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Watchmen
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons has been mentioned in 21 episodes across 9 podcasts (2 episodes recommend it and 19 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Alex Stein (1 episode), Ben Bailey (1 episode) and Tim Pool (5 episodes) on Timcast IRL (8 episodes), Stuff They Don't Want You To Know (5 episodes) and StarTalk Radio (2 episodes).
#224 of 17,048 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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It's a masterpiece. You got to read the comic, Watchmen.
Questions about Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Who recommends Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons on podcasts?
Alex Stein (1 episode) and Ben Bailey (1 episode) have recommended Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons on podcasts. In all, 13 people brought it up across 9 podcasts (2 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Watchmen the most?
Timcast IRL (8 episodes), Stuff They Don't Want You To Know (5 episodes), StarTalk Radio (2 episodes), Conversations with Tyler (1 episode) and Monday Morning Podcast (1 episode), among 9 podcasts in all.
Is Watchmen recommended, or only discussed?
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons was recommended in 2 episodes, discussed without a recommendation in 18 episodes, and critiqued in 1 episode, as of 2026-10-28.
What do people say about Watchmen?
Alex Stein on Timcast IRL (2026-06-10): "It's a masterpiece. You got to read the comic, Watchmen."
When was Watchmen last mentioned on a podcast?
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons was last discussed on Sources with Alex Heath by Alex Heath on 2026-10-28.
What they say about it
- Discusses graphic novel and movie“read the comic or watched the the movie”6
- Mentions Alan Moore“Alan Moore wanted to use the DC characters”4
The best things said about it
Based on this graphic novel which is awesome you should check it out you'd love it.
But Watchmen, the comic, was created by a fantastic writer, notoriously contankerous human being named Alan Moore. It first appeared in 1985.
The great treatise on this which was a formative reading experience for me is Watchmen by Alan Moore which I read when I was in high school.
We're reading Watchmen right now, which is a comic book that I'd slept on for many years, and I hadn't realized what a Cold War work of fiction it was.
The watchman's a great movie I watched that again recently on a plane flight it's like I forgot how good that movie is.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2022 Have you guys ever read Watchman the graphic novel I have not so it's different from the movie and the graphic novel is more relevant in this Regard in uh in Watchmen the bad guy simulates an alien attack to force Global Unity because it's the height of the Cold War and Russia and the us are going to file.
Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
13 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is a landmark graphic novel set in an alternate history that deconstructs the superhero genre against the backdrop of Cold War tensions. Alex Stein recommended the comic on Timcast IRL as a masterpiece, while Ben Bailey recommended Zack Snyder's film adaptation to Bill Burr on the Monday Morning Podcast. Alex Heath and Tobi Lütke discussed the dystopian science fiction era surrounding the work on Sources with Alex Heath, and Chuck Nice and Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about its characters and superpowers on StarTalk Radio. Ben Bowlin explored the comic on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, comparing its premise of a manufactured global threat to the conspiracy theory known as Project Blue Beam and noting Alan Moore's original 1985 publication. Tim Ferriss discussed the timeline of its creation with Frank Miller on The Tim Ferriss Show, and Tim Pool referenced the graphic novel on Timcast IRL to draw parallels about uncompromised moral stances.
Every mention
Alex Stein You know, Watchmen, are you guys familiar with that a little bit? Oh, it's a masterpiece. You got to read t… 1
Recommended
“You know, Watchmen, are you guys familiar with that a little bit? Oh, it's a masterpiece. You got to read the comic. Watchmen.”
Ben Bailey have you ever seen Watchman remember that one that's the same director uh Zack Snider I think his name is h… 1
Recommended
“have you ever seen Watchman remember that one that's the same director uh Zack Snider I think his name is he made the Watchman was a which is like super dark superhero movie right based on this graphic novel which is awesome you should check it out you'd love it”
Tim Pool But the people that are like, 'Oh, I'm I'm Roshchack from uh from the Watchmen.' I I would say just let it… 5
Discussed
“But the people that are like, 'Oh, I'm I'm Roshchack from uh from the Watchmen.' I I would say just let it out.”
Discussed
“Have y'all seen uh you've all seen or wa read Watchmen? Yeah, of course. Are you familiar? Graphic novel. You are.”
Discussed
“it's like uh Dr Manhattan in Watchmen when he was like on Mars and he's like would any of this be made better by humans”
Discussed
“it sounds kind of like you're in a way similar to rorschach from watchmen are you familiar”
Discussed
“and watchmen exactly you guys have you seen watchmen the third group of people some of it have you read watchmen”
Ben Bowlin But Watchmen, the comic, was created by a fantastic writer, notoriously contankerous human being named Alan… 4
Discussed
“And and the basic idea uh [laughter] is is pretty much the the scenario that played out in in Watchmen. If you've if you've ever read the comic or watched the the movie that came back in the day or the scenario that was alluded to very much so in the new HBO series of the Watchmen”
Discussed
“But Watchmen, the comic, was created by a fantastic writer, notoriously contankerous human being named Alan Moore. It first appeared in 1985.”
