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Jordan Harbinger's book list: the books mentioned on The Jordan Harbinger Show
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Most recommended on The Jordan Harbinger Show
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak's The Book Thief did not feature as the primary subject of discussion on The Jordan Harbinger Show, but various guests and the host referenced conceptual lines, themes, and personal memoirs during episodes in 2024. Jordan Harbinger and guests such as Yuval Noah Harari, Andrew Gold, and Dr. Anthony Fauci mentioned memoirs and psychological concepts, drawing comparisons to how information acts as a weapon, the nature of secrets, and personal reflections on public crises and marathon anecdotes.
Discussed“You mentioned in the book that populism sees information as a weapon.”
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the host and various guests frequently referenced details and anecdotes from the guest's respective books across multiple 2024 episodes. Discussions involving authors such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Patrick Winn, Amir Levine, and Dr. Ramani Durvasula touched upon topics ranging from leadership principles and politically sensitive naming to romantic attachment, peer pressure, and personal anecdotes.
Discussed“I think it's even better that you chose to share that anecdote in your book instead of being embarrassed or hiding it.”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking, Fast and Slow was discussed and recommended across multiple episodes of The Jordan Harbinger Show. Guests including Tom Hardin and Daniel Goleman recommended the book for explaining cognitive biases and fast and slow brain circuitry. Host Jordan Harbinger and various guests referenced concepts from the book, such as system one thinking and slow cognitive processing, during discussions on politics, negotiations, and decision-making. Additionally, guest Stuart Ritchie mentioned the book while discussing how priming studies eventually found their way into popular psychology literature.
Recommended“And um, yeah, I wasn't ready to go talk about it, or I didn't understand why I did what I did until I spoke at the FBI and they're like, "Go read this!" You know, Daniel Kahneman! He... he got a Nobel Prize about this stuff!”
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Atomic Habits
James Clear's Atomic Habits was highlighted on The Jordan Harbinger Show between 2020 and 2024. Host Jordan Harbinger initially recommended the best-selling book to listeners for building and sustaining effective habits. Later episodes featured guests referencing the book's frameworks to discuss personal transformation, overcoming challenges, and applying routine changes to various areas of life.
Discussed“This is like the James Clear Atomic Habits method, right? make it such a pain in the ass to get back into it that you have enough time and runway to stop yourself.”
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene and Joost Elffers's The 48 Laws of Power was discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show between 2019 and 2026. Jordan Harbinger and author Robert Greene talked about the origins of the book in 1995 and how it helped hip-hop artist 50 Cent navigate the music industry, while guest Justin Paperny discussed whether the book is permitted in federal prisons.
Discussed“I decided to read his entire book, which at the time I think was it was it was either the 48 laws of power or like the one after that.”
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1984
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger and various guests repeatedly referenced George Orwell's dystopian novel, "1984." Harbinger and his guests used Orwellian themes to contextualize modern surveillance, authoritarian information control, and the suppression of dissenting expressions. Specific elements from the book, such as inescapable household loudspeakers broadcasting state propaganda, were frequently cited to describe real-world conditions under totalitarian regimes like North Korea.
Discussed“if I may paraphrase a line from George Orwell's 1984 to wear an improper expression on your face was itself a punishable offense”
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Thinking in Bets
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger discussed Annie Duke's book Thinking in Bets across multiple episodes, praising it as a valuable guide for decision-making. Harbinger and guests such as Renee DiResta and Maria Konnikova referenced the book while exploring probabilistic thinking, avoiding cognitive biases like resulting, and treating decisions as alternative futures rather than judging them solely by their outcomes.
Discussed“almost like thinking in bets right have you ever read that book or heard of your book”
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Bible
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the book Bible was discussed in various contexts, including its historical translation challenges, restrictions on home reading, and its message that anyone can heal from difficult experiences.
Discussed“our people uh gave that book to everybody in the world it's called the Bible even in the New Testament it's all Jews”
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Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell's book Talking to Strangers was discussed across multiple episodes of The Jordan Harbinger Show. Gladwell appeared on the show in 2019 and 2022 to explore human perception, our inability to accurately read others, and the research of psychologist Tim Levine regarding truth-default theory and law enforcement interactions. Andrew Gold also referenced the book in 2023 to introduce a discussion on matched and mismatched human behavior.
Discussed“well in Malcolm Gladwell as I mentioned his book talking to strangers”
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius's Meditations was discussed across multiple episodes of The Jordan Harbinger Show. Ryan Holiday referenced the text in January 2026 to highlight how Marcus thanked his philosophy teacher for teaching him never to be satisfied with mere generalizations. Holiday mentioned the book again in October 2024 while discussing historical plagues and character. Additionally, Jordan Harbinger discussed the work in October 2023, noting how popular interest in stoicism and Ryan Holiday's writing has brought historical figures like Emperor Nero into modern relevance.
Discussed“like um one of the one of the things Mark Seras thanks his philosophy teacher for at the beginning of meditations is he thanks him for for teaching him never to be satisfied with just getting the gist of things”
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The Dictator's Handbook
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger discussed The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. Harbinger mentioned reading the book for previous episodes featuring co-author Alastair Smith, referencing its insights into geopolitics, why dictators prefer competing factions, and how leaders maintain power by keeping kleptocrats and organized crime figures content.
Discussed“I remember talking with oh man, his name is Alistair. He wrote the dictator's handbook.”
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The prince
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince came up in various contexts. Ryan Holiday noted Machiavelli's focus on tyranny, power, and control, while Jordan Harbinger asked Reid Hoffman about his idea to rewrite the book for modern Silicon Valley. Another episode compared its political themes to the military strategies in Sun Tzu's work.
Discussed“You know, he writes the prince, so obviously he's about tyranny and power and control.”
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Nuclear War
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the book 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' by Annie Jacobsen was featured across multiple episodes. In the 2024 episode featuring the author, Jordan Harbinger shared that reading the book left him significantly more terrified of nuclear conflict and discussed the alarming realization that a single suicidal or homicidal individual could trigger catastrophe. Annie Jacobsen explained how interviews with generations of experts confirmed her chilling scenario. In a later 2026 episode, Jacobsen reflected on the overwhelming reader reactions to the book, noting that many stayed up all night reading her terrifying account.
Discussed“one of the most prolific comments I got from readers of Nuclear War was exactly what you're talking about. They said, 'You know what? I read your book. It was terrifying. I stayed up all night reading it. I want to go in the flash of blinding light.'”
