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Every book Julia Shaw recommended on podcasts

Guest on Lex Fridman Podcast · 2 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Julia Shaw

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  1. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male

    Alfred Charles Kinsey; Wardell Baxter Pomeroy; Clyde E. Martin · Discussed · 1 episode

    Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is a landmark 1948 study on human sexuality by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, and Clyde E.

    Discussed
    “...he ended up finding, and this is one of the big findings in this book that he published called "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," which was a best-seller for an entire year.”
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  2. The Idiot

    Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский · Discussed · 1 episode

    The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound 19th-century Russian novel that follows the compassionate, innocent, and deeply misunderstood Prince Myshkin as he navigates the cynical and corrupt high society of St.

    Discussed
    “I'm sometimes like a Prince Myshkin character from The Idiot by Dostoevsky, where you just see...”
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Books Julia Shaw wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
#483 – Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & SexLex Fridman Podcast2025-10-142
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged Evil
“Also, the title of my book is Evil, or in the UK market, it's Making Evil, which is a reference to a Nietzsche quote, which is, "Thinking evil is making evil."”
Plugged Making Evil
“Also, the title of my book is Evil, or in the UK market, it's Making Evil, which is a reference to a Nietzsche quote, which is, "Thinking evil is making evil."”
Plugged Bi
“I wrote a book called Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality, and I did that after I created a bisexual research group.”
Plugged Evil
“I came out in Evil. Making Evil is the UK title, Evil in the US.”
Plugged Making Evil
“I came out in Evil. Making Evil is the UK title, Evil in the US.”
Plugged The memory illusion
“So, when I was writing The Memory Illusion, which was my first book, and the research that was in line with that, there was this huge debate between me and a couple of other academics...”