Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020-05-27
Books mentioned on #437: Secretary Madeleine Albright — Optimism, The Future of the US, and 450-Pound Leg Presses
Secretary Madeleine Albright - Optimism, The Future of the US, and 450-Pound Leg Presses | Brought to you by Athletic Greens and Helix Sleep. “I’m an optimist who worries a lot.
Tim Ferriss discussed Hell and Other Destinations by Madeleine Albright. Madeleine Albright discussed War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
Hell and Other Destinations
Hell and Other Destinations by Madeleine Albright is a memoir by the former U.S.
Discussed“can you describe the the title so he'll in other destinations where does the title come from well the title and again everything is based on my own experience the most famous thing I ever said was that there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other”
Where to get it
-
War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a sprawling Russian epic novel that chronicles elite society and military conflict during the Napoleonic era.
Discussed“and I do think that in terms of authors I do like Tolstoy and war and peace I'm just not a fatalist the way Tolstoy is but but I think he's very interesting”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Prague Winter
“so what did happen when I was writing one of my books Prague winter I went back to visit everything to kind of get a sense of where it was”
Passing Encyclopedia Britannica
“so I actually saluted and found another job at Encyclopedia Britannica”
Plugged Fascism: A Warning
“and so I did write a book called fascism a warning and I looked at some of the things that have been happening in Europe with Viktor Orban and the Hungarian or in Poland and and or what has happened in the Philippines and in Venezuela that there really are leaders who are trying to divide their countries”