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Every book Sean Penn recommended on podcasts

Guest on SmartLess · 2 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Sean Penn

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  1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Cameron Crowe · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “my sense reading his book which i read the book before the a lot of people don't know that was a book before it was a screenplay and i read that character and i felt that that was what he wrote rhythmically and so on”
    SmartLess Sean Penn 2021-08-30 Listen at 15:41
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Flim-Flam Man

    Jennifer Vogel · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “Oh, that's great to hear, I, um, yeah, it was a script that came to me many years ago based on Jennifer Vogel's memoir Flim Flam Man.”
    SmartLess Sean Penn 2021-08-30 Listen at 6:32
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Sean PennSmartLess2021-08-302
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing The Defense Never Rests
“I was spending my time in high school reading the books of F. Lee Bailey about his cases and wanting to be a lawyer, a criminal defense attorney.”
SmartLess Sean Penn 2021-08-30 Listen at 10:12