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Every book Suzanne Santo recommended on podcasts
Suzanne Santo appears as a guest on podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, where conversations span a wide variety of topics, including politics, art, reading habits, and escapism. During her podcast appearances, Santo and the host discuss several influential books and literary works across different genres. Notably, Santo brings up Douglas Murray's The Madness of Crowds when reflecting on shifts in her own political beliefs and her move toward the political center. Alongside political commentary, the conversations delve into fiction and audiobooks. Santo shares her appreciation for Ernest Hemingway's classic novel The Sun Also Tises, specifically praising a well-done audiobook version. Additionally, the discussion touches on popular fiction as a form of escapism, referencing Mark Greaney's The Gray Man series, Jack Carr's The Terminal List and True Believer, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s The Real Anthony Fauci. Santo also reflects on reading Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series during her younger years, providing listeners with a diverse glimpse into her reading interests that range from contemporary politics to gripping fiction and memoirs.
Books recommended by Suzanne Santo
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Identity in a Post-communist Balkan State
Identity in a Post-communist Balkan State by Douglas Saltmarshe is an academic work that explores shifting social identities, though guests and hosts frequently invoke Douglas Murray's similarly themed cultural critique, The Madness of Crowds, under conversational cross-reference.
Recommended“do you know Douglas maray is yeah I I The Madness of crowds amazing you know a lot of my life has changed in so many ways but specifically my politics and my belief in in you know where I was before and where I am now which is really in the middle”
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The Madness of Crowds
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray is a provocative contemporary commentary that investigates the cultural, social, and political shifts surrounding modern identity politics, intersectionality, and public discourse.
Recommended“do you know Douglas maray is yeah I I The Madness of crowds amazing you know a lot of my life has changed in so many ways but specifically my politics and my belief in in you know where I was before and where I am now which is really in the middle”
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1Q84
Discussed“It's so funny. I'm reading this book called 1Q84 Murakami book and it's it's really interesting. 1Q84. Yeah.”
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American Gods
American Gods by Neil Gaiman is a fantasy novel published in 2001 that explores the conflict between traditional mythological deities and modern American manifestations of technology and consumerism.
Discussed“Norse gods I read American Gods Neil gaiman's book that they made a TV show about it”
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a powerful, epistolary memoir structured as a letter from a father to his teenage son regarding the realities of growing up Black in America.
Discussed“like I I read tahanasi coates's book between the world and me and and then I read Douglas Murray”
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Kate's First Mate
Discussed“So my ex-boyfriend wrote this book that is actually it's it's a children's book. It's called Kate's First Mate. Um, and it's about relationships, but it's written as a children's book, and it's actually really amazing. And he sells it um like hot cakes and in all these like kind of little hipster stores in California.”
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T.
Discussed“I recently this is so silly my dear landlord slash friend invited me downstairs to play this game that was created by the Rich Dad Poor Dad author and yeah and it's I can't I don't know what it's called but it it's about it's a financial game it's like a adult Monopoly”
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The Gray Man (Netflix Movie Tie-In)
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney is a high-octane thriller novel that follows a lethal CIA operative turned assassin as he navigates global danger.
Discussed“You know I I mean one of the reasons why I got really into fiction recently and I've been reading all these uh The Gray Man books and all these fiction books is because it's escapism”
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The Real Anthony Fauci
The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F.
Discussed“I got deep into that the real Anthony fauci book I was like I gotta put I told you about that town”
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The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a classic Lost Generation novel chronicling the disillusionment, travels, and romantic entanglements of a group of American and British expatriates in Europe.
Discussed“I'm listening to Hemingway right now uh The Sun Also Rises it's really great oh but does he do a girl it's read by William Hurt and he does all these accents and he and it's it's really well done”
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The Terminal List
The Terminal List by Jack Carr is a gripping thriller following a Navy SEAL seeking vengeance after his team is ambushed, drawing heavily from the author's real-world combat experiences.
Discussed“he's the terminal is the first one”
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True Believer
True Believer by Jack Carr is a military thriller novel that follows protagonist James Reece as he navigates high-stakes global conspiracies and geopolitical threats.
Discussed“So uh terminal is True Believer in the blood Savage son the devil's hand”
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Twilight
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a contemporary young adult fantasy romance novel that follows a teenage girl who falls in love with a centuries-old vampire attending her high school.
Discussed“like the the [ __ ] Twilight series that was literally about girls having a sexual relationship with a Vampire which is the dumbest [ __ ] thing I've ever heard of my life”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Joe Rogan Experience #1894 - Suzanne Santo | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2024-06-27 | 7 |
| Joe Rogan Experience #1754 - Suzanne Santo | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2024-06-27 | 4 |
| #1435 - Suzanne Santo & Gary Clark Jr. | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2020-03-03 | 3 |
| #476 - Honey Honey | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2014-03-26 | 2 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“the thing is so I can speak to my adolescence on that and the romance involved was the it wasn't sexual you I mean eventually it was but I I read the books as a youngster and then I watch the movies and you know that's that's a that's a lot different from like an actual racing novel you know”
“it's kind of like do you want to write a book about it called the secret”
“that's kind of that's kind of like in the Terence Mckenna book true hallucinations where he is studying he goes to Tibet and he's trying I'm gonna totally butcher this because I literally read it this morning”