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Books by Rudyard Kipling mentioned on podcasts
On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Matt referenced Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim as an example of fiction based on the historical period of the Great Game in Afghanistan, a point echoed on the same podcast to illustrate the continuing British presence in the region. Josh Clark discussed Kim on Stuff You Should Know to explain the origin of Kim Philby's nickname, describing the story of a street urchin raised in India who becomes a spy. The hosts of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know also compared the appearance of Gigantopithecus to King Louie from the live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book. On This Present Weekend w/ Theo Von, Theo Von humorously described The Jungle Book as a librarian while telling a story about a pet bobcat, and Bill Burr mentioned the book on Monday Morning Podcast while recalling the song The Bare Necessities. Additionally, Lex Fridman recited lines from Kipling's poem If on the Lex Fridman Podcast to highlight themes of resilience, integrity, and valuing all human beings.
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The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is a celebrated collection of stories featuring memorable animal characters and the human boy Mowgli growing up in the Indian wilderness.
Discussed“Oh, like the Christopher Walken King Louie in the live-action Jungle Book! That's the way it's depicted in the live-action Jungle Book in the King Louie character.”
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Kim
Discussed“Afghanistan became uh once again as you mentioned Matt a very uh fertile battleground right you can see uh you can see some excellent fiction based on this period of time a work by Richard Kipling it's intensely problematic author but I would I would say a talented poet uh he wrote a novel called Kim which is about a”
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The light that failed
Discussed“As I often do, please allow me to read a few lines from the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling: 'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting too, if you can wait and not”
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Rikki-tikki-tavi
Discussed“I said to him watch rikki-tikki-tavi which is a story about a mongoose fight two snakes and it's a it's a metaphor so really cool matter for anyone to watch it on YouTube since 1975 cartoon. It's a story by Rudyard Kipling”
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