Week 2022-W29

Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2022-W29

9 books, grouped by podcast.

Lex Fridman Podcast

Discussed If Science Is to Save Us
“For now, what is the new book that you mentioned? It's called 'If Science is to Save Us.' It's coming out in September.”

StarTalk Radio

Discussed Meghadūta
“And a big part of Ayurveda, which really intrigued me was when I was traveling around the world after I retired, someone gave me a book on Ayurveda, and I opened the book, and the first chapter was about living in accordance with the seasons. Okay?”

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Discussed Life Without Ed
“One of the most helpful books I ever read for my anorexia was a book called Life Without Ed, and it's where this woman personified her eating disorder, and she talked to it.”
Discussed Radical Love
“I'm so excited to talk to my dear friend, an awesome human being, about his new book, Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others, something we all need to do.”

Monday Morning Podcast

Discussed Jaws
“And that is the last branch that I would join, there's no way I would join the Navy because I don't want to be on a ship that sinks and you end up in the water and now you're in Quint's story from Jaws.”
Discussed Silent Spring at 50
“Oh Jesus, there's an environmentalist book that I wanted to read that this female scientist wrote back in the day called 'Silent Spring.'”

SmartLess

Discussed Directed by James Burrows
“You have this new gigantic book that's out now called Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and tons more!”
Discussed Gone with the Wind
“He would come out, I saw him once come out, sit down in a chair, and start reading Gone with the Wind until you left! He didn't care, it was three minutes, very well... it's very well...”
Discussed All About Me!
“So I got a—I called my agency and they put me in touch with a literary guy who had just written the Mel Brooks book, a guy named Eddie Freefeld, who's a big fan of comedy.”