Every book Louis CK recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Louis CK

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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   Amusing Ourselves to Death

   Neil Postman · Discussed · 1 episode

   Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman is a media ecology classic arguing that television and modern electronic amusements have trivialized public discourse, transforming serious political and social topics into mere entertainment.

   Discussed

   “this is a book that i was reading that neil brennan recommended i think it's called entertaining yourself to death something like that uh but essentially it was a book that was written in the 1980s when we find the the book and there's a book that was written you know what it is um using ourselves that's it amusing”

   The Joe Rogan Experience Joe Rogan Experience #1859 - Louis CK & Joe List 2024-06-27 Listen at 1:55:18

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible
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   Tropic of Cancer

   Henry Miller · Discussed · 1 episode

   Henry Miller's autobiographical novel Tropic of Cancer offers a raw, unfiltered look at the bohemian lifestyle of an American writer struggling in Paris during the Great Depression.

   Discussed

   “uh uh uh um tropic of cancer [ __ ] blanken on his name great author you'd know his name right away and he wrote sexist and plexus [ __ ] jamie henry miller henry henry miller wrote these really crazy sexual drunk filled [ __ ] up books”

   The Joe Rogan Experience Joe Rogan Experience #1859 - Louis CK & Joe List 2024-06-27 Listen at 1:36:04

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible

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