Book · 1943
The Fountainhead
#87 of 15,601 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- mentions
- 31
- people
- 20
- podcasts
- 14
- episodes
- 25
- critical mentions
- 0
So, I think anyone who wants to be happy should read The Fountainhead and anyone who wants to.
What they say about it
- Read before Atlas Shrugged“doing yourself an enormous disservice”2
- Changed my life“really changed my life”2
- Rejected by publishers“rejected by 12 Publishers”2
The best things said about it
You know, there's one book that set me free more than anything. It was uh The Fountain Head. I read The Fountain Head. It was a girlandr. Yeah. Whatever. But um it set me free. She told me, she's like, "I think you'd like this.
One of my favorite books maybe my favor I don't like to use that word favorite but like The Fountainhead.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2018 People would say things like, 'I read The Fountainhead, and now I'm getting a divorce,' you know?
The Fountainhead really changed my life when i first read that.
The Fountainhead is this story of a struggling architect, Howard Roark, and she kind of follows his life and his career.
If and if you read atlas shrug before reading the fountain head you're doing yourself an enormous disservice don't you dare do it on the philosophical.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
20 people who brought it up
- Michael Malice3 mentions · 2 recs
- Yaron Brook5 mentions · 1 rec
- Alex Epstein1 mention · 1 rec
- Catalina Lauf1 mention · 1 rec
- Joe Rogan1 mention · 1 rec
- Jennifer Burns2 mentions
Tyler Cowen2 mentions
Dave Rubin1 mention- David Sacks1 mention
- Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett1 mention
- Garry Tan1 mention
- Josh Clark1 mention
Why people recommend it
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is a classic philosophical novel that explores individualism, artistic integrity, and the conflict between independent creators and collectivist societal pressures. Joe Rogan discussed the novel extensively on The Joe Rogan Experience alongside Ari Shaffir, noting its powerful impact on his perspective regarding personal freedom and artistic expression. Ari Shaffir also shared on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von that reading the novel set him free by helping him overcome external criticism and the pressures of public judgment. Michael Malice recommended the work on the Lex Fridman Podcast, suggesting it as an absolute prerequisite to reading Atlas Shrugged to fully grasp the author's philosophical framework. Yaron Brook echoed this endorsement on the same podcast by advising all listeners to read the novel. Alex Epstein recommended the book on Modern Wisdom as an essential read for anyone pursuing personal happiness, while Catalina Lauf cited the story on Timcast IRL to celebrate the resilient spirit of independent entrepreneurs who succeed despite conventional schooling systems. Furthermore, David Sacks touched upon the book's individualist philosophy on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg, highlighting its ongoing cultural resonance and its profound influence on discussions surrounding personal autonomy, ambition, and the uncompromising pursuit of one's own vision.
Every mention
Michael Malice if and if you read atlas shrug before reading the fountain head you're doing yourself an enormous disservice 3
Recommended
“if and if you read atlas shrug before reading the fountain head you're doing yourself an enormous disservice”
Recommended
“if and if you read atlas shrug before reading the fountain head you're doing yourself an enormous disservice don't you dare do it on the philosophical”
Discussed
“I have Iran's copy of the first edition of The Fountainhead yes”
Yaron Brook so I would recommend everybody read Fountain Head and Aly shrug 5
Discussed
“and then she starts on her on on the book The Fountain Head and she writes The Fountain Head and it comes out um she finishes it in uh 1945 and she's um she sends it to Publishers and publisher after publisher after publisher turn it down and it takes 12 Publishers before this this editor reads it and says”
Discussed
“and the thing about the particularly the F head and and Al shrug but true of of even anthem and we the living she is one of the only dead authors that sell more after they've died than when they was your alive now”
Recommended
“so I would recommend everybody read Fountain Head and Aly shrug”
Discussed
“is a huge fan of the fountain head and is actually his dream project he has said in public his dream project is to make the Fountain Head”
Discussed
“and then she wrote a book called The Fountain Head and and the Fountain Head was rejected by 12 Publishers ultimately published became a word of mouth bestseller”
Alex Epstein So, I think anyone who wants to be happy should read The Fountainhead and anyone who wants to 1
Recommended
“So, I think anyone who wants to be happy should read The Fountainhead and anyone who wants to”
Catalina Lauf i love for example iron rand and the fountainhead and a lot of her books and you think about all these entr… 1
Recommended
“i love for example iron rand and the fountainhead and a lot of her books and you think about all these entrepreneurs and people who weren't good in school”
Joe Rogan one of my favorite books maybe my favor I don't like to use that word favorite but like The Fountainhead si… 1
Recommended
“one of my favorite books maybe my favor I don't like to use that word favorite but like The Fountainhead sign round and people go like oh you're socialists you know she took [ __ ] social security in her old age she never did and I'm like okay okay and I used to sharing it and I ran all”
Jennifer Burns So 'The Fountainhead' is this story of a struggling architect, Howard Roark, and she kind of follows his li… 2
Discussed
“People would say things like, 'I read 'The Fountainhead,' and now I'm getting a divorce,' you know?”
Discussed
“So 'The Fountainhead' is this story of a struggling architect, Howard Roark, and she kind of follows his life and his career.”
