Book · 2007 · Young Adult Fiction
Twilight
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer has been mentioned in 17 episodes across 8 podcasts (0 episodes recommend it and 17 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Joe Rogan (3 episodes), Angela Duckworth (2 episodes) and Steven D. Levitt (2 episodes) on The Joe Rogan Experience (5 episodes), Timcast IRL (3 episodes) and Freakonomics Radio (2 episodes).
#230 of 17,168 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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- 13
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He's pretending he's a high school kid. He's a total pervert. He's 100 years old. He's pretending he's in high school and he falls in love with a girl.
Questions about Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Who has discussed Twilight by Stephenie Meyer on podcasts?
No speaker in our archive has explicitly recommended Twilight by Stephenie Meyer; Joe Rogan (3 episodes), Angela Duckworth (2 episodes), Steven D. Levitt (2 episodes), Adam Ray (1 episode) and Codie Sanchez (1 episode) have discussed it across 8 podcasts (13 people in all).
Which podcasts mention Twilight the most?
The Joe Rogan Experience (5 episodes), Timcast IRL (3 episodes), Freakonomics Radio (2 episodes), My First Million (2 episodes) and No Stupid Questions (2 episodes), among 8 podcasts in all.
Is Twilight recommended, or only discussed?
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer was recommended in 0 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 17 episodes, as of 2026-09-10.
What do people say about Twilight?
Deric Poston on The Joe Rogan Experience (2026-09-10): "He's pretending he's a high school kid. He's a total pervert. He's 100 years old. He's pretending he's in high school and he falls in love with a girl."
When was Twilight last mentioned on a podcast?
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer was last discussed on The Joe Rogan Experience by Deric Poston on 2026-09-10.
What they say about it
- Reading it personally“read the Twilight series in a week”4
- Massive sales and popularity“mass market successful”3
- Origin of Fifty Shades of Gray“based on the guy from Fifty Shades of Gray and the the vampire from Twilight”3
- Romance with a vampire“sexual relationship with a vampire”3
The best things said about it
On the other hand, you have these like sort of massly massively mass market successful I don't even know what like I'll pick on like the Twilight books or something quite interesting story horrible writing.
I read the Twilight series in a week Stephen and I told I think four all-nighters.
Angela Duckworth No Stupid Questions · Aug 2022 Twilight the movie was everything I wanted it to be and more so I am very glad that I have the visual of Robert Pattinson as Edward for the rest of my life.
Angela Duckworth No Stupid Questions · Oct 2021 So it was a long time ago that I read Twilight. But I had a reaction to it that was different than any other person I've ever met. Which is somehow Twilight had a very calming effect on me.
50 Shades of Gray came out of a fanfiction post just like that like it was written originally as a fanfiction post around Twilight.
Like the the [_] Twilight series that was literally about girls having a sexual relationship with a Vampire which is the dumbest [_] thing I've ever heard of my life there was romance there was romance involed he was dead and then she became a vampire too came back to life spoiler spoiler alert.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2021 Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
13 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a globally popular young adult fantasy romance novel that follows the intense and complicated relationship between a human high school girl and a century-old vampire. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Deric Poston humorously critiqued the bizarre premise of a multi-century-old entity pretending to be an adolescent student just to date a teenager, while Adam Ray and Suzanne Santo similarly discussed the tropes of romantic fantasy and the phenomenon of human-vampire relationships. David Perell mentioned the series on How I Write as a prime example of massive commercial success driven by a compelling story despite conventional criticisms of the writing style. On The Book Review, Tina Jordan contextualized the franchise by noting how its historic cultural footprint inspired massive, passionate fandoms comparable to those of later dystopian phenomena. Tim Pool and Hannah Claire Brimlow also brought up the books and their cinematic adaptations during discussions on modern romance trends, pop culture origins, and fictional archetypes. Although interpretations of the literary merit vary widely among guests, the book remains a frequently referenced cultural milestone that defined an entire era of young adult literature and media fandom.
Every mention
Joe Rogan What is the the vampire movie that the girls like where the vampires a lot of live in the day Twilight. The… 3
Discussed
“like the the [_] Twilight series that was literally about girls having a sexual relationship with a Vampire which is the dumbest [_] thing I've ever heard of my life there was romance there was romance involed he was dead and then she became a vampire too came back to life spoiler spoiler alert”
Discussed
“What is the the vampire movie that the girls like where the vampires a lot of live in the day Twilight. Then I turned an upgrade. Twilight, right. They wanted to give them an ocular. Yeah. I think they kind of did.”
Discussed
“your life was the plot of the movie Twilight... Twilight's a Twilight is a movie that was [ __ ] massive massive and now never disussed”
Angela Duckworth Twilight the movie was everything I wanted it to be and more so I am very glad that I have the visual of Ro… 2
Discussed
“I read the Twilight series in a week Stephen and I told I think four all-nighters”
Discussed
“Twilight the movie was everything I wanted it to be and more so I am very glad that I have the visual of Robert Pattinson as Edward for the rest of my life”
Steven D. Levitt So it was a long time ago that I read Twilight. But I had a reaction to it that was different than any othe… 2
Discussed
“So it was a long time ago that I read Twilight. But I had a reaction to it that was different than any other person I've ever met. Which is somehow Twilight had a very calming effect on me.”
Discussed
“And so in Twilight, for instance, all sorts of constraints have been removed. So there's no need for sleep, and there's no need for money for the clones, and they live forever.”
Discussed
“Twilight would be number one you think? No. I know Harry Potter was way better than Twilight. I kind of had a love – you know I had a love-hate relationship with the Twilight series.”