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Never Split the Difference
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger and guest Alex Kouts discussed and recommended 'Never Split the Difference' by Chris Voss and Tahl Raz across 2018 and 2019 episodes. Kouts highlighted the text as one of the few negotiation books he recommends, while Harbinger referenced Voss's insights on leverage and the illusion of control during conversations about psychological tricks and persuasion.
Discussed“that's also in never split the difference is that you always have leverage and I thought”
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My Ántonia
My Ántonia by Willa Cather was mentioned in discussions on The Jordan Harbinger Show. In the November 23, 2022 episode featuring a guest survivor of radical Islam, the guest referenced her own memoir while discussing how readers from different cultural backgrounds perceived her life experiences and describing her ongoing personal struggles. In the September 21, 2022 episode, another guest mentioned that a friend had read the prologue of his book.
Discussed“That was to show that people read my book and think, 'Oh my gosh, I can’t believe things are so horrible,' when so many from Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen read my book and think I lived a fairy tale existence.”
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Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism was highlighted on The Jordan Harbinger Show. In episode 171, Charlamagne tha God discussed reading the book after interviewing Newport, explaining how it helped him reduce social media anxiety and step away from toxic digital environments. Jordan Harbinger also mentioned the book during the outro of episode 159.
Recommended“I just read this great book called digital minimalism yeah I just interviewed Cal Newport yesterday”
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The Politics Industry
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guests Ian Bremmer and General Robert Spalding, alongside the host, discussed The Politics Industry by Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter, and Stephen R. Thorne. The speakers noted that the book was written by business leaders from Wisconsin who realized that the two major political parties operate primarily for party constituencies, donors, and party establishments rather than working on behalf of ordinary citizens. The book was highlighted as a valuable resource for understanding how the political system can be reformed to encourage bipartisanship and address voting failures.
Recommended“there's a good book out there called the politics industry where it was written by a businessman a businesswoman from Wisconsin who had an epiphany that you know the the political system the two po the two political parties were actually not working on behalf of the citizens”
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker was discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show by guest Robert Greene and Chris Voss. Greene and Voss both referenced the book and Barker's blog to illustrate concepts related to communication styles and the idea that clarity can sometimes be perceived as a harsh exchange.
Recommended“um Eric Barker writes a fantastic blog and book of the same name barking up the wrong tree he says Clarity is violence”
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Ego Is the Enemy
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Charlamagne tha God referenced Ryan Holiday's book Ego Is the Enemy to explain his perspective on the nature of ego and ambition. He later recommended the book again while warning against the dangers of an untamed ego. Additionally, Jordan Harbinger mentioned the same book while discussing how ego can function as both a hindrance and a helpful tool.
Recommended“Like when you read ego is the enemy. The thing I like about ego is the enemy.”
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Principles
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger recommended Ray Dalio's book Principles in the episode "Ray Dalio's BILLIONAIRE Principles For Success," telling listeners they should read it. Later, in the episode "Confronting Ray Dalio on Weakness of Democracy," Harbinger brought up the book again to reference a clever quote about poor decision-makers and to discuss a lesson he took from the text regarding how the future differs from the present.
Discussed“as you do in principles you said this in a way that was genius”
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The wisdom of psychopaths
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger brought up Kevin Dutton's book The Wisdom of Psychopaths to describe his prior misconceptions about psychopaths. He explained how reading the book helped shift his perspective away from the assumption that all psychopaths are violent criminals or serial killers.
Recommended“Up until I started looking into this and reading books like The Wisdom of Psychopaths, I used to just think psychopath equals serial killer, serial rapist, violent criminal underworld gang member”
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The Year of Living Biblically
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jamie Metzl brought up A. J. Jacobs's book The Year of Living Biblically while discussing their friendship and previous collaborative events, describing it as really hilarious. Jordan Harbinger also brought up the book across different episodes, referencing Jacobs's earlier experiment living according to the Bible and asking about the positive habits and rules he formed as a result of that biblical living experience.
Recommended“But A.J. also has a fantastic book uh called The Year of Living Biblically, which is actually really hilarious.”
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A Game of Thrones
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones was referenced in discussions about modern media consumption and epic storytelling. Michael Easter brought up the show to illustrate binge-watching habits, while Kobe Bryant discussed studying the fantasy series and meeting the author to better understand complex world-building.
Discussed“even though you're falling asleep and it's been 13 hours of Game of Thrones and you're watching it”
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Relentless
Relentless by Tim Grover, Tim S. Grover, and Shari Wenk was mentioned on The Jordan Harbinger Show. Host Jordan Harbinger brought up Grover's earlier book while interviewing the author about high performers knowing who to trust. Guest Akshay Nanavati also referenced the book during a separate interview to discuss the mindset of high performers like Kobe Bryant.
Discussed“because and you mentioned this in the book the new book winning and in the old book relentless the original book it's crucial for a champion or for any high performer to know who to trust”
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The Art of War
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Sun Tzu's classic text The Art of War was discussed by guest Tu Lam, who recounted writing his high school thesis on the book and engaging deeply with its strategic principles. Additionally, General Robert Spalding referenced the work in a separate episode while comparing its historical significance to modern texts on contemporary warfare.
Discussed“in fact my high school thesis was on The Art of War by Sanu”
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An Immense World
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jamie Metzl recommended Ed Yong's book An Immense World during two episodes. He mentioned the book to highlight how various animals act as relatives with unique ways of sensing the world, and to illustrate that every animal is covered with sensors functioning as survival mechanisms.
Recommended“Ed Yong had a wonderful book called An Immense World where he describes all of these different animals, all of whom are relatives of ours, and they have just different ways of sensing the world.”
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Study Guide
On The Jordan Harbinger Show in the spring of 2024, host Jordan Harbinger discussed complex geopolitical and investigative nonfiction books across multiple episodes. In March 2024, he spoke with Miles Johnson about a book detailing how the DEA expanded its jurisdiction to cover terrorism and financial crimes. In April 2024, he spoke with Annie Jacobsen about David Hoffman's book The Dead Hand.
Recommended“He wrote a brilliant book called The Dead Hand.”
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How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan's book How to Change Your Mind was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show. Jordan Harbinger promoted the book at the end of the guest's episode and later referenced it during an interview with Dr. Anna Lembke. Bringing up his reading of Pollan's work, Harbinger asked Dr. Lembke for her perspective on psychedelics like LSD and ketamine as potential treatments.
