Episode · This Week in Startups · 2026-06-06
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Jason Calacanis discussed Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Wuthering Heights
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.
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Angel
“I I mean, in fact, I got paid $2,500 for my book Angel, I believe by Microsoft licensed it for 4 years or something.”