Adam Ray And then there was the Twilight one. You want a vampire that loves you? I'll never understand that. 1
Discussed
“And then there was the Twilight one. You want a vampire that loves you? I'll never understand that.”
Codie Sanchez and what is interesting is you can kind of tell because if you look up the best selling books of all time H… 1
Discussed
“and what is interesting is you can kind of tell because if you look up the best selling books of all time Harry Potter 500 mil Twilight 160 50 Shades 150 there're there's like kind of morphing together and so I'm curious to see what happens next”
David Perell On the other hand, you have these like sort of massly massively mass market successful I don't even know wh… 1
Discussed
“On the other hand, you have these like sort of massly massively mass market successful I don't even know what like I'll pick on like the Twilight books or something quite interesting story horrible writing.”
Deric Poston like how about Twilight? Okay. He's pretending he's a high school kid. He's a total pervert. He's 100 years… 1
Discussed
“like how about Twilight? Okay. He's pretending he's a high school kid. He's a total pervert. He's 100 years old. He's pretending he's in high school and he falls in love with a girl. Like, you insanity. He's a million years old.”
Hannah Claire Brimlow It's going to be Victor and it's based on the guy from Fifty Shades of Gray and the the vampire from Twilight. 1
Discussed
“It's going to be Victor and it's based on the guy from Fifty Shades of Gray and the the vampire from Twilight.”
Laci Mosley That's I used to read those horrible Twilight books in high school. That's fine. And that little uh kitty k… 1
Discussed
“That's I used to read those horrible Twilight books in high school. That's fine. And that little uh kitty kitty porn. No, that's bad. I'm not going to Like raunchy book, yeah.”
Shaan Puri and that led to some big things like you know 50 Shades of Gray came out of a fanfiction post just like tha… 1
Discussed
“and that led to some big things like you know 50 Shades of Gray came out of a fanfiction post just like that like it was written originally as a fanfiction post around Twilight”
Suzanne Santo like the the [ __ ] Twilight series that was literally about girls having a sexual relationship with a Vamp… 1
Discussed
“like the the [ __ ] Twilight series that was literally about girls having a sexual relationship with a Vampire which is the dumbest [ __ ] thing I've ever heard of my life”
Tim Pool You know what I really You was really funny is the Twilight series. It's very It was It was very obvious wh… 1
Discussed
“You know what I really You was really funny is the Twilight series. It's very It was It was very obvious what this chick was writing. What was her name? Stephanie? Uh I don't know. Lady wrote I never saw the movies. Well, she was books, but it was like a a high school girl and then like the sexy”
Tina Jordan It inspired the same kind of fandoms that we saw with Twilight. The first Twilight book with was 2005. 1
Discussed
“It inspired the same kind of fandoms that we saw with Twilight. The first Twilight book with was 2005.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“did you know that it was originally Twilight fan fiction”
Other mentions (22: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Big Twilight fan. Wow.”
Passing
“It's sort of like I always tell people not to chase the trends when they're trying to get published. you know, like don't write about vampires just cuz Twilight was huge, you know, like at the time, you know, you can't uh chase things or try to imitate.”
Passing
“we managed to turn the twilight books into a bunch of movies but narnia always peters out and so they're trying again”
Passing
“And honestly, they were almost all young adult fiction because mostly I just read the books that my kids were reading like Harry Potter and the Twilight series.”
Passing
“In the category of best title for a book, The nominees are the upstairs of the house, Twilight, she freaked it with that.”
Passing
“like you know the what was the what was that Rob that movie that [ __ ] called what was that thing the Robert Patterson the the Twilight Twilight”
Passing
“Now, I need to explain to you something called a book series called the Twilight series!”
Passing
“and it's you know before it was really driven I think by these big franchises by Harry Potter by Twilight and The Hunger Games”
Passing
“50 Shades of Gray was originally TW Twilight fanfic I I knew that it was Twilight fanfic are you saying that it was on a web tune back in the day it was on watpad”
Passing
“and then you have some sort of like there's some other pieces of this bill that are bad politics Twilight if you vote against it Twilight yeah Twilight I get it now Cullen Brothers I don't know which cull name another famous vampire”
Passing
“It started, my understanding is as Twilight fanfiction that was Twilight erotica. So there is a great company called wadan company Canadian company.”
Passing
“two of the biggest books in the last like 25 years started as fan fiction so uh Twilight started as fan fiction and then the whole Vampire series and then 50 Shades of Gray started as a fan fiction of Twilight and 50 Shades of Gray became that”
Passing
“what the inspiration was and she said actually you know it's a famous story I'm surprised you don't know it like she was writing Twilight fan fiction and it was uh Twilight erotica”
Passing
“what were those famous books called oh Twilight Twilight there you go”
Passing
“the thing is so I can speak to my adolescence on that and the romance involved was the it wasn't sexual you I mean eventually it was but I I read the books as a youngster and then I watch the movies and you know that's that's a that's a lot different from like an actual racing novel you know”
Passing
“they had finished the whole Twilight series they would bring these thick teen novels into school”
Passing
“by the way I don't know if you're a Twilight fan I assume you are not correct do you know what Twilight is a series of books”
Passing
“and the history of shades of grey is fascinating because it comes it was a fan fiction written off of Twilight which itself is very much a very safe take on vampires”
Passing
“He had everything against him, but I could always look back and say, I I understand the dynamics of abuse. I understand that he was abused, too. And then the guy that bit him was like a vampire and then I had to go to therapy so I could be like one of the vampires on Twilight.”
Passing
“Stephanie Meyer of course uh wrote the Twilight series one of your favorites”
Passing
“what was the last time you read a book besides Twilight”
Passing
“How Levitt got obsessed with the Twilight books and what we would do if we won the lottery.”