Discussed“I read Michael pollins how to change your mind a few years ago he was on the shows episode 81 by the way and he's I was left with the impression that psychedelics are largely the cure for a lot of this stuff or could be what do you think of substances like LSD camine”
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Humankind
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger mentioned Humankind by Rutger Bregman in multiple episodes, including discussions with Nicholas Christakis and an interview about extreme psychopaths. Harbinger brought up the book while talking about human nature, cooperation, and data that contradicts pessimistic views of society, asking his guests if they had read Bregman's work.
Recommended“There's a book all about a lot of these things by Rutger Bregman. Have you read that? He came on the show and talked about this. I think it's called Humankind or something like that”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show in different years. Jim Kwik cited it in 2018 as one of his favorite books that he frequently recommends, while Benjamin Hardy referenced it in 2022 to provide an intentional daily exercise based on the author's concepts.
Discussed“one of the invitations he makes in man search for meeting is just imagine that you already lived today”
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The Gift of Fear
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the host mentioned Gavin de Becker's book 'The Gift of Fear' to discuss how people use words to create artificial affinity, and Jordan Harbinger later referenced it when discussing the nature of fear.
Discussed“fear has some wisdom in it we've talked about the gift of fear with Gavin debecker and you know who he is”
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This Side of Paradise
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger recommended This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, noting how the book provided a new perspective on societal norms that he had not previously considered. In a separate episode, Dr. Ramani Durvasula discussed the book, prompting Harbinger to praise its practical content and advice.
Recommended“Once you think about it, once you read this book and consider it, it permeates society in a way that I hadn't thought of before.”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was brought up in relation to modern cultural sensitivities. In June 2019, Jordan Harbinger discussed the topic of books being banned in schools, specifically noting that Huck Finn faces bans in certain educational institutions. In September 2018, guest Jonathan Haidt mentioned Huckleberry Finn as an example of a classic text that faces trigger warnings and evokes feelings of fragility and unsafety in contemporary classrooms.
Discussed“what do you think about books like Huck Finn though being banned in schools up Finn is banned in some schools”
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Donnie Brasco
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Jay Dobyns mentioned Donnie Brasco by Joseph Pistone as a legendary figure in undercover work who touched on family overlap. Jordan Harbinger also brought up the work to draw a comparison to the guest's experiences as an informant.
Discussed“um you know uh I I think Joel pastone I think Donnie Brasco like at least touched on that uh to some extent you know and that's a guy who's on the Mount Rushmore of of undercover work um you know he's so legendary but he still overlapped with his family at times too”
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Extreme Ownership
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger brought up Jocko Willink's book Extreme Ownership on multiple occasions. He discussed the book's massive sales and enduring popularity, and used specific anecdotes from the text—such as a commander's response to requests for squat racks and Wi-Fi—to draw parallels about leadership, self-reliance, and making requests only when necessary.
Discussed“I would imagine extreme ownership yes yeah he he mentioned in extreme ownership that when the the CEOs would come and say hey what do you guys need a lot of the other commanders would say we need better Wi-Fi and we got you know our weights we need a squat rack because we can - he would say nothing”
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Finite and Infinite Games
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Simon Sinek and Bryan Johnson both referenced James P. Carse's book Finite and Infinite Games. Sinek brought up the 1986 text to explain the foundational concepts of finite and infinite mindsets, while Johnson used the framework to discuss human life and survival.
Discussed“he theorized in 1986 he wrote a little book about these two types of games finite games and infinite games”
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Thank You for Smoking
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger brought up Christopher Buckley's novel Thank You for Smoking on multiple occasions. He discussed his past correspondence with the author while writing the book and referenced it during a conversation exploring fictional public relations work for big tobacco.
Discussed“actually one of the great Thrills of my life was corresponding with Christopher Buckley during writing this book he he wrote Thank You for Smoking”
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey was mentioned on The Jordan Harbinger Show by multiple guests. In September 2018, Jim Kwik cited Covey's work as one of his favorite childhood books while discussing effective communication. Later, in April 2019, Hal Elrod referenced Covey's framework while discussing his own efforts to organize practices and structure productivity.
Discussed“like Robert Kiyosaki's got the cash flow quadrant and Stephen Covey's got the seven Habits of Highly Effective People and I go I don't”
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The Godfather
Mario Puzo's novel 'The Godfather' was brought up on The Jordan Harbinger Show in two separate discussions. In March 2022, a guest compared his father's situation to a plot point where political connections were used for the drug business. In December 2021, the host mentioned the book and film while discussing how media portrays the childhoods of future mobsters.
Discussed“and so my father would you could almost actually see that movie in the godfather remember where they wanted to use all his political connections to get the drug business going sort of”
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The Secret
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Rhonda Byrne's book The Secret came up in March 2019 across consecutive episodes. In episode 174, A.J. Jacobs discussed the book to illustrate the potential drawbacks of positive thinking, specifically the belief that positive thoughts alone can cure serious illnesses like cancer. Shortly before in episode 171, Charlamagne tha God mentioned the book while discussing the law of attraction, expressing his belief that thoughts can become reality and that the brain is exceptionally powerful.
Discussed“and and also the on to me the main drawback of positive thinking is when you believe that just by positive thinking you can make something happen like the secret you know that if you think positively then your cancer will go away”
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The War of Art
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guests Benjamin Hardy and Chase Jarvis both brought up Steven Pressfield's book The War of Art in separate episodes. Hardy mentioned the book to discuss how the pursuits our souls call for often involve significant resistance, while Jarvis cited the same concepts of resistance to illustrate that the best things in life lie on the other side of comfort.
Discussed“it reminds me of what stephen pressfield talks about in the war of art where he said”
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Trust Me, I'm Lying
Ryan Holiday's Trust Me, I'm Lying was mentioned on The Jordan Harbinger Show by guests and hosts alike. In June 2025, Charlamagne Tha God cited it as one of his favorite books while analyzing media manipulation, and Jordan Harbinger previously referenced it in March 2019 to explain how minor bits of information are amplified through media ecosystems.
Discussed“That's why one of my favorite books is Brian Holiday. Trust me, I'm lying.”
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Unrestricted warfare
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger referenced Unrestricted Warfare by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui to discuss military strategy and the People's Liberation Army colonels' views on United States helicopters in Desert Storm. In another episode, he clarified the title of the book while discussing its plans for global strategy.
