Welcome to The Discourse Lab’s Recommended Reading List — a curated collection of books that have shaped our conversations and inspired deeper reflection on ideas, culture, and the human condition. Each title links to our Amazon affiliate page. Purchasing through these links helps support The Discourse Lab at no additional cost to you.

Episode Recommendations

• Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
  By Tom Holland
  Referenced in Episode 14: “Finding Common Ground (A Conversation with an Anti-Polarization Crusader)”
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• The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech — And Why They Fail — Nadine Strossen
  Referenced in Episode 13: Episode 13: “Hate Speech is Free Speech (A Conversation with the Former President of the ACLU)”
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• Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know — Nadine Strossen
  Referenced in Episode 13: “Hate Speech is Free Speech (A Conversation with the Former President of the ACLU)”
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• HATE: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech, Not Censorship — Nadine Strossen
  Referenced in Episode 13: “Hate Speech is Free Speech (A Conversation with the Former President of the ACLU)”
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• Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights — Nadine Strossen
  Referenced in Episode 13: “Hate Speech is Free Speech (A Conversation with the Former President of the ACLU)”
  Buy Defending Pornography on Amazon

• Psychobabble: Viral Mental Health Myths & the Truths to Set You
  By Joe Nucci, Referenced in Episode 19: “Toppling the Tower of Psychobabble (A Conversation with Joe Nucci)”
  Buy Psychobabble on Amazon

Host Recommendations

Anthony’s 5 Easy-to-Read Books to Help You Master Your Emotions

• Man’s Search for Meaning
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• 7 1/2 Lessons About the Brain — Lisa Feldman Barrett
  Buy 7 1/2 Lessons About the Brain on Amazon
• Emotional Agility — Susan David
  Buy Emotional Agility on Amazon
• The Courage to Be Disliked — Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
  Buy The Courage to Be Dislikedon Amazon
• Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
  Buy Meditations on Amazon

Clay’s 5 Easy-to-Read Books to Help You Understand How the Modern World Order and How it Emerged

• Prisoners of Geography— Tim Marshall
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• American Nations — Colin Woodard
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• The End of the World Is Just the Beginning — Peter Zeihan
  Buy The End of the World Is Just the Beginning on Amazon
• Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
  Already listed above, included again here for Clay’s list
  Buy Dominion on Amazon
• Animal Farm — George Orwell
  Buy Animal Farm on Amazon