Book · recommended on 2 episodes
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Hunter S. Thompson ISBN 0007204485
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Hunter S. Thompson ISBN 0007204485
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This book by Hunter S. Thompson has come up 2 times on Joe Rogan. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Joe Eszterhas, Joe Rogan. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2024-04-19 and the most recent from 2026-06-03. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“the campaign book the 72 campaign book which in my mind is the best political commentary including all of Teddy White's books.”— Joe Eszterhas
The guest here is Joe Eszterhas: Hungarian-born screenwriter behind Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Flashdance and 18 produced films, and a former crime/civil-rights reporter who became one of Hollywood's highest-paid writers. A throat-cancer survivor and devout Christian, now 81. Legendary screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells Joe Rogan how a real-life affair and crime-beat years birthed Basic Instinct, his Christian conversion, and wild Hunter Thompson and Jimi Hendrix stories.
“did you ever read it Fear and Loathing on the campaign Trail ... it's amazing it's amazing ... the best window to the press”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Tucker Carlson: Conservative journalist and former Fox News host, now an independent media figure on X and his own show. Tucker Carlson tells Joe Rogan that UFOs are spiritual entities and that a compromised, lying federal bureaucracy secretly rules America.
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