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Every book Josh Szeps recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Josh Szeps appears on, in one place — not just one.
Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. Szeps recommended and discussed a variety of books on different podcasts, touching on topics ranging from social media and pseudoscience to racial politics and gender care clinics. On The Joe Rogan Experience, he recommended Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff's book The Coddling of the American Mind when discussing the negative impacts of social media on young people. During the same appearance, Szeps mentioned reading Carl Sagan's book The Demon-Haunted World in his youth, bringing it up alongside Carl Sagan, Paul R. Ehrlich, Donald Kennedy, and Walter Orr Roberts's The Cold and the Dark while discussing pseudoscience, rational thinking, skepticism, and modern cultural trends. On Modern Wisdom, Szeps recommended Hannah Barnes's book Time to Think, praising it as a dispassionate breakdown of the closure of the Tavistock clinic and gender-affirming care, and he also recommended Coleman Hughes's book The End of Race Politics to highlight discussions around racial politics and patronizing attitudes. Additionally, he discussed Andrew Sullivan's book Virtually Normal on The Rich Roll Podcast to explain how the gay rights movement successfully argued for universal values, and he mentioned J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone during Modern Wisdom while discussing historical examples of right-wing cancel culture and book banning.
Books recommended by Josh Szeps
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End of Race Politics
End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes presents a compelling argument for a colorblind society, challenging modern identity politics and prevailing anti-racism frameworks.
Recommended“um Coleman Hugh's new book uh the end of race politics uh really good”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt examines how modern safetyism and social media culture are impacting the psychological resilience of younger generations.
Recommended“it's uh the coddling of the american mind people haven't read it it's really good”
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The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan is a classic work of science communication that explores the importance of critical thinking, the scientific method, and skepticism in combating pseudoscience.
Recommended“and like and like you know so my partner sean is like i mean whatever it's just fun like it's just a fun thing i get a tarot reading i don't believe in it but it's just something you do but then a part of me is like like i read a great book in my teens which was uh”
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Time to Think
Time to Think by Hannah Barnes is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the internal workings, clinical practices, and eventual closure of the Tavistock pediatric gender identity clinic in the United Kingdom.
Recommended“that wants to learn more about that time to think fantastic book had the author on really just phenomenal dispassionate breakdown of everything that happened with the gids and the Tavis stock clinic and all of that”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the opening fantasy novel in J.K.
Discussed“or you the most banned book The the most banned book of the 21st century Harry Potter and not banned by the left no by the that's why”
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
Al Franken's satirical critique targets conservative talk radio and political figures through biting humor and direct commentary.
Discussed“do you remember [ __ ] pill popping promoting his book about uh Rush called Rush limore is a big fat idiot”
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Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations
Al Franken's satirical critique targets conservative talk radio and political figures through biting humor and direct commentary.
Discussed“do you remember [ __ ] pill popping promoting his book about uh Rush called Rush limore is a big fat idiot”
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The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark by Paul R.
Discussed“but then a part of me is like like i read a great book in my teens which was uh carl sagan and it's it's one of his books called the demon haunted world Yes i read that book”
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Virtually Normal
Virtually Normal by Andrew Sullivan is a foundational 1995 text that laid out early conservative and liberal arguments for overhauling the gay rights movement by prioritizing marriage equality and military service.
Discussed“Andrew solivan exactly I mean he wrote a whole brilliant book called virtually normal uh about about this in the '90s”
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