Books Mentioned in This Podcast
Magic of Believing
Buy on AmazonI read a book called 'The Magic of Believing' by Claude M. Bristol, this old book, and it talked about how to condition your mind, and it talked about incantations, not affirmations. You go, 'I'm happy, I'm happy, I'm happy,' and your brain goes, 'BS,' I'm not happy.
Episode: This One Change Will Make This Year a Game-Changer for You | Tony Robbins
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption
Buy on AmazonIt's in my first book, by the way. The evolutionary basis of consumption.
Episode: Exposing the Unexpected Science Behind Why Liberals Get Selfishness Wrong | Gad Saad
Light of the Mind, Light of the World
Buy on AmazonSo what I set out to do in this book is tell the story of how science first emerged, what we know about the ancient history of what was then called natural philosophy, and then how that noble endeavor got kind of split off from the other forms of knowledge.
Episode: How Science Is Unexpectedly Taking Us Closer to Faith | Spencer Klavan
One Jewish State
Buy on AmazonJoining me today is the former U.S. ambassador to Israel under President Trump and author of the new book, One Jewish State: The Last Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Episode: The Brutal Reality of the Palestinian State Plan the Media Ignores | David Friedman
The God Delusion
Buy on AmazonAnd then after Dawkins' book, The God Delusion, became a bestseller in 2006, there was kind of a split in the atheist and humanist skeptics movement about how militant you are in your atheism.
Episode: Making Sense of Latest Trump Shooting Conspiracy Theories | Michael Shermer
Hillbilly Elegy
Buy on AmazonWhat’s important is, one, his political identity is from Hillbilly Elegy; he’s speaking to people from the Rust Belt.
Episode: No One Realizes What Trump Just Did That Changed the GOP Forever | Michael Knowles
Seeing Like a State
Buy on AmazonOne of the main aims of the state, and this is from the book, seeing like a state, he said that the state tries to make taxpayers legible.
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Irreversible Damage
Buy on AmazonYou mentioned the social contagion part, uh, Abigail Shrier, I'm sure you know the book Irreversible Damage, wrote an incredible book about the social contagion particularly as it pertains to young girls transitioning to boys, not the other way around. I’m wondering, are you hearing from young girls who are in high school now or maybe even younger?
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The Saad Truth about Happiness
Buy on AmazonIn the last chapter of my happiness book, I quote Victor Frankl, who says that pursuing success should not be the primary aim, but rather a consequence of making the right decisions. I suggest swapping 'success' with 'happiness' in that quote, as that's exactly my perspective.
Episode: Scientist Explains the Real Reason Most of Us Will Choose Cowardice | Gad Saad
The Saad Truth about Happiness
Buy on AmazonI discuss how choosing the right spouse and profession can lead to immense happiness or misery in my book. There's much detail involved in making those choices, but I also talk about approaching life with a playful mindset.
Episode: Scientist Explains the Real Reason Most of Us Will Choose Cowardice | Gad Saad
The Saad Truth about Happiness
Buy on AmazonI talk about mindset shifts that can help prevent these types of regrets in my book. The divide today reflects a broader societal mindset: between those who feel victimized versus those who are empowered to take action with purpose.
Episode: Scientist Explains the Real Reason Most of Us Will Choose Cowardice | Gad Saad
The Saad Truth about Happiness
Buy on AmazonIn contrast, the stories I’ve shared about those two men in my book have energized students, showing them that it’s possible to achieve incredible things, no matter your age. Biden’s attitude is the exact opposite; he’s telling a generation that they’re victims stuck in an oppressive system, and that’s nauseating.
Episode: Scientist Explains the Real Reason Most of Us Will Choose Cowardice | Gad Saad
The Saad Truth about Happiness
Buy on AmazonThat’s a good segue to my book, where I explore the connection between political orientation and happiness. Research consistently shows that conservatives score higher in happiness than liberals or progressives.
Episode: Scientist Explains the Real Reason Most of Us Will Choose Cowardice | Gad Saad
Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci
Buy on AmazonOne of my favorite writers, Antonio Gramsci, has another metaphor that is probably more appropriate; not all of us are going to haul the ropes and live in a mountain; that’s kind of a weird thing to do. He talks about digging trenches, kind of World War I metaphor, and I think that's probably more appropriate.
Episode: A Blueprint for How to Save Higher Education | Chris Rufo & Stephen Blackwood
Irreversible Damage
Buy on AmazonSo this is what Abigail Shrier's new book is about, because basically what you're saying and what she writes about is that in essence if you were to send a kid who was confused about their gender, which some kids could be part of growing up and puberty and everything else, so you send an 11-year-old girl who thinks she's a boy or wants to be a boy, basically you're sending her to a system that is designed not to help her think that through, and maybe say, 'Okay, wait on this.'
Episode: What I Saw in These Cities Shocked Me | Peter Boghossian
The God Delusion
Buy on AmazonI did; just to be clear, he's had that position since The God Delusion about a Christian nation.
