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Brooke James

The Talent Quest

Joe Rogan and Yves Edwards discussed a new book titled The Talent Quest that focuses on mixed martial arts, its psychology, and teaching kids discipline, selfrespect and resilience, with plans for an ebook and printed release on December15.

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This is the first book The Talent Quest ... It's about mixed martial arts and the psychology of it and working on all these different things... It's a whole lot of fun. I have a book...

— Episode: JRE MMA Show #50 with Yves Edwards

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Episode: JRE MMA Show #50 with Yves Edwards

Joe Rogan and Yves Edwards discussed a new book titled The Talent Quest that focuses on mixed martial arts, its psychology, and teaching kids discipline, selfrespect and resilience, with plans for an ebook and printed release on December15.

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This is the first book The Talent Quest ... It's about mixed martial arts and the psychology of it and working on all these different things... It's a whole lot of fun. I have a book for you ... It's about teaching kids discipline, selfrespect, selfresilience, and putting these stories together with characters.

It will be available on Amazon. It will be released on the 15th of December as an ebook and you can also get a printed copy.

We're going to release it on December 15th. You can get it as an ebook and you can also get a printed copy like this.

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Stanislaw Lem

Solaris

The novel was described as a deep work from the 1960s, far richer than its film adaptations, featuring an alien ocean with complex fractal patterns that interacts with human minds and induces hallucinations.

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This reminds me of the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem, which was published in the 60s, which was really quite a deep novel, much deeper than the movie that was made of it. Did you eve...

— Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

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Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

The novel was described as a deep work from the 1960s, far richer than its film adaptations, featuring an alien ocean with complex fractal patterns that interacts with human minds and induces hallucinations.

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This reminds me of the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem, which was published in the 60s, which was really quite a deep novel, much deeper than the movie that was made of it. Did you ever read that book, Solaris? I'm not familiar with the movie either. The original novel, in essence, there's this ocean coating the surface of some alien planet, which has amazingly complex fractal patterns of organization and it's also interactive, like the patterns of organization on the ocean respond based on what you do. When people get near the ocean, it causes them to hallucinate things and even causes them to see simulacra of people from their past.

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David Brin

The Transparent Society

Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?

It was mentioned as a book that argued there are two possibilities for surveillance: either an elite watches everyone or everyone watches everyone, highlighting concerns about privacy and monitoring.

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David Brin... he wrote a book called The Transparent Society, where he said there's two possibilities, surveillance and surveillance. It's like the power elite watching everyone or ev...

— Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

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Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

It was mentioned as a book that argued there are two possibilities for surveillance: either an elite watches everyone or everyone watches everyone, highlighting concerns about privacy and monitoring.

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David Brin... he wrote a book called The Transparent Society, where he said there's two possibilities, surveillance and surveillance. It's like the power elite watching everyone or everyone watching everyone.

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Valentin Fedorovich Turchin

The Phenomenon of Science

A Cybernetic Approach to Human Evolution

The book was cited as a late60s work by the founder of Russian AI, highlighting his contributions to the field.

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Valentin Turchin, a friend of mine who was the founder of Russian AI, he wrote a book called The Phenomenon of Science in the late 60s.

— Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

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Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

The book was cited as a late60s work by the founder of Russian AI, highlighting his contributions to the field.

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Valentin Turchin, a friend of mine who was the founder of Russian AI, he wrote a book called The Phenomenon of Science in the late 60s.

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Vernor Vinge

A Fire Upon the Deep (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection)

The novel was praised as one of the great sciencefiction books, and its author was credited with coining the term technological singularity.

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Werner Vinge, he was a math professor at San Diego University, actually. But wellknown science fiction writer. His book, Fire Upon the Deep, one of the great science fiction books ever.

— Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

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Episode: #1211 - Dr. Ben Goertzel

The novel was praised as one of the great sciencefiction books, and its author was credited with coining the term technological singularity.

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Werner Vinge, he was a math professor at San Diego University, actually. But wellknown science fiction writer. His book, Fire Upon the Deep, one of the great science fiction books ever.

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Anthony Cumia

Permanently Suspended

The Rise and Fall... and Rise Again of Radio's Most Notorious Shock Jock

Anthony Cumia mentioned that his book "Permanently Suspended" was released and available for purchase, referencing it while discussing his past experiences and the show's history.

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It's all in my book, Permanently Suspended. Is that book out now? It's out now. Whoa. Borders, Barnes & Noble. I think it's in the green room. I think we have a copy in the green room...

— Episode: #1209 - Anthony Cumia

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Episode: #1209 - Anthony Cumia

Anthony Cumia mentioned that his book "Permanently Suspended" was released and available for purchase, referencing it while discussing his past experiences and the show's history.

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It's all in my book, Permanently Suspended. Is that book out now? It's out now. Whoa. Borders, Barnes & Noble. I think it's in the green room. I think we have a copy in the green room. Ah, yes. Very good.

