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Fingerprints of the Gods: The Quest for Earth's Lost Civilization
by Graham Hancock

“When came to get into this, probably like 12 years ago. Do you remember what got you? It was one Graham's book because I was fingerprints of the gods. Yep. I did high-rise window cleaning before this. Oh my God, dude. I've always said that's the fucking scariest job ever.”

The Joe Rogan Experience · #2558 - Tyler Engle · 24/09/2026 · at 30:29

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    Our Own Worst Enemies: America in the Age of Violent Populism
    by Robert A. Pape · 3 episodes · 2 shows

    “But I think you might have just answered it. I think I did. You have this wonderful book that's out now, Our Own Worst Enemies, America in the Age of Violent Populism. You're someone that's so incredibly well read, decades and decades and decades of the most interesting experience.”

    The Diary Of A CEO · Iran War Expert: The 8 Most Dangerous Weeks Begin Now, A Cyberattack Could Knock Out The Internet! | Prof Robert Pape · 05/11/2026 · at 1:22:06

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    The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
    by John Lisle · 2 episodes

    “One of my favourite ones. So I had John Lisle on the Dirty Tricks Department. He's here in Austin. And what I love about him is he's got access to the archives and he goes and does so much of the research, like of source, source, source material in the archives, dusting shit off.”

    Modern Wisdom · The Most Hardcore Military Stories In History - The Fat Electrician - #1165 · 19/10/2026 · at 1:22:30

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    The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
    by William Strauss, Neil Howe · 2 episodes · 2 shows

    “What are we going to talk about the fourth turning? The fourth turning. All right, we'll be right back. Fourth turning. We're back. We're back. So, fourth turning? The fourth turn. So, there's a theory that this guy, Neil Howe, wrote this book called The Fourth Turning in 1996, and he predicted everything that's happening in the world right now.”

    The Joe Rogan Experience · #2571 - Jimmy Carr · 28/10/2026 · at 1:33:24

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    Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
    by Neil Postman · 2 episodes · 2 shows

    “But then that thing, Neil Postman had, he wrote this brilliant book in like 1984, right? Called Amusing Ourselves to Death. And it was about Ronald Reagan getting elected. And it was basically, he said, we've gone from reading newspapers to watching the news on TV. And his big take was when the news got music, he knew our civilization was over.”

    The Joe Rogan Experience · #2571 - Jimmy Carr · 28/10/2026 · at 2:09:04

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    Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
    by Hunter S. Thompson · 2 episodes

    “I'm lying. Did you ever see the thing that he did about the election? Well, do you ever see the thing that he did about the election when he did fear and loathing on the campaign trail? Yeah, yeah. So he made Ed Muskie go crazy. He made him go crazy. Because he was saying that he was using a Brazilian witch doctor and he was addicted to Ibogaine.”

    The Joe Rogan Experience · #2570 - Mystery Boys · 23/10/2026 · at 46:19

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    Mein Kampf
    by Adolf Hitler · 2 episodes · 2 shows

    “Henry Ford's views on the Jewish population struck a nerve with a young man in Austria who included Henry Ford in his manifesto, Mein Kampf. Henry Ford was the only American complimented in that book written by a young Adolf Hitler.”

    The Joe Rogan Experience · #2566 - Cody Tucker · 15/10/2026 · at 1:42:45

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    The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire
    by Susan P. Mattern · 2 episodes · 2 shows

    “It was wild. There's a great book. It's very dense, but it's called The Prince of Medicine. It's all this medieval stuff that you love. And you'll realize what a prehistoric thing medicine is even now. Like how fast and how far we've come in the last 50 years, 100 years.”

    The Joe Rogan Experience · #2553 - Andrew Huberman · 14/09/2026 · at 2:14:52

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    The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
    by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · 2 episodes

    “No one's chasing after him for anything other than the most recent thing. But the more you dig into this guy, and if you read The Real Anthony Fauci by RFK Jr., that book is fucking horrible. Well, if they start locking people up for what they did to foster children, there's going to be a lot of motherfuckers going to prison.”

    The Joe Rogan Experience · #2548 - Brian Simpson · 01/09/2026 · at 24:35

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    The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
    by Graham Hancock · 2 episodes · 2 shows

    “I think, let's put it this way, I think Graham Hancock makes a very compelling, very compelling case that they do. Have you read his book, The Sign and the Seal? Yeah. The whole depiction of these people that are the watchers of this thing get cataracts because it has some radiation properties. Very compelling narrative.”

    The Joe Rogan Experience · #2530 - Timothy Alberino · 23/07/2026 · at 2:30:17

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