Why people recommend it
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling is a fantasy novel that follows a young orphan who discovers he is a wizard and begins his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The book and its broader series frequently emerge in podcast discussions. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Ben Greenfield mentioned he was reading deeper into the series, specifically reaching the fourth installment. Reginald Dwayne Betts shared on People I (Mostly) Admire that he unabashedly loves the magical series when asked about his favorite fictional works. A listener on No Stupid Questions wrote in to ask whether her daily rereading of the fantasy novels and rewatching of television shows might hinder her ability to form normal relationships. Ozan Varol discussed the publishing history of the first book on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, noting that publishers were initially unanimous in their evaluations. Dave Rubin referenced J.K. Rowling on The Rubin Report to illustrate economic value creation and the substantial pleasure books can bring to readers worldwide, while also touching upon Jordan Peterson's use of fairy tales and fictional storytelling to extract profound moral truths and life lessons.
Who recommended it
- Dave Rubin Discussed
- Reginald Dwayne Betts Discussed
- Stephen Dubner Discussed
- Ozan Varol Discussed
- Ben Greenfield Recommended
Dave Rubin — 2 mentions
“if the woman who wrote all the Harry Potter books is richer than - or whatever she bought a hell of a lot of pleasure and so on to other be right”
“like you know he talks about Harry Potter a lot or the story of Pinocchio or just different things”
Reginald Dwayne Betts — 1 mention
“so I'm going to maybe embarrass myself but I love the Harry Potter series”
Stephen Dubner — 1 mention
“And then she continues, or will my almost daily re-watching of Friends and rereading of Harry Potter hinder my ability to form 'normal' relationships in the long run?”
Ozan Varol — 1 mention
“um when she submitted the the harry potter i think it was the sorcerer's stone which is the first book to publishers they were unanimous in their opinion”
Ben Greenfield — 1 mention
“and now I'm reading the books um I'm halfway through Goblet of Fire right now and I'm actually digging it”
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Other mentions (17: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He said that uh the greatest art ever created is uh Harry Potter and we go like better than he's like he goes Yes if it's the most consumed it's the best and we're like what about the Bible he goes ain't nobody read that [ __ ] he goes he goes ain't nobody read that [ __ ] hey”
“I just have a uh uh a long uh uh I I basically use the AI voice generator to have Donald Trump read me Harry Potter to sleep every night”
“I you know I love the term mud blood. you guys know mud blood from Harry Potter. yeah”
“I watched that Joni Ernst roast and ride thing it was like he was Voldemort from Harry Potter and nobody wanted to mention his name”
“favorite Harry Potter book”
“One of them is going to make a Picasso. One of them is going to write the next Harry Potter.”
“I could see Harry Potter and his friends going to Hogwarts for another semester to learn magic”
“Jamie Ellison has for years vocalized her Die Hard obsession with Harry Potter”
“imagine okay you read like it for me I read Harry Potter Harry Potter's great I'm done with the books but I want more Harry Potter I love that world I love the characters all that stuff so then there's people who are super fans who will just go write their own as if they're JK Rowling website”
“you remember when you were watching Harry Potter as a kid or reading Harry Potter and in the first book they were really big into the house points and then my sort of book three he was breaking people out of um out of jail but it was still like bothered about what was going on in school and then”
“The thing all they ever reference are harry potter and the handmaid's tale Both of which are movies or exist in visual media so it's like i know you didn't even read them”
“follow me on uh you know the harry potter and the sorcerer's stone reviews”
“Has anybody read a book other than harry potter”
“I have started the first Harry Potter book Sorcerer's Stone nice world to escape to”
“Just check out the rankings okay number one was Harry Potter number two for economics for the next year and a half it was number two was Freakonomics”
“All of them because if you're going to write to kill a mockingbird or Harry Potter a lot of people are gonna read it”
“she's gotta get harry potter [ __ ] right”