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Books by Neil Strauss mentioned on podcasts
Neil Strauss's books, including The Game and The Dirt, are discussed on podcasts in contexts ranging from social dynamics to rock memoir adaptations. On My First Million, Shaan Puri and Sam Parr recalled reading The Game as teenagers and discussed how the book popularized pickup artistry techniques and concepts like the bounce within creative environments. Another episode featured a host describing using lines from the book as pickup lines before realizing someone else had also read it. On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Andrew Schulz jokingly named The Game as the book that had the biggest impact on his life. The Megyn Kelly Show referenced The Game as the origin of the term negging, describing the tactic of withholding approval to create dependency. On Modern Wisdom, a host highlighted a quote by Strauss regarding unspoken expectations and premeditated resentments while noting the author's personal transformation. Finally, on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, musician Tommy Lee discussed The Dirt as the true-to-form basis for the movie about Mötley Crüe.
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The Game
The Game by Neil Strauss is a memoir and investigative dive into the secretive subculture of professional pickup artists and social manipulation techniques.
Discussed“When Sean and I were 14, the game the book came out and like every 14-year-old read this book called The Game. It was about pickup artists and it like it took a whole bunch of internet nerds like us.”
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The Dirt
Discussed“And that movie was about the book, The Dirt book. They said it was pretty true to form, a lot of it.”
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