Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-10-20
Books mentioned on Winnie the Pooh: Silly Old Bear
On Dec 24, 1925, the world got a Christmas gift from a little-known writer named A.A.
Mentioned: Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh) by A. A. Milne, The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, Pooh and the Philosophers by John Tyerman Williams, and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh)
Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh) by A.
Discussed“And that published as a unit the next year, and almost all of the characters were in this first group, and they all had their distinct personalities”
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The Tao of Pooh
Discussed“There was a book in 1995 called Pooh and the Philosophers where all of the characters are sort of written about too as embodying all the famous philosophers. Plato, Kant, Descartes, Pooh was Nietzsche.”
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Pooh and the Philosophers
Discussed“There was a book in 1995 called Pooh and the Philosophers where all of the characters are sort of written about too as embodying all the famous philosophers.”
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The House at Pooh Corner
The House at Pooh Corner by A.
Recommended“If you want to be reminded of your humanity every once in a while, just go read the last chapter of the House of Pooh Corner. It's the second of the only two actual Winnie-the-Pooh story collections that A.A. Milne wrote.”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The House at Pooh Corner
“And then Canga was, obviously he's the mom, a very nurturing character, and you got Roo, who is a little, you know, he's a little rambunctious baby.”
Passing Trainspotting
“Yeah, train spotting. That book, by the way, was written by Anne Thwaite. - Thank you.”
Passing The Te of Piglet
“The day of Piglet. So Tao is the way or the path in day is virtue. - Okay, so that was '82 and '92.”
Passing The House at Pooh Corner
“I believe it's never been out of print. The House on Pooh Corner at least. These stories are available in more than 50 languages, have sold more than 50 copies around the world.”
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