Cover of Woke, Inc.

Book · 2021 · nyt:business-books=2021-09-12

Woke, Inc.

by Vivek Ramaswamy · Brought up by 6 people on 4 podcasts

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The book is called Woke Inc., well worth your time.
Megyn Kelly · The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2021 Listen at 47:28

Questions about Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy

Who recommends Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy on podcasts?

Megyn Kelly (1 episode), Jamil Jivani (1 episode) and Mark Ousley (1 episode) have recommended Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy on podcasts. In all, 6 people brought it up across 4 podcasts (3 people recommended it).

Which podcasts mention Woke, Inc. the most?

The Megyn Kelly Show (9 episodes), Timcast IRL (3 episodes), The Ramsey Show (1 episode) and The Rubin Report (1 episode).

Is Woke, Inc. recommended, or only discussed?

Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy was recommended in 3 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 11 episodes, as of 2026-10-25.

What do people say about Woke, Inc.?

Megyn Kelly on The Megyn Kelly Show (2021-09-15): "The book is called Woke Inc., well worth your time."

When was Woke, Inc. last mentioned on a podcast?

Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy was last discussed on The Megyn Kelly Show by Megyn Kelly on 2026-10-25.

What they say about it

Grouped from 14 episodes
  • Recommends reading the book“go out and read that book”
    3
  • Discusses corporate and political agendas
    3

The best things said about it

6 of 17 · every mention
Discussed
He wrote a really good book called Woke, Inc. It was really an excellent breakdown of what's going on in the world.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Aug 2023
Recommended
Unless we're addressing the governance of these organizations which absolutely has a political agenda and you can read about some of that from authors like Vivek Ramaswamy and his book Woke, Inc.
Jamil Jivani The Megyn Kelly Show · Feb 2022
Discussed
My first kind of uh Insight uh you know VC who was a friend of mine uh gave me a draft of his book woke Inc and uh and I read it and it really resonated with me.
Bill Ackman The Megyn Kelly Show · Nov 2024
Discussed
Woke, Inc. by Vivek was one of the first books I read on it that really like set me on this journey of understanding the High Finance like Marxist takeover of our economy.
On the show Timcast IRL · Aug 2023
Discussed
My basic thesis in the book is I actually pick up where I left off my last book Woke, Inc., which was about the curious merger of political and social agendas with corporate America's interests.
Vivek Ramaswamy The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2022
Discussed
One of the points you make in your book Woke, Inc. is it's a lie, it's a scam.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2021

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Podcast episodes that discussed Woke, Inc., by year. One episode counts once, however often the book came up.

How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Episodes, each counted once, by the strongest way it came up.

Most episodes, by podcast

4 shows

6 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Why people recommend it

Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy examines how major corporations weaponize social justice initiatives and progressive ideologies for commercial and political gain. The book received widespread attention across multiple podcast platforms, including Timcast IRL and The Megyn Kelly Show. On Timcast IRL, Mark Ousley strongly urged listeners to read the book because it effectively pieced together how modern corporations inject themselves into government affairs and push ideological agendas, a sentiment echoed by Dave Smith regarding state pension funds enforcing diversity rules. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly repeatedly recommended the work, telling her audience it was well worth their time and later connecting its themes to the corporate takeover of institutions by victimhood narratives. Bill Ackman also discussed the book on Kelly's show, noting that a draft given to him by a venture capitalist friend provided his first major insight into corporate ideological shifts before campus movements gained prominence. Additionally, Jamil Jivani mentioned the book to highlight the political governance driving large organizations, while Vivek Ramaswamy himself discussed its publication history and reception during an appearance on The Ramsey Show, cementing its status as a core text in conservative and market critiques of corporate activism.

