Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky's book recommendations

Key facts

  • Noam Chomsky has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of June 14, 2023.
  • Noam Chomsky has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of June 14, 2023.
  • Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of June 14, 2023.
  • The 2 books Noam Chomsky has mentioned in the most episodes, as of June 14, 2023: Discourse on the origins of inequality (second discourse) ; Polemics ; and, Political economy and Learning How To Learn.
  • The latest episode with a book mention from Noam Chomsky aired on June 14, 2023.

Updated

Guest on Conversations with Tyler, Lex Fridman Podcast · 3 books · 2 episodes across 2 podcasts

Noam Chomsky has also written 21 books: see Books by Noam Chomsky.

Across 2 podcasts. Every show Noam Chomsky appears on, in one place, not just one.

Books Noam Chomsky recommended or discussed

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  1. Discourse on the origins of inequality (second discourse) ; Polemics ; and, Political economy

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “so if you look at the second discourse on inequality it's highly libertarian deriving from basically Cartesian principles about the uniqueness of and creativity of human thought and language onto a fairly libertarian conception of social organization”
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  2. Learning How To Learn

    Barbara Oakley, Ph.D, Terry Sejnowski, Ph.D, & Alistair McConville · Discussed · 1 episode

    Critiqued
    “Terry Sejnowski for example in his recent book says this vindicates Skinnerian behaviors and it doesn't have anything to do with it.”
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  3. Manufacturing consent

    Edward S. Herman; Noam Chomsky · Discussed · 1 episode

    Manufacturing consent by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky is a critical analysis of mass media that argues corporate and governmental power structures effectively filter information to shape public opinion and manufacture compliance.

    Discussed
    “and in the book that Edward Herman and I wrote about Manufacturing consently developed selected these conceptions looked at the structure of the media and tried to show that in fact the institutional structure the media these conceptions of the nature of the intellectual world combined to yield a very effective propaganda system”
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Books by Noam Chomsky

21 books Noam Chomsky wrote, best known first. What podcasts say about them →

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and ProgressConversations with Tyler2023-06-142
Noam Chomsky: Language, Cognition, and Deep LearningLex Fridman Podcast2019-11-291
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged Manufacturing consent
“have a book called manufacturing consent jointly with edward herman it's about the his term which i had accepted the propaganda model of the media”
Plugged Manufacturing consent
“Let me give you a concrete example, which I wrote about extensively in a book called Manufacturing Consent, co-authored with Edward Herman. It's about what he termed the propaganda model of the media.”