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Books by Mark Twain mentioned on podcasts
Mark Twain's literary works, particularly Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, were referenced across several podcast episodes. On Freakonomics Radio, Rocco Landisman discussed adapting the American literary classic into a musical titled Big River, noting that it was his favorite novel and featured new songs by country legend Roger Miller. Timcast IRL featured conversations regarding the novel, including mentions of it being reportedly banned in California under Newsom's administration for being perceived as racist, as well as a story about parents removing their children from school in the 1990s over disagreed-upon book selections that included Twain's work. Additionally, Joe and Bert Kreischer discussed an Alabama publisher's decision to replace specific words within Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on The Joe Rogan Experience. On the same show, Jann Wenner compared the cultural status and literary significance of Hunter S. Thompson's Vegas novel to American classics like Twain's Huck Finn. Meanwhile, Jay Shetty briefly referenced the book Body for Life on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, and other episodes mentioned The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in passing alongside discussions of unrelated texts.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a classic American novel depicting a young boy's journey down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave, confronting society and morality.
Discussed“that I assigned in the class was Huckleberry Finn. And a lot of the students said they wouldn't read Huckleberry Finn”
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a classic American novel depicting the mischievous exploits of a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.
Discussed“Tom Sawyer using reverse psychology to trick his friends into taking over painting the fence for him because he talks about how much fun it is and he doesn't want to share.”
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain is a classic satirical novel about a nineteenth-century American mechanic who travels back in time to Arthurian England and uses practical knowledge to pose as a powerful wizard.
Discussed“It does feel like he believed it or maybe he was Merlin in Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. remember where the unnamed protagonist, the Yankee, sees some guy who thinks he's doing magic and has that moment where he says, "Holy crap, this guy actually Merlin actually believes that he can do spells."”
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Life on the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi is a famous memoir and travel book by Mark Twain that recounts his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, alongside a later journey through the region.
Recommended“So you like that uh life on the Mississippi builds a Mississippi flatbo. Okay.”
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The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad is an 1869 travel book by Mark Twain chronicling his 1867 excursion through Europe and the Holy Land.
Discussed“and the actual one that he wrote abroad was called The Innocence Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress. But yeah, that I'm going to start reading next week.”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Novel (1885) by
Discussed“they took it out of Tom so they took it out of huckle I was just thinking about that that's the problem with people going well that well that's certainly certain lines that you shouldn't people shouldn't listen to I'm like no you just shouldn't listen to it”
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Letters from Earth
Discussed“Mark Twain has a passage in letters from Earth where he says people think they're going to list lie on green fields and listen to harp music”
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Letters from the Earth
Discussed“One is that every image of what it's like is foolish; like Mark Twain has in 'Letters from the Earth' says, 'We're going to lie on green fields and listen to harp music,' which you wouldn't want to do for five minutes while you're alive, but you think you'll be happy for the rest of eternity doing it after you”
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Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine
Discussed“it's called The purloining of Prince oo margarin and it's a it's a tale set in a sort of nameless Timeless Kingdom”
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The Gilded Age
Discussed“I mentioned Mark Twain and the only reason we're going to talk about Mark Twain for a moment is because in 1873 he co-wrote a novel a satire called the Gilded Age colon a tale of today where it followed a poor country farmer who uh is sort of I mean does he move to the city trying to get”
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The Prince and the Pauper
Discussed“you know the the the the prince and the popper I read that one”
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Discussed“On the other hand, he started actually started with his novel Putinhead Wilson that I think it was 35 chapters each 35 chap each of 35 chapters starts with Putin had Wilson's calendar...”
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The Writings of Mark Twain: The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrim's progress
Discussed“and the actual one that he wrote abroad was called The Innocence Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress. But yeah, that I'm going to start reading next week.”
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