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The Coddling of the American Mind
Jonathan Haidt ISBN 9780735224919
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Jonathan Haidt ISBN 9780735224919
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This book by Jonathan Haidt has come up 13 times across 4 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 8 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Chris Sacca, Greg Lukianoff, Joe Rogan, Jonathan Haidt, Lex Fridman. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-06-04 and the most recent from 2026-02-06. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"Something is going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and afraid to speak honestly. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: what doesn't kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people.
“Jonathan Haidt wrote a great book about it called The Coddling of the American Mind about the impact of social media and particularly on young girls.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Tommy Wood: Physician and neuroscientist who studies brain development, traumatic brain injury, and cognitive decline. He is head of scientist for motorsport at Hintsa Performance, working with Formula 1 drivers, and author of the book The Stimulated Mind. Neuroscientist Tommy Wood tells Joe Rogan how to future-proof your brain against dementia by stimulating, supplying, and supporting it.
“There's a great book about that from Jonathan hate called the coddling of the American mind”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Katee Sackhoff: American actress best known for playing Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace in the rebooted Battlestar Galactica and Bo-Katan Kryze in The Mandalorian. She also hosts The Sackoff Show podcast. Katee Sackhoff joins Joe Rogan for a wide-ranging talk on Battlestar Galactica, the AI threat to artists, pediatric cancer funding, homelessness, and ruthless praying mantises.
“if you look at Jonathan Haidt's book, have you ever read his book the coddling of the American mind? He's great. It's all about social media”— 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.
“anxious generation and coddling of American mind and generations by Jee twangy who works with Jonathan height informed me more about our generation”— Chris Sacca
The guest here is Chris Sacca: Billionaire venture capitalist, early backer of Twitter and Uber, founder of climate fund Lower Carbon Capital, and former Shark Tank investor. Chris Sacca on raising resilient kids, saying no, the analog-craving backlash to AI, and betting on clean energy and community.
“if you read Jonathan haes book The Cod of the American mind have you read it great book yeah it's a great book”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Sam Altman: CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Sam Altman and Joe Rogan explore AGI's future, job loss, neural interfaces, human-machine merging, simulation theory, and psychedelic therapy.
“there's a great book called the coddling of the American mind and it documents the self-harm and suicide rates of young kids particularly girls”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Jim Gaffigan: Stand-up comedian and actor known for clean, food-centric comedy; father of five, club owner, and author, promoting his 10th special 'Dark Pale.'. Joe Rogan and comedian Jim Gaffigan ramble across health, sugar, drugs, politics, conspiracies, farming, overfishing and the chaos of modern information overload.
“Jonathan hate wrote a great book about it the coddling of the American mind and he talks about the negative aspects of social media”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Howie Mandel: Comedian, actor (Dr. Fiscus on St. Elsewhere) and TV host (Deal or No Deal, America's Got Talent) who speaks candidly about living with OCD, anxiety and depression. Howie Mandel and Joe Rogan riff on comedy's Austin shift, his OCD and depression, AI as a coming 'digital God,' and UFO sightings.
“he is also the author of several important bestselling books including the codling of the American mind and more recently the anxious generation”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Dr. Jonathan Haidt: A social psychologist and professor at New York University, and bestselling author of The Coddling of the American Mind and The Anxious Generation. He researches the effects of smartphones and social media on youth development and mental health. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains how the 2010-2015 shift to smartphone-based childhood triggered a teen mental health crisis, and offers four concrete fixes.
“Jonathan Haidt's work on this has been really interesting. His book The Coddling of the American Mind is a great one.”— Tulsi Gabbard
The guest here is Tulsi Gabbard: Former Democratic Congresswoman from Hawaii, Army veteran, 2020 presidential candidate, and author who left the Democratic Party. Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Rogan rant about government surveillance, open borders, censorship, media propaganda, and the Maui fire response failures.
“my book The coddling of the American mind had just come out and back then people were beginning to sense”— Jonathan Haidt
The guest here is Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist, NYU Stern professor, and author of The Anxious Generation and The Coddling of the American Mind. Jonathan Haidt argues smartphones and social media rewired childhood, driving a youth mental-health epidemic that we can reverse with four norms.
“co-author with Jonathan height of coddling of the American mind”— Greg Lukianoff
The guest here is Greg Lukianoff: First Amendment attorney and president/CEO of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression). Author of Unleashing Liberty and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind and The Canceling of the American Mind. Free speech attorney Greg Lukianoff explains how cancel culture works, why campuses censor, and why open discourse beats suppression.
“the New York Times bestsellers The Righteous Mind and The Coddling of the American Mind (with Greg Lukianoff)”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist at NYU's Stern School of Business; author of The Happiness Hypothesis, The Righteous Mind, and (with Greg Lukianoff) The Coddling of the American Mind; founder of Heterodox Academy. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on antifragility, moral pluralism, why universities and kids are breaking, and getting smarter, stronger, more sociable.
“he has brilliantly discussed these topics in his writing including in his book the coddling of the american mind”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist at NYU's Stern School of Business and author of The Righteous Mind and The Coddling of the American Mind. He studies moral psychology, polarization, and the effects of social media on teens and democracy. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues a specific viral social-media business model wrecked teen mental health and fractured democracy.
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