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Every book Mike Glover recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Mike Glover appears on, in one place — not just one.
Mike Glover has discussed a variety of survival, psychological, and sociological titles during his appearances on podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience, Modern Wisdom, and The Tucker Carlson Show. When addressing modern indoor abundance, dopamine consumption, and the negative impacts of contemporary lifestyles, Glover recommended Michael Easter's The Comfort Crisis and Anna Lembke's Dopamine Nation. To illustrate survival psychology, physiological freeze responses, and the factors that dictate why people live or die during critical incidents, Glover frequently pointed to Amanda Ripley's book The Unthinkable, drawing specific examples from her analysis of students during the Virginia Tech shooting. In addition to Ripley's work, Glover mentioned that he initially read John Leach's Survival Psychology while pioneering his modern survival company to understand the underlying reasons for human survival in extreme scenarios. Finally, Glover brought up Sebastian Junger's book Tribe to reinforce broader points about societal issues, personal trauma, and the necessity of robust tribal support systems in modern culture.
Books recommended by Mike Glover
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The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated)
The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley is a nonfiction exploration of survival psychology that examines how ordinary people react when confronted with disasters, terrorist attacks, and life-or-threatening crises.
Discussed“She wrote a book called Unthinkable, I believe it was called, a really good book. And she talks about this one student underneath the desk who thought he thought he was shocked.”
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Dopamine Nation
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke is a prominent psychological work exploring how modern society's constant pursuit of pleasure leads to addiction, tolerance, and diminished baseline happiness.
Recommended“the book Comfort crisis dopamine Nation are great books that talk about these kind of things”
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The Comfort Crisis
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is an exploration of how modern comforts and sedentary lifestyles negatively impact human health and well-being, advocating for the intentional reintegration of physical challenges.
Recommended“the book Comfort crisis dopamine Nation are great books that talk about these kind of things”
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Survival Psychology
Discussed“one of the first things that I did was I read a book uh called survival Psychology by John leech which talked about the reason people live and the reason people die”
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Tribe
Tribe by Sebastian Junger is a non-fiction book that explores the psychological need for community, human connection, and the challenges veterans face when reintegrating into modern society.
Discussed“Sebastian younger his book tribe talks a lot about these issues in society”
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Books Mike Glover wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I have a book called prepared that launches and we're hoping to have the app finished by June 6th uh which is dday when the book drops”
“And I just did a book deal with some European countries of selling that book overseas, the book I wrote Prepared.”
“it's demonstrated in this idea of art of war right”