Discussed“but in the book the pla the people's Liberation Army Colonels that wrote unrestricted Warfare they they marveled at the US's use of helicopters in Desert Storm”
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Beyond the Pill
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Dr. Jolene Brighten appeared on episode 259 in 2019 to discuss her book Beyond the Pill. Jordan Harbinger praised the audiobook version, noting that it reflects her personality, and discussed topics from the book such as polycystic ovarian syndrome and how birth control affects mate selection. Dr. Brighten shared the emotional experience of editing the book, discussed reader feedback from those who had never used birth control, and explored long-term implications and case stories covered in the text.
Discussed“by the way the audio book I loved it and it's funny because the book reflects her personality”
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Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton was discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show by host Jordan Harbinger and guest Ben Lamm. Lamm drew parallels between de-extinction efforts and the novel, noting that Crichton's book did an effective job of educating the public about genetic engineering. Lamm also argued that the concepts in Jurassic Park were actually inspired by the earlier research of his co-founder George Church rather than the other way around.
Discussed“This is kind of the idea behind Jurassic Park, right? You've had to have been influenced by that movie.”
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Deviate
Jordan Harbinger discussed Beau Lotto's book Deviate during an episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show. Harbinger referenced specific examples from the book—such as the viral dress, cultural differences in language perception, and the fear of heights—to introduce and explore the episode's main themes regarding human perception, evolution, and utility versus accuracy.
Discussed“in the meantime here's Bolano your your book deviate in your work in large part is about the idea or the fact that we don't experience the world as it is”
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Loserthink
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger and guest Scott Adams discussed Adams's book Loserthink. Scott Adams explained that the book focuses on unproductive thinking rather than a lack of information, aiming to collect bad thinking techniques so people can recognize and mock them more easily. Jordan Harbinger suggested taking a photo of a page from the book to show people when they engage in loserthink in order to remove emotion from arguments.
Discussed“hey take a photo of this page of the book when someone engages and loser think show them the page that it's from and it will take emotion out of the equation”
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Biased
Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show in September 2020. Host Jordan Harbinger discussed several aspects of the book with the author, including the opening story about her son on an airplane, the distinction between racism and implicit bias, and studies on facial recognition and child care workers. At the end of the episode, Harbinger recommended the book to his listeners.
Discussed“your book starts with kind of a sad story about your own son thinking that this man might rob the plane can you take us through that”
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Jerks at Work
Tessa West's book Jerks at Work was discussed by host Jordan Harbinger on The Jordan Harbinger Show. Harbinger praised the book for its practical, utilitarian approach to identifying workplace archetypes. Throughout the episode, he referenced specific concepts and examples from the text, including status acuity, unintentional credit stealing, and the kiss-up kick-down personality type.
Discussed“i love how utilitarian the book is there are seven types of jerks we see at work which you know”
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The Laws of Human Nature
On the November 11, 2018 episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show titled Why Self Improvement Never Sticks Long Term For You, host Jordan Harbinger and guest Robert Greene discussed Greene's book The Laws of Human Nature. Harbinger shared his enthusiastic experience reading the book in a week and explained how it helped him understand real-life behavioral patterns, while Greene described the structural layout and themes of his chapters.
Discussed“I loved the laws of human nature I read the whole thing in about a week devoured it”
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Dopamine Nation
Anna Lembke's book Dopamine Nation was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show on February 20, 2024. Jordan Harbinger recommended the book, explaining that it provided him with new insights into addiction and dopamine's influence on modern behavior. Throughout the episode, Harbinger discussed several concepts from the text, including an analogy comparing humans in a dopamine-heavy society to cacti in a rainforest, the scary implications of a rats-and-cocaine experiment, and how addiction distorts a person's perception of time.
Recommended“and I feel like she was right now that I read things like dopamine Nation they are trying to figure this out so that it's more potent and more access”
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Scarcity Brain
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Michael Easter and Jordan Harbinger discussed Scarcity Brain. Easter referenced research statistics he discovered for the book regarding information consumption, talked about lessons on working harder for information to achieve better outcomes, and explored the central question of whether addiction is a choice amid information overload.
Discussed“The book group had to find the book, open it to the right page, read it, and then report back.”
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Winning
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger discussed Tim Grover's book Winning during an interview with the author. Harbinger referenced specific concepts and anecdotes from the book, including the importance for high performers to know who to trust, how to recover from a loss by dissecting it, and the idea that one does not have to love the work as long as they want the end result.
Discussed“because and you mentioned this in the book the new book winning and in the old book relentless the original book it's crucial for a champion or for any high performer to know who to trust”
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One River
Wade Davis's book One River was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show. Paul Rosolie discussed the book extensively while sharing stories from the Amazon, highlighting its focus on ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes and the discovery of plant and animal species. Jordan Harbinger and Paul Rosolie also referenced the book while exploring the topic of Ayahuasca and the complex chemical combinations of Amazonian plants.
Discussed“But what I find interesting is, like ethnobotanists have talked about it—like Wade Davis wrote about it in 'One River.' Mark Plotkin's really into it.”
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The Algebra of Wealth
Scott Galloway's book The Algebra of Wealth was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show in November 2024. Jordan Harbinger recommended the book during the episode, highlighting its practical financial tips and directing listeners to a link in the show notes. Harbinger also cited specific statistics from the text regarding Gen Z retirement expectations and brought up the publication while discussing financial habits and generational wealth.
Discussed“and people who are raised without those habits and are learning them from your book the algebra of wealth or other books or from”
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What It Takes
On the January 6, 2021 episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger brought up Stephen A. Schwarzman's book What It Takes during an interview with the author. Harbinger referenced several specific lessons and anecdotes from the text, including the difficulty of achieving small goals compared to larger ones, advice on name-dropping only people one truly respects, and Schwarzman's insights on modifying business contracts and deals to keep everyone whole. Harbinger also mentioned the book's note on warehousing being the most valuable arm of Blackstone at the time.
Discussed“sheesh what what a weird way to start school there you you say in the book that it's it's as hard to achieve small goals as bigger ones”
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Wise Guy
On an episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show titled Life Lessons from a Wise Guy in April 2019, host Jordan Harbinger discussed Guy Kawasaki's book Wise Guy. Harbinger referenced several key concepts and career lessons from the text, including the importance of providing opportunities to others after achieving success, embracing the unknown, getting your foot in the door, and recognizing that changing your mind is a sign of intelligence.
Discussed“I know that you're really big on when you make it big provide opportunities to other people to come up that's something that you talked a lot about in the book”
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The Great Gatsby
On The Jordan Harbinger Show in September 2023, Jordan Harbinger discussed Tim Urban's book. Harbinger shared a poignant detail about the author's 97-year-old grandmother and praised the book for critiquing both liberal left social justice and conservative ideologies. He also noted how the book addresses the tendency of Americans to view society through a simplistic, binary lens.
