Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2023-05-31
Tyler Cowen & Seth Godin: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Seth Godin on Marketing, Meaning, and the Bibs We Wear
On good days, Seth Godin thinks about all the progress we're making on climate change. On bad days, he thinks about the problem of racing bibs.
Tyler Cowen discussed The Song of Significance by Seth Godin and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling. Seth Godin recommended Just Kids by Patti Smith, The thrill of the grill by Chris Schlesinger, and Think Like a Chef by Tom Colicchio, and discussed The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Song of Significance
Discussed“Seth Godin is the author of 21 international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about work. His books have been translated into 38 languages.”
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The Princess Bride
Discussed“A story isn't always the Princess Bride. A story isn't always once upon a time.”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Discussed“The later Harry Potter novels, they're very long. They're in a sense ads for the sequel in addition to everything else.”
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Just Kids
Recommended“The best audio book ever recorded is Just Kids by Patti Smith.”
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The thrill of the grill
Recommended“Um so for me, cooking changed when my wife uh got me a cooking class with Chris Schlesinger who wrote the book Thrill of the Grill.”
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Think Like a Chef
Recommended“But after that I bought a few foundational books, Think Like a Chef, some books from Alice Waters, uh Daniel Leader's groundbreaking books on baking.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Song of Significance
“And that's what the book is about, significance, the search for meaning.”
Plugged Survival Is Not Enough
“Um for a long time my best dish was my crispy tofu, which I put in the footnotes of my book Survival Is Not Enough cuz I needed the world to know about my crispy tofu recipe.”