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Books podcasts were talking about in November 2022
November 2022 podcast conversations focused on classic literature, global strategy, and personal development. On Huberman Lab, Lex Fridman quoted Hermann Hesse's novel 'Steppenwolf' while discussing how to distinguish serious matters in life from those to be met with humor. Classic speculative fiction was also highlighted on SmartLess, where Sean mentioned revisiting H.G. Wells works such as 'The Time Machine', 'The Invisible Man', and 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' during an advertisement segment. Personal growth was featured on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, where Jay Shetty introduced guest Jim Kwik as the author of 'Limitless'. Meanwhile, geopolitical strategy and economic trends dominated discussions on The Jordan Harbinger Show, featuring general Spalding and the host analyzing Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui's 'Unrestricted Warfare', Christian Brose's 'The Kill Chain', Matt Stoller's 'Goliath', and Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter, and Stephen R. Thorne's 'The Politics Industry'. Finally, on The Daily Stoic, the host discussed his own book 'Discipline Is Destiny' and its use of historical Stoic figures like Cato.
Huberman Lab
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Steppenwolf
Discussed“Not all of it, but when he is just silly, I found that silliness-- I think Hermann Hesse said something paraphrased, one of my favorite writers-- ANDREW HUBERMAN: Yeah, same. LEX FRIDMAN: I think in Steppenwolf he said, learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
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Brain Energy
Discussed“Additionally, Dr. Palmer is the author of a terrific new book titled Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More. I have read the book, and it is an excellent read.”
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The Molecule of More
Discussed“Should you want to learn more about dopamine in general—not just its relation to addiction, but also in everyday life regarding pursuit and motivation—'The Molecule of More' is an excellent accompanying read.”
SmartLess
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The Time Machine
Discussed“Part of it includes classic works like The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. I'm revisiting all those classic stories, and it's so, so cool.”
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Fairy Tale
Discussed“One of the things I'm listening to and loving is Stephen King's "Fairy Tale."”
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The Book of Joe
Discussed“And so, you know, there's a lot that's been written, and I started to write a book about it; I obviously didn't have time to do it.”
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The Gray Man (Netflix Movie Tie-In)
Discussed“I'm listening to The Gray Man; there's a movie that's out right now, but it's the book that the movie's based on, and it's by Mark Greaney.”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
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Limitless
Discussed“He is the foremost brain coach, an incredible author, and an amazing podcaster. My dear friend, Jim Kwik, the author of 'Limitless.'”
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Changing World Order
Discussed“The next time we spoke, we discussed his second book, Changing World Order, and now, in this interview, we're talking about his new journal, My Principles.”
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Daring Greatly
Discussed“I'm sure it's in a Brené Brown book somewhere, but the best advice I've received is about making mental health a part of your life. That's why I say to make it your friend; you need to understand it, even if sometimes you don't know why you're feeling the way you do.”
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Influence
Discussed“And I would say there's a book that just popped in my mind called Influence by Robert Cialdini. Which I've never read that!”
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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Unrestricted warfare
Discussed“So, what you're talking about here is the new book unrestricted warfare, or the plan, I should say, unrestricted warfare.”
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The Kill Chain
Discussed“So you know Christian Bros talks about this; he's got a book called 'The Kill Chain,' and you know when you kind of look at the way that these colonels are thinking about war and you're looking at Christian, what Christian Bros is saying is we did not embrace Silicon Valley, and if we did, it'd make us more efficient”
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Goliath
Discussed“And I would say, you know, we've had sine waves—there's a good book called Goliath by Matt Stoller, and he talks about these trends.”
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The Politics Industry
Discussed“There’s a good book called The Politics Industry, written by a businessman from Wisconsin, who realized that the two political parties are not working on behalf of citizens but for party constituencies, donors, and party establishment.”
The Daily Stoic
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Discipline Is Destiny
Discussed“There's a story I tell in the discipline book about Cato, one of his heroes.”
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Waging a Good War
Discussed“This is Tom Rick's book on the Civil Rights Movement called 'Waging a Good Work.'”
Lex Fridman Podcast
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Cool it
Discussed“Bjørn Lomborg is the president of the Copenhagen Consensus Think Tank and the author of 'False Alarm', 'Cool It', and 'Skeptical Environmentalist'.”
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The Authoritarian Moment
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
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The Right Side of History
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
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Facts Don't Care about Your Feelings
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
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Economics in One Lesson
Discussed“The first economics book that I found really great, because it was written for teenagers, is Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. It's about 150 pages, and I recommend it to everyone aged 15 and up.”
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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
Discussed“Then, there's a great book by Carl Trueman called Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, which I think is the best book from the last ten years. It's been impactful on some of my recent thoughts.”
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small #1-2)
Discussed“There was a famous story at that time about a vet named James Herriot, who also came to the US and had a TV miniseries.”
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Collapse
Discussed“There's a compelling book titled 'Collapse' by Vlodislav Zubok, a professor at the London School of Economics, who describes the elite-driven dissolution of the Soviet Union accurately.”
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Государство и революция
Discussed“I studied with Richard Pipes, and he was really offended after writing his comprehensive volumes on the Russian Revolution that others would dare to write about it.”
Monday Morning Podcast
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The Book of Basketball
Discussed“You know, Pat Riley, the disease of more, that I learned through the Bill Simmons book.”
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Catch Me If You Can
Discussed“If you're like Leonardo DiCaprio and 'Catch Me If You Can' said in medicine, this concept is called the minimal effective dose.”
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My Turn at Bat
Discussed“I do think you read; what do you think I read? I think you read Ted Williams' biography. Guilty guilty, but I occasionally read other things.”
Speaker Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 11-3-22 with BILL MAHER 2022-11-03 Listen at 43:33
StarTalk Radio
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Hard Kick in the Nuts
Discussed“You've got a new book out; let me get the title of this book because it's right here. It is A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I've Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions.”
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Professional idiot
Discussed“What was the first one? It's called 'Professional Idiot: A Memoir.'”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
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Pet Sematary
Discussed“It’s like the cat in Pet Sematary that comes back to life; those things are a poor substitute for the original. You can replace these things, but there will always be unintended consequences, whether you're talking about rent control, minimum wage, or Zoom learning for school.”
Modern Wisdom
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How to Lie with Statistics
Discussed“there was a reflexive skepticism you can prove anything with Statistics or this famous book how to lie with Statistics and just this idea that you seem kind of really clever if you say oh well yeah you can prove anything with it with Statistics but if you're basically just rejecting everything on the grounds that it's got statistics in”
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Everybody Lies
Discussed“I enjoyed the his first one which was what everybody lies”
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Transport for Humans: Are We Nearly
Discussed“and um his most recent book when he was talking about transport for humans uh and some of the challenges”
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How to Make the World Add Up
Discussed“yeah so my that is a point I made in my most recent book which is called the data detective in the US and it's called how to make the world add up in the UK”
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Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy
Discussed“I studied the bicycle for another book of mine called 50 things that made the modern economy which also is a podcast series and I just explored different inventions”
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Discussed“I got suggested a book this weekend uh Churchill's Ministry of ungentlemanly warfare”
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Dollars And Sex
Discussed“she's uh she's an economist at British Columbia uh uh University and she's written a book called dollars and uh dollars and sex if I remember rightly”