Recommended“In the end of the book, which I read and liked, you mention that your 97-year-old grandmother said that she was sticking around so she could see your book.”
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Iggie's House
Judy Blume's book Iggie's House was discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show, where Charlamagne Tha God repeatedly expressed his fondness for the work. Calling it one of his favorite Judy Blume books, Charlamagne Tha God praised it as fantastic while wrapping up his thoughts and even expressed a desire to adapt the story into a film.
Discussed“One of my my favorite Judy Bloom book is uh Iggy's House.”
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Lying
On The Jordan Harbinger Show in September 2024, Andrew Gold discussed Sam Harris's short book Lying. Gold expressed admiration for the work, noted that Harris had also explored the topic on a show, and analyzed the author's arguments regarding the ethics of truth-telling and extreme examples.
Discussed“There's a Sam Harris small book called Lying.”
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Authentic Happiness
Jordan Harbinger discussed Martin Seligman's book 'Authentic Happiness' on The Jordan Harbinger Show while interviewing the author. Harbinger referenced the text to ask whether childhood events rarely influence adult levels of happiness. Additionally, he brought up insights from the book regarding the types of jobs humans were originally best suited for, specifically mentioning foraging.
Discussed“and I think also in the book authentic happiness foraging is the type of jobs that humans were best suited for originally”
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From Cold War to Hot Peace
Michael McFaul's book From Cold War to Hot Peace was referenced by Jordan Harbinger on The Jordan Harbinger Show. Harbinger cited the title while introducing stories about early morning drinking in Russia, discussed anecdotes detailing the difficulty of finding food in the Soviet Union, and explored the pervasive tone of suspicion regarding people assuming McFaul was a spy.
Discussed“because you write in in the book there's stories where you're trying to find something to eat”
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Mémoires
On The Jordan Harbinger Show in 2024, Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed his memoir during an interview about pandemics. He detailed a pivotal career moment when he learned to set aside theatrics and listen to AIDS activists, recounted working with those activists to establish the parallel track program for compassionate use, and recalled receiving advice from a former Nixon White House friend prior to advising a president.
Discussed“As I describe in the memoir, one of the best things I ever did in my half-century career was to set aside the theatrics of the demonstrations and listen to what the activists had to say; they were making perfect sense.”
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Quran
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the host and a guest discussed Talal Itani's translation of the Quran during a conversation about surviving radical Islam in Canada. The guest quoted specific chapters and verses from the text to illustrate interpretations related to domestic discipline, and host Jordan Harbinger referenced the book while discussing childhood abuse connected to expectations of religious memorization.
Discussed“it's just a different geographic location, but they're all following the same book, it's the same ideology and it's literally in many cases the same book”
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The 4-Hour Workweek
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Mimi Ikonn recalled reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss alongside her husband Alex around 2019. She explained that they were both listening to and reading the book while searching for inspiration and a business idea, specifically looking for a muse before eventually starting their company and transitioning away from a service business.
Discussed“so I remember calling Alex one day and at this time Alex was listening to 4-hour workweek and I was listening to it as well”
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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" came up on The Jordan Harbinger Show on July 7, 2025, when Jordan Harbinger spoke with a cult expert. Harbinger referenced the book and its film adaptation while discussing public awareness of Opus Dei, corporal mortification, and how the organization reacted to being fictionalized in a major hit.
Discussed“Cuz I think the audience is going to either have never heard of them or some people will go, "Wait, isn't that from the Da Vinci Code?"”
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Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show, where Jordan Harbinger referenced the text to explore fascinating facts and detailed notes from the book. Harbinger used Walker's work to transition into discussions about dreams, including how memories are encoded in the brain during REM sleep and how sound can influence memory.
Discussed“and in the book why we sleep i thought there's a lot of interesting stuff in here i've got way more notes than we could possibly record”
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Goliath
The Jordan Harbinger Show featured Matt Stoller's Goliath in November 2022. Guest General Robert Spalding recommended the book to illustrate the historical sine waves of economic power consolidation and antitrust actions.
Recommended“there's a good book by um called Goliath uh by Matt Stoller and he talks about these”
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Good Inside
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger asked guest Ryan Holiday about a book he frequently recommended. Ryan Holiday named Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy, noting that it was a current fixture on his phone. Jordan Harbinger then brought up the book himself while discussing parenting literature with his guest.
Recommended“And you know, I'm reading like, what's the book you recommend constantly? Good Inside. Yeah, that's like the current play on my phone. She's...”
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Moneyland
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Anne Applebaum recommended Oliver Bullough's book "Moneyland" during the episode "Top Historian: How the Ukraine War is Going to End." Applebaum suggested the book as one of the best and most accessible resources for understanding the complicated global systems of offshore finance, kleptocracy, and hidden wealth.
Recommended“It's hard to understand. Um Oliver Bulock actually who you who you've interviewed has a his book is called Moneyland and it's one of the best and easiest to understand versions that explains it if you if you want to know more about it. Um um but the the problem is not just that that complicated world of finance.”
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Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Phil Hellmuth mentioned and recommended Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap, which he co-authored with Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins. He described it as a New York Times bestseller and noted that it contains great strategies and information for learning body language and tells at the poker table.
Recommended“You know, we had a New York Times bestseller called Read Them and Reap, which has some great stuff in there for people that don't have great reading abilities.”
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Silently Seduced
On the October 9, 2020 episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show titled 'How to Communicate Effectively in a Face Mask | Feedback Friday,' host Jordan Harbinger recommended Kenneth M. Adams's 'Silently Seduced' to a listener dealing with a difficult mother-in-law. Harbinger used the book to illustrate emotional enmeshment and help explain complex family dynamics when parents treat children as partners.
Recommended“i do have a book recommendation i just happen to be reading this book it's called silently seduced when parents make their children partners”
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The Big Picture
On the September 30, 2018 episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Todd Garner brought up Ben Fritz's book, The Big Picture. Garner praised the publication, stating that he loved it and describing it as a great book about the movie business.
Recommended“I loved his book he wrote a book called the big picture which is great about the movie business and he's anime”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
During the 2018-09-04 episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show titled Jonathan Haidt on Resilience & Mental Toughness, host Jordan Harbinger discussed The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Harbinger praised the book, noting that it was very good, and directly promoted it to the audience as a resource available at stores.
