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Moneyball
Michael Lewis
“i think moneyball was spectacular book”
“michael lewis wrote well first of all i think moneyball was specific spectacular book yes”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
“i love the undoing project ... it's brilliant”
“i love the undoing project you know i know the story of the undoing project but i haven't read the book it's brilliant”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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The Master Switch
Timothy Wu
“i have recommended tremendously same with timothy wu ... it's incredible”
“michael lewis's books i have recommended tremendously same with timothy wu ... he wrote the master switch he's a professor at columbia university it's incredible”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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The Information
James Gleick
“an amazing book”
“with timothy wu i put together james gleek and information which is god it's an amazing book”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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L.A. Confidential (film)
Curtis Hanson (inferred)
“la confidential which is one of the best ones”
“i'm a sucker for any of these movies whether it's la confidential which is one of the best ones”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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L.A. Confidential (novel)
James Ellroy
“if you read the book which i'd highly recommend ... really good”
“he wrote la confidential ... if you read the book which i'd highly recommend by the same name ... it's wickedly rough but really good”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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To Kill a Mockingbird (film)
Robert Mulligan (inferred)
“to kill a mockingbird which i loved”
“i recently rewatched for the 19th time i don't know to kill a mockingbird which i loved”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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Raymond Chandler / Philip Marlowe novels
Raymond Chandler
“i loved raymond chandler ... his books i was always sorry that they ended because they were so much fun”
“i loved raymond chandler raymond chandler created the prototype philip marlow ... his books i was always sorry that they ended”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
The guest's own work
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Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas
B. Jeffrey Madoff
“his book creative careers subtitled making a living with your ideas is based on the class of the same name he teaches at parsons school of design”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
“when i interviewed you and you talked about your book in the four-hour work week you know it was the same kind of thing”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“we first met in 2007 or 2008 shortly after the first book had been published you helped with the four-hour body”— Tim Ferriss
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The Four-Hour Chef (Victoria's Secret promo)
Tim Ferriss
“a very unusual promo that i did for the four-hour chef during one of the victoria's secret annual events”— Tim Ferriss
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Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical
B. Jeffrey Madoff
“where is this musical the state of affairs so the state of affairs is back in september of 20 we had a theater deal we did a workshop”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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The Hidden Persuaders
Vance Packard
“what or who are the hidden persuaders my understanding this is a book that had some effect on you the hidden persuaders by vance packard”— Tim Ferriss
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Junkie (unmade film adaptation of William S. Burroughs novel)
William S. Burroughs (inferred)
“tommy the son had bought the rights to junkie which was one of william burroughs novels and dennis hopper was going to direct it and star in it”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper (inferred)
“you've got dennis hopper coming off of easy rider and then apocalypse now”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola (inferred)
“he had just come off of filming apocalypse now with marlon brando another iconic film name”— Tim Ferriss
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Freakonomics
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (inferred)
“i read moneyball and freakonomics back to back and it was like that's a good gumbo”— Tim Ferriss
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Glengarry Glen Ross
David Mamet (inferred)
“glenn gary glenross alec baldwin's performance is my reference from earlier for people who've missed it”— Tim Ferriss
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Lawdy Miss Clawdy (song)
Lloyd Price
“his first song lottie miss clawdy back in 1952 broke down the wall that was called race records”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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Heuristics and Biases
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
“about 15 years ago i read heuristics and biases by daniel kahneman and amos taversky”— Tim Ferriss
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Motherless Brooklyn (film)
Edward Norton (inferred)
“have you ever read motherless brooklyn i saw the film i thought that edward norton and team did did a really nice job”— Tim Ferriss
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To Kill a Mockingbird (novel)
Harper Lee
“harper lee was there i don't know harper lee wrote it like that she wrote to kill mockingbird”— B. Jeffrey Madoff
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