Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Brought up on Stuff You Should Know, Lex Fridman Podcast and Modern Wisdom, most recently on 2026-08-22 — 3 shows, 3 episodes.

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Where it came up

• Stuff You Should Know · Rope, yeah ROPE! | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW · at 14:43 · 2026-08-22

  “I think all everything in life is telling me to finally read Moby Dick and maybe listen to this podcast as I go along would be a good way to do it.”Discussed

• Lex Fridman Podcast · Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee | Lex Fridman Podcast #499 · at 2:22:58 · 2026-07-28

  “some books that I think I should listen to and haven't ever gotten around to reading. I did Moby Dick that way.”Mentioned

• Modern Wisdom · The Hidden Danger of Accepting Social Norms - George Mack · at 9:04 · 2026-07-16

  “I don't think that there's that much of a waiting in terms of the LLM that James Clear's Atomic Habits on Moby Dick is worth 10 million times that of an anime and manga blog.”Mentioned

Also mentioned in those episodes

• · Uncle Tom's CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe Lex Fridman Podcast
• · War and PeaceЛев Толстой Lex Fridman Podcast
• · Mein KampfAdolf Hitler Lex Fridman Podcast
• · The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain Lex Fridman Podcast
• · Atomic HabitsJames Clear Modern Wisdom
• · ConspiracyRyan Holiday Modern Wisdom
• · Addicted to AnxietyOwen O'Kane Modern Wisdom

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