People

Everyone we have heard recommend a book on a podcast — 543 guests and 84 hosts. Ad reads and passing mentions are never counted.

Guests

Person	Recommendations
Elon Musk	22
Bill Gates	8
Ben Shapiro	33
Sam Harris	33
Peter Thiel	13
Mark Manson	19
Alex Hormozi	15
Peter Attia	15
Jocko Willink	12
Esther Perel	10
Glenn Beck	10
Patrick Bet-David	24
Naval Ravikant	21
Michael Knowles	34
Tony Robbins	19
Malcolm Gladwell	11
Robert Greene	46
Jack Carr	83
Gad Saad	31
Duncan Trussell	70
Douglas Murray	69
Steven Rinella	21
Eric Weinstein	21
Simon Sinek	9
Michael Lewis	6
Adam Grant	14
Michael Malice	84
Arthur Brooks	36
Rick Rubin	18
Scott Galloway	10
Bryan Callen	73
Graham Hancock	34
Whitney Cummings	20
Cal Newport	29
Russell Brand	36
Chris Voss	15
Seth Godin	27
Robin Sharma	25
Andrew Klavan	37
Mo Gawdat	3
Greg Cowles	726
John Williams	547
Alexandra Alter	438
Dwight Garner	214
Jennifer Szalai	184
Tina Jordan	162
Joumana Khatib	143
Parul Sehgal	137
MJ Franklin	110
George Kamel	106
Mia Wong	92
Elisabeth Egan	82
Michael Shermer	77
Garrison Davis	74
Hannah Claire Brimlow	72
Lauren Christensen	62
A.O. Scott	60
Andrew Sage	57
James Lindsay	56
James Stout	56
Sarah Lyall	56
Maria Russo	54
Jade Warshaw	52
Adam Skolnick	50
Ali Abdaal	49
George Mack	48
Jonathan Haidt	47
Lon Harris	47
Morgan Housel	45
Ken Coleman	44
Alexandra Jacobs	43
Michael Shellenberger	41
Niall Ferguson	40
Gabor Mate	39
Dave Smith	37
Glenn Loury	37
Sadie Stein	36
Christopher Wong	35
Scott Horton	35
Elizabeth Harris	34
Emily Eakin	34
Kevin Rose	34
Steven Pressfield	34
Yaron Brook	34
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett	33
Dr. Mark Hyman	33
John Vervaeke	33
Molly Wood	33
Chip Conley	32
Fareed Zakaria	32
Jimmy Carr	32
Michael Mauboussin	30
Alex O’Connor	29
David Wolpe	29
Gal Beckerman	29
Jennifer Schuessler	29
Michael Pollan	29
Yeonmi Park	29
Dana Gioia	28
Ada Palmer	27
Balaji Srinivasan	27
Rob Henderson	27
Jack Posobiec	26
Josh Barnett	26
Sonal Chokshi	26
Andrew Doyle	25
Michael Munger	25
Rachel Cruze	25
Christopher Ryan	24
Libby Emmons	24
Michael Phillips	24
Rory Sutherland	24
Brian Koppelman	23
Donald Robertson	23
Eugenia Kuyda	23
Jesse Michels	23
Jimmy Soni	23
Sam Tanenhaus	23
Tristan Harris	23
Amjad Masad	22
Andrew (Andrewism)	22
Brian Muraresku	22
Charlamagne tha God	22
Derek Sivers	22
Dominick Quartuccio	22
Jimmy Dore	22
Tom Bilyeu	22
Lewis Howes	21
Molly Conger	21
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	21
Steven Pinker	21
Annie Duke	20
Chris Dixon	20
Daniel Amen	20
Dennis McKenna	20
James O'Keefe	20
Jay Dyer	20
John Deloney	20
John Rich	20
Michael Moynihan	20
Peter Diamandis	20
Phil Labonte	20
Andrew Gold	19
Dave Kim	19