Recommended“this book was really good by the way and you already know that because you wrote it”
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The Great Depression: A Diary
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Morgan Housel recommended The Great Depression: A Diary by Benjamin Roth in a January 2024 episode. Housel described the book as the greatest economic work ever written, explaining that Roth, an Ohio lawyer, maintained an extensive diary during the 1930s to document firsthand observations of economic collapse and human behavior.
Recommended“I was reading a book that I think is the the greatest economic book ever written it's called the Great Depression a diary and it's written by this Ohio lawyer named Benjamin Roth who during the Great Depression in the 1930s kept a very uh big diary and he's just writing about what he saw during the Depression”
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When Reason Goes on Holiday
During the episode, Marc Andreessen recommended the book 'When Reason Goes on Holiday' by Neven Sesardic. He suggested that the book offers insights into how highly intelligent individuals and intellectuals can develop extreme or seemingly irrational political opinions.
Recommended“there's a great book I recommend my friends called it's called when reason goes on holiday”
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
On The Jordan Harbinger Show in November 2020, host Jordan Harbinger discussed John Perkins's book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Harbinger noted that despite initially being skeptical due to the sheer volume of recommendations he received, he ultimately read the book and recommended it to his listeners in the show notes.
Discussed“because so many people recommended this book to me that when i read it i went this is probably crap and not true because i would have heard about it by now”
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Order Out of Chaos
Jordan Harbinger discussed Scott Walker's book Order Out of Chaos on The Jordan Harbinger Show in March 2024. Harbinger highlighted how the book details communication, negotiation, and high-pressure survival strategies, noting that its self-help elements teach individuals how to bring order out of chaos in various daily environments.
Discussed“And it's having that ability to go into any setting anywhere in the world in those high-pressure environments and being able to bring about, as hence the title of the book, order out of chaos, which is what it was about.”
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Poker Brat
On the June 19, 2018 episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger referenced Phil Hellmuth's book Poker Brat while discussing lessons on learning from mistakes. At the end of the episode, Harbinger promoted the book to listeners and provided a link in the show notes.
Discussed“I want to go back to something I read in poker, Brad, as well about learning from your mistakes...”
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The Art of Learning
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Benjamin Hardy recommended Josh Waitzkin's The Art of Learning and discussed the concept of investment in loss, illustrating how it contributed to his journey of learning alongside others who were more skilled.
Recommended“he wrote like one of my favorite books called the art of learning”
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The Box
Marc Levinson's book The Box was discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show when the guest recommended it during a conversation about shipping and the rise of China. The speaker noted that the book details the invention and rollout of the shipping container, explaining how containerization led to massively larger ships. The guest referenced The Box again to provide incredible descriptions of the historical difficulties involved in loading and unloading diverse types of cargo from bulk carriers.
Recommended“and there's a great book actually called the box which is all about the invention and the rollout of the container and one of the consequences of the container was the ships got massively bigger”
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The Practice
The Practice by Seth Godin was featured on The Jordan Harbinger Show in December 2020. Host Jordan Harbinger recommended the book to listeners in the show notes at the conclusion of the interview. During the episode, Seth Godin discussed the publication in the context of offering useful creative insights to the audience.
Discussed“and in the case of the practice i think i might be able to thread the needle here between that's really useful”
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A Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah was discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show in February 2022. Jordan Harbinger brought up the book to ask the author about witnessing the brutal realities of war in Sierra Leone, and Ishmael Beah reflected on writing the memoir while recalling how young he was when the civil war disrupted his childhood.
Discussed“in the book in in one of the books A Long Way Gone you write you you write about seeing babies and kids just covered in blood and dead people in cars”
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A Massage Therapist's Guide to Understanding, Locating and Treating Myofascial Trigger Points
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger brought up concepts from Mark Follman's book while interviewing the author about the warning signs of mass shooters. Harbinger discussed specific points regarding the complexities of labeling shooters as mentally ill and explored the author's arguments concerning social barriers and lethal violence.
Discussed“On the same token, you you mentioned in the book that we can't simply label all shooters as mentally ill because it might cause us to ignore other more important warning signs.”
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Battlegrounds
Jordan Harbinger brought up H.R. McMaster's book Battlegrounds on The Jordan Harbinger Show, noting that he had listened to the audiobook version. Harbinger discussed the focus of the book, observing that it explores a world in disarray and outlines the direction society needs to go rather than dwelling on political drama.
Discussed“you actually mentioned this in the book battlegrounds which by the way that i listened to it an audio and it was like 19 hours how what is that in pages 400 or something 500 pages right”
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Billion Dollar Whale
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Tom Wright discussed Billion Dollar Whale, which he co-authored with Bradley Hope. Wright explained that the book covers corruption at Goldman Sachs and detailed how the prologue recounts Jho Low's extravagant Las Vegas birthday party.
Discussed“you know, we've we wrote billion dollar whale, we wrote about corruption at goldman sachs”
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Coming apart
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Jonathan Haidt brought up Charles Murray's book 'Coming Apart' during an episode in September 2018. Haidt cited the book while explaining the deep social class divides in America, highlighting it as an essential text for understanding how the country is splintering along socio-economic lines.
Discussed“He's just written a book about social class this is the most important thing to understand how America is coming apart by social class his book is called coming apart”
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Connected
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger discussed Connected by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler during a conversation with Christakis. Harbinger mentioned that he had revisited the earlier book and drew upon concepts from both it and Christakis's newer work when discussing social networks and behavior.
Discussed“so i went back to 2008 or 2009 and read connected and was pretty excited about that too”
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Dark Alliance
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the guest, Freeway Rick Ross, and the host discussed the book Dark Alliance by Gary Webb. Freeway Rick Ross mentioned that investigative reporter Gary Webb had contacted his lawyer and written the book, noting that he was featured as one of the main characters within its pages.
Discussed“and my Laurie was contacted by this reporter named Gary Webb he wrote a book called Dark Alliance -”
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Deep Thinking
On the February 14, 2019, episode of The Jordan Harbinger Show titled How To Declutter Your Brain And Increase Focus | Cal Newport Ep. 159, Jordan Harbinger mentioned Garry Kasparov's book Deep Thinking. Harbinger brought up the book while discussing chess algorithms and how computers handle unexpected moves, recalling a point Kasparov had previously shared with him.
Discussed“It reminds me of something Gary Kasparov told me told me I think it's from his book deep thinking”
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Dirty Daddy
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger referenced Bob Saget's book 'Dirty Daddy' during an interview. Harbinger quoted directly from the book to ask Saget about when he first knew he was funny and to discuss whether success is purely driven by hard work.
