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Every book Josh Dubin recommended on podcasts
Josh Dubin appears on interview podcasts to discuss criminal justice reform, wrongful convictions, and civil rights. Across multiple appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience, Dubin has recommended several impactful books that confront systemic racism and human psychology. He repeatedly recommended Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste" to help readers understand the deeper structural roots of American societal fragmentation, Jim Crow laws, and the Black experience. Dubin also recommended Ta-Nehisi Coates's memoir "Between the World and Me," describing it as a life-altering epistolary reflection from a Black father to his son regarding life in America. To provide further perspective on the justice system, he recommended David S. Rudolf's "American Injustice," which deals with criminal defense and wrongful convictions, as well as Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" for understanding human cognitive biases and decision-making. Through these recommendations, Dubin emphasizes literature that challenges readers to reevaluate systemic inequalities, cognitive patterns, and the realities of the legal system.
Books recommended by Josh Dubin
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In the belly of the beast
In the belly of the beast by Jack Henry Abbott is a compelling nonfiction book consisting of letters written by an inmate to Norman Mailer detailing the harrowing realities of long-term imprisonment.
Discussed“it's called in the belly of the beast when I was in college and it's a series of letters that this inmate wrote to Norman maor it's a fascinating book and about what incarceration does to somebody from the standpoint of um the Practical day-to-day from the deep psychosis inducing confinement and everything else”
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Caste
Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents examines the unspoken hierarchy that has historically shaped American society, comparing its rigid structures to caste systems in India and Nazi Germany.
Recommended“read cast by Isabelle Wilkerson and you know before you go judging what is going on”
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A tale of two countries
A tale of two countries is an ACLU research report titled A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform, which investigates systemic disparities and racial bias in law enforcement practices.
Recommended“and if anybody is interested in the report it's called the aclu aclu research report a tale of two countries racially targeted arrests in the era of marijuana reform it will blow your it”
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American Injustice
American Injustice by David S.
Recommended“he just wrote a book called american injustice and i brought it to you”
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a powerful, epistolary memoir structured as a letter from a father to his teenage son regarding the realities of growing up Black in America.
Recommended“read T coats's book between the world and me it's a fascinating [ __ ] tale it's a letter written from this you know black man to his 15-year-old son and and it is um it's a life aldering book for me”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman explores the dual systems of the human mind that drive how people think, make choices, and commit cognitive errors.
Recommended“look I've been reading I've been reading this book called Thinking Fast and Slow have you heard it's a [ __ ] phenomenal but I I highly recommend it”
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David and Goliath
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell is a thought-provoking exploration of how disadvantages can often be converted into unexpected advantages, and how perceived strengths can sometimes mask underlying vulnerabilities.
Discussed“Malcolm Gladwell wrote about that in one of his books I don't know if it was outliers or one of his books about it David and Goliath”
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If I Did It
If I Did It by O.
Discussed“somebody gave me a copy of that book that he wrote if I did it and my wife threw it out”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“and I was really struck by by his presence by how articulate he was one of the most well-read human beings he was telling me about you know how he finished the Victor Frankel um book man search for meaning”
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Revenge of the Tipping Point
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is a social science exploration examining the hidden mechanisms that drive sociological phenomena and societal trends.
Discussed“You know, I started to read this um Malcolm Gladwell just published a new book called Revenge of the Tipping Point, and I'm only like 15 pages in.”
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a compelling novella by Stephen King that explores themes of hope, resilience, and institutional survival within the confines of a harsh prison system.
Discussed“When Stephen King wrote Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption which became the movie Shawshank Redemption and there was a you know the part of the movie where they talked about the the work program and how some genius figured out that there was cheap labor to be had in prisons he didn't base that off of some fictional whim”
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Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King's compelling novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, originally published in the collection Different Seasons, tells the story of an unjustly imprisoned banker who maintains his hope and eventually engineers a brilliant escape.
Discussed“When Stephen King wrote Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption which became the movie Shawshank Redemption and there was a you know the part of the movie where they talked about the the work program and how some genius figured out that there was cheap labor to be had in prisons he didn't base that off of some fictional whim”
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and now that i think about it i forget which malcolm gladwell book it was whether it was blink or outliers and i i do ascribe to the 10 000 hour rule that if you're gonna get good it seems like a way to get good”
“and now that i think about it i forget which malcolm gladwell book it was whether it was blink or outliers and i i do ascribe to the 10 000 hour rule that if you're gonna get good it seems like a way to get good”
“i wrote a book with a federal judge called the law of juries”
“yes i have there's if you want to listen to wrongful uh here's my shameless plug wrongful conviction junk science season one i did the first episode on this”