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Guinness World Records 2026

Guinness World Records

Mentioned 1 year ago

From Broke to Rich to Broke to Influential Podcaster | Sean Kelly

The speaker mentioned reading these shiny books as a kid and was impressed by records like the farthest jump and the one about the largest eyeball popping out of the head.

Guinness record holder. I'm very competitive. I've always wanted a Guinness as a kid. I used to read them. You know, the shiny books?

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Rise and Shine)

Eric Carle

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Charlamagne tha God Gets Quiet When Republican Shows Him Receipts

This children's book was mentioned as being read to the host's children, and it was noted that the book's content has changed slightly since the host's childhood.

and then of course there's Kordoroy and Curious George and the rest of them in star contrast to by Curious George which is what they teach at a lot of the schools.

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Dr. Seuss's Spooky Things

Dr. Seuss

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Charlamagne tha God Gets Quiet When Republican Shows Him Receipts

This book was mentioned as one of the books that the host's children were reading around Halloween.

Dr. Seuss's Spooky Things that's been making the rounds right now

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Night (Night Trilogy)

Elie Wiesel

Mentioned 1 year ago

Justin Trudeau Caught Ignoring Canada’s Dirty Secret

Dave Rubin mentioned the book Night by Elie Wiesel, recommending it to viewers for further information on the Holocaust.

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Truths

Vivek Ramaswamy

Mentioned 1 year ago

It’s Time for the Facts Liberals Can No Longer Deny | Vivek Ramaswamy

This book, written by the interviewee, focuses on truths surrounding various topics like God, climate change, and the importance of free speech. It aims to provide readers with tools to engage in difficult conversations.

I'm a fan of getting the best possible arguments for the other side on the table.

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Unsettled

Steven E. Koonin

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It’s Time for the Facts Liberals Can No Longer Deny | Vivek Ramaswamy

The book, written by a physicist from the Obama energy department, was mentioned as a source of facts used in the author's book about climate change.

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The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (Play It Like It Is)

Sex Pistols

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Piers Morgan Visibly Shocked When Jordan Peterson Said This About Trump

The book "Mind comp" was mentioned in the context of age appropriateness; the host suggested that it would be inappropriate for a second-grader. This was used as an example to illustrate the importance of age-appropriate book selection in schools and libraries.

You wouldn't give a second grader mind comp, although you people probably would.

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Four Seconds

Laura Andrade

Mentioned 1 year ago

Is This the Issue That Finally Causes Dave Portnoy to Break with Democrats?

It was mentioned that Hillary Clinton has a fourth memoir out, and that it is full of misinformation. The speaker expressed disbelief that she would release another book.

Hillary Clinton was calling for punishment just this week. She's got her fourth memoir out, which is completely insane.

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State of Terror

Louise Penny

Mentioned 1 year ago

Gavin Newsom Humiliated as Elon Musk Responds to His Shocking New Law

It was mentioned as Hillary Clinton's fourth or fifth autobiography, released that week, and discussed in relation to her media appearances and views on jailing people.

I think this is her fourth autobiography.

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Living History

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Mentioned 1 year ago

Gavin Newsom Humiliated as Elon Musk Responds to His Shocking New Law

It was mentioned that this is Hillary Clinton's fourth or fifth autobiography, and that she was doing media rounds promoting it while discussing putting people in jail for spreading propaganda.

I think this is her fourth autobiography.

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History

Thomas E. Woods Jr.

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‘The View’ Hosts Get Visibly Angry When Music Legend Refuses to Say This

Clay Travis' book was referenced in relation to Michael Jordan's stance on politics and how he didn't always have to be political, much like how the book advocates a similar idea.

Which ended up Clay Travis used at least a version of that for one of his books and and that's the point.

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Republicans Buy Sneakers Too

Clay Travis

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‘The View’ Hosts Get Visibly Angry When Music Legend Refuses to Say This

It was mentioned as an example of Michael Jordan's non-political approach during the 1992 NBA playoffs. A version of his comment was later used in Clay Travis's book.

Which ended up Clay Travis used at least a version of that for one of his books and and that's the point

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Michael Shermer

Conspiracy

Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

It explores why rational people believe irrational things, particularly conspiracy theories. The author presents a three-part model of conspiracism and examines various examples, including the 2020 election and the Hunter Biden laptop story.

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I've got it right here in my hand, Conspiracy Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.

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It explores why rational people believe irrational things, particularly conspiracy theories. The author presents a three-part model of conspiracism and examines various examples, including the 2020 election and the Hunter Biden laptop story.

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I've got it right here in my hand, Conspiracy Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.

First one was, first real book as Mr. Skeptic was why people believe weird things, 1997.

So it takes me three to four years really on average.

So there's kind of an overarching theoretical model that holds together all the different parts.

My point is that people that believe Conspiracy theories are not tinfoil hat idiots. They're me and you, everybody, surveys show everybody believes at least one Conspiracy theory.

