Book · 2007 · Biography & Autobiography
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin has been mentioned in 15 episodes across 6 podcasts (11 episodes recommend it and 4 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Jason Calacanis (4 episodes), Joe Rogan (4 episodes) and Tim Ferriss (2 episodes) on The Joe Rogan Experience (6 episodes), The Tim Ferriss Show (3 episodes) and This Week in Startups (3 episodes).
- episodes
- 15
- podcasts
- 6
- people
- 8
- episodes recommend it
- 11
If anyone's interested in the secrets of comedy they're out there and it's about $10.99 in all good bookshops.
Questions about Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Who recommends Born Standing Up by Steve Martin on podcasts?
Jason Calacanis (3 episodes), Joe Rogan (3 episodes), Tim Ferriss (2 episodes), Bill Burr (1 episode) and Jimmy Carr (1 episode) have recommended Born Standing Up by Steve Martin on podcasts. In all, 8 people brought it up across 6 podcasts (6 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Born Standing Up the most?
The Joe Rogan Experience (6 episodes), The Tim Ferriss Show (3 episodes), This Week in Startups (3 episodes), All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg (1 episode) and Monday Morning Podcast (1 episode), among 6 podcasts in all.
Is Born Standing Up recommended, or only discussed?
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin was recommended in 11 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 4 episodes, as of 2026-10-07.
What do people say about Born Standing Up?
Jimmy Carr on The Joe Rogan Experience (2023-10-07): "If anyone's interested in the secrets of comedy they're out there and it's about $10.99 in all good bookshops."
When was Born Standing Up last mentioned on a podcast?
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin was last recommended on This Week in Startups by Jason Calacanis on 2026-10-07.
What they say about it
- Calls it a great book“such a great book”3
- Recommends reading it“I highly recommend it”2
The best things said about it
So I always just tell people like and then if you just want to get inspired um born standing up by I love that book it's so beautiful.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Apr 2024 I want a second-born standing up that is an incredible memoir.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2019 Steve Martin reads it and so it's like listening to like a play almost, it's great, I highly recommend it.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2013 Martin was a big influence on me early on in my career because of that book he wrote, because he wrote his memoir, Born Standing Up, which was a professional memoir.
Such a great book, it's a great book.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2022 Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin is a memoir chronicling the author's formative years in stand-up comedy before he walked away from the stage at the peak of his career. On This Week in Startups, Jason Calacanis recommended the autobiography to a caller seeking broader industry perspective and later praised it as a deeply inspirational and beautiful work. Jimmy Carr suggested the book on The Joe Rogan Experience as an essential resource for anyone interested in the inner workings and secrets of comedy. Bill Burr also mentioned the memoir on the same podcast while reminiscing about Steve Martin's legendary career and his eventual departure from stand-up, a topic also discussed by Joe Rogan when highlighting the ten-year deadline the comedian set for himself. Furthermore, Tim Ferriss shared on The Tim Ferriss Show that he counts the audiobook among his personal favorites, and Mike Birbiglia praised the title on SmartLess as one of the finest books ever written about comedy.
Every mention
Jason Calacanis so I always just tell people like and then if you just want to get inspired um born standing up by I love t… 4
“So, go read uh Born Standing Up by um Steve Martin.”
“so I always just tell people like and then if you just want to get inspired um born standing up by I love that book it's so beautiful”
“I also see you know if I do a search of Google Drives on the web that you know something like an autobiography or born standing up Steve Martin's great one or you know shoe dog”
“born standing up Steve Martin”
Joe Rogan a lot of people are saying thank you for introducing them to the uh Steve Martin book uh born standing up u… 4
“did you ever read born standing up Steve Martin yes yeah such a great book it's a great book”
“have you ever read that book born standing up yeah he said he went out there and he had this like ukulele thing and would come down”
“Steve Martin's book's good too yes it is right yeah what is it born standing is that what it is Steve Martin's awesome and he actually reads his book uh and uh”
“a lot of people are saying thank you for introducing them to the uh Steve Martin book uh born standing up uh they loved it yeah because Steve Martin reads it and so it's like listening to like a play almost it's great I highly recommend it”
Tim Ferriss I'm giving you credit for this but it's certainly one of my my favorite in my case audio books born standin… 2
“I'm giving you credit for this but it's certainly one of my my favorite in my case audio books born standing up right be so good they can't ignore you Steve Martin”
“I want a second-born standing up that is an incredible memoir”
Bill Burr he's got a great the book that's the book born standing up you know what kills me is I loaned that to someb… 2
“um that's another thing from Steve Martin's book he was talking to one of the members of the band and they said we're putting we're putting together a band and he goes what's it called and he goes Eagles and Steve was going the Eagles he's like no just Eagles”
“he's got a great the book that's the book born standing up you know what kills me is I loaned that to somebody there gave it up in 81”
Jimmy Carr I mean I think there's breadcrumbs there like Steve Martin's book born standing up M I think that's the if… 1
“I mean I think there's breadcrumbs there like Steve Martin's book born standing up M I think that's the if anyone's interested in the secrets of Comedy they're out there and it's about $10.99 in all good bookshops”
“I mean I think there's breadcrumbs there like Steve Martin's book born standing up”
Mike Birbiglia oh my I mean great the great uh the giant I mean it's the the I mean honestly like borne standing up his bo… 1
“oh my I mean great the great uh the giant I mean it's the the I mean honestly like borne standing up his book one of the best I read it”
“worst Heckler worst experience ever worst Heckler oh God I feel like honestly you know speaking of Steve Martin like I feel like his born standing up and like interviews he's given over the years are the best advice about dealing with audience gone wrong stuff”
Cal Newport Martin was a big influence on me early on in my career because of that book he wrote, because he wrote his… 2
“let's go back to the book you mentioned born standing up”
“Martin was a big influence on me early on in my career because of that book he wrote, because he wrote his memoir, Born Standing Up, which was a professional memoir.”
Adam Savage all that being said there's a quote in Steve Martin's book born standing up when someone says to him you wi… 1
“all that being said there's a quote in Steve Martin's book born standing up when someone says to him you will eventually use everything you've ever learned”
Often mentioned with
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Um, and number one is walking, uh, Steve's new book is for Tracy. Uh, that's—that's what they call two years old!”
“So, but when I wrote my autobiography, I did have one little plastic box where I just threw things in, and that had things like a receipt from a hotel in Salt Lake City in 1971, so you knew where you were at that date and you could remember her name though. It was like, uh, it was like archaeological”
“and as Brian has said and I've said the Steve Martin one uh on doing standup it's what is it called standup B standing up standing up It's [ __ ] amazing man it's read by Steve Martin if I wanted to just introduce you to something uh that would uh get you to really appreciate the impact of audiobooks”
“audible has set up they have I mean I don't know how many different audio books available including Steve Martin's which is really cool cuz borne standing up is actually read by Steve Martin which is awesome to hear him tell his story of his own life”