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  • Larry Sanger has recommended or discussed 2 books on podcasts, as of September 29, 2025.
  • Larry Sanger has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of September 29, 2025.
  • Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of September 29, 2025.
  • The 2 books Larry Sanger has mentioned in the most episodes, as of September 29, 2025: The Cathedral & the Bazaar and Escape from Alcatraz.
  • The latest episode with a book mention from Larry Sanger aired on September 29, 2025.

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Guest on The Tucker Carlson Show, Modern Wisdom · 2 books · 2 episodes across 2 podcasts

Across 2 podcasts. Every show Larry Sanger appears on, in one place, not just one.

Larry Sanger is an American internet project developer and philosopher best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia, having helped launch the online encyclopedia alongside Jimmy Wales in 2001. He has since remained an outspoken commentator on internet culture, institutional bias, and digital governance. When appearing on Modern Wisdom in 2019, Larry Sanger recommended Eric Raymond's influential essay published as a book, The Cathedral & the Bazaar, recalling that he was told to read it when starting Nupedia to better understand how online volunteers successfully collaborate and build things together on the internet. Later, during an appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show, he referenced the classic film and cultural touchstone Escape from Alcatraz to illustrate the intense psychological distress and feelings of a living death that individuals experience when a major hobby or long-held activity is abruptly taken away from them.

Books Larry Sanger recommended or discussed

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  1. The Cathedral & the Bazaar

    Eric Raymond · Recommended · 1 episode

    The Cathedral & the Bazaar by Eric Raymond is a seminal analysis of software engineering and open-source methodology that contrasts traditional top-down development with decentralized collaboration.

    Recommended
    “So there was this guy wrote an essay called called the Cathedral and the Bazaar his name is Eric Raymond I was told to read this it's still a great thing to read”
    Modern Wisdom Why Is Wikipedia Broken? - Dr Larry Sanger - #118 2019-11-07 Listen at 6:59
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  2. Escape from Alcatraz

    Stephanie Watson · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “people, you remember um the the movie Escape from Alcatraz. Yes.”
    The Tucker Carlson Show Wikipedia Co-Creator Reveals All: CIA Infiltration, Banning Conservati… 2025-09-29 Listen at 1:25:21
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

Books Larry Sanger wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Wikipedia Co-Creator Reveals All: CIA Infiltration, Banning Conservatives, & How to Fix the InternetThe Tucker Carlson Show2025-09-291
Why Is Wikipedia Broken? - Dr Larry Sanger - #118Modern Wisdom2019-11-071
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged Essays on Free Knowledge
“go ahead and buy my book please um i don't think you're intending i'm talking um it's it's uh it's on uh amazon the ebook is also on gum road and amazon um it's called essays on free knowledge the origins of wikipedia and the new politics of knowledge”
Timcast IRL Timcast IRL #266 - James O'Keefe BANNED On Twitter, Will SUE w/Wikiped… 2021-04-16 Listen at 2:35:31