Episode: What I Saw in These Cities Shocked Me | Peter Boghossian
The End of History and the Last Man
Buy on AmazonI don't think that history has an end point; I don't think we're at the end of history, as Fukuyama suggested.
Episode: What I Saw in These Cities Shocked Me | Peter Boghossian
Enlightenment Now
Buy on AmazonI think human beings don't change, and the story of humanity is not humanity becoming ever better, sort of in the Steven Pinker notion.
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The End of the Alphabet
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Episode: Proof That Gen Z Is the Most Conservative Generation Yet | Isabel Brown
The Big Sort
Buy on AmazonIt's not being, what was the book called, 'The Big Sort,' a while ago?
Episode: Ex-Professor Exposes Why Universities Can't Be Saved | Peter Boghossian
The Strange Death of Europe
Buy on Amazon(tense music) Douglas, you wrote "The Strange Death of Europe."
Episode: I've Had Enough: Worst Predictions Coming True & the Way Forward | Douglas Murray
The Strange Death of Europe
Buy on AmazonI said in the opening lines of "The Strange Death of Europe" that Europe was committing suicide, or at least its leaders had decided to commit suicide, and the question, I said, is whether or not the people of Europe decide to go along with that decision. It's my fervent hope that they do not.
Episode: I've Had Enough: Worst Predictions Coming True & the Way Forward | Douglas Murray
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Buy on AmazonYeah, and I specifically mention Hannah Arendt and her idea about Eichmann from the book 'Eichmann in Jerusalem.' That Eichmann was, yeah, he was a Nazi, but that wasn't what motivated him; he was sort of like I want to be part of a really efficient system.
Episode: Exposing the Previously Hidden Police State | Dinesh D'Souza
1984
Buy on AmazonSome of it is hidden, to be sure, but some of it, even outside the government, is almost reminiscent of Orwell in '1984'. It talks about the fact that Big Brother has an inner party and an outer party.
Episode: Exposing the Previously Hidden Police State | Dinesh D'Souza
Mein Kampf
Buy on AmazonThat means a lot of books were banned. You mean your elementary school didn't have 'Mein Kampf'? Well, listen, here's the irony.
Episode: Things Have Taken a Turn & This Is My Final Warning | Dennis Prager | POLITICS | Rubin Report
You Will Own Nothing
Buy on AmazonYou know, Dave, one of the things I did—and you will own nothing—is I really tried to take the conspiracy element out of this and the politicization out of this because I do think that this starts getting into this camp or this camp when you go to BlackRock's shareholder letter and you see them say these things in their own words.
Episode: Exposing the Reality of the Plan for You to 'Own Nothing' | Carol Roth | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Front Row at the Trump Show
Buy on AmazonI wrote about this in my first book, and they treated the transition in a very professional way and said, you know what, we disagree with you, but our job is to make sure you're ready to govern and that you guys are successful.
Episode: Exposing How Mainstream Media Works Behind the Scenes | Sean Spicer | MEDIA | Rubin Report
The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)
Buy on AmazonAnd that's why I wrote the book, David, this is why I blew the whistle on the press. I try to be fair.
Episode: What the White House Press Corps Has Kept Hidden from You | Ari Fleischer | MEDIA | Rubin Report
Not My First Rodeo
Buy on AmazonSo I want to dive into a bit about the book and some of the hot topics of the day and a bunch more.
Episode: How One State Avoided Lockdowns & Is Saving Girls' Sports | Kristi Noem | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Not My First Rodeo
Buy on AmazonIn the book, you go into your history, your childhood, and really how it sets up a lot of your political beliefs.
Episode: How One State Avoided Lockdowns & Is Saving Girls' Sports | Kristi Noem | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Not My First Rodeo
Buy on AmazonMany people would look at me writing a book and think it's a book about politics, but it's really not.
Episode: How One State Avoided Lockdowns & Is Saving Girls' Sports | Kristi Noem | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Not My First Rodeo
Buy on AmazonMany of the stories in the book are about working with cattle, hunting trips, or lessons learned from my mom and dad.
Episode: How One State Avoided Lockdowns & Is Saving Girls' Sports | Kristi Noem | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Why I Stand
Buy on AmazonThe 'Why I Stand' book is being discussed for a movie adaptation.
Episode: How I Was Treated After I Refused to Take a Knee for BLM | Jonathan Isaac | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Why I Stand
Buy on AmazonRight now, 'Why I Stand,' I have the book right here, just so you guys can see it.
Episode: How I Was Treated After I Refused to Take a Knee for BLM | Jonathan Isaac | POLITICS | Rubin Report
On the Genealogy of Morals
Buy on AmazonIn the book, I use a couple of fantastic quotes from Nietzsche from Genealogy of Morals. one of his analogies that I lift is about people who pick at long-closed wounds, pick off the scabs, and then scream about how much they've been hurt. This is horribly pertinent.
Episode: The Gloves Come Off: A New Strategy for Fighting the Woke | Douglas Murray | POLITICS | Rubin Report
The Torah
Buy on AmazonSo I started studying the Torah and I said, ",Okay, there's two things. One, there is Yiddishkeit," right?
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