that I'm reading right now, "The Origins of the Political Order" actually does this wonderful job of pointing out how we're not special in a variety of ways.”
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We Have Never Been Woke
We Have Never Been Woke by Musa al-Gharbi is a contemporary sociological critique examining elite hypocrisy, political polarization, and the true nature of modern social movements.
Discussed“I think um I'm reading Musa Algarvey's um book, We've Never Been Woke, and he he really kind of saw James Lindseay's term woke right, you know, coming that essentially when you look at some of the tenants of the right of the hard the authoritarian left and the authoritarian right”
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Woke Racism
Woke Racism by John McWhorter is a sociological critique that argues contemporary anti-racism and progressive dogmatism have evolved to function as a dogmatic religion that ultimately harms the communities it aims to protect.
Discussed“John McWhorter talked about having a reporter when he showed that he dissented from some of what he described as kind of like woke racism in his book "Woke Ideas."”
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Books Greg Lukianoff wrote
- The Coddling of the American Mind
- The Canceling of the American Mind
- Freedom from speech
- Unlearning liberty
Appearances
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Actually, we you know, we just wrote a book on this called Authoritarians in the Academy.”
“cancelling of the American mind you know Harvard does not come out that does not come out particularly well.”
“I I want every single one of them to be to either purchase themselves or have purchased for them a copy of Canceling the American Mind where we put all the evidence to make the point that in the last 50 years, we have not seen the threat to academic freedom like of the likes of cancel culture. It's it”
“I wrote a book called "Freedom from Speech" in 2014 but it really was in 2017 when you started seeing this be directed at professors.”
“i i'm writing a book with ricky schlott uh 21 i love her yeah who you've worked with called canceling of the american mind”
“in my first book unlearning liberty i talk about the the will to be offended that that is kind of a decision to figure out a way to be offended”