Episode #1740
Jocko Willink
Books mentioned
Extreme Ownership
Mentioned by Jocko Willink · at 00:27:25
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1984
Mentioned by Jocko Willink · at 00:50:49
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Final Spin
Mentioned by Jocko Willink · at 02:00:50
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Jocko Willink discusses leadership, political polarization, media coverage, COVID-19 debates, and the value of listening and accepting responsibility. He and Joe Rogan also examine crime, taxes, education, American manufacturing, and jiu-jitsu before exploring social breakdown and Willink’s novel Final Spin, which centers on a brother protecting his sibling with intellectual disabilities.
What they talked about
- American manufacturing and trade skills
- Chinese and Russian influence on social media
- Leadership and listening in the SEALs
- COVID-19 vaccine mandates and natural immunity
- Monoclonal antibody treatments
- Media bias and independent journalism
- Jiu-jitsu training and the Rotolo brothers
- Woke culture and censorship
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