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#181 of 16,999 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- mentions
- 24
- people
- 15
- podcasts
- 11
- episodes
- 15
- critical mentions
- 0
He has a book called The Ruins of Kos that's just one of the most brilliant books you'll ever read.
Robert Greene · Modern Wisdom · Sep 2024 Listen at 5:55 What they say about it
- Discusses writing the book2
- Mentions the book title“the book is called”2
The best things said about it
John Gray's point in his book The Seven Kinds of Atheism, phenomenal book where he argues that most of the religions of the atheists...
Walter Russell Mead EconTalk · Aug 2023 There's a bunch of bummer like the book Pale Horse Rider. It's an interesting biography.
Early in the pandemic I picked up his book boom toown which intertwines the history of Oklahoma City with that of its then ascendant basketball team the Thunder.
You have a book the book is called the desert in the sea and you have one of the most disturbing and craziest stories I think I ever read.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2018 Michael McFaul's new book, From Cold War to Hot Peace, it's called, An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Jun 2018 Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
15 people who brought it up
- Joe Rogan2 mentions · 1 rec
- Robert Evans2 mentions · 1 rec
- Chris Bayless1 mention · 1 rec
- Robert Greene1 mention · 1 rec
- Stephen Dubner1 mention · 1 rec
- Walter Russell Mead1 mention · 1 rec
- Michael Scott Moore6 mentions
- Gilbert Cruz2 mentions
- Pamela Paul2 mentions
Andrew Huberman1 mention
Bryan Callen1 mention- Frank Wright1 mention
Why people recommend it
Various acclaimed books were highlighted across multiple podcasts, including memoirs, philosophical texts, and investigative biographies. Chris Bayless shared on The Shawn Ryan Show that his therapist recommended Touching the Dragon, written by a Navy SEAL, to help him process severe trauma and PTSD. Robert Greene praised Roberto Calasso's The Ruins of Kos on Modern Wisdom as a brilliant philosophical work that deeply stirs the soul. Walter Russell Mead discussed John Gray's The Seven Types of Atheism on EconTalk to support his argument that modern secular ideologies often emerge from Abrahamic religious roots, a theme also examined by Frank Wright on The Tucker Carlson Show. Robert Evans recommended the biography Pale Horse Rider on Behind the Bastards, while Joe Rogan praised Michael Scott Moore's captivity memoir at the conclusion of an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. Stephen Dubner recommended Michael McFaul's diplomatic memoir From Cold War to Hot Peace on Freakonomics Radio, and Tulsi Gabbard cited James Clapper's book on All-In to discuss intelligence narratives surrounding the Iraq War. These diverse recommendations reflect the broad intellectual scope of podcast discussions, where guests frequently point listeners toward specialized literature to illuminate trauma recovery, philosophy, geopolitics, and historical investigation.
Every mention
Joe Rogan well listen Michael I didn't want to touch your book until I met you I wanted to I wanted to somehow anothe… 2
Discussed
“you have a book the book is called the desert in the sea and you have one of the most disturbing and craziest stories I think I ever read”
Recommended
“well listen Michael I didn't want to touch your book until I met you I wanted to I wanted to somehow another have a fresh conversation and get your perspective on this but I think your your view of the world is very valuable and it's just very very different and I'm so happy that you got out and I'm”
Robert Evans There's a bunch of bummer like the book Pale Horse Rider. Um it's an interesting biography. 2
Discussed
“I'm going to quote now from Pale Horse Rider written at the level of an undergrad paper in electrical engineering.”
Recommended
“There's a bunch of bummer like the book Pale Horse Rider. Um it's an interesting biography.”
Chris Bayless It's called Touching the Dragon. She goes, Written by a Navy Seal. 1
Recommended
“It's called Touching the Dragon. She goes, Written by a Navy Seal.”
Robert Greene he has a book called The Ruins of Kos that's just one of the most brilliant books you'll ever read 1
Recommended
“he has a book called The Ruins of Kos that's just one of the most brilliant books you'll ever read”
Stephen Dubner or Michael McFaul's new book, From Cold War to Hot Peace, it's called, An American Ambassador in Putin's Ru… 1
Recommended
“or Michael McFaul's new book, From Cold War to Hot Peace, it's called, An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.”