Kevin Kelly	19
Matt Ridley	19
Paul Bloom	19
Brian Cox	18
Dwayne Betts	18
Jennifer Burns	18
Konstantin Kisin	18
Peter Boghossian	18
Stephen Fry	18
Bert Kreischer	17
Bridget Phetasy	17
Dan Carlin	17
Dan Wang	17
Paul Rosolie	17
Rick Doblin	17
Suleika Jaouad	17
Tim Dillon	17
Vivek Ramaswamy	17
Walter Isaacson	17
Anna Dubenko	16
Benjamin Hardy	16
Bishop Robert Barron	16
Bret Weinstein	16
Carlos Lozada	16
Charlie Houpert	16
James Clear	16
Joey Diaz	16
John Mackey	16
Neal Stephenson	16
Spencer Klavan	16
Tim Urban	16
Tobi Lütke	16
Chase Hughes	15
David Eagleman	15
David Epstein	15
Frank Vasquez	15
Geoffrey Miller	15
George Hotz	15
James Sexton	15
Jamie Loftus	15
Laird Hamilton	15
Matt Taibbi	15
Mike Benz	15
Molly Young	15
Suzanne Santo	15
Victor LaValle	15
Alex Rampell	14
Alex Wilhelm	14
Brian Feroldi	14
Brian Keating	14
Daniel Schmachtenberger	14
Debbie Millman	14
Doug Brunt	14
Erik Prince	14
Gavin de Becker	14
James Smith	14
Josh Dubin	14
Mary Harrington	14
Mike Baker	14
Philip Goff	14
Ranjan Roy	14
Byrne Hobart	13
Colson Whitehead	13
Dan Harris	13
David Blaine	13
David Heinemeier Hansson	13
Greg Fitzsimmons	13
Josh Brolin	13
Mark Suster	13
Noah Kagan	13
Richard Dawkins	13
Richard Reeves	13
Sarah Paine	13
Alan Donegan	12
Alex Epstein	12
Allen West	12
Aubrey Marcus	12
Brian Armstrong	12
Brian Greene	12
Carl Benjamin	12
Derek Thompson	12
Erik Hoel	12
Jennifer Egan	12
Jordan Jonas	12
Ken Burns	12
Kurt Metzger	12
Lovia Gyarkye	12
Luke Rudkowski	12
Matt Yglesias	12
Mike Posner	12
Paul Brunson	12
Ray Dalio	12
Sam Corcos	12
Sebastian Junger	12
Andrew Lavallée	11
Andrew Schulz	11
Annie Jacobsen	11
Ben Greenfield	11
Concepción De León	11
Darryl Cooper	11
David French	11
David M. Friedman	11
Edward O. Thorp	11
George Saunders	11
Hamilton Morris	11
Helen Lewis	11
Jeffrey Sachs	11
Jim Kwik	11
Johann Hari	11
John Lennox	11
Judith Newman	11
Larry Elder	11
Louis Theroux	11
Mike Rowe	11
St. Andrew	11
Tulsi Gabbard	11
Wesley Morris	11
William MacAskill	11
Zack Beauchamp	11
Agnes Callard	10
Alex Honnold	10
Alex Jones	10
Alex Stein	10
Antonio Garcia Martinez	10
Cameron Hanes	10
Chris Hayes	10
David Buss	10
Eliezer Yudkowsky	10
Glenn Greenwald	10
Josh Szeps	10
Louise Perry	10
Maureen Callahan	10
Newt Gingrich	10
Nicholas Christakis	10
Piers Morgan	10
Rachel Cruz	10
Randall Carlson	10
Richard Shotton	10
Rizwan Virk	10
Rudyard Lynch	10
Seamus Coughlin	10
Stavros Halkias	10
Steven Levitt	10
Steven Soderbergh	10
Tom Papa	10
Will Storr	10
William von Hippel	10
Winston Marshall	10
Yannis Pappas	10
Zach Coelius	10
Alain de Botton	9
Bassem Youssef	9
Big Sean	9
Bryan Johnson	9
Calley Means	9
Charles Liu	9
Chris Miller	9
Christina Pazsitzky	9
