Book · 2015 · Biography & Autobiography
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates has been mentioned in 17 episodes across 9 podcasts (2 episodes recommend it and 15 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Cal Fussman (1 episode), Josh Dubin (1 episode) and Pamela Paul (2 episodes) on The Book Review (8 episodes), The Joe Rogan Experience (2 episodes) and On Purpose with Jay Shetty (1 episode).
#195 of 17,175 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- episodes
- 17
- podcasts
- 9
- people
- 15
- episodes recommend it
- 2
Read T coats's book between the world and me it's a fascinating [ __ ] tale it's a letter written from this you know black man to his 15-year-old son and and it is um it's a life aldering book for me.
Questions about Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Who recommends Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates on podcasts?
Cal Fussman (1 episode) and Josh Dubin (1 episode) have recommended Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates on podcasts. In all, 15 people brought it up across 9 podcasts (2 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Between the World and Me the most?
The Book Review (8 episodes), The Joe Rogan Experience (2 episodes), On Purpose with Jay Shetty (1 episode), The Daily Stoic (1 episode) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode), among 9 podcasts in all.
Is Between the World and Me recommended, or only discussed?
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates was recommended in 2 episodes, discussed without a recommendation in 14 episodes, and critiqued in 1 episode, as of 2025-05-09.
What do people say about Between the World and Me?
Josh Dubin on The Joe Rogan Experience (2024-11-13): "Read T coats's book between the world and me it's a fascinating [ __ ] tale it's a letter written from this you know black man to his 15-year-old son and and it is um it's a life aldering book for me."
When was Between the World and Me last mentioned on a podcast?
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates was last critiqued on The Tucker Carlson Show by Glenn Loury on 2025-05-09.
What they say about it
- Discusses best-selling status“published a best-selling book”2
- Critiques the book's contents“deep problems with it”2
- References passage in book“astonishing kind of passage”2
The best things said about it
And this book is called uh between the world and me and it's by a guy named ta nahi coats and it's a letter to his son about being a black male in America.
And then he published a best-selling book called Between the World and Me which was very widely praised and widely read and I had deep problems with it which I discussed at length on the podcast.
Glenn Loury The Tucker Carlson Show · May 2025 So he wrote this book; he decided to meander over into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because what we really needed was his take. You'll be shocked to learn he reduced it to skin color; shocked to learn it's about colonialism for him.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Oct 2024 But there's an astonishing kind of passage in Between the World and Me where he basically sees a kind of caricature of an upper-class or wealthy Frenchman in a beautiful car smoking a cigarette.
Thomas Chatterton Williams The Daily Stoic · Sep 2022 And then at number three between the world and Me by Tana Hy coats just a Jugger nod of a book there one of our 10 best.
Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
15 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a powerful, epistolary memoir structured as a letter from a father to his teenage son regarding the realities of growing up Black in America. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Josh Dubin recommended the book as a life-altering read that provides essential perspective on navigating race and bridging social understanding. Similarly, Cal Fussman praised the work on The Tim Ferriss Show as critical reading for comprehending the Black male experience in the United States. Conversely, the book has also attracted significant critique on other programs. On The Tucker Carlson Show, Glenn Loury acknowledged the book's widespread acclaim and best-selling status while reflecting on his own deep, extended criticisms of its arguments. Meanwhile, Megyn Kelly and her guests on The Megyn Kelly Show engaged in a sharp critique of Coates's later commentary and his perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, questioning his analytical framework and comparing certain rhetorical stances unfavorably during broader political and cultural debates.
Every mention
Cal Fussman and this book is called uh between the world and me and it's by a guy named ta nahi coats and it's a letter… 1
Recommended
“and this book is called uh between the world and me and it's by a guy named ta nahi coats and it's a letter to his son about being a black male in America”
Josh Dubin read T coats's book between the world and me it's a fascinating [ __ ] tale it's a letter written from this… 1
Recommended
“read T coats's book between the world and me it's a fascinating [ __ ] tale it's a letter written from this you know black man to his 15-year-old son and and it is um it's a life aldering book for me”
Pamela Paul and then at number three between the world and Me by Tana Hy coats just a Jugger nod of a book there one of… 2
Discussed
“and then at number three between the world and Me by Tana Hy coats just a Jugger nod of a book there one of our 10 best”
Discussed
“and in non-fiction Jen in non-fiction we have between the world and Me by Tanana hassy coats”
Bryan Callen I've read a lot of Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Ta-Nehisi is, you know, would be considered on the sort of left si… 1
Discussed
“I've read a lot of Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Ta-Nehisi is, you know, would be considered on the sort of left side of the spectrum in black intelligentsia.”
Carlos Lozada but I think especially in in recent years perhaps following the success in a claim of between the world and… 1
Discussed
“but I think especially in in recent years perhaps following the success in a claim of between the world and Me by tanasi coats you've seen a lot of these books”
Chelsea handler and that's what i spent my time doing last year reading books you know like james baldwin and tony see coat… 1
Discussed
“and that's what i spent my time doing last year reading books you know like james baldwin and tony see coates and or however you say his name i always screw it up”
Glenn Loury And then he published a best-selling `` book called Between the World and Me `` which `` was `` very widely… 1
Critiqued
“And then he published a best-selling `` book called Between the World and Me `` which `` was `` very widely praised and `` widely read and I had `` deep problems with it which I discussed at length on the podcast.”