Discussed“according to the book which we'll link in the show notes dirty daddy according to the book you started at 17.”
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Everything all at once
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, host Jordan Harbinger discussed Bill Nye's book Everything All at Once during an interview published on June 28, 2020. Harbinger noted that the author devoted significant space in the book to practical topics like shoe-tying and bow ties. He also referenced the book to highlight specific strategies for success, notably the concept of looking at the world with radical curiosity.
Discussed“it's devoted to you devoted significant real estate to that in the book uh yeah”
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Andrew Callaghan discussed the origins and definition of Gonzo journalism. He used Hunter S. Thompson's book 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' as a primary example, describing how the work pioneered the genre by blending reality and fiction through retrospective storytelling.
Discussed“Gonzo journalism, if you look at the official definition, was pioneered by Hunter S. Thompson and it included elements of um reality and fiction and it was always retrospective fiction. So, like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is supposed to be half true”
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It’s Not You
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger brought up a concept from Dr. Ramani Durvasula's book It’s Not You called hoovering to discuss how narcissists draw individuals back into relationships. Dr. Ramani Durvasula discussed her book and explained that she focused her writing on the victims of narcissistic relationships rather than solely on the perpetrators.
Discussed“there's a in the book you mentioned a strategy called hoovering which is essentially how narcissists will suck us back in if we maybe get sick of their crap”
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Machete Season
On The Jordan Harbinger Show episode Confronting Jocko Willink On Motivation BS, Jordan Harbinger mentioned the book Machete Season by Jean Hatzfeld. Harbinger brought up the book while discussing a past podcast episode about the genocide in Rwanda, questioning whether it was indeed a book, which his guest confirmed while referencing a previous conversation.
Discussed“These were pretty apropos when we did the machete season podcast number 16 machete season”
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Nexus
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger brought up Yuval Noah Harari's book Nexus to ask the author about his concept of the naive view of information. Harbinger later referenced the book again to transition the conversation toward artificial intelligence and how AI interacts with information systems.
Discussed“you start the book you start Nexus with something you call I think I'm paraphrasing here is the naive view or naive theory of information”
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, guest Shaun Attwood discussed Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich while recounting lessons on prison survival learned from an individual named Two-Tony. Attwood noted that it was one of Two-Tony's favorite books and used it to describe the grim realities of the gulag, where prisoners fought over fish eyeballs in soup to stay alive.
Discussed“one of the things that two Tony taught me actually because one of his favorite books was a day in the life of Ivan doovic where they're fighting over fish eyeballs in the soup to try and stay alive in the goolag”
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Popular
Mitch Prinstein's book Popular was discussed on The Jordan Harbinger Show when the host spoke with the author. Jordan Harbinger mentioned reading the book and humorously reflected on whether his email had been prioritized because of popularity. He also noted that reading the book made him realize everyone remains stuck in the trap of popularity.
Discussed“and then I read your book and well spoiler alert we're all still stuck in this trap”
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The Andromeda Strain
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the host referred to having read The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, using the book as a foundation for discussing the potential of silicon-based life forms.
Discussed“I read the very scientific book by Michael kryon called the Andromeda train”
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The Bell Curve
On The Jordan Harbinger Show, in an episode featuring guest Jonathan Haidt, Jordan Harbinger and Jonathan Haidt discussed the book The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray. The speakers noted that Murray wrote the controversial 1994 book to examine race differences.
Discussed“So Charles Murray wrote a book in 1994 I think it was called the bell curve a very controversial book in which he looks at race differences”
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The other 297 books mentioned on The Jordan Harbinger Show, ranked, with the latest episode and time
- The Big Sort by Bill Bishop, Robert G. Cushing
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- The Game by Neil Strauss
- The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
- The Kill Chain by Christian Brose
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
- The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Trillion-dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Alan Eagle, Jonathan Rosenberg
- Unsavory Truth by Marion Nestle
- Women's bodies, women's wisdom by Christiane Northrup
- A book about birth control by Donna Cherniak
- A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
- As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
- Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell
- First in Thirst by Darren ROVELL
- Frames Of Mind by Howard Gardner
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss by Chris Foss
- Healing After Loss by Martha Whitmore Hickman
- How Behavior Spreads by Damon Centola
- How to Raise a Healthy Gamer by Alok Kanojia
- Imaginable by Jane McGonigal
- Letters to a young contrarian by Christopher Hitchens
- Maslow on Management by Abraham H. Maslow
- Mastery by Robert Greene
- Message to the Blackman in America by Elijah Muhammad
- National Security Cinema by Matthew Alford
- On Killing by Dave Grossman
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Outrage Machine by Tobias Rose-Stockwell
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Persepolis 1-4 by Marjane Satrapi
- Purple Cow by Seth Godin
- Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott
- Rigged by David Shimer
- Start with Why by Simon Sinek
- Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon
- Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
- Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
- Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
- Take Back Your Life by Janja Lalich
- Thanks A Thousand by A. J. Jacobs
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- The Big Con by David Maurer
- The Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton
- The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
- The Dead Hand by David Hoffman
- The Idea of Decline in Western History by Arthur Herman
- The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by Perkins, John
- The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris
- The ONE Thing by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- The Power of the Powerless by Václav Havel
- The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide by James Fadiman
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
- The Rise of Victimhood Culture by Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning
- The Status Game by Will Storr
- The swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Three Worlds by Avi Shlaim
- To Honor René Girard by René Girard
- Touching the Jaguar by John Perkins
- Unveiling Islam by Ergun Mehmet Caner
- 50 Shades of Gray by Mxj Press
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
- Abq by Bob Berg
- Afraid by Arash Javanbakht, MD
- After the Spike by Dean Spears
- AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Lewis Carroll
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- American girls by Nancy Jo Sales
- American Nations by Colin Woodard
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Apollo's Arrow by Nicholas A. Christakis
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- Aristotle on Sleep and Dreams by Aristotle
- As Many Reps as Possible by Jason Khalipa
- Attached by Amir Levine, M.D.