Dr Rangan Chatterjee	9
Dr. Ramani Durvasula	9
Gurwinder Bhogal	9
H. R. McMaster	9
Hotep Jesus	9
Jamie Metzl	9
Jason Whitlock	9
Joe Hudson	9
Josh Waitzkin	9
Liesel Schillinger	9
Matthew Hussey	9
Michael Easter	9
Mike Cernovich	9
Robert Caro	9
Steve Bannon	9
Steven Johnson	9
Tiago Forte	9
Tommy Robinson	9
Tony Fadell	9
Tu Lam	9
Yoram Hazony	9
Yuval Noah Harari	9
Amanda Knox	8
Andrew Weil	8
Annie Lowrey	8
Ben Stewart	8
Ben van Kerkwyk	8
Brendan Schaub	8
Carl Hart	8
Chloe Valdary	8
Chris Hutchins	8
Coleman Hughes	8
Dan Jones	8
Daniel Negreanu	8
Dennis Prager	8
Dinesh D'Souza	8
Howard Marks	8
Ian Carroll	8
Jack Murphy	8
James Fox	8
Jonathan Anomaly	8
Judd Apatow	8
Keith Rabois	8
Kevin Systrom	8
Maajid Nawaz	8
Margaret Killjoy	8
Marianne Williamson	8
Maya Shankar	8
Mike Munger	8
Nikki Glaser	8
Oliver Stone	8
Pete Holmes	8
Pierre Poilievre	8
Rainn Wilson	8
Ramit Sethi	8
Richard Thaler	8
Russell Kennedy	8
Sam Morril	8
Tom Segura	8
Victor Davis Hanson	8
Vitalik Buterin	8
Will Chamberlain	8
A.J. Jacobs	7
Adam Curry	7
AJ Gentile	7
Brian Simpson	7
Bryan Caplan	7
Buck Sexton	7
Charles Koch	7
Chris DiStefano	7
Connor Beaton	7
Connor Tomlinson	7
Cory Booker	7
David Sedaris	7
Demis Hassabis	7
Derren Brown	7
Dr. Tara Swart	7
Eddie Bravo	7
Freeway Rick Ross	7
Grant Sanderson	7
Jerusalem Demsas	7
John Mearsheimer	7
Justin Wren	7
Katy Milkman	7
Kevin Smith	7
Kyle Kulinski	7
Leonard Sax	7
Manolis Kellis	7
Mark Normand	7
Martha Beck	7
Mike Glover	7
Mohnish Pabrai	7
Oliver Burkeman	7
Richard Koch	7
Rod Blagojevich	7
Sahil Bloom	7
Scott Barry Kaufman	7
Scott Payne	7
Steven Sinofsky	7
Susan Cain	7
Taffy Brodesser-Akner	7
Terry Schilling	7
Adam Lane Smith	6
Andy Stumpf	6
Anna Lembke	6
Ari Shaffir	6
Arnold Schwarzenegger	6
Bill Maher	6
Casey Means	6
Charles Duhigg	6
Dan Richards	6
Daniel Priestley	6
David Rubenstein	6
Donald Hoffman	6
Eckhart Tolle	6
Ed Mylett	6
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar	6
Greasy Will	6
Greg Lukianoff	6
James Altucher	6
Jerry Colonna	6
Joe Lonsdale	6
John Anderson	6
Katherine Boyle	6
Katie Porter	6
Liv Boeree	6
Lulu Cheng Meservey	6
Matt McCusker	6
Matt Walsh	6
Michael Ovitz	6
Michio Kaku	6
Milo Yiannopoulos	6
Nick Freitas	6
Oz Pearlman	6
Peter Singer	6
Philip Tetlock	6
Rahm Emanuel	6
Shane Cashman	6
Stefan Molyneux	6
Steph Smith	6
Stephen Blackwood	6
Stephen Kotkin	6
Steve Maxwell	6
Todd Rose	6
Adam Tooze	5
Carol Swain	5
Chase Jarvis	5
Codie Sanchez	5
Dana Perino	5
David Kipping	5
Deepak Chopra	5
Dr. Andy Galpin	5
Dr. Ben Carson	5
Dr. David Spiegel	5
Dr. Laurie Santos	5
Ed Zitron	5
Edward Glaeser	5
Hanne Tidnam	5
Heather Berlin	5
Jason Fried	5
Jill Abramson	5
John Kiriakou	5
Les Snead	5