Discussed
“And then he published a best-selling uh book called Between the World and Me which uh was uh very widely praised and uh widely read and I had uh deep problems with it which I discussed at length on the podcast.”
Greg Cowles go had a Watchman on the fiction side and between the world and me on the non-fiction side 1
Discussed
“go had a Watchman on the fiction side and between the world and me on the non-fiction side”
Jennifer Schuessler James Baldwins the fire next time was sort of an inspiration for tanahi coats's Memoir between the world an… 1
Discussed
“James Baldwins the fire next time was sort of an inspiration for tanahi coats's Memoir between the world and me”
John Williams tanas book came out you know a year ago a couple weeks ago and I think I might have looked at it the week a… 1
Discussed
“tanas book came out you know a year ago a couple weeks ago and I think I might have looked at it the week after it came out the the book”
Megyn Kelly So he wrote this book; he decided to meander over into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because what we rea… 1
Critiqued
“So he wrote this book; he decided to meander over into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because what we really needed was his take. You'll be shocked to learn he reduced it to skin color; shocked to learn it's about colonialism for him.”
Critiqued
“I have to say when I read the book, I imagine if I took your name out of it, took away the awards and the acclaim, took the cover off the book, the publishing house goes away, the content of that section would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist. Why leave out that Israel deals”
Critiqued
“It's what I struggled with throughout this book; what is it that so particularly offends you about the existence of a Jewish state that is a Jewish safe place and not any of the other states out there?”
Critiqued
“God forbid, who's, by the way, not only is he Jewish, but he has an ex-wife who lives in Israel with his children, so he's got a lot of knowledge about this region and has standing, if you will, to object to the one-sided nature of Coates's book and was totally within the bounds of reason in doing so, all”
Piers Morgan so I read the art of the deal his book about four times before I went out there and just played it tough an… 1
Discussed
“so I read the art of the deal his book about four times before I went out there and just played it tough and hard”
Suzanne Santo like I I read tahanasi coates's book between the world and me and and then I read Douglas Murray 1
Discussed
“like I I read tahanasi coates's book between the world and me and and then I read Douglas Murray”
Thomas Chatterton Williams But there's an astonishing kind of passage in Between the World and Me where he basically sees a kind of ca… 1
Critiqued
“Um but there's an astonishing kind of passage in Between the World and Me where he basically sees um a kind of caricature of an upper class or wealthy um Frenchman in a in a beautiful car smoking a cigarette and he imagines him going on to have some type of amazing night and kind of living this kind of”
Discussed
“But there's an astonishing kind of passage in Between the World and Me where he basically sees a kind of caricature of an upper-class or wealthy Frenchman in a beautiful car smoking a cigarette.”
Wesley Morris tas's book came out you know a year ago a couple weeks ago and I think I might have looked at it the week a… 1
Discussed
“tas's book came out you know a year ago a couple weeks ago and I think I might have looked at it the week after it came out the the book and then I looked at it in February and it was still on the list”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“T Hy coats one for between the world and me which is his collection”
Other mentions (15: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“And she had sent out all those wacky tweets about wanting to pay reparations and reading the the case for reparations. And then he got to her. She's like, I never read that book really. Then why did you tweet? You tweet you tweeted that you did. I don't remember ever doing that. He tweeted, "I took the whole day”
Passing
“You tweeted that in reference to a book you were reading at at the time, apparently, The Case for Reparations.”
Passing
“I think I maybe I was working on wei8 years in power whatever I signed up to go like maybe two years later broke my toe could not go”
Passing
“and then you have hillbilly elgy but I really feel like and then you know two down you have between the world and me it's like people are really trying to understand what's going on right now”
Passing
“and then you know two down you have between the world and me”
Passing
“like one of them was tanahasi coates book um between the world and me and four others that were kind of like that”
Passing
“the enemy i think is one of his right”
Passing
“and the one that I'm going to talk about this week is James Baldwin's the fire next time which a lot of people have been talking about for not just the the past couple of months in America but also since tanasi coats I think sort of modeled his book between the world and me after part of this book”
Passing
“still the T coats has has been on the list now for over a year um between the world and me is still at number five”
Passing
“between the world and me”
Passing
“so it's about bodies much the way tanasi coats's book is about bodies except not at all right I was waiting for that I allowed to beat there um I'm trying to put us in the same class assuming your readers will and your listeners will fall for it for readers of Tanana hay coats's book enjoy gazing so on”
Passing
“it looks like some of the favorites are Lauren grath's the fates and Furies she was shortlisted for the circus prize this week as was a ton hassy coats for between the world and me”
Passing
“tanassi coats's book between the world and me was mentioned that's a number one bestseller”
Passing
“new it number one which knocks tanahi coats uh between the world and me out of the top spot down to number two”
Passing
“at number one um on the non-fiction list there's a new title there tanahi coats between the world and me”