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Michael Shermer

Why People Believe Weird Things

Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time

This was Shermer's first book as "Mr. Skeptic", published in 1997. It's implied that it touched upon the subject of conspiracy theories.

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First one was, first real book as Mr. Skeptic was Why People Believe Weird Things, 1997.

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This was Shermer's first book as "Mr. Skeptic", published in 1997. It's implied that it touched upon the subject of conspiracy theories.

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First one was, first real book as Mr. Skeptic was Why People Believe Weird Things, 1997.

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Colin Quinn

Overstated

A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

Colin Quinn published a book discussing how, in crazy times, the extremes label moderates as crazy, despite moderates representing the majority of people. He shared this during an interview.

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I had a great interview with Colin Quinn and he just had a book come out and he was talking about how we live in such crazy times that the extremes are telling the independence that they're crazy.

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Colin Quinn published a book discussing how, in crazy times, the extremes label moderates as crazy, despite moderates representing the majority of people. He shared this during an interview.

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I had a great interview with Colin Quinn and he just had a book come out and he was talking about how we live in such crazy times that the extremes are telling the independence that they're crazy.

And he was saying, you know, this is the majority of people. How crazy is it that people... I mean, he's like, they're the crazies. They're crazy.

They're the ideologues. They're the ones who are extreme and will die on whatever hill and carry you know whatever water they need to carry to justify whatever they need to justify themselves

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Thomas Sowell

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Thomas Sowell's book explores ethnic and cultural issues, including a chapter on Jews, Germans, and history in general, discussing why certain minority groups face disproportionate hostility.

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So there's a chapter on the jews the chapter on the germans and then there's a chapter on history in general so that that's uh, they're lumped together because they're all cultural ethnic issues

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Thomas Sowell's book explores ethnic and cultural issues, including a chapter on Jews, Germans, and history in general, discussing why certain minority groups face disproportionate hostility.

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So there's a chapter on the jews the chapter on the germans and then there's a chapter on history in general so that that's uh, they're lumped together because they're all cultural ethnic issues

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Avi Loeb

Extraterrestrial

The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

Avi Loeb's book not only delves into evidence of extraterrestrial life but also criticizes the arrogance within the scientific community, highlighting a lack of curiosity and critical thinking.

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I just did a podcast with Avi Loeb who is Harvard astrophysicist and he's fascinating I mean his credentials go on for a page and a half the guy is brilliant and we were taught he just wrote a new boo...

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Avi Loeb's book not only delves into evidence of extraterrestrial life but also criticizes the arrogance within the scientific community, highlighting a lack of curiosity and critical thinking.

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I just did a podcast with Avi Loeb who is Harvard astrophysicist and he's fascinating I mean his credentials go on for a page and a half the guy is brilliant and we were taught he just wrote a new book it just came out this week called Extraterrestrial forget about the fascinating crazy stuff that he talked about about Extraterrestrial life and evidence of that but he's his main point if you read his book he's also making the point that science has grown so arrogant that they won't question things

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Alexis De Tocqueville

Democracy in America

The book's concept of individualism, described as self-reliance rather than selfishness, was discussed in relation to the current political climate and the importance of individual choice. The speaker contrasted this with the desire for centralized control.

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The term individualism itself was first coined by Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Tocqueville forever in his invest, forever the invested far-off onlooker understood Ame...

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The book's concept of individualism, described as self-reliance rather than selfishness, was discussed in relation to the current political climate and the importance of individual choice. The speaker contrasted this with the desire for centralized control.

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The term individualism itself was first coined by Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Tocqueville forever in his invest, forever the invested far-off onlooker understood American democracy, what he called the equality of conditions, not merely as a way to govern, but as a way to live. Individualism was a lifestyle not rooted in selfishness, but self-reliance, empowering the individual to be dependent on no man nor entity other than himself.

And that spirit, that spirit is what they're coming for right now. They're telling you, no, no, no, we must have one law to rule everybody. You need us. If you don't give us power, you will be afraid.

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Milton Friedman

Free to Choose

A Personal Statement

The podcast host mentioned an old clip from a debate featuring Thomas Sowell from the book, 'Free to Choose'. The host highlighted Sowell's point about socialist ideas often failing in practice, illustrating the impracticality of certain principles with human beings.

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Another, you keep telling me how these are wonderful ideas is just that they never work out in practice. It's like the Marxists were telling us that Eastern Europe wasn't really socialism. Nothing tha...

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The podcast host mentioned an old clip from a debate featuring Thomas Sowell from the book, 'Free to Choose'. The host highlighted Sowell's point about socialist ideas often failing in practice, illustrating the impracticality of certain principles with human beings.

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Another, you keep telling me how these are wonderful ideas is just that they never work out in practice. It's like the Marxists were telling us that Eastern Europe wasn't really socialism. Nothing that ever existed on this earth was ever really socialism. It's only in their imagination. At some point you have to ask yourself could it be that this principle cannot work out in practice with human beings as they exist on this planet?

