Episode · This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 2025-05-27
Theo Von & Andrew Huberman: books mentioned on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #585
#585 - Andrew Huberman
Andrew Huberman is a Stanford University neuroscientist and host of the “Huberman Lab” podcast which focuses on health, wellbeing and science.
Andrew Huberman recommended Bible, and discussed Awakenings by Oliver Sacks.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Awakenings
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is a classic medical narrative detailing the harrowing experiences of encephalitis lethargica patients in the 1960s and their subsequent treatment with L-dopa.
Discussed“Remember that movie Awakenings where people were frozen? Yes. With Robert Dairo. That's right. And Robin Williams. Yes. Robin Williams. Yes. And they gave those patients, it was a true story. It's based on a story by the neurologist writer Oliver Saxs. And they gave those people L-dopa.”
Where to get it
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Bible
The Bible is a foundational collection of sacred religious texts and historical narratives that has shaped Western law, morality, and culture for millennia.
Recommended“my friend of mine who was a former tier one operator and he's run some of my security stuff like he encouraged me to start reading the Bible and I was like wow there is so much wisdom here”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Molecule of More
“Dopamine has been called in a in a book, I forget the author, the molecule of more. It's all about wanting more.”