Tyler Cowen the sex scenes in Atlas Shrugged and Fountain Head what what do you make of them as a reader today 2
Discussed
“the sex scenes in Atlas Shrugged and Fountain Head what what do you make of them as a reader today”
Discussed
“Is it useful at all to think about this kind of formulation of rational self interest if i could put in those words or i guess more negatively the the the selfishness where she would put i guess the virtue of selfishness”
Dave Rubin we're going to be talking about selfishness and the virtue of selfishness 1
Discussed
“we're going to be talking about selfishness and the virtue of selfishness”
David Sacks Travis, you uh famously had uh the fountain head. Trump didn't want to delete the US Constitution. 1
Discussed
“Travis, you uh famously had uh the fountain head. Trump didn't want to delete the US Constitution.”
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett and that conversation didn't last very long because he made an anal I guess he he made an analogy between m… 1
Discussed
“and that conversation didn't last very long because he made an anal I guess he he made an analogy between me and uh character in The Fountain Head -- the woman who's who's raped in the Fountain Head and I was like okay that's not that's not a good that's not a good that's not a good one not that”
Garry Tan funny story though, uh, I distinctly remember reading, uh, The Fountainhead by Anne Rand, and it actually m… 1
Discussed
“funny story though, uh, I distinctly remember reading, uh, The Fountainhead by Anne Rand, and it actually messed up my college essays.”
Josh Clark And if you're wondering, uh, is that named after, you know, Mr. Ror from Fantasy Island? No, it's named lik… 1
Discussed
“And if you're wondering, uh, is that named after, you know, Mr. Ror from Fantasy Island? No, it's named like seriously named for, uh, Howard Ror, uh, Ein Rand hero. And do with that what you will. Yeah. From the Fountain Head.”
Lex Fridman and then from that you can derive an ethics about how to live life like what is the what is the good ethica… 1
Discussed
“and then from that you can derive an ethics about how to live life like what is the what is the good ethical life and all the virtue of selfishness”
Orlando Bloom or you know I don't know like I know it's an Ren but the Fountain Head was like you know that was not she's… 1
Discussed
“or you know I don't know like I know it's an Ren but the Fountain Head was like you know that was not she's like some of the thinking in there”
Rick Alan Ross and then he also fancied Ein Rand – the author of you know Atlas Shrugged and and Fountain Head and he Inco… 1
Discussed
“and then he also fancied Ein Rand – the author of you know Atlas Shrugged and and Fountain Head and he Incorporated many of her beliefs regarding objectivism into his philosophy”
Robert Evans The company of the commercial faithful gathered on the banks of Cali's Russian River could look for succor… 1
Discussed
“The company of the commercial faithful gathered on the banks of Cali's Russian River could look for succor to Goldwater's autobiography, The Conscience of a Conservative, to William F. Buckley's editorials in National Review, to the novels of Ayn Rand!”
Rucka Rucka Ali the fountainhead really changed my life when i first read that and then atlas shrugged it's like that on st… 1
Discussed
“the fountainhead really changed my life when i first read that and then atlas shrugged it's like that on steroids”
Sean Kelly i read it in high school i read the fountainhead in high school and atlas shrugged but that's at this point 1
Discussed
“i read it in high school i read the fountainhead in high school and atlas shrugged but that's at this point”
Tucker Carlson ever read The Fountain Head yeah so when he leaves for vacation things get [ __ ] up oh yeah 1
Discussed
“ever read The Fountain Head yeah so when he leaves for vacation things get [ __ ] up oh yeah”
Zack Snyder maybe that's why I love Fountain Head you know like it's it's like that it's that process of like getting p… 1
Discussed
“maybe that's why I love Fountain Head you know like it's it's like that it's that process of like getting people to like believe in this thing that it's going to take resources and like so much crew and building and designing and all that other work that's down the road”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker3
Discussed
“it's underwat sci-fi fantasy based off of like objectivist ideas from like the Fountain Head and um Atlas”
Recommended
“You know, there's one book that set me free more than anything. It was uh The Fountain Head. I read The Fountain Head. It was a girlandr. Yeah. Whatever. But um it set me free. She told me, she's like, "I think you'd like this."”
Discussed
“you read atlas shrugged and like changed your life oh yeah the fountainhead really changed my life when i first read that And then atlas shrugged it's like that on steroids”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (11: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Another fun fact is uh Howard Ror the character in Ran's novel Fountain Head is based off of Franklin Wright.”
Passing
“vosh says you're wrong tim read the fountain head”
Passing
“my father read the fountainhead”
Passing
“i read it in high school i read the fountainhead in high school and atlas shrugged”
Passing
“Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged", you know the book, "Atlas Shrugged" or "Fountainhead".”
Passing
“he made an analogy between me and uh character in The Fountain Head um the woman who's who's raped in the Fountain Head and I was like okay that's not that's not a good that's not a good that's not a good one not that part not that scene not that scene”
Passing
“objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Ein Rand that she first expressed in her fiction books The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged and later in non-fiction essays and books”
Passing
“as a side note let me say that I first read Atlas Shrugged and the Fountain Head early in college along with many other literary and philosophical works from n haiger Kant lock Fuko wienstein and of course all the great existentialists from kard to kamu”
Passing
“it's like all of these books that we used to read 1984 brave new world and ran it's all happening right now all at once like crashing into each other”
Passing
“i started the fountainhead a while ago”
Passing
“you just did your own sort of Fountain Head style speech at the end there the music store the end of that Liz a man it was a pleasure talking to you”