He's got a book out. Permanently Suspended, available anywhere. Go to compoundmedia.com for all the details.

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Jordan B. Peterson

12 Rules for Life

An Antidote to Chaos

Jordan Peterson's book was mentioned as a set of rules that people need in order to navigate life, and it was praised as a helpful guide.

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I just think it's - I think what you wrote, 12 rules to life. We need rules to be able to figure out how to navigate this thing.

— Episode: #1208 - Jordan Peterson

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Episode: #1208 - Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson's book was mentioned as a set of rules that people need in order to navigate life, and it was praised as a helpful guide.

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I just think it's - I think what you wrote, 12 rules to life. We need rules to be able to figure out how to navigate this thing.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground

Jordan Peterson recommended the short novel as a great, concise read that he would highly suggest to listeners.

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When he wrote Notes from Underground, which I would highly recommend to everyone who's listening, it's a great book and it's a very short book.

— Episode: #1208 - Jordan Peterson

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Episode: #1208 - Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson recommended the short novel as a great, concise read that he would highly suggest to listeners.

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When he wrote Notes from Underground, which I would highly recommend to everyone who's listening, it's a great book and it's a very short book.

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ALEKSANDR I. SOLZHENITSYN

THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO By ALEKSANDR I. SOLZHENITSYN 1974 First Edition

Jordan Peterson said he had written the forward for a new abridged edition of the classic work, which was released on November1st.

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I wrote the forward for the new version of Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago, the abridged version. It came out November 1st.

— Episode: #1208 - Jordan Peterson

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Episode: #1208 - Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson said he had written the forward for a new abridged edition of the classic work, which was released on November1st.

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I wrote the forward for the new version of Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago, the abridged version. It came out November 1st.

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Joan Rivers

Enter Talking

Jeff Ross praised it as one of the best books for young comics, noting that it details Joan Rivers' early days in standup and acting.

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And one of the best books I ever read, young comics out there, read Enter Talking by Joan Rivers about her early days in stand up and acting. It's really good book.

— Episode: #1207 - Jeff Ross & Dave Attell

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Episode: #1207 - Jeff Ross & Dave Attell

Jeff Ross praised it as one of the best books for young comics, noting that it details Joan Rivers' early days in standup and acting.

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And one of the best books I ever read, young comics out there, read Enter Talking by Joan Rivers about her early days in stand up and acting. It's really good book.

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Lawrence Lessig

Republic, Lost

How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

Joe Rogan said Republic Lost is a good book he plans to get, confirming it is available as an audio version and describing it as amazing.

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The book to read is Republic Lost. I'm going to get it. That's a fucking good book. Is it on audio? Yes. It's amazing.

— Episode: Fight Companion - November 24, 2018

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Episode: Fight Companion - November 24, 2018

Joe Rogan said Republic Lost is a good book he plans to get, confirming it is available as an audio version and describing it as amazing.

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The book to read is Republic Lost. I'm going to get it. That's a fucking good book. Is it on audio? Yes. It's amazing.

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Steven Rinella

The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook

Recipes and Techniques for Every Hunter and Angler

He described the book as a comprehensive guide with recipes and techniques for every hunter and angler, covering everything from big game to fish, shells and amphibians, and praised it as fantastic and hardworked.

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Hey man, your cookbook is fucking fantastic. It's really good. I put a lot of goddamn work into that thing, huh?

— Episode: #1204 - Steven Rinella

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Episode: #1204 - Steven Rinella

He described the book as a comprehensive guide with recipes and techniques for every hunter and angler, covering everything from big game to fish, shells and amphibians, and praised it as fantastic and hardworked.

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Hey man, your cookbook is fucking fantastic. It's really good. I put a lot of goddamn work into that thing, huh?

It's called the meat eater fishing game cookbook recipes and techniques for every hunter and angler.

It's broken into a bunch of chapters where it has big game, small furred game like rabbits, hares, squirrels, upland birds, waterfowl, freshwater fish, saltwater fish, shellfish and crustaceans, reptiles and amphibians. It explains everything from how to break down and process and freeze stuff, with many recipes and beautiful pictures.

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Frederic Morin

Joe Beef

Surviving the Apocalypse

The hosts described it as a cookbook that also covered offgrid survival topics and showed pictures of recipes like morel mushrooms in the text.

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Your book is Joe Beef Surviving the Apocalypse.

— Episode: #1202 - Fred Morin & David McMillan

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Episode: #1202 - Fred Morin & David McMillan

The hosts described it as a cookbook that also covered offgrid survival topics and showed pictures of recipes like morel mushrooms in the text.

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Your book is Joe Beef Surviving the Apocalypse.

We have a picture in the book of some morel mushrooms of the size of these water bottles. Wow. We've had morel mushrooms that are about the size of my hand.

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Mark Kurlansky

The Big Oyster

History on the Half Shell

They mentioned it as a recent nonfiction work about the history and ecological importance of oysters, noting its discussion of New York's oysterbased past and modern restoration projects.

