Book · recommended on 6 episodes
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi ISBN 9781548127596
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Miyamoto Musashi ISBN 9781548127596
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This book by Miyamoto Musashi has come up 6 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. 6 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Anthony Kiedis, Ed Calderon, Joe Rogan. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-12-12 and the most recent from 2025-09-17. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“My favorite book of philosophy I started reading when I was like 16. It's The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Jordan Jensen: New York-based stand-up comedian whose Netflix special 'Take Me With You' dropped the day of this recording. Known for confessional, contrarian sets on her struggles with OCD, addiction, and dating comedians. Comedian Jordan Jensen and Joe Rogan riff on OCD, psychedelics, fainting, AI cyborg futures, comedy, and online outrage.
“he wrote a book on strategy called the book of five rings. Yeah. And go read no show the book of five rings”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Bono: Lead singer of the Irish rock band U2 and longtime humanitarian activist. Author of the memoir 'Surrender' and the man behind the ONE/PEPFAR-era global AIDS advocacy. Bono and Joe Rogan trade stories on singing, faith, foreign aid cuts, comedy, fighting, and what makes a performance transcendent.
“the book of five rings is based on mamoto Musashi's writings about I don't know book the greatest book of strategy”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Andrew Schulz: Stand-up comedian, podcaster (Flagrant), and actor known for his crowd-work and edgy specials. Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz riff on comedy craft, building the Austin club, cobalt-mine ethics, history, technology, and cars.
“he wrote this incredible book about it but one of the things he wrote In the book was once you understand the way broadly you can see it in all things”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Steve-O: Stephen Glover, Jackass star turned sober touring stand-up comedian, author, and entrepreneur. Steve-O and Joe Rogan riff on MMA, addiction and sobriety, CTE from his stunts, building a multimedia stand-up career, and his wrecked nose.
“it's called The Book of five rings and it sort of shaped My Philosophy in many ways of on life”— Anthony Kiedis
The guest here is Anthony Kiedis: Lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, performing since age 21 in 1983. Anthony Kiedis on aging in music, a wild-game diet, surfing, psychedelics, wildlife, and the Chili Peppers' origin and Rick Rubin.
“I got that book that book of five rings before I went into training like I took that with me through training”— Ed Calderon
The guest here is Ed Calderon: A security specialist from Tijuana who spent years in counter-narcotics and organized-crime investigation on Mexico's northern border. He now teaches counter-custody, personal security, and tradecraft, and writes on his Patreon (EDC's Manifesto). A former Mexican counter-narcotics officer dissects cartel violence, corruption, kidnapping, narco-spirituality, and the human cost of the drug war.
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