Science Fiction & Fantasy

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   Red Rising

   by Pierce Brown · 3 episodes · 2 shows

   “yours included. Can you do an episode just on this? Or does that exist already? Red Rising, I think I might be the biggest front end of the funnel drug dealer for people getting into Red Rising, except for the author, maybe, because it's the top of the reading list, chriswillex.com/slash books.”

   Modern Wisdom · Q&A: Becoming A Dad, Favourite Peptides & Red Rising - #1134 · 08/08/2026 · at 15:12

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   The Culture Series

   by Iain M. Banks · 2 episodes

   “Well, I don't want to say the communism word, but you know, whatever people refer to it as. If anyone's read the culture series, right? That's like some far-future thing where AI basically handles everything. And if you choose to go and build your own house, you definitely can, but there's absolutely no economic reason to do it.”

   Modern Wisdom · AI DEBATE: “Most People Have No Idea What’s Coming” - #1138 · 17/08/2026 · at 14:40

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   Childhood's End

   by Arthur C. Clarke · 2 episodes

   “about being a person, this thing that we think is so important. There's a great book by the great Arthur C. Clarke called Childhood's End. And he talks about aliens sort of incepting the world through telepathic children.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2545 - Jesse Michels · 25/08/2026 · at 53:03

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   Dune Series

   by Frank Herbert · 2 episodes

   “You had an Egypt guy here telling you that. Remember him? Yeah. Okay. It's called atavism. That's the thing that's in the Dune series. The big part of making these creatures is, and also the mind control shit they did was atavism. The stuff from altered states where you go in the isolation chamber and regress to a certain primitive state that's in your genetic memory.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2570 - Mystery Boys · 23/10/2026 · at 1:14:19

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   His Dark Materials

   by Philip Pullman · 1 episode

   “Have you ever read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman? Who? What? Philip Pullman. It's a kid's book series called His Dark Materials. It had the subtle knife in it, the golden compass.”

   Modern Wisdom · “This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene - #1162 · 12/10/2026 · at 36:46

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   Project Hail Mary

   by Andy Weir · 1 episode

   “Occasionally, usually I'll do like the big, the big hits, like Hail, Project Hail Mary, things like that. But I do fiction. Yeah. Like, have you read like Ender's Game or Ready Player One or anything?”

   My First Million · We spent 8 hours finding the best stuff on X. Here it is. · 23/10/2026 · at 41:54

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   The Subtle Knife

   by Philip Pullman · 1 episode

   “Have you ever read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman? Who? What? Philip Pullman. It's a kid's book series called His Dark Materials. It had the subtle knife in it, the golden compass. So it must be 30 years old.”

   Modern Wisdom · “This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene - #1162 · 12/10/2026 · at 36:46

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   Twilight

   by Stephenie Meyer · 1 episode

   “And you're like, whoa. It's fucked. It's like real fuck. Gov. Like, how about Twilight? Okay. He's pretending he's a high school kid. He's a total pervert. He's 100 years old.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2552 - Ehsan Ahmad & Deric Poston · 10/09/2026 · at 1:13:34

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   Aâma

   by Frederik Peeters · 1 episode

   “look i mean sandman there's some real like genre busting yeah graphic novels this one is from france Aâma which i'm currently reading really deeply philosophical very psychedelic this one also gets pretty trippy as you would guess by the name uh what i'd suggest so this is impossible to”

   Modern Wisdom · Black Holes, Denny’s Fist Fights & Japanese Handjob Culture - Rabbit Hole #4 - #1118 · 02/07/2026 · at 2:21:57

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