Lily Tang Williams	5
Logan Ury	5
Maynard James Keenan	5
Min Jin Lee	5
Moren Callahan	5
Neal Brennan	5
Noah Smith	5
Oliver Anthony	5
Palmer Luckey	5
Paul Hawken	5
Reid Hoffman	5
Renee DiResta	5
Robert Waldinger	5
Sean Carroll	5
Shaun Puri	5
Steven D. Levitt	5
Warren Smith	5
Abby Martin	4
Anna Khachiyan	4
Annaka Harris	4
Batya Ungar-Sargon	4
Brigham Buhler	4
Chelsea handler	4
Colin O'Brady	4
Daniele Bolelli	4
Dr. Dacher Keltner	4
Ellen Langer	4
Garry Tan	4
George Santos	4
Graham Linehan	4
Janna Levin	4
Jeff Sachs	4
Jill Lepore	4
Jim Gaffigan	4
Jonathan Pageau	4
Josh Hammer	4
Lee Cronin	4
Lori Gottlieb	4
Mark Halperin	4
Matthew McConaughey	4
Paul Conti	4
Peter Berg	4
Robert Pape	4
Roseanne Barr	4
Scott Adams	4
Steven Crowder	4
Steven Hassan	4
Stu Burguiere	4
Tana French	4
Terry Real	4
Viva Frei	4
Vlad Tenev	4
Zachary Levi	4
Aaron Levie	3
Adam Savage	3
Ana Kasparian	3
Andrew Santino	3
Anthony Cumia	3
Charlie Sheen	3
Chris Hemsworth	3
Demi Lovato	3
Donnell Rawlings	3
Dr Will Bulsiewicz	3
Erica Kirk	3
Gavin Baker	3
Heather Mac Donald	3
Ian Leslie	3
James Nestor	3
Jim Breuer	3
Julia Galef	3
Kate Atkinson	3
Kevin Hart	3
Lee Strobel	3
Matt Welch	3
Melissa Murray	3
Michael Yon	3
Paul Stamets	3
Sarah Adams	3

Hosts

Person	Recommendations
Charlie Kirk	84
Jordan Peterson	817
Candace Owens	295
Ryan Holiday	1084
Joe Rogan	2155
Dave Ramsey	239
Dr John Delony	238
Oprah Winfrey	26
Chris Williamson	1258
Andrew Huberman	515
Ezra Klein	331
Mel Robbins	257
Tim Ferriss	818
Neil deGrasse Tyson	368
Lex Fridman	699
Jay Shetty	653
Marc Andreessen	109
Tucker Carlson	86
Steven Bartlett	561
Tyler Cowen	460
Saagar Enjeti	99
Sam Parr	101
Robert Evans	2626
Gilbert Cruz	1567
Megyn Kelly	1226
Jason Calacanis	609
Shaan Puri	394
Bill Burr	262
Angela Duckworth	204
Tommy Vietor	168
Theo Von	127
Bari Weiss	95
Pamela Paul	1551
Stephen Dubner	909
Russ Roberts	771
Ben Bowlin	567
Tim Pool	557
Josh Clark	553
Steve Levitt	546
Rich Roll	520
Brad Barrett	441
Jordan Harbinger	351
Dave Rubin	297
Alex Kantrowitz	266
Emily Jashinsky	256
Dwarkesh Patel	235
David Senra	199
David Perell	187
David Rosenthal	101
Marshall Kosloff	96
Ben Gilbert	93
Shawn Ryan	81
David Sacks	69
Jon Favreau	68
Chuck Bryant	67
Jonathan Mendonsa	59
Bill Gurley	57
Ian Crossland	54
Sean Hayes	52
Dan Pfeiffer	51
Ross Douthat	49
Mike Maughan	46
Erik Torenberg	43
Leila Hormozi	40
Matt Frederick	38
David Friedberg	37
Will Arnett	34
Jon Lovett	32
Andrew Wilkinson	30
Maria Konnikova	30
Matt Rogers	29
Nate Silver	20
Ben Horowitz	18
Chamath Palihapitiya	17
John Collison	16
Ryan Grim	15
Chuck Nice	14
Krystal Ball	14
Andy Frisella	13
Jason Bateman	11
Bowen Yang	7
Noel Brown	5
Shane Parrish	4
Gary O'Reilly	3