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Books podcasts were talking about in August 2022
August 2022 literary discussions on podcasts spanned investigative media, historical biographies, and foundational children's stories. On the Lex Fridman Podcast, Noam Chomsky referenced his co-authored work with Edward S. Herman, 'Manufacturing Consent', to explain the propaganda model of media. The Daily Stoic engaged in two distinct discussions involving notable texts; Ryan Holiday and guest DJ Vanas examined Admiral James Stavridis's 'To Risk It All' while discussing Native American military service, and Holiday later asked Justin Gregg about Leo Lionni's children's book 'Frederick' alongside Silvio A. Bedini's historical account 'The Pope's Elephant'. On the Monday Morning Podcast, Bill Burr humorously touched upon Bram Stoker's classic 'Dracula' and its connection to Transylvania. SmartLess welcomed actor Ewan McGregor, who shared how Ted Simon's travel memoir 'Jupiter's Travels' inspired his own global motorbike journeys, and discussed Irvine Welsh's novel 'Trainspotting' in relation to its stage and film adaptations. Finally, On Purpose with Jay Shetty featured Jim Kwik referencing the business book 'Good to Great' while cautioning listeners against overcommitting their time and focus.
Lex Fridman Podcast
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Manufacturing consent
Discussed“Let me give you a concrete example, which I wrote about extensively in a book called Manufacturing Consent, co-authored with Edward Herman. It's about what he termed the propaganda model of the media.”
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Идіотъ
Discussed“Dostoevsky wrote in 'The Idiot,' spoken through the character of Prince Myshkin, that beauty will save the world.”
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Мастер и Маргарита
Discussed“The Master and Margarita, that's a deadly book.”
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Superintelligence
Discussed“But you know, if you read Nick Bostrom—I’m sure you have—Nick Bostrom, you know, Superintelligence—it’s that incredible book on the ways this thing is going to happen.”
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Snow Crash
Discussed“The term 'Metaverse' originates from Neal Stephenson’s book 'Snow Crash,' a formative title for those of us from the '90s. Back in the Doom and Quake era, we contemplated how to create interconnected realms that users could traverse, akin to emerging web technologies.”
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Common Sense
Discussed“Even a utility of randomness in an increase sounds like a book title you should write. What would be a good band name?”
The Daily Stoic
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To Risk It All
Discussed“I was just reading Admiral Stavridis's book about Navy heroes, and I had no idea about Commander Ernest Evans, who was the first Native American to win the Medal of Honor. It's weird that there is this history, and it’s one of the few bright spots in American history that should be celebrated.”
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Frederick
Discussed“Did you read the children's book 'Frederick' about the mouse? That sounds familiar.”
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The Pope's Elephant
Discussed“There’s a great book about it called 'The Pope’s Elephant.' But he loved this animal, and anyway, it was a white elephant if I’m remembering correctly.”
Monday Morning Podcast
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Dracula
Discussed“Um, is that what Dracula was from by the way? Transylvania is a place, you know what I mean?”
SmartLess
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Jupiter's Travels
Discussed“Then I read this book written by Ted Simon, who wrote a beautiful book called Jupiter's Travels in the 70s. He was a journalist, I think, for The Sunday Times, and he decided he wanted to travel the world.”
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Trainspotting
Discussed“And, but John, I think of Ryan said John didn't think I was right for it because in the novel in Irvine Welsh's novel, you and Bremner who played Spud had played Renton on the stage version before we made it. It was a play! Trainspotting was a play; it was a novel first, and then they made a play”
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On the Road
Discussed“But that was like stuff you're saying here, like I read On the Road when I was 17 and I was like, I gotta leave where I'm at! But that wasn’t stuff I did in high school; that was stuff I did on my own.”
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Bean Fate
Discussed“Well, one of them is my dad's book, Bean Fate, which I finally read, and it's amazing. I'm so proud of my dad, Jim Arnett, who wrote a book, actually.”
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The Sympathizer
Discussed“It's written by a Vietnamese American author, it's about the Vietnam War. And he's of Vietnamese descent.”
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The Splendid and the Vile
Discussed“When you're on the beach, reading in the sun makes me want to—what I do is write, and I'm sorry, then I just started—I’m now reading this Splendid and the Vile, which a lot of people have read.”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
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Relentless
Discussed“We've all read that book, 'Good to Great,' that says, 'Say no to good so you can say yes to great.' A lot of people have too many tabs open in their life—they keep saying 'yes, yes, yes.'”
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The Four Agreements
Discussed“We also had Domingo, who, as you know, is from 'The Four Agreements.' I mean, the founder was all there, and I just like Quincy comes up, and he’s 85 years old.”
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Ender's Game
Discussed“We bonded over 'Ender's Game' and various great sci-fi books, and we discussed 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.'”
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Swimming Lessons
Discussed“On top of all of this, I don’t know how she has the time, and we will ask her that. As an author, Lili wrote Swimming Lessons, which is a collection of poems.”
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Our chemical hearts
Discussed“Lili recently starred in and executive produced the coming-of-age drama, Chemical Hearts, based on the best-selling novel, Our Chemical Hearts.”
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Flow
Discussed“I connected to a beautiful book called Flow, and Flow talks about how to experience a state of flow, which musicians experience, which artists experience, which singers experience; it's when your challenge meets your skills.”
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How Are You, Really?
Discussed“She has a new book out that I can't wait for you to hear about, and she has something exciting for you to discover when you pre-order the book, so I wanted you to hang around for that as well. I'm excited, and remember I always talk about how pre-orders really help authors.”
Build with Leila Hormozi
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Managing Oneself
Discussed“The third book I found incredibly helpful in my 20s was 'Managing Oneself' by Peter Drucker.”
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Discussed“The fourth book that changed my mindset was one I read in the break room when I was a personal trainer at a large gym: 'Rich Dad Poor Dad.'”
StarTalk Radio
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Hot Mess
Discussed“And you've written a book on this subject? Yep, it's a comedy book titled 'Hot Mess.'”
Huberman Lab
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Clearer, Closer, Better
Discussed“In 2020, I learned of Dr. Balcetis's book, which was written for the general public and is entitled 'Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World.'”
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The Secret
Discussed“So that was a pretty monumental finding for motivation scientists, to understand that creating these dream boards, these vision boards, or to-do lists, might actually backfire, because it in and of itself is the creation of a goal and the satisfaction of the goal, and then people understandably give themselves some time to just enjoy that positive experience. So much”