Walter Russell Mead and this is really you know I mentioned him earlier John Gray's point in his book the seven kinds of atheis… 1
Recommended
“and this is really you know I mentioned him earlier John Gray's point in his book the seven kinds of atheism phenomenal book where he argues that most of the religions of the atheists of people who are atheistic whether it's Marxism or other uh things that bring meaning to people's lives essentially abrahamic”
Michael Scott Moore because now I've written a book I wouldn't been able to do this before writing the book but writing the boo… 6
Discussed
“so I went to Somalia in the first place to write a book a very different books about Somali pirates and I so I'm a journalist I was working in Berlin at the time and I had followed the very long trial of ten Somali pirates in Germany in Hamburg for about a year all of 2011 and before that”
Discussed
“that's actually the point to the book that's actually one level of the title the desert in the sea so that's a you you get the idea from the things that Somali pirates like to say oh look that's they're just frustrated fishermen that's only part of the story and so that's a that's a very important premise in the”
Discussed
“because now I've written a book I wouldn't been able to do this before writing the book but writing the book familiarized myself with my own memories”
Discussed
“it's described in the book just briefly”
Discussed
“one of them who did and I described him in the book he wound up getting married in Mogadishu I found it so I you know I wound up with a wedding photograph from him”
Discussed
“there's a lot of personal background in the book”
Gilbert Cruz early in the pandemic I picked up his book boom toown which intertwines the history of Oklahoma City with t… 2
Discussed
“early in the pandemic I picked up his book boom toown which intertwines the history of Oklahoma City with that of its then ascendant basketball team the Thunder”
Discussed
“he is a staff writer at the New York Times magazine and the author of a new book his first book Boomtown the Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City its chaotic founding its apocalyptic”
Pamela Paul as well as the author of a new book from Cold War to hot peace an American ambassador in Putin's Russia 2
Discussed
“as well as the author of a new book from Cold War to hot peace an American ambassador in Putin's Russia”
Discussed
“the book again is from Cold War to hot peace an American ambassador in Putin's Russia by Michael McFall”
Andrew Huberman The title is a brief daily meditation enhances attention, memory, mood, and emotional regulation in non-exp… 1
Discussed
“The title is a brief daily meditation enhances attention, memory, mood, and emotional regulation in non-experienced meditators.”
Bryan Callen did you see the new Pumping Iron no oh it's good Generation Iron Generation Iron yeah 1
Discussed
“did you see the new Pumping Iron no oh it's good Generation Iron Generation Iron yeah”
Frank Wright the British philosopher John Gray has expanded that very cleverly in his seven types of atheism showing tha… 1
Discussed
“the British philosopher John Gray has expanded that very cleverly in his seven types of atheism showing that this is just a fantasy.”
Patrick O'Shaughnessy I think the interview format is a relatively novel concept in the grand span of history if you had to do it… 1
Discussed
“I think the interview format is a relatively novel concept in the grand span of history if you had to do it in the same format as the investing or leadership book and interviewers that are active today who pops to mind”
Tulsi Gabbard James Clapper wrote in his book about how Dick Cheney was telling the intelligence community, I need you to… 1
Discussed
“James Clapper wrote in his book about how Dick Cheney was telling the intelligence community, I need you to come up with intelligence basically that will just create the narrative for us to go to war with Iraq.”
Victor LaValle I came across an amazing book called Montana women homesteaders a field of ones own by Dr Sarah Carter and… 1
Discussed
“I came across an amazing book called Montana women homesteaders a field of ones own by Dr Sarah Carter and I picked it up off the shelf entirely just cuz I'd never heard of Lone women homesteaders”
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“And that's where I wrote in detail about the plan in my New York Times bestseller, which came out in 2008, titled They Must Be Stopped, Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It.”
Plugged
“I wrote a fiction book called Regrettably I'm About to Cause Trouble. And it's just that it's that don't be Careful kind of vibe. It's a witchy historical fiction like rebel book and I loved it was this reckless abandoned novel of just throw yourself in.”
Plugged
“my first book about a historical mystery was called the sign and the seal a quest for the Lost Arc of the Covenant it's based on my years of experience in Ethiopia and looks at Ethiopia's claim to possess the Ark of the Covenant”
Plugged
“uh if you want a book I wrote I wrote a book called escape from insul Island and you can read it in afternoon and it has people in it who are escaping from Ansel Island”
Passing
“she just released a book i don't necessarily agree with what's in the world the books so she's got a book up for all”
Passing
“and somewhere else of what to do or inspiring your child you know you don't need to biologically have children to influence children that's why the school issue is so huge”
Passing
“I've thought about writing a book on how to be an interviewer because the interview of business itself is an interesting phenomenon we don't have interviews of Thomas Jefferson there's no interviews of Abraham Lincoln George Washington”
Passing
“it was definitely Rocky four for sure”