This book by Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Oliver Stone. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine | Lex Fridman Podcast #286
“i picked up a book by josh goldstein and his co-author who's swedish those two wrote a book called bright future”— Oliver Stone
The guest here is Oliver Stone: Three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Platoon, JFK, Nixon, and Wall Street, known for politically charged films and documentary interviews with leaders like Putin, Castro, and Chavez. Oliver Stone defends Putin, blames U.S. imperialism for the Ukraine war, and warns the world is teetering on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.
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