Discussed
“Upon Us kind of like when Oz amandus makes his speech in Watchman spoiler and then says”
Discussed
“we always talk about Watchman that's what it was of course that's what it was yes thank you that's what it is”
Discussed
“generally in these stories the way it plays out is very Watchman style where there's not just an alien invasion”
Alex Heath Was this around the era of a watchman and stuff too or it's it's exactly it's just like these kind of it ju… 1
Discussed
“Was this around the era of a watchman and stuff too or it's it's exactly it's just like these kind of it just I I think I mean you could also take a sort of commercial lens to this”
Chuck Nice There's a cool Dr. Manhattan from the Watchman. The Watchmen series. Yes. Um, the movie got me. I mean, I a… 1
Discussed
“There's a cool Dr. Manhattan from the Watchman. The Watchmen series. Yes. Um, the movie got me. I mean, I always The Watchman was the the graphic novel.”
Joe Rogan like like he's [ __ ] ink blot in the Watchmen or Warsaw what is it Rorschach like I was the [ __ ] the wat… 1
Discussed
“like like he's [ __ ] ink blot in the Watchmen or Warsaw what is it Rorschach like I was the [ __ ] the watchman's a great movie I watched that again recently on a plane flight it's like I forgot how good that movie is the Watchman”
Lev Grossman I feel like the great Treatise on this which was a formative reading experience for me is Watchmen by Alan… 1
Discussed
“I feel like the great Treatise on this which was a formative reading experience for me is Watchmen by Alan Moore which I read when I was in high school”
Matt Frederick and one of the non-um radioactive penis related story notes of Watchmen it's very much a b plot of Watchmen… 1
Discussed
“and one of the non-um radioactive penis related story notes of Watchmen it's very much a b plot of Watchmen uh there's this question about who watches the Watchman”
Michael Malice You know what's really sad is um uh for Watchmen, Alan Moore wanted to use the DC characters and they would… 1
Discussed
“You know what's really sad is um uh for Watchmen, Alan Moore wanted to use the DC characters and they wouldn't let him.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson dr manhattan i forgot also is the is a character who lives in his world line and also sees his world line s… 1
Critiqued
“dr manhattan i forgot also is the is a character who lives in his world line and also sees his world line simultaneously okay this is uh of the uh dr manhattan from uh the watchman watson correct yes yes yes excellent yeah he's that's a pretty powerful guy yeah i mean once you have him what why have anything”
Rebecca F. Kuang And this might be because we're reading Watchmen right now, which is a comic book that I'd slept on for man… 1
Discussed
“And this might be because we're reading Watchmen right now, which is a comic book that I'd slept on for many years, and I hadn't realized what a Cold War work of fiction it was...”
Tim Ferriss Am I getting the the timeline right that you were working on The Dark Knight Returns at the same time that… 1
Discussed
“Am I getting the the timeline right that you were working on The Dark Knight Returns at the same time that Alan Moore was working on Watchmen or am I getting that timeline?”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“Have you guys ever read Watchman the graphic novel I have not so it's different from the movie and the graphic novel is more relevant in this Regard in uh in Watchmen the bad guy simulates an alien attack to force Global Unity because it's the height of the Cold War and Russia and the us are going to file”
Other mentions (17: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“You guys have read Watchmen. Right? I've read it and seen it. Yeah. See, you know, it's Elon Musk is, is white.”
Passing
“And that's kind of like, if you're familiar with Watchmen, when Dr. Manhattan goes to Mars and he says, tell me how this would benefit from the creation of life. So asking those questions, very similar to what you were describing.”
Passing
“You know, I I would like to see if some You know that scene from Watchmen where Rorschach is in line? You know what I'm talking about?”
Passing
“What you do is you take your diary, you bind it up. Just mail it to the news Roshack style like or what from Watchmen or whatever. Just give someone leave it at the park. Someone will read it.”
Passing
“Now that you bring up Rorchack, all I can think of is how cool it would be if Rorchack from the Watchmen showed up in Nate Silver's house and did his thing.”
Passing
“if if we've learned anything from Watchmen okay and other uh things like that Antarctica is a great place for frozen waste”
Passing
“so we will and I want to give a shout out to the movie Watchmen because one of my favorite lines ever when Dr Manhattan the characters asked about the the the Doomsday Clock being moved Five Minutes to Midnight he says it's as nourishing as a photo of oxygen to a drowning man and and I guess simply put”
Passing
“similar to uh the concept in the original version of Watchmen”
Passing
“oh uh you're thinking of like other Manhattan yeah Mr Manhattan Watchman maybe yeah you could be thinking of Galactus”
Passing
“we need a shared enemy like in Watchmen the aliens or if it's the movie you're talking about Dr Manhattan”
Passing
“When you start going down these rabbit holes, like this document kind of outlines, you start to think of Bill Gates as like almost like this Osamandias character from the Watchmen comic series.”
Passing
“it's very much like uh watchmen the new series”
Passing
“I'm reminded of the quote from Watchmen when dr. Manhattan has asked about the the Doomsday Clock being moved to five minutes from midnight”
Passing
“have you seen or read Watchmen I haven't read it”
Passing
“like uh the the guy with the bladder and the mast what is the watchman who is that guy inkblot”
Passing
“so the biggest one that I've heard of lately is coming next year and it's by Alan Moore who's best known for his graphic novels Watchmen and V and this is his second non-graphic novel”
Passing
“so the biggest one that I've heard of lately is coming next year and it's by Alan Moore who's best known for his graphic novels Watchmen and V and this is his second non-graphic novel”