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Every book Adam Savage recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Adam Savage has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of July 2, 2019.
- Adam Savage has talked about books on 3 podcasts, as of July 2, 2019.
- Those books came up in 3 episodes, as of July 2, 2019.
- The 3 books Adam Savage has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 2, 2019: Born Standing Up, The Liars' Club and Thinking, Fast and Slow.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Adam Savage aired on July 2, 2019.
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Across 3 podcasts. Every show Adam Savage appears on, in one place, not just one.
Adam Savage is an American special effects creator and educational video presenter. He is best known as the former co-host, with Jamie Hyneman, of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters and Unchained Reaction. His model work has appeared in major films, including Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and The Matrix Reloaded. He hosts the TV program Savage Builds, which premiered on the Science Channel on June 14, 2019. His platform Adam Savage's Tested includes a website and a YouTube channel. Savage discussed several influential books across multiple podcast appearances to illustrate personal lessons and creative strategies. On The Jordan Harbinger Show, he discussed Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow in the context of psychology and deep introspection. On StarTalk Radio, Savage quoted Mary Karr's memoir The Liars' Club to explain his personal approach to overcoming writer's block by copying favorite writers in longhand. On The Tim Ferriss Show, he brought up Steve Martin's memoir Born Standing Up to illustrate the idea that every past learning experience eventually finds a practical use.
Books Adam Savage recommended or discussed
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Born Standing Up
Discussed“all that being said there's a quote in Steve Martin's book born standing up when someone says to him you will eventually use everything you've ever learned”
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The Liars' Club
Discussed“There's a line from a Mary Karr who wrote "Liars' Club", wrote about what she does with writer's block. And she says, "If I can't think about what to write, "I sit at my desk and I copy writers "I love in longhand because my fidelity at the desk "is to be writing, whether it's my own writing or not."”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Discussed“my father was in therapy for his whole life and read deeply about the philosophy I'm thinking it talked about that”
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Books Adam Savage wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and this book is my permission slip that when you do pay heed to those things that tickle at your head that you can't stop paying attention to that I'd call sacred thrills”
“okay so when I when I sold this book to the publisher to assignment to atria at Simon & Schuster the chapter in the book that I used as my as my North Star as a chapter called use more cooling fluid”