Book · 2003 · Juvenile Fiction
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë has been mentioned in 12 episodes across 8 podcasts (2 episodes recommend it and 10 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by John Williams (3 episodes), Matt Yglesias (1 episode) and Tyler Cowen (2 episodes) on The Book Review (3 episodes), How I Write (2 episodes) and Modern Wisdom (2 episodes).
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What it's like to be a human by reading Wuthering Heights or something then you do by looking at neuroscience journals.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Aug 2023 Listen at 26:44 Questions about Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Who recommends Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë on podcasts?
John Williams (1 episode) and Matt Yglesias (1 episode) have recommended Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë on podcasts. In all, 9 people brought it up across 8 podcasts (2 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Wuthering Heights the most?
The Book Review (3 episodes), How I Write (2 episodes), Modern Wisdom (2 episodes), Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang (1 episode) and SmartLess (1 episode), among 8 podcasts in all.
Is Wuthering Heights recommended, or only discussed?
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë was recommended in 2 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 10 episodes, as of 2026-07-20.
What do people say about Wuthering Heights?
Chris Williamson on Modern Wisdom (2023-08-05): "What it's like to be a human by reading Wuthering Heights or something then you do by looking at neuroscience journals."
When was Wuthering Heights last mentioned on a podcast?
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë was last discussed on How I Write by Tyler Cowen on 2026-07-20.
What they say about it
- Rereads the book“rereading Wuthering Heights”2
The best things said about it
The ultimate forbidden love.
I've read Wuthering Heights six times.
I finally finished Wuthering Heights which I've talked about in the past on the show.
Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
9 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a classic Gothic novel examining the destructive, all-consuming passion between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw across the bleak Yorkshire moors. Matt Yglesias recommended the classic novel on The Ezra Klein Show after finishing a recent read, while John Williams shared a listener's appreciation for the story as the ultimate tale of forbidden love on The Book Review. The novel also surfaced across diverse conversations, with Tyler Cowen mentioning on How I Write that he was rereading the book and using artificial intelligence to analyze individual chapters. Jason Calacanis brought up the title on This Week in Startups as a prime example of well-known copyrighted literature that modern AI models can easily summarize. Additionally, Nicole Kidman discussed her deep fascination with the Brontë masterpiece on Las Culturistas, noting she had read it multiple times out of a love for Heathcliff, and Anna Runkle cited the characters on Modern Wisdom as a classic literary illustration of intense romantic obsession.
Every mention
John Williams viea haran andani said weaing Heights the ultimate Forbidden Love 3
“in terms of what I've been reading this week well I finally finished weaing Heights which I've talked about in the past on the show um so I understand the Kate Bush song now and I do prefer Jane a so the country can sleep easier knowing my preference I think Jane a just has more going on in it”
“John I am reading weathering Heights you're just trying to make us feel bad”
“viea haran andani said weaing Heights the ultimate Forbidden Love”
Matt Yglesias Weathering Heights, uh, which I just finished, um, a classic novel. 1
“Weathering Heights, uh, which I just finished, um, a classic novel.”
Tyler Cowen I'm also rereading weathering Heights I just keep on asking the AI what do you think of chapter 2 2
“I'm also rereading Weathering Heights.”
“I'm also rereading weathering Heights I just keep on asking the AI what do you think of chapter 2”
Anna Runkle people can get lirant even when even when they're married obviously uh they they can be lirant when they're… 1
“people can get lirant even when even when they're married obviously uh they they can be lirant when they're surrounded by options just obsessed on one person and it's not just because of modern times either because there's a lot of examples in literature um uh like Dante and Beatrice and Heath Cliff and Kathy maybe mutually lirant at different”
Chris Williamson what it's like to be a human by reading Wuthering Heights or something then you do by looking at Neuroscien… 1
“what it's like to be a human by reading Wuthering Heights or something then you do by looking at Neuroscience journals”
Jason Calacanis Like so if you ask uh, you know, Open AI give me the plot of Wuthering Heights, like it knows it. It can It… 1
“Like so if you ask uh, you know, Open AI give me the plot of Wuthering Heights, like it knows it. It can It read that book and knows what's in the book and can spit it back”
Margot Robbie Then you've got, you know, some of the industry's best designers, cinematographers, production designers, c… 1
“Then you've got, you know, some of the industry's best designers, cinematographers, production designers, costume designer, all that kind of stuff. You know, we we had all the elements.”
Nicole Kidman and um but I've read Wthering Heights six times. Right. Yeah. Um and I love Heath Cliff. 1
“and um but I've read Wthering Heights six times. Right. Yeah. Um and I love Heath Cliff.”
Thomas Chatterton Williams And it's very difficult for me to see, even as somebody who was coming from a house full of books, it was d… 1
“And it's very difficult for me to see, even as somebody who was coming from a house full of books, it was difficult for me to see why at that age I was reading Wuthering Heights, for example.”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Second one was Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Then Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald...”