Every mention

17 quotes from 14 episodes · 25 passing or ad reads below
Megyn Kelly The book is called Woke Inc., well worth your time. 6
Discussed
“so you you talk about these institutions in the first book and in this book and um and how sort of they've they've been taken over by people who are just committed to this victimhood”
Discussed
“Megan I read woke Inc and we met VC before he ran for president and it just go back and read that book”
Discussed
“he wrote a really good book called woke Inc it was really an excellent uh breakdown of what's going on in the world”
Discussed
“you know him um the author of woke Inc and a very successful uh investor”
Discussed
“so there's not there's not going to be a change in their approach to well you know they're not gonna they didn't read woke Inc and change their minds”
Discussed
“And one of the points you make in your book Woke Inc. is it's a lie, it's a scam.”
Recommended
“The book is called Woke Inc., well worth your time.”
Jamil Jivani unless we're addressing the governance of these organizations which absolutely has a political agenda and y… 1
Recommended
“unless we're addressing the governance of these organizations which absolutely has a political agenda and you can read about some of that from authors like vivek ramaswamy and his book woke inc”
Mark Ousley we talked about Trump and I I read vivek's book woke Inc go out and read that book because it really pieces… 1
Recommended
“we talked about Trump and I I read vivek's book woke Inc go out and read that book because it really pieces it all together”
Vivek Ramaswamy And so the first book was basically Woke Inc., was about the top down problem. 3
Discussed
“woke Inc was my first book woke in W Kink”
Discussed
“And so that led me to step aside to write my first book, which was Woke Inc, which I think you might be familiar with. I published that book enjoyed for a year and a half traveling the country. No agenda, just speaking my mind freely without any corporate agenda, any political agenda, really enjoyed that, that led to my”
Discussed
“And so the first book was basically Woke Inc., was about the top down problem.”
Discussed
“so my basic thesis in the book is i actually pick up where i left off my last book woke inc which was about the curious merger of political and social agendas with corporate america's interests”
Bill Ackman my first kind of uh Insight uh you know VC who was a friend of mine uh gave me a draft of his book woke Inc… 1
Discussed
“my first kind of uh Insight uh you know VC who was a friend of mine uh gave me a draft of his book woke Inc and uh and I read it and it really resonated with me”
Dave Smith and I would also point out that by the way V Romas Swami's book uh woke Inc uh I believe it's called 1
Discussed
“and I would also point out that by the way V Romas Swami's book uh woke Inc uh I believe it's called”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker2
Discussed
“when I was first deep diving ESG when I had just started my show woke Inc by Vivek was one of the the first books I read on it that really like set me on this journey of understanding the High Finance like Marxist takeover of our economy”
Recommended
“I read vivek's book woke Inc go out and read that book because it really pieces it all together”
Other mentions (25: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Tech entrepreneur and author of the book, Woke Inc., Vivek Ramaswamy, joins me now to explain how Elon Musk can liberate Twitter successfully. Welcome back to the show, Vivek.”
Plugged
“So my basic thesis in the book is I actually pick up where I left off my last book Woke Inc which was about the curious merger of political and social agendas with corporate America's interests”
Plugged
“I mean I was the chief Dei Crusader anti- Dei Crusader what four or five years ago when I wrote woke Inc and criticized the spread of wokeism through Corporate America and other parts of our culture”
Plugged
“I wrote Woke Inc. which actually was our first basis to get to know one another that first book and I've written this is my fourth book I've written in the last three years but this one's different in that it's not actually an academic exposition of any kind.”
Plugged
“I had written three books I had traveled the country I had been to Most states in this Union as a consequence of my business activities across to the books I had written”
Passing
“long since you you w Kink book tour I think was yes and you signed that woke Inc book to my favorite Iowa legislator”
Plugged
“and I've spoken about this to the left my books are all about this I've preached this to the left”
Plugged
“she ends up blurbing the back of the book”
Plugged
“The Godfather of the anti-woke movement author of woke Inc capital punishment and nation of victims”
Plugged
“An Insider who grew up in professional politics and even learned to say the things that I'm saying now or in woke Inc as a second tongue”
Plugged
“so in woke Inc the first book that I wrote one of the ideas that I threw out there was to say that if we're going to have protected classes on the basis of race and gender”
Plugged
“so my most recent book capitalist punishment is all about this woke Ink My First book touches on it more lightly”
Plugged
“my first book is about a lot of this my second book is about a lot of this woke Inc nation of victims”
Plugged
“I mean look I actually shared a stage with Ron DeSantis Juan said an event uh you know we both spoke I was on my Wok Inc book tour he was the main speaker of people came to hear him not me but I was also on that stage”
Plugged
“vivek Rama Swami who has just announced his candidacy for the American presidency and is going to well hopefully change the political landscape in doing so the vague is an American Business leader and New York Times best-selling author of woke Inc inside corporate America's social justice scam along with his second book nation of victims identity”
Passing
“but the most interesting thing that I think has happened this week is Vivek ramaswamy saying he might be all in I had I've interviewed him many times you know him um the author of woke Inc and a very successful uh investor he went to Yale Law School he's in his 30s um saying he might run”
Plugged
“and I wrote a couple of books about it and now run another business thank you woke Inc”
Plugged
“woke ink was my first one came out last last August”
Plugged
“I mean this was the stuff of woke Inc I wrote a book about it a little over a year ago”
Passing
“That's how he made his money and he wrote, you know, was it in his book? It was like anti-woke, whatever. Woke Inc. That's what it was.”
Plugged
“up next tech entrepreneur and author of woke inc vivek ramaswamy is here”
Plugged
“tech entrepreneur and author of the book woke inc vivek ramaswamy joins me now to explain how elon musk can liberate twitter successfully”
Passing
“Joining me now is Vivek Ramaswamy, author of Woke Inc.”

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