James Patterson
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James Patterson is an American author and prolific producer of commercial fiction, especially thrillers and detective novels. He created the Alex Cross series and frequently collaborates with other writers.
Works by James Patterson
5 episodes featuring James Patterson
The Joe Rogan Experience: Protect Our Parks
Sam Morril weighs human comedy against an automated future
The conversation connects the labor of making comedy with wider fears that AI, digital systems, and frictionless relationships could hollow out human life.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2h 58m
The Ezra Klein Show
Abdul El-Sayed links personal history to universal healthcare
The conversation connects identity, institutional failure, healthcare reform, and Middle East policy to competing ideas about what government owes its people.
Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 38m
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Sports spectacle turns racism, AI slop and NFL ambition into one feed
The episode examines how digital platforms turn prejudice, misogyny and absurdity into public entertainment while sports institutions absorb the fallout.
Sep 18, 2026 · 59 min
Morning Brew Daily
Data centers win labor support as AI reshapes business
The episode connects data-center construction, market pressures, consumer technology, sports ownership, and creator-led publishing to a broader question about where economic opportunity is moving.
Sep 2, 2026 · 31 min
The Daily
The thriller list blurs genre and literary fiction
The episode examines how suspense, character psychology, and social observation can make thrillers literary as well as compulsively readable.
Aug 16, 2026 · 47 min