The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Recommended on The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on 2026-07-13 — 2 shows, 2 episodes.

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Where it came up

• The Shawn Ryan Show · Ryan Holiday - Watch This If You Have a Negative Mind | SRS #321 · at 8:04 · 2026-07-13

  “Do you ever read The Right Stuff? The Tom Wolf book? So, that's about test pilots who become the first astronauts.”Recommended

• The Daily Stoic · Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure · at 4:06 · 2026-06-10

  “In The Right Stuff, the line that I was always struck by is Tom Wolfe points out that like John Glenn's heart rate never goes above 100 during the the thing.”Discussed

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ISBN 9780224014434