The Immortality Key

This book by Brian Muraresku has been genuinely recommended 11 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Dr. Gül Dölen, Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan, Rick Doblin. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, brain health, consciousness, depression & mood, exercise & strength. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Apr 2023 and the most recent from Sep 2025. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “there's a fantastic book on it called the immortality key that a guy has been a guest on my podcast a bunch of times Brian Mur rescue wrote”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “there's a fantastic book on it called the immortality key”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 202501:36:42

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2379 - Matthew McConaughey". The episode features Matthew McConaughey: Oscar-winning actor (Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar, True Detective) and bestselling author of Greenlights. Here promoting his new book Poems and Prayers and the film The Lost Bus. Matthew McConaughey and Joe Rogan trade big-picture talk on AI, belief, kindness as self-interest, peak performance, and his new poetry book.

• “when you talk about Brian Mirescu and the immortality key, which by the way is being made into a documentary, phenomenal book, it's incred”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “phenomenal book”
  Rick Doblin · The Joe Rogan Experience · May 202501:37:13

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2319 - Rick Doblin". The episode features Rick Doblin: Founder of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which he started in 1986 to make MDMA-assisted therapy a legal medicine. A leading figure in the psychedelic research movement for nearly 40 years. MAPS founder Rick Doblin walks Joe Rogan through four decades fighting to turn MDMA and psychedelics into legal medicine.

• “you really should read the immortality key have you read that ... it's Brian mirescu he's a scholar who was studying the use of psychedelic drugs in ancient Greece”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “you really should read the immortality key”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 202401:50:10

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2249 - Yannis Pappas & Chris Distefano". The episode features Yannis Pappas & Chris Distefano: Stand-up comedians and co-hosts of the History Hyenas podcast, longtime friends from the New York comedy scene. Comedians Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano riff with Joe Rogan on history, conspiracies, AI, drones, UFOs and cannibalism.

• “Brian Muraresku is a scholar who wrote this incredible book about the use of psychedelics in ancient Greece that's now been confirmed”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “this incredible book about the use of psychedelics in ancient Greece”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 202401:33:18

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2177 - Chris Robinson". The episode features Chris Robinson: Singer and co-founder of The Black Crowes, lifelong record collector, DJ, and head of the Silver Arrow label. Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes talks counterculture, record collecting, defiance against the music business, travel, and the value of raw, authentic art.

• “have you ever heard of uh Brian mura rescu in the book called The immortality key no it's an amazing book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's an amazing book”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 202401:01:21

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #1909 - Stavros Halkias". The episode features Stavros Halkias: Greek-American stand-up comedian known for raunchy, self-deprecating comedy; formerly of the Cum Town podcast, now hosting his own show Stav's World and touring his Fat Rascal tour. Joe Rogan and comedian Stavros Halkias riff for three hours on fetishes, ancient history, combat sports, Catholic Church scandals, classic films, pool hustlers, and comedy craft.

• “there's a great book on it um the immortality Key by this guy Brian mer rescu it actually opened up a field of study at Harvard”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “there's a great book on it”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 202400:02:35

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #1991 - Protect Our Parks 8". The episode features Shane Gillis, Ari Shaffir & Mark Norman: Stand-up comedians and recurring 'Protect Our Parks' panelists who do an unscripted, increasingly drunk and psychedelic group hang with Rogan. Comedians Shane Gillis, Ari Shaffir and Mark Norman eat mushrooms with Joe Rogan and riff on cults, the Bud Light boycott, UFC and aliens.

• “Brian murarescu who's been on the podcast before wrote a book called The immortality key it's a great book about how these ancient societies”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a great book”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 202401:45:25

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #1901 - Steven Pressfield". The episode features Steven Pressfield: Bestselling author of The War of Art, Gates of Fire, and The Legend of Bagger Vance, known for his ideas on creative Resistance and the writer's craft. Author Steven Pressfield and Joe Rogan dig into creativity, Resistance, the ego versus the Muse, discipline, and lost ancient civilizations.

• “that book The immortality key which is fantastic which points to real which I wrote the forward to yes”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “which is fantastic”
  Graham Hancock · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 202400:32:50

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #1897 - Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson". The episode features Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson: Graham Hancock is a British author and former journalist behind Fingerprints of the Gods and the Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse; Randall Carlson is a geological catastrophism and sacred-geometry researcher. Hancock and Carlson argue a lost Ice Age civilization was destroyed by a comet 12,800 years ago, suppressed by mainstream archaeology.

• “the book's called the immortality key it's amazing I listened to the audio version of it and Brian does the the reading”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's amazing”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 202401:25:03

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #1874 - Dave Attell". The episode features Dave Attell: Veteran stand-up comedian (Comedy Central's Insomniac, Bumping Mics), club road dog who started in the late 1980s. Comedian Dave Attell joins Joe Rogan to swap road stories and riff on comedy clubs, NYC chaos, psychedelics history, and cold therapy.

• “my friend uh Brian murarescu he's the guy who wrote the immortality key that amazing book on the illuscinian mysteries”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “that amazing book”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 202402:02:10

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2017 - Bryan Callen". The episode features Bryan Callen: Stand-up comedian, actor (Joker, MADtv) and podcaster (The Fighter and The Kid), longtime friend of Joe Rogan. Comedian Bryan Callen and Joe Rogan riff on supplements, faith, fighting, training to avoid injury, method acting, conspiracies, and UFOs.

• “the third one that I really love is The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku. I love that book so much”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “the third one that I really love ... I love that book so much”
  Dr. Gül Dölen · The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 202301:57:11

  Said during "Rethinking Psychedelics, Octopuses on MDMA, and The Master Key of Metaplasticity | Dr. Gül Dölen". The episode features Dr. Gul Dolen: Associate professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a pioneer in psychedelics research; her lab discovered that psychedelics reopen a critical period for social reward learning. Neuroscientist Gul Dolen explains how psychedelics may be a master key that reopens the brain's critical periods for healing.