Book · recommended on 6 episodes
War Is a Racket
Smedley Butler ISBN 0922915865
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Smedley Butler ISBN 0922915865
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This book by Smedley Butler has come up 6 times on Joe Rogan. 6 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Ian Carroll, Joe Rogan. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2024-06-04 and the most recent from 2025-08-19. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"Originally printed in 1935, War Is a Racket is General Smedley Butler's frank speech describing his role as a soldier as nothing more than serving as a puppet for big-business interests. In addition to photos from the notorious 1932 anti-war book The Horror of It by Frederick A. Barber, this book includes two never-before-published anti-interventionist essays by General Butler. The introduction discusses why General Butler went against the corporate war machine and how he exposed a fascist coup d'etat plot against President Franklin Roosevelt.
“Did you ever read um that uh War is a racket? Smedley Butler. It's really good. It's not long. It's really good.”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Jesse Welles: Arkansas-born indie folk singer-songwriter who went viral writing topical, news-driven protest songs (United Healthcare, philanthropy) on Instagram, in the Woody Guthrie 'sing the news' tradition. Fiercely independent, no label. Protest folk singer Jesse Welles and Joe Rogan riff on healthcare greed, war rackets, false flags, the music industry, and AI-made songs.
“war is a racket is a relatively short book that anyone can buy online and I highly recommend it to everyone”— Ian Carroll
The guest here is Ian Carroll: A fast-rising independent open-source investigator who went from Uber Eats driver and ultramarathon guide to one of social media's most-followed conspiracy-focused content creators in about two years. Independent researcher Ian Carroll walks Joe Rogan through his sprawling theory connecting Epstein, the CIA, organized crime, and the corporate 'deep state'.
“it's called war is a racket really I recomend you talked about that before I've talked about it every time I can”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura & Ari Shaffir: Stand-up comedians and Joe Rogan's longtime 'Sober October' challenge crew. Joe Rogan and the Sober October crew riff on viral pranks, near-death thrills, fighting, comedy, gourmet food, and ancient-civilization conspiracies.
“war is a racket it always has been it is possibly the oldest easily the most profitable surely the most vicious”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Dave Smith: Libertarian comedian, host of the 'Part of the Problem' podcast, and Libertarian Party activist known for anti-war, anti-interventionist commentary. Comedian-libertarian Dave Smith and Joe Rogan dissect government corruption, COVID policy, media and Big Tech censorship, and the Ukraine war's hidden history.
“have you ever read um uh war is a racket by medley Butler”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is John Reeves: Alaska gold miner who owns the Fairbanks 'Boneyard,' a permafrost site that has yielded tens of thousands of Ice Age animal fossils. Gold miner John Reeves returns to detail his Alaskan Ice Age 'Boneyard' and his fight to reclaim fossils from museums.
“Smedley Butler wrote about it in 1933 war is a racket yeah that's right you read that read that from 1933 folks”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Billy Carson: Author, founder of Forbidden Knowledge TV streaming network, and self-taught researcher of ancient civilizations, Sumerian cuneiform tablets, and esoteric science. Billy Carson argues Sumerian tablets, the pyramids, and ancient texts encode advanced science, anunnaki engineering of humanity, and lost technology.
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