Biography & True Stories
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LatestMan's Search for Meaning 11/11/2026 · Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service 10/11/2026 · Graceful Warrior: The True Story of a Son, a Father, and a Family Who Carried Each Other Through 10/11/2026 · Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines 09/11/2026 · Child of the Jungle: The True Story of a Girl Caught Between Two Worlds 05/11/2026

“can do anything. If these guys can do this, surely I can have a difficult conversation. Well, there was a man, Victor Frankl, who wrote a book, Man's Search for Meaning, very famous book. He was in Auschwitz. He was in concentration camp. And he later became a psychotherapist.”
My First Million · Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living · 11/11/2026 · at 24:13
- 2The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Lifeby Alice Schroeder · 3 episodes
“they still did it. And it potentially makes a lot of money. So for example, I'm reading for the first time, I'm reading Snowball, Warren Buffett's biography. And I find you had referenced this, but I didn't quite know what you were talking about. And I didn't want to ask because I didn't want to look stupid, but it's the soybean oil shortage.”
My First Million · 3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight · 12/08/2026 · at 11:10
- 3A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fightingby Sam Sheridan · 2 episodes · 2 shows
“And it's also, I think, Sam, who's the guy who wrote A Fighter's Heart? I love that book. Sam Shepard? Sam Shepard. He also talks about like it's like an intimate thing to spar with somebody. Like, what does he say? He's like, you're sharing bodily fluids with somebody.”
The Joe Rogan Experience · #2553 - Andrew Huberman · 14/09/2026 · at 1:20:19
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Born to Runby Christopher McDougall · 2 episodes · 2 shows“do a marathon a day. Those guys in Mexico from the Born to Run book? Exactly. Yeah. Taramara or whatever. Yeah, they run either barefoot or with small homemade shoes they make from rubber tires and shit.”
The Joe Rogan Experience · #2568 - Ross Edgley · 20/10/2026 · at 11:02
- 5Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.by Ron Chernow · 2 episodes
“He's now 90 years old. I also love Titan. That's probably my most favorite business biography. On John D. Rockefeller. Oh, yeah. He was a very fascinating character.”
My First Million · David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B · 14/09/2026 · at 40:29
- 6Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Serviceby Gary Sinise · 1 episode
“Write a memoir. Well, I wrote a couple. The first one is called Grateful American. That came out in 19 or in 2020, 2019, actually. Came out that year, and it kind of documents how I got so involved with our veteran community and our first responders and all of that.”
The Joe Rogan Experience · #2579 - Gary Sinise · 10/11/2026 · at 1:40
- 7Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubinesby Katt Williams · 1 episode
- 8Graceful Warrior: The True Story of a Son, a Father, and a Family Who Carried Each Other Throughby Gary Sinise · 1 episode
“Great. Oh, yeah. There you go, bud. Great, graceful warrior, Gary Sinise. It's really inspiring, man. I hope people go out and buy your book because you're awesome.”
The Joe Rogan Experience · #2579 - Gary Sinise · 10/11/2026 · at 1:59:55
- 9Odd Girl Out, Doctor Within: A Story of Purpose, Pillars, and Personal Powerby Remina Panjwani · 1 episode
“So, tell me a little bit about the book. Tell me about Odd Girl Out. Because why are you the odd girl? Because you went to the military? Because you defied modern medicine?”
The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka · 312. Perimenopause Symptoms Can Start in Your Late 30s - Dr. Remina Panjwani · 13/10/2026 · at 27:49
- 10Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungleby Daniel Everett · 1 episode
“They have punishment if it threatens the survival of the village. So there was one young man, a teenager, and I talk about him in both my book, Don't Sleep There Are Snakes, and in the new one that's coming out next year, Born of the River, who was paid in alcohol and a new shotgun to kill.”
The Joe Rogan Experience · #2547 - Daniel Everett · 27/08/2026 · at 1:41:24
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Memoir & Autobiography
20Playing Off the Rail: A Pool Hustler's Journey · (Un)educated: My Life as a Teacher, and Why You Should Never Become One · Against the Odds: An Autobiography
- Playing Off the Rail: A Pool Hustler's Journeyby David McCumber
- Against the Odds: An Autobiographyby James Dyson
- From Needles to Natural: Learning Holistic Pet Healingby Judy Morgan D.V.M.
- Inside the Company: CIA Diaryby Philip Agee
- Memo from David O. Selznickby David O. Selznick
- My Stroke of Insightby Jill Bolte Taylor
- One Helluva Rideby Michael Douglas
- Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisitedby Vladimir Nabokov
- Streetwise: Getting to and Through Goldman Sachsby Lloyd Blankfein
- Strong Female Characterby Fern Brady
- The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Bandby Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Neil Strauss
- Tolstoy's Diariesby Leo Tolstoy
- Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Classby Rob Henderson
- Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiographyby Karl Popper
- Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktuby Tom Freston
- Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Homeby Peter Santenello
Biography
14American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump · Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable-TV Business · Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse
- Charlie Simpson's Apocalypseby Joe Eszterhas
- Churchill: Walking with Destinyby Andrew Roberts
- Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcuttaby Malcolm Muggeridge
- The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidencyby David M. Rubenstein
- The Lives of John Lennonby Albert Goldman
- The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New Yorkby Robert A. Caro
- The Ragman's Son: An Autobiographyby Kirk Douglas
- Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushiby Bob Woodward
True Crime
7Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup · Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties · Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startupby John Carreyrou
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Beliefby Lawrence Wright
- The Art Thiefby Michael Finkel
- The Lizard Kingby Bryan Christy
Sport & Adventure Stories
4Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Cofounder · Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster · Michael Jordan: The Life
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disasterby Jon Krakauer
- Michael Jordan: The Lifeby Roland Lazenby
Military & Service Memoir
2Drownproof: Eight Life Lessons to Keep Your Head Above Water · The Forgotten Highlander
- The Forgotten Highlanderby Alistair Urquhart