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Macbeth
Macbeth by William Shakespeare has been mentioned in 9 episodes across 7 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 8 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Graham Hancock (1 episode), Adrian Edwards (1 episode) and Chamath Palihapitiya (1 episode) on The Book Review (3 episodes), EconTalk (1 episode) and How I Write (1 episode).
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You have Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Romeo and Juliet—could you change a single syllable and improve it?
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Dec 2024 Listen at 1:39:21 Questions about Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Who recommends Macbeth by William Shakespeare on podcasts?
Graham Hancock (1 episode) has recommended Macbeth by William Shakespeare on podcasts. In all, 8 people brought it up across 7 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Macbeth the most?
The Book Review (3 episodes), EconTalk (1 episode), How I Write (1 episode), Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and The Daily Stoic (1 episode), among 7 podcasts in all.
Is Macbeth recommended, or only discussed?
Macbeth by William Shakespeare was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 8 episodes, as of 2026-10-27.
What do people say about Macbeth?
Jordan Peterson on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (2024-12-12): "You have Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Romeo and Juliet, could you change a single syllable and improve it?"
When was Macbeth last mentioned on a podcast?
Macbeth by William Shakespeare was last discussed on The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday on 2026-10-27.
What they say about it
- Referenced in discussion“Shakespeare observed in Macbeth”4
The best things said about it
Bloody instructions which being taught return to plague the inventor.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Oct 2026 A friend quoted a line from Macbeth and he quoted it and I was like dude I need to remember that.
They think I am living in a tale told by an idiot.
Chamath Palihapitiya The Tucker Carlson Show · Jan 2025 Macbeth as a tragedy has actually really quite a remarkable number of people still alive at the end of the play.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a classic tragedy exploring unchecked ambition, guilt, and the devastating moral consequences of treachery. Although frequently discussed as a timeless literary masterwork, it was cited across various podcasts to illustrate diverse philosophical and political points. Ryan Holiday invoked Shakespeare's observations on the play during an episode of The Daily Stoic to emphasize the destructive fallout of setting bad examples. David Perell quoted a line from the tragedy on How I Write to reflect on the power of striking and simple writing. Sadie Stein talked about film adaptations of the work on The Book Review, while Chamath Palihapitiya referenced a famous line on The Tucker Carlson Show to ponder the spiritual dimensions of life. Jordan Peterson highlighted the tragedy on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast as an example of classic literature whose syllables cannot be improved, and Adrian Edwards discussed its survival through the First Folio. Finally, Eleanor Catton noted on The Book Review that an activist group in her novel took its name directly from the play.
Every mention
Graham Hancock A similar idea was explored by Professor David Lewis-Williams at the University of Witwatersrand in South A… 1
“A similar idea was explored by Professor David Lewis-Williams at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, in a fabulous book called The Mind in the Cave, where he's again asserting that astonishing similarities in cave art and rock art around the world can only be properly explained by people in deeply altered states of consciousness trying to remember their”
Adrian Edwards well if we didn't have the first folio given that all the manuscript versions of the place are lost we woul… 1
“well if we didn't have the first folio given that all the manuscript versions of the place are lost we wouldn't have Place such as the Tempest or 12th night or a Winter's Tale or Julius cesa or anti Cleopatra or MC Beth”
Chamath Palihapitiya and at some point they may never say it out loud They think I am living in a tale told by an idiot Right th… 1
“and at some point they may never say it out loud They think I am living in a tale told by an idiot Right that's that famous quote about why spirituality is important”
David Perell I mean this is so cliche so forgive me but I I was at dinner and a friend quoted a line from Macbeth and he… 1
“I mean this is so cliche so forgive me but I I was at dinner and a friend quoted a line from Macbeth and he quoted it and I was like dude I need to remember that.”
Eleanor Catton and this arouses the attention of a young activist group in New Zealand that called themselves Burnham Wood… 1
“and this arouses the attention of a young activist group in New Zealand that called themselves Burnham Wood taking that name of course from Shakespeare's play”
“had been thinking a lot about how McBeth as a tragedy has actually really quite a remarkable number of people still alive at the end of the play”
Jordan Peterson He wasn’t interested in plots; you have Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, an… 1
“He wasn’t interested in plots; you have Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Romeo and Juliet—could you change a single syllable and improve it?”
Ryan Holiday And just as Shakespeare observed in Macbeth, bloody instructions which being taught return to plague the in… 1
“And just as Shakespeare observed in Macbeth, bloody instructions which being taught return to plague the inventor. Seneca's collaboration with Nero ultimately ended with the student.”
Sadie Stein whether that be the Zepharelli or the Roman Palansky McBth or So, they showed you the most inappropriate ve… 1
“whether that be the Zepharelli or the Roman Palansky McBth or So, they showed you the most inappropriate versions of these stories.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“so my i have a son in seventh grade 12 years old and they're doing macbeth in their in their literature class and so they're performing short scenes and little groups”
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“McBth by William Shakespeare.”
“there's McBeth that we teach as a set gcsc text it has witches in it”
“This Electoral Count Act, this was how it was always done, and anybody who cracked open an actual history book in high school and took American history would understand there were disputed elections.”
“Um, and so much so that even in her autobiography, which was published in 1895 when she was in her 70s, she called it 'Pioneering Work'.”
“No, it's you know, people look at some of these like incredibly... so I study high-performing organizations, and I'm in the process of writing a book on this.”
“He said they feel disjointed, like tearing the pages from William Shakespeare's Macbeth or Hamlet, wherein you might take the first act and then skip to the last act before pasting the pages on the wall and declaring it Shakespeare.”