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Every book Josh Hammer recommended on podcasts

Guest on The Rubin Report, The Megyn Kelly Show · 4 books · 4 episodes across 2 podcasts

Across 2 podcasts. Every show Josh Hammer appears on, in one place — not just one.

Josh Hammer is a legal and political commentator who has appeared on programs such as The Megyn Kelly Show and The Rubin Report to discuss current events, law, and culture. During these podcast appearances, Hammer referenced several notable books to contextualize his commentary on historical and contemporary political issues. He mentioned Jordan B. Peterson's self-help book 12 Rules for Life, pointing to the advice on cleaning one's room as a response to the contemporary lack of guidance for young men. When discussing historical anti-Semitism, Hammer referenced Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf. In a conversation regarding higher education and modern culture, he cited Chris Rufo's book about the 1960s and cultural Marxism. Additionally, Hammer mentioned Christopher Caldwell's book The Age of Entitlement to examine the history, legacy, and societal effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Through these references, Hammer integrated historical texts and contemporary political commentary to support his arguments concerning modern legal developments, ideological shifts, and cultural trends.

Books recommended by Josh Hammer

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  1. 12 Rules for Life

    Jordan B. Peterson · Recommended · 1 episode

    Jordan B.

    Recommended
    “And there are these people just have no places to look and they have so few places to look these days, Megan, when it comes to what it actually takes to be a man that they're settling for, for you know, 'clean your room,' basically clean your bed; the Jordan Peterson advice because there was such a dirt There was”
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  2. America on Trial

    Robert Reilly · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “Chris rufo had a great book about it last summer about the 1960s cultural Marxism”
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  3. Mein Kampf

    Adolf Hitler; Stephen R. Pastore · Discussed · 1 episode

    Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and Stephen R.

    Discussed
    “Hitler I mean he had a whole book on this Minecon but people had just done the reading”
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  4. The age of entitlement

    Christopher Caldwell · Discussed · 1 episode

    The Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell is a provocative historical and political analysis examining how civil rights legislation and shifting legal frameworks reshaped American society from the 1960s onward.

    Discussed
    “and the great Christopher Caldwell of Claremont Institute wrote a whole book on this called age of entitlement is really unfortunate how the Civil Rights Act in 1964 which was a noble statute that had I been a legislator at the time I would have proudly voted for”
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Books Josh Hammer wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Legal Expert Explains If Trump or the Courts Are Right | Josh HammerThe Rubin Report2025-03-211
New Dem "Enemy" Lie, Pandering to Black Men, and Unbiased Facts, with Josh Hammer, Delano Squires, and Steve Ballmer | Ep. 917The Megyn Kelly Show2024-10-151
Petty Trump Prosecution, Presidential Immunity Question, and Biden's Pause Gaffe, with Piers Morgan, Harmeet Dhillon, Sara Gonzales and Josh Hammer | Ep. 776The Megyn Kelly Show2024-04-251
Exclusive with Montana Parents Who Had Daughter Taken, & New Fani Willis Drama, w/ Gonzales & HammerThe Megyn Kelly Show2024-01-311
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book Israel and Civilization
“someone has to defend just really just the West because the Jewish people helped build the West as I argue in this book”
Own book Israel and Civilization
“so in the in in the book I argue the western civilization effectively begins with with the bible really with with God's revelation in the book of Exodus to Moses and the Israelites the Ten Commandments in Mount Si there”
Own book Israel and Civilization
“for multiple reasons it happens to be the Jew of the Nations but even more than that I argue in the book Israel is actually the world's first nation state I mean when King David unites the tribes in Jerusalem there”
Own book Israel and Civilization
“but but but I I make a hard case in the book that of those two Revelation is actually a little more important I think a lot of people kind of overdo it with the reason thing there”
Own book Israel and Civilization
“I have a whole chapter in the book about the threat from the woke de anti-Semitism as well as some of this kind of more neonian nihilist anti-Semitism that's in that chapter as well”
Own book Israel and Civilization
“basically John Lennon's song Imagine playing out on a global chessboard I mean I in in in the book I call the homogenizing imperative seeking to make everyone the same”
Own book Israel and Civilization
“I have a whole chapter in this book making basically the let's call the Maga America First realist case for us is relations”