Book · 1865 · Fantasy
Through the Looking-Glass
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll has been mentioned in 9 episodes across 6 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 8 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Pamela Paul (1 episode), Jacob Kimmel (1 episode) and Matt Haig (1 episode) on The Book Review (3 episodes), People I (Mostly) Admire (2 episodes) and Behind the Bastards (1 episode).
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Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess and he actually said you could play that book as a genuine game of chess.
Steve Levitt · People I (Mostly) Admire · Jan 2025 Listen at 40:58 Questions about Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll
Who recommends Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll on podcasts?
Pamela Paul (1 episode) has recommended Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll on podcasts. In all, 9 people brought it up across 6 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Through the Looking-Glass the most?
The Book Review (3 episodes), People I (Mostly) Admire (2 episodes), Behind the Bastards (1 episode), Dwarkesh Podcast (1 episode) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode), among 6 podcasts in all.
Is Through the Looking-Glass recommended, or only discussed?
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 8 episodes, as of 2026-05-15.
What do people say about Through the Looking-Glass?
Steve Levitt on People I (Mostly) Admire (2025-01-11): "Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess and he actually said you could play that book as a genuine game of chess."
When was Through the Looking-Glass last mentioned on a podcast?
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll was last discussed on The Book Review by Matt Haig on 2026-05-15.
What they say about it
- Referencing the Red Queen“where the Red Queen is running”2
- Based on a game of chess“the sequel is based on chess”2
The best things said about it
And you know the nice thing about this is I'm actually reading through the Looking Glass right now allowed to my youngest child.
It's the closest thing I've got to a family heirloom and it was Through the Looking Glass and Alice's Adventures.
Matt Haig The Book Review · May 2026 It's an allusion to the story in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, where the Red Queen is running really fast just to stay in place.
There's this scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass where Alice and the Red Queen are running together and they keep running faster and faster.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Jan 2025 Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
9 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Through the Looking-Glass is a fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll in which Alice steps through a mirror into a bizarre, chess-inspired mirror world. Pamela Paul shared on The Book Review that she was reading the book aloud to her youngest child, while Matt Haig described it and its predecessor on the same podcast as a treasured family heirloom. Jacob Kimmel on Dwarkesh Podcast and Rich Roll on the Rich Roll Podcast both referenced the book's famous Red Queen race to explain how individuals must continuously exert effort just to remain in the same place. Steve Levitt and Sarah Hart discussed on People I (Mostly) Admire how the narrative is systematically structured around an actual, playable game of chess. Tina Jordan mentioned on The Book Review an archival story about early misprinted editions, and Robert Evans discussed on Behind the Bastards how the text has been interpreted in modern conspiracy theories.
Every mention
Pamela Paul and you know the nice thing about this is I'm actually reading through the Looking Glass right now allowed… 1
“and you know the nice thing about this is I'm actually reading through the Looking Glass right now allowed to my youngest child”
Jacob Kimmel It's an allusion to the story in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, where the Red Queen is running… 1
“It's an allusion to the story in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, where the Red Queen is running really fast just to stay in place.”
Matt Haig So, it's the closest thing I've got to a family heirloom and it was Through the Looking Glass and Alice's A… 1
“So, it's the closest thing I've got to a family heirloom and it was Through the Looking Glass and Alice's Adventures.”
Rich Benoit and then i read a book called the deep self and that was a book that lily wrote about you know I think that… 1
“and then i read a book called the deep self and that was a book that lily wrote about you know I think that one each he even had instruction on how to build a tank”
Rich Roll there's this um scene in Lewis carrols through the Looking Glass where Alice and the Red Queen are running… 1
“there's this um scene in Lewis carrols through the Looking Glass where Alice and the Red Queen are running together and they keep running faster and faster”
Robert Evans Through the Looking Glass. Oh no. In Louis in Carol's second book, Through the Looking Glass, and what Alic… 1
“Through the Looking Glass. Oh no. In Louis in Carol's second book, Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice found there, Alice re-enters Wonderland.”
Sarah Hart he hides it in some of the patterns in Alice in Wonderland and in through the Looking Glass and then games… 1
“he hides it in some of the patterns in Alice in Wonderland and in through the Looking Glass and then games Alice in Wonderland is based on cards there's the queen of hearts and those things Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess”
Steve Levitt Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess and he actually said you could play that book as a g… 1
“Through the Looking Glass the sequel is based on chess and he actually said you could play that book as a genuine game of chess”
Tina Jordan and then the book review editor goes on to supply a little context and he reminds the times readers that a… 1
“and then the book review editor goes on to supply a little context and he reminds the times readers that a London Publishing House very early on printed an addition of leis carols through a looking glass with the illustrations slightly a skew on the page”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“It's fair to say not to be too Alice and the looking glass here, but I I think it's fair to say that a lot of people have been on both sides of the mither there.”
“And I grew up a fan of KISS in the 70s. And KISS did that in comic books, in Marvel Comics. They made a KISS comic book and all the members of the band put their blood into the ink vat.”
“are you a through thee Looking Glass fan”