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Jesse Michels

2 appearances: #2545 (Aug 25, 2026), #2331 (Jun 3, 2025)

Books from their episodes 29 books · 27 brought up by Jesse Michels

  1. Alien Information Theory

    Andrew Gallimore

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 00:28:46

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  2. Proof of Heaven

    Eben Alexander

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 00:26:29

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  3. Childhood's End

    Arthur C. Clarke

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 00:52:26

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  4. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

    John Marco Allegro

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 00:56:11

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  5. The Immortality Key

    Brian C. Muraresku

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 00:56:11

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  6. What is Real

    Adam Becker

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 01:05:38

    Amazon (opens in a new tab; affiliate link)

  7. Life Itself

    Francis Crick

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 01:08:20

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  8. Chaos

    Tom O'Neill

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 01:14:27

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  9. Gulliver’s Travels

    Jonathan Swift

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 01:04:19

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  10. Communion

    Whitley Strieber

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 01:42:11

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  11. Sekret Machines

    Tom DeLonge, A. J. Hartley

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 01:29:33

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  12. The Book of Enoch

    Traditional

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 02:03:14

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  13. The Bible

    Traditional

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 02:03:14; #2331 · Jesse Michels · 02:07:48

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  14. Sumerian King List

    Traditional

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 02:34:29

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  15. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    Thomas S. Kuhn

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 02:55:30

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  16. The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    #2545 · Jesse Michels · 03:00:46; #2331 · Jesse Michels · 02:06:09

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  17. Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 00:08:58

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  18. Penetration

    Ingo Swann

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 00:40:17

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  19. Behold a Pale Horse

    William Cooper

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 00:47:25

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  20. UFOs and Nukes

    Robert L. Hastings

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 01:35:14

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  21. The Invisible College

    Jacques Vallee

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 01:37:37

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  22. Messengers of Deception

    Jacques Vallee

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 01:58:41

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  23. The Half-Life of Facts

    Sam Arbesman

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 02:07:01

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  24. American Cosmic

    D. W. Pasulka

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 02:07:48

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  25. DMT

    Rick Strassman

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 02:12:31

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  26. The Doors of Perception

    Aldous Huxley

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 02:12:50

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  27. Passport to Magonia

    Jacques Vallée

    #2331 · Jesse Michels · 02:07:48

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  28. Hell's Angels

    Hunter S. Thompson

    #2545 · Joe Rogan (host) · 01:15:50

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  29. Chariots of the Gods

    Erich von Däniken

    #2331 · Joe Rogan (host) · 00:02:04

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