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Why Interstellar keeps getting recommended on podcasts

Interstellar came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 5 times across the episodes we processed. This page collects every one of those moments: who said it, what they said, and the exact point in the episode.

Interstellar has pulled 5 mentions spread across Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, and Tim Ferriss, an interesting spread for a film that mixes hard science with sentiment.

We pulled every genuine endorsement from the transcripts and matched it to the exact YouTube timestamp. Each entry below quotes the guest directly, nothing paraphrased.

Christopher Nolan · Film / show

Interstellar

5 on-air endorsements3 shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss7 episodes
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The endorsements, in their words

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“Matthew MCC yeah that was a great movie bro even he got back in the ship and was like nah I'm out” — Joe Rogan 02:21:38

Comedian Ralph Barbosa talks blowing up fast, the Austin scene, painting cars, psychedelics, wild animals, and the endless craft of stand-up.

Joe Rogan · 2024-06-27
“remember the ending of the movie Interstellar right where where he's pushing the books he's like in a tesseract you know which is like a four to 5D structure” — David Grusch 01:01:22

UAP whistleblower David Grusch tells Joe Rogan the US has recovered non-human craft and bodies, and why Congress must force disclosure.

Lex Fridman · 2023-02-15
“there's a wonderful movie um Interstellar and um in that movie you know Kip Thorne of course is a great theoretical physicist” — Andrew Strominger 01:54:04

Harvard physicist Andrew Strominger explains why black holes are mirrors, how they store information, and why now is a thrilling time for physics.

Lex Fridman · 2022-10-29
“movies that I've seen five plus times but I'm ready and willing to keep watching Interstellar Gladiator contact Goodwill Hunting The Matrix” — Andrej Karpathy 02:59:00

Andrej Karpathy on Tesla's vision-only self-driving, Optimus, the Transformer, aliens, simulation theory, and the path to AGI.

Lex Fridman · 2018-12-09
“I would say interstellar has my favorite robots... tars the robots one of the robots in interstellar is the way a robot should behave” — guest 01:25:33

AI pioneer Stuart Russell on why we must build machines that are uncertain about human objectives to keep them safe.

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