Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2025-03-31
Books mentioned on DAVID BLAINE: Why Comfort Is Killing You (& How Pain Woke Me Up)
David Blaine discussed Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women by Ricky Jay, and DON QUIXOTE by Miguel de Cervantes.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is a philosophical novel that follows a young man's spiritual journey of self-discovery in ancient India.
Discussed“actually I read Sid artha by home H when I was young I think like 11 12 1 around around that time and and his character fasts”
Where to get it
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Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
Discussed“The Magicians I like the most like Harry Houdini Ricky Jay Ricky J wrote a book called learned pigs and fireproof women which is that kind of guide book to all these people that were using their bodies to do crazy thing”
Where to get it
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Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women
Discussed“And The Magicians I like the most like Harry Houdini Ricky Jay Ricky J wrote a book called learned pigs and fireproof women which is that kind of guide book to all these people that were using their bodies to do crazy thing”
Where to get it
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DON QUIXOTE
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is widely celebrated as one of the earliest modern novels and a foundational masterpiece of Western literature.
Discussed“just you know I think like what books do to the mind is identical to what exercis and does for the body that's the main problem with the phones is it's really taken away”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Harry Houdini, Master of Magic
“but yeah it is seeing little performances seeing a book of Harry Houdini and seeing him chained to the side of a building watching him dangle over the edge of a building”