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There's a good book that was published a few years ago, The Big Oyster, I think, Mark Kolanski.

— Episode: #1202 - Fred Morin & David McMillan

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Episode: #1202 - Fred Morin & David McMillan

They mentioned it as a recent nonfiction work about the history and ecological importance of oysters, noting its discussion of New York's oysterbased past and modern restoration projects.

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There's a good book that was published a few years ago, The Big Oyster, I think, Mark Kolanski.

In that book, Kolanski brings up a premise and I'm loosely interpreting it now because I read this book a few years ago. He talked about how the island of Manhattan was a perfect oyster situation on the East Coast.

An ounce of oyster is five grams of protein, and a medium oyster has got 10 grams of protein. A destitute person could survive on oysters alone.

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Christopher Ryan

Sex at Dawn

The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

He dismissed the book as "total crap," criticizing its arguments about human sexual evolution.

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Interesting. So have you ever read Sex at Dawn? What did you think of that? No offense, but I think it's total crap.

— Episode: #1201 - William von Hippel

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Episode: #1201 - William von Hippel

He dismissed the book as "total crap," criticizing its arguments about human sexual evolution.

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Interesting. So have you ever read Sex at Dawn? What did you think of that? No offense, but I think it's total crap.

Chris is a very smart guy and he's a good friend of mine. It's also a great book. It is a great book.

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Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Series) (Large Print)

He referenced Wrangham's argument that cooking fire enabled larger brains by reducing gut size.

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And Wrangham argues, and I think quite rightly, that the only way you can achieve that is by releasing more nutrients from your food. And the only way you can release more nutrients from your food is...

— Episode: #1201 - William von Hippel

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Episode: #1201 - William von Hippel

He referenced Wrangham's argument that cooking fire enabled larger brains by reducing gut size.

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And Wrangham argues, and I think quite rightly, that the only way you can achieve that is by releasing more nutrients from your food. And the only way you can release more nutrients from your food is by cooking it. So when he made that argument, he thinks it goes back to the beginning of Homo erectus... That's the book Catching Fire.

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Emily Henry

Happy Place

He wrote a book on happiness, titled Happy, during a threeyear writing period while touring, and released it on Amazon in the US.

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I had a book on happiness that I wrote, which I wrote while I was on tour.

— Episode: #1198 - Derren Brown

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Episode: #1198 - Derren Brown

He wrote a book on happiness, titled Happy, during a threeyear writing period while touring, and released it on Amazon in the US.

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I had a book on happiness that I wrote, which I wrote while I was on tour.

I wrote this book Happy. It is actually just become available in the US on Amazon. I don't think you find it in any bookshops but because of the, like I'm hopefully doing a Broadway show next year and these Netflix specials and things are, you know, so it is now available.

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David Abram

The Spell of the Sensuous

Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

He highlighted The Spell of the Sensuous as a great book describing a magician's time living among people in rural East Asia, noting its vivid opening scene.

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The Spell of the Sensuous is a great book... the opening to the book wow ... he was living amongst his people and described a starfilled sky reflected in a paddy field.

— Episode: #1198 - Derren Brown

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Episode: #1198 - Derren Brown

He highlighted The Spell of the Sensuous as a great book describing a magician's time living among people in rural East Asia, noting its vivid opening scene.

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The Spell of the Sensuous is a great book... the opening to the book wow ... he was living amongst his people and described a starfilled sky reflected in a paddy field.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Racing to the Finish

My Story

Dale discussed his new memoir that recounts his racing career, concussion struggles, and personal lessons, urging listeners to read it for insight.

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In your book, it's called Racing to the Finish. It's out now. Go get it, folks.

— Episode: #1196 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Episode: #1196 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Dale discussed his new memoir that recounts his racing career, concussion struggles, and personal lessons, urging listeners to read it for insight.

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In your book, it's called Racing to the Finish. It's out now. Go get it, folks.

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Christopher Ryan

Sex at Dawn

The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

They said Dr. Chris Ryan explained an imprinting stage in young men's lives that could affect sexual preferences, citing his book Sex at Dawn.

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Chris Ryan was trying to explain it to me one day. Dr. Chris Ryan from Sex at Dawn, the book. And he was saying that there's an imprinting stage in young men's lives where like they,...

— Episode: #1195 - Christina P

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Episode: #1195 - Christina P

They said Dr. Chris Ryan explained an imprinting stage in young men's lives that could affect sexual preferences, citing his book Sex at Dawn.

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Chris Ryan was trying to explain it to me one day. Dr. Chris Ryan from Sex at Dawn, the book. And he was saying that there's an imprinting stage in young men's lives where like they, like even a young man that's not gay, like say during this imprinting stage when they're very young, if they get their dick sucked by a guy and they orgasm, they could potentially get turned on by guys sucking their dick even if they're not gay.

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