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Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)

This book was mentioned alongside others that faced censorship in the past, illustrating the advancements in free speech.

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you couldn't publish...Alan Ginsberg's Howl...before about 1960 without worrying about being dragged into court. We got rid of all of that and then we created the internet...

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This book was mentioned alongside others that faced censorship in the past, illustrating the advancements in free speech.

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you couldn't publish...Alan Ginsberg's Howl...before about 1960 without worrying about being dragged into court. We got rid of all of that and then we created the internet...

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Charlie Kirk

The MAGA Doctrine

The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

The book was mentioned in the introduction as being authored by Charlie Kirk. It was described as outlining the ideas that would win the future.

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the author of The MAGA Doctrine, The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future.

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The book was mentioned in the introduction as being authored by Charlie Kirk. It was described as outlining the ideas that would win the future.

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the author of The MAGA Doctrine, The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future.

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Liz Wheeler

Hide Your Children

Exposing the Marxists Behind the Attack on America's Kids

Liz Wheeler discussed her book, which exposes the Marxist ideologies attacking America's children and the need to protect the country for future generations. She detailed how these ideologies are infiltrating institutions and impacting children's education.

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I see what's happening before our very eyes. I see the capture of our institutions. I see the degradation of the fabric of ordered society and I don't want that for my daughter.

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Liz Wheeler discussed her book, which exposes the Marxist ideologies attacking America's children and the need to protect the country for future generations. She detailed how these ideologies are infiltrating institutions and impacting children's education.

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I see what's happening before our very eyes. I see the capture of our institutions. I see the degradation of the fabric of ordered society and I don't want that for my daughter.

The left is actually waging a deliberate and relentless assault on our children. This is not hyperbole. This is not bombastic. This has been going on for the last century.

If the left successfully captures children, our nation is done.

Wokeness is just a rebranding of Freire's critical consciousness.

If we don't acknowledge the reality of the political enemy that we're facing, we'll lose.

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Mike Curato

Flamer

This book, described as a graphic novel about young boys performing sex acts at summer camp, was mentioned as another example of inappropriate material found in some schools.

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Another, Flamer, graphic book about young boys performing sex acts at summer camp.

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This book, described as a graphic novel about young boys performing sex acts at summer camp, was mentioned as another example of inappropriate material found in some schools.

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Another, Flamer, graphic book about young boys performing sex acts at summer camp.

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Juno Dawson

This Book Is Gay

Dave Rubin described *This Book is Gay* as a book that teaches young children how to have gay sex and mentioned it being banned from certain Florida school districts.

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If you want to see what the one book that has been banned in Florida from certain school districts, and it's up to the school district, it's called This Book Is Gay. And it literally...

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Dave Rubin described *This Book is Gay* as a book that teaches young children how to have gay sex and mentioned it being banned from certain Florida school districts.

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If you want to see what the one book that has been banned in Florida from certain school districts, and it's up to the school district, it's called This Book Is Gay. And it literally teaches young children how to have gay sex.

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Rand Paul

Deception

The Great Covid Cover-Up

Senator Rand Paul discussed his book, "Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up," which details the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and accuses Anthony Fauci of misconduct. He described the book as revealing a cover-up thoroughly exposed by emails.

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I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is a Senator from Kentucky, an author of the new book Deception, The Great COVID Cover-Up. Senator Rand Paul, welcome back to The Rubin Report.

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Senator Rand Paul discussed his book, "Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up," which details the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and accuses Anthony Fauci of misconduct. He described the book as revealing a cover-up thoroughly exposed by emails.

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I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is a Senator from Kentucky, an author of the new book Deception, The Great COVID Cover-Up. Senator Rand Paul, welcome back to The Rubin Report.

Let's talk about the book. I love the cover, the fact that you put Fauci on in a mask, a guy who I've been saying should really be hiding in a cave at this point instead of being on all the Sunday shows, which he's still on.

But what wasn't explicit, and I didn't learn until I got into this book and developed it, is that the research was never reviewed by the safety committee.

And yet not one person from the mainstream media has reported on this at all.

Well, Senator, that's exactly why everyone should check out the book.

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Jedediah Bila

Dear Hartley

Thoughts on Character, Kindness, and Building a Brighter World

It was mentioned that Bila's book, Dear Hartley, focuses on character, kindness, and building a brighter world. The book cover features her son, Hartley, who was mentioned to have experienced challenges due to the pandemic.

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Jedediah Hartley is on the cover of the book.

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It was mentioned that Bila's book, Dear Hartley, focuses on character, kindness, and building a brighter world. The book cover features her son, Hartley, who was mentioned to have experienced challenges due to the pandemic.

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Jedediah Hartley is on the cover of the book.

One of the reasons I wrote that book to your heart, Lee, that you held up so beautifully, Dave, in the beginning is because I wanted to remind parents that kids are watching.

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