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Every book Kevin Smith recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Kevin Smith appears on, in one place — not just one.
Kevin Smith’s most recommended books
- Last Words by George Carlin
- Presto! by Penn Jillette
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
- My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
- The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
- The Brown's Reunion 2001 by Gwendolyn Clark, Rebecca Knowles, Marcelle Bridgeman, Jonnie Holton
Kevin Smith is a well-known filmmaker, actor, and podcaster who has appeared on programs like This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von and The Joe Rogan Experience. During these podcast appearances, Smith recommended and discussed several notable books. He mentioned a book titled The Body Keeps the Score, discussing trauma and how the body stores it scientifically. Smith also recommended Penn Jillette's book Presto!, praising it as a fantastic account following his own weight loss and heart attack recovery. While talking about various philosophical concepts, comedy history, and creative influences, Smith discussed Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings, noting how understanding broad concepts allows one to see them in everything. Additionally, he brought up George Carlin's posthumous memoir Last Words, co-authored with Tony Hendra, to illustrate Carlin's immense success and wild lifestyle in the 1970s. Smith also touched upon Arthur C. Clarke's work on 2001 and mentioned a book written by Sam Kinison's brother during conversations about fellow comedians.
Books recommended by Kevin Smith
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Last Words
Discussed“I don't know how that happened but in his book last words he talks about like he bought a jet and sometimes he bought a jet”
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Presto!
Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette chronicles the famed magician's dramatic and rapid weight loss journey following a serious health scare involving his heart.
Recommended“Penn Jillette's book pressed Oh God lost 200 pounds after his heart episode it's fantastic book”
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The Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is an influential exploration of how trauma physically impacts the brain and body, offering pathways to healing through modern science and therapy.
Recommended“there's a book called The Body remembers which is about trauma and how the body stores trauma scientifically proven body remembers trauma”
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Discussed“did you ever read uh his brother's book no how is it it's awesome it's called My Brother Sam Brother Sam very honest very honest and very very insightful”
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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“this is Miyamoto Musashi from the book of five rings and in that book he said something I read it when I was like 17 years old once you understand the way broadly you will see it in everything”
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The Brown's Reunion 2001
Discussed“Clark's first law there is about 2001... well Kubrick made the movie made the movie by thank God he write it Clark wrote it”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Smith | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #531 | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von | 2024-09-17 | 1 |
| #1372 - Kevin Smith | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2019-10-29 | 4 |
| #1123 - Kevin Smith | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2018-05-30 | 1 |
| Joe Rogan Experience #134 - Kevin Smith (Part 3) | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2013-01-23 | 1 |
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I said we could call it Hollywood babble-on it was an old book called Hollywood babble-on that was about like gossipy stories about Hollywood people and stuff”
“the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Christian myth and the sacred mushroom in the cross books on that but he was a usually guy who studied that the Dead Sea Scrolls”
“and the sacred mushroom in the cross books on that but he was a usually guy who studied that the Dead Sea Scrolls”
“so it's like Animal Farm some chickens are more equal than others yeah”