#4664

Mentioned in 9 episodes

The Passenger

Book • 2018

Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Mentioned by

Scott Yarbrough

Jonathan Freedland

Domenico Singapedrolli

Mentioned in 9 episodes

Mentioned by Kevin Hood-Gary when discussing authors who have written about boredom.

A Cure for Existential Boredom

Mentioned by

Mario Gabriele

as an example of the influence of SFI on Cormac McCarthy's thinking.

Can Humans Stay Smart in the Age of AI? (David Krakauer, President of the Santa Fe Institute)

Suggested by a listener, Fareed, and described as a great audiobook.

Episode 311: The Way to Dusty Death (Shakespeare's "Macbeth")

Mentioned by

Dianne Luce

as being worked on by McCarthy during his time in Ireland.

Episode 58: Staying off the Tracks of THE SUNSET LIMITED with Dianne Luce

Mentioned by

Marcia Young

, discussing themes of masculinity and male friendships.

July 14: Monday's top stories in 10 minutes

Mentioned by

Scott Yarbrough

as a manuscript he looked at in the archives, discussing details like Bobby's discovery of a corpse.

Episode 57: The Wittliff with Lead Archivist Katie Salzmann

Mentioned by

Scott Yarbrough

as the first of Cormac McCarthy's two sibling novels.

Episode 60: Riding Shotgun on THE PASSENGER with Lydia Cooper and Brent Cline

Mentioned by

Juanita Taylor

as his latest novel about masculinity, male friendships, and a violent road trip.

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Mentioned by

Kmele Foster

as his favorite author.

Richard Dawkins & Kmele Foster Discuss Evolution, Religion, and Cultural Hegemony

Mentioned by Speaker 6 as a novel about masculinity, male friendships, and a violent road trip.

Are e-scooters public transportation or a public menace?

Mentioned by

Rick Steves

as a book that Cheney Kwok wrote about his cruise ship experience.

801 Museum Matters with Mary Beard; Fascinating Museums; Soul of South Korea

Mentioned by

David Krakauer

as one of the books Cormac McCarthy worked on at his desk at SFI.

Inside a real genius club: the Santa Fe Institute

Mentioned by

Jen Briselli

as being relevant to complexity science and experience and language.

You Can’t Figma Your Way out of Complexity With Jen Briselli

Mentioned by

Angie Seth

as a novel about masculinity, male friendships, and a road trip that turns violent.

July 11: Friday's top stories in 10 minutes

Mentioned by

Jonathan Freedland

as a book republished by Pushkin Press.

You're Hired - with Alyssa Farah Griffin and Amos Harel

Mentioned by

Sean Carroll

in relation to his novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

AMA | August 2023

Recommended by Fred Studemann as a lost novel written by a Jewish writer in the 1930s.

FT Weekend: A trip to our secret book vault. Plus: the best books of 2021

Mentioned by

Domenico Singapedrolli

as a reference for the transition through the window in "Another Place."

#1695: “Another Place” Takes a Liminal Architectural Stroll into Memories of Another Time and Place

Mentioned by Speaker 6, who interviewed the author on their podcast, Bookends, about the book's themes of masculinity and male friendship.

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