Episode · Honestly with Bari Weiss · 2024-05-28
Books mentioned on Jerry Seinfeld on the Rules of Comedy—and Life
The first episode of Seinfeld aired in 1989. Thirty-five years later, the show remains at the apex of American culture.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe is a classic non-fiction narrative exploring the culture of early American jet pilots and the historic Mercury space program.
Discussed“here's one thing I was thinking as I was watching the movie laughing my wife and I loved it is is this like I'm watching Walter kronite and I'm watching JFK and I'm thinking like just this period of like early 60s Right Stuff Tom Wolf”
