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Books by Fyodor Dostoevsky mentioned on podcasts
Fyodor Dostoevsky's novels have received frequent praise and analysis across several podcasts. On How I Write, the host described The Brothers Karamazov as one of the three or four greatest novels ever written and called Crime and Punishment a tremendous novel, while also touching upon The Idiot and The Possessed. Dr. Gabor Maté shared on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von that he reread The Brothers Karamazov due to the author's deep understanding of the human soul. Jordan Peterson discussed The Brothers Karamazov on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, using the novice Alyosha to illustrate storytelling techniques, and referenced The Idiot in conversation with Steven Bartlett. Vivek Ramaswamy also reflected on The Brothers Karamazov on Peterson's podcast, specifically citing the Grand Inquisitor chapter as an analogy for the climate change movement. Finally, Bridget Phetasy stated on The Joe Rogan Experience that Crime and Punishment was one of her favorite books and inspired her desire to learn Russian.
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound philosophical novel that explores deep spiritual questions surrounding faith, free will, morality, and the human condition.
Discussed“like dusty was into this like in the brothers Kamazov he breaks down the road to Damascus experience and he talks about what happened in that moment so like what you the angle you're taking he takes it like in this hardcore way”
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound psychological novel that explores guilt, morality, and the severe consequences of moral relativism and nihilism.
Discussed“like the attitude that DSTVski's character Rolnikov adopts in his famous book crime and punishment”
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound psychological novella that explores the tormented inner life, resentment, and irrational impulses of an isolated protagonist living in nineteenth-century Russia.
Discussed“Well, DSki tried to work through that problem very early on in the mid to late 1800s. He was a very astute critic of the socialist utopian dreams of that time which are very much like the same dreams in modern time. And he wrote about this in a book called Notes from Underground”
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Demons
Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound novel exploring the societal and psychological chaos that erupts when ideological dogmas displace spiritual frameworks.
Discussed“I’m going to go with Dostoevsky, though, because I think his book Demons diagnoses what can happen at a psychic and spiritual level when social contagion runs rampant.”
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Notes from the Underground
Discussed“so and he said this in a book called notes it notes in the notes from the underground it's a pretty good book”
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