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Books by Ernest Hemingway mentioned on podcasts

14 books across 55 episodes on 20 podcasts.

Ernest Hemingway's novels and writing style are often referenced by podcast hosts and guests. On Huberman Lab and The Daily Stoic, James Sexton and another host quoted a famous line from 'A Farewell to Arms' about the world breaking everyone and leaving some stronger in the broken places, while the Daily Stoic host also praised the novel's opening dust description as a display of poetic genius. Joe Rogan mentioned listening to the audiobook of 'The Sun Also Rises', and Jason Bordoff on The Ezra Klein Show used a character quote from the same novel regarding bankruptcy to describe how environmental change occurs. Jack Carr discussed on The Joe Rogan Experience receiving a typewriter that Hemingway used to write 'A Moveable Feast'. Additionally, an episode of Stuff You Should Know referenced a movie adaptation of 'To Have and Have Not', and Bert Kreischer on the Lex Fridman Podcast reflected on reading 'The Sun Also Rises' while working at Barnes and Noble.

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  1. The Sun Also Rises

    16 mentions · Stuff You Should Know, Freakonomics Radio, EconTalk

    The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a classic Lost Generation novel chronicling the disillusionment, travels, and romantic entanglements of a group of American and British expatriates in Europe.

    Discussed
    “specifically in this case, uh it was from the book The Sun Also Rises in the epigraph Ernest Hemingway quoted Stein Uh-huh. saying you are all a lost generation.”
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  2. The Old Man and the Sea

    9 mentions · How I Write, Never Enough, Monday Morning Podcast

    The Old Man and the Sea is a classic novella by Ernest Hemingway about an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

    Discussed
    “He's Hemingway. But what he does is like pick up The Old Man and the Sea. He says old man and sea and blue and boat like 10 times.”
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  3. A Farewell to Arms

    10 mentions · The Daily Stoic, The Book Review, Huberman Lab

    A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is a celebrated novel that chronicles a tragic wartime romance and the brutal realities of combat, known for its spare prose and poignant explorations of human resilience.

    Discussed
    “Have you looked at the alternate endings for a farewell to arms?”
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  4. For Whom the Bell Tolls

    7 mentions · The Daily Stoic, EconTalk, Breaking Points

    For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway is a classic novel centered on the Spanish Civil War and the harrowing experiences of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer attached to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

    Discussed
    “There's a obviously you know for whom the bell tolls by Hemingway and you know the sort of like central drama of it is this is a night before this military operation where Robert Jordan I think his name is the the narrator or the the main character.”
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  5. A Moveable Feast

    4 mentions · How I Write, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Rubin Report

    A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway is a classic posthumously published memoir that captures the author's impoverished yet artistically vibrant years as a young expatriate writer in 1920s Paris.

    Discussed
    “Well, I was thinking of that part of a movable feast by Hemingway where he just says, "Write one true sentence. Write one true sentence."”
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  6. Death in the Afternoon

    3 mentions · EconTalk, The Joe Rogan Experience

    Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway is a comprehensive non-fiction exploration of bullfighting in Spain that delves deeply into the cultural, historical, and ritualistic aspects of the sport.

    Discussed
    “And by the mid30s with the two non-fictional books, Green Hills of Africa and Death in the Afternoon, he's already shifting away from that clipped style of omission and of short sentences to a much more meditative, reflective, recursive style, which finally culminates in this book.”
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  7. A Movable Feast

    2 mentions · EconTalk, The Joe Rogan Experience

    A Movable Feast by Ernest Hemingway is a celebrated posthumous memoir that details the author's impoverished yet romantic years as a young writer in Paris during the 1920s.

    Discussed
    “If you take a movable feast which is published in 1964 Mary puts it together his fourth wife it's probably the most beloved book he ever wrote his memoir love this is aostumous book then in 1970 we get islands in the stream which is a much underrated again war novel set in Cuba then we get in 1986 the”
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  8. Green Hills of Africa

    2 mentions · EconTalk, The Joe Rogan Experience

    Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway is an autobiographical non-fiction account of a month-long big-game hunting safari in East Africa that blends travel writing with deep reflections on literature and art.

    Discussed
    “And by the mid30s with the two non-fictional books, Green Hills of Africa and Death in the Afternoon, he's already shifting away from that clipped style of omission and of short sentences to a much more meditative, reflective, recursive style, which finally culminates in this book.”
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  9. In Our Time

    2 mentions · The Daily Stoic, EconTalk

    In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway is a celebrated early collection of short stories that established the author's signature minimalist style and explored themes of war, alienation, and disillusionment.

    Discussed
    “And I read the Hemingway story in our time.”
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  10. Fifty Best American Short Stories

    1 mention · The Book Review

    Discussed
    “so we've got best American essays and best American short stories”
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  11. Garden of Eden

    1 mention · EconTalk

    Discussed
    “If you take a movable feast which is published in 1964 Mary puts it together his fourth wife it's probably the most beloved book he ever wrote his memoir love this is aostumous book then in 1970 we get islands in the stream which is a much underrated again war novel set in Cuba then we get in 1986 the”
    Where to get it
  12. Islands in the Stream

    1 mention · EconTalk

    Discussed
    “If you take a movable feast which is published in 1964 Mary puts it together his fourth wife it's probably the most beloved book he ever wrote his memoir love this is aostumous book then in 1970 we get islands in the stream which is a much underrated again war novel set in Cuba then we get in 1986 the”
    Where to get it
  13. To have and have not

    1 mention · The Shawn Ryan Show

    To Have and Have Not is a novel by Ernest Hemingway that depicts the life of a charter boat captain in Key West during the Great Depression.

    Recommended
    “He has a a memoir called To Helen Back which I should have brought you because it's an amazing book, one of the great memoirs of the 20th century.”
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