- Blade Runner by Philip K Dick
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blood Gun Money by Ioan Grillo
- Blueprint by Nicholas A. Christakis
- Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson
- By way of deception by Claire Hoy
- Candy Crush Saga: Unlimited Lives Strategy – Play Without Waiting (2026 Edition) by Karna Raju
- Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
- Career and Family by Claudia Dale Goldin
- Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Cesar Millan's Lessons from the Pack by Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
- Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
- Chasing Shadows by Miles Johnson
- Chatter by Ethan Kross
- Chip War by Chris Miller
- Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview by Christopher Hitchens
- Citizen by Claudia Rankine
- Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara
- Coercive Persuasion by Edgar H. Schein
- Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults by Steven Hassan, PhD
- Comrade J by Pete Earley
- Containment Is Not Possible by Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar
- Cosmic Queries by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jame Trefil
- Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
- Daodejing by Hans-Georg Moeller
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Demystifying China's Mega Trends by Chi Lo
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by American Psychiatric Association
- Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink
- Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Dogs that Know when Their Owners are Coming Home by Rupert Sheldrake
- Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell
- Dream Psychology - Psychoanalysis for Beginners - Freud by Sigmund Freud
- Dreams and Telepathy by Sigmund Freud
- Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy
- Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
- Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind by Charlie Kaufman
- Everything Is F*cked by Mark Manson
- Eyewitness by DK Publishing
- Faerie queene by Edmund Spenser
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson
- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
- Four Weddings and a Funeral by Unknown
- Getting to plan B by John W. Mullins
- Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
- Good Profit by Charles G. Koch
- Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
- Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson
- Harry Potter by Unknown
- Head Strong by Dave Asprey
- Healing Back Pain by Dr. John E. Sarno
- Het Achterhuis by Anne Frank
- Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
- Histories by Herodotus
- How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams
- How to Spot Lies Like the FBI by Mark Bouton
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi
- Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
- Inside by Michael Santos
- Inside the Five-Sided Box by Ash Carter
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
- Invention of Lying, The by Ricky Gervais
- Invictus by William Ernest Henley
- It's All Relative by A. J. Jacobs
- It's Your Ship by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
- Kamasutra by Vātsyāyana
- Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
- King Henry V by William Shakespeare
- La Poetica by Aristotle
- Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
- Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
- Lord of War by Kathryn Le Veque
- Maps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson
- Mastermind by Maria Konnikova
- Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
- Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
- Monopoly by Philip E. Orbanes
- Naked by David Sedaris
- Never Be Lied to Again by David J. Lieberman
- No Angel by Jay Dobyns, Nils Johnson-Shelton
- Nothing to envy by Barbara Demick
- Obesity by G. Michael Steelman
- On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
- Permission Marketing by Seth Godin
- Plato's Apology by Πλάτων
- Poetics by Aristotle, Leon Golden, O. B. Hardison
- Porcelain by Moby
- Power Versus Force by David R. Hawkins
- Power Vs. Force by David R. Hawkins
- Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
- Range by David J. Epstein
- Rationality by Steven Pinker
- Reata by Mike Micallef, Julie Hatch
- Red Notice by Bill Browder
- Red Roulette by Desmond Shum
- Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
- Resilient by Rick Hanson
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
- Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss
- Saved by the Light by Dannion Brinkley
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
- Sex Robots and Vegan Meat by Jenny Kleeman
- Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
- Shook One by Charlamagne Tha God
- Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
- Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono
- Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
- So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
- Sons of Anarchy by Ed Brisson
- Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 by John Crosby
- Spare by Prince Harry
- Spies by John Townsend
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- Still Life by Emily Mann
- Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday
- Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
- SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal
- Superman - Action Comics by Grant Morrison
- Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
- Synchronicity by Carl Jung
- Tamara de Lempicka by Stefanie Penck
- Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
- The 5 Love Languages for Men by Gary Chapman
- The 50th Law by 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- THE ALLIANCE by Reid Hoffman
- The Alter Ego Effect by WILLIAM H MC RAVEN, Todd Herman
- The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
- The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
- The Ballad of John Henry by Joe Bonamassa
- The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
- The Book of Days by Robert Chambers
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- The city gardener's handbook by Linda Yang
- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
- The confidence game by Maria Konnikova
- The culture code by Daniel Coyle
- The Daily Laws by Robert Greene
- The death of expertise by Thomas M. Nichols
- The Deja Vu Experience by Alan S. Brown
- The Dictionary of Body Language by Joe Navarro
- The doors of perception by Aldous Huxley
- The Downfall by Emile Zola
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The go-giver by Bob Burg
- The Goal by Elle Kennedy
- The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
- The Harder They Fall by Budd Schulberg
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
- The Idiot by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
- The Intelligence Trap by David Robson
- The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
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“In 1921, he wrote psychoanalysis and telepathy. And then in 1922, he wrote dreams and telepathy, although he was careful to note that he had never actually witnessed telepathy.”
“In 1921, he wrote psychoanalysis and telepathy. And then in 1922, he wrote dreams and telepathy, although he was careful to note that he had never actually witnessed telepathy.”
“And then in 1922, he wrote dreams and telepathy, although he was careful to note that he had never actually witnessed telepathy.”
“Well, Jung was super duper impressed and he wrote about it in his book Synchronicity in 1952.”
“But he wrote a book called dogs that know when their owners are coming home, in which he kind of made the same claim.”
“Around that age, I had sought out and got Mein Kampf and read it and then started that journey to searching out this stuff.”
“Sergei Tretikov wrote his own book. I mentioned Sergei. I had a chance to work with him and debrief him. He wrote in his book, too, with Pete Early over 20 years ago, Comrade Jay, he said, too, you Americans think the Cold War is over. It never ended for us, for Putin and the intelligence services.”
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“one of the most prolific comments I got from readers of Nuclear War was exactly what you're talking about. They said, 'You know what? I read your book. It was terrifying. I stayed up all night reading it. I want to go in the flash of blinding light.'”
“I noticed that you are not a huge fan of the five love languages type of stuff that has an absolute cult following.”
“Well, famously one of the great contrarians was Christopher Hitchens, and he actually has a book I love called Letters to a Young Contrarian, and um, and he said that you're contrarian, but not for contrarian's sake.”
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“But A.J. also has a fantastic book uh called The Year of Living Biblically, which is actually really hilarious.”
“Ed Yong had a wonderful book called An Immense World where he describes all of these different animals, all of whom are relatives of ours, and they have just different ways of sensing the world.”
“The Italian writer Primo Levi has a wonderful book a wonderful terrible book called Survival in Auschwitz, where he talks about being in Auschwitz, and you see these extremes of humanity.”
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“I don't know how much you've read like René Girard which on mimetic desire, worth reading. It is so good. So, he he basically showed that like as humans we we we copy, right? We imitate, including what other people desire.”
“And he wrote this phenomenal um manifesto called The Power of the Powerless, which you can get for free and download. It's like worth reading. Where he realizes the problem's an illusion.”
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