Why people recommend it
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is a bestselling mystery thriller novel that follows a Harvard symbologist as he uncovers hidden religious conspiracies and historical secrets. Jordan B. Peterson mentioned the book on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast to illustrate how deeply humans enjoy engaging with intricate narratives centered around symbols, puzzles, and hidden knowledge. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Bill Burr noted that he was reading a book given to him by a friend to help make sense of fighting, which was referred to in conversation, while Bryan Callen briefly referenced theories concerning Leonardo da Vinci that appear within the novel. Conversely, Joe Rogan offered a starkly critical perspective on the same podcast, panning both Dan Brown's writing and the Tom Hanks film adaptation for what he viewed as poorly executed secret biblical themes. Despite mixed critical reception among the podcast hosts, the book remained a prominent cultural touchstone, frequently invoked to debate the merits of popular thriller tropes, cinematic adaptations, and the public fascination with historical conspiracy theories, esoteric symbology, and hidden religious narratives across various episodes.
Who recommended it
- Jordan B. Peterson Discussed
- Bill Burr Discussed
- Bryan Callen Discussed
- Joe Rogan Discussed
Jordan B. Peterson — 1 mention
“you know there was a book published a while back tom hanks was in the movie he was a harvard professor who went around solving symbolic mysteries do you remember what was it called the da vinci code”
Bill Burr — 1 mention
“i'm reading this one called uh bartnik gave it to me the uh called the code and it breaks down for anybody ever never understood why there was fighting which i never quite understood either”
Bryan Callen — 1 mention
“in his book The Da Vinci Code actually talks about it”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
“I got weirded out with him when he started doing those movies about like the [ __ ] secret biblical [ __ ] DaVinci Code. Yeah. I was like did you read these scripts. Yeah. That was bad. These are terrible movies. You goddamn Tom Hanks was a bad book. How's it house. A bad book and I become a”
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Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“The Da Vinci Code was a big deal yeah with Tom Hanks”
“like that guy from Angels and Demons or The Da Vinci Code you know like a Tom Hanks type guy who's like I have tracked the kite's temple I know all the revelations”
“I got to the I was able to read that da Vinci Code in Arabic”
“so tom hanks doing divi code i didn't really want to do davinci code but tom hanks so like the whole narrator thing”
“I'm reading this book about you know the code and NHL hockey”
“This was of course Dan Brown's novel. That was a real book, actually.”
“you go into a museum you look at the Li look at the that really average looking woman that that guy painted from The Da Vinci Code evidently she was”