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Every book Erik Hoel recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Erik Hoel has recommended or discussed 11 books on podcasts, as of July 22, 2024.
- Erik Hoel has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of July 22, 2024.
- Those books came up in 4 episodes, as of July 22, 2024.
- The 3 books Erik Hoel has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 22, 2024: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, The Castle and The Hat.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Erik Hoel aired on July 22, 2024.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Erik Hoel appears on, in one place, not just one.
Erik Hoel’s most recommended books
- The Castle by Franz Kafka
- The Hat by Brian Way
- The Mitten by Unknown
- Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett
Erik Hoel is a podcast guest who has appeared on programs such as EconTalk and Modern Wisdom to discuss topics related to parenting, neuroscience, and literature. During his appearance on EconTalk, Hoel recommended several ornate children's books filled with detail, including Jan Brett's The Mitten, The Hat, and Trouble with Trolls, characterizing them as classic takes on traditional folktales. In the same conversation, he recommended David Macaulay's Castle, highlighting how it illustrates background mechanics and structural functions. Discussing his broader reading habits and cultural phenomena, Hoel mentioned Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar to illustrate shared parenting reading experiences, and referenced Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time while talking about aging and personal reflection. On Modern Wisdom, he discussed Julian Jaynes's classic work The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, praising its beautiful writing and foundational hypothesis in consciousness research. Additionally, during that episode, host Chris Williamson brought up Robert M. Sapolsky's book Determined: The Science of Life Without Free Will, which Hoel immediately recognized and identified.
Books Erik Hoel recommended or discussed
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Discussed“Julian James wrote this this classic um back in I mean 1976 called the the origin of Consciousness and the breakdown of the bicameral mind and one of the things that's great about it is that it's a beautifully written book”
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The Castle
Recommended“but yeah I I recommend David mccaulay uh his books castle and others which show how things work in the background”
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The Hat
Recommended“some of my favorites are these more ornate um sort of filled with detail so so Jan Brett who did like the Mitten the Hat trouble with trolls she these sort of classic takes on these folktales”
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The Mitten
Recommended“some of my favorites are these more ornate um sort of filled with detail so so Jan Brett who did like the Mitten the Hat trouble with trolls she these sort of classic takes on these folktales”
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Trouble with Trolls
Recommended“some of my favorites are these more ornate um sort of filled with detail so so Jan Brett who did like the Mitten the Hat trouble with trolls she these sort of classic takes on these folktales”
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A new kind of science
Discussed“And I think, you know, even if you look at somebody like like Stephen Wolfram, you know, who was doing who wrote a book called A New Kind of Science in which he talks about he he really dives into this these these new notions of of chaos theory and whether or not systems are sort of reducible”
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Determined
Discussed“I got sent through uh literally today out front Robert sapolski's new book... I don't know if I've seen the new one determined the science of life without free will”
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Famine, affluence, and morality
Discussed“and he wrote an article called famine affluence and morality i think back in the 70s and in it this was during a terrible famine i think in bengal and he he he gives this analogy”
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In Search of Lost Time
Discussed“I mean there's nothing sadder than that remembrance of things past only has seven volumes”
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The Sensory Order
Discussed“And actually, I think possibly the first person in history, as far as I can tell, to make this argument was uh Friedrich Hayek, um who wrote a a little sort of a little-known book in 1952 called The Sensory Order.”
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Discussed“I think The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been on the best seller list for 19 years”
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Books Erik Hoel wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“yeah I'm sure he's really disappointed he can't read swans way at I'll share with him noward so that's more my style share with him what sgard like”
“and in a way a lot of a lot of my book a lot of what the World Behind the world is about is is exploring this alternative View and maybe a slightly more tame and sensible one”
“my first non-fiction book this is actually my second book from my first non-fiction book is out July 25th uh it's called the World Behind the world”