Book · recommended on 3 episodes
An Immense World
Ed Yong ISBN 0593133234
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Ed Yong ISBN 0593133234
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This book by Ed Yong has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Lex Fridman. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Lisa Feldman Barrett. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-08-17 and the most recent from 2026-01-26. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Ed Young wrote a book called An Immense World... for an animal lover like me, it's I found it really spectacular.”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is David Eagleman: Stanford neuroscientist, best-selling author (Livewired), and science communicator. Founder of the former sensory-substitution company Neosensory and host of the Inner Cosmos podcast. Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how the plastic brain learns, builds memory, warps time, dreams, and falls into us-vs-them polarization.
“what is the recent one with animals an immense World an immense world... it's a masterful masterful masterful book I I wish I had written that book”— Lisa Feldman Barrett
The guest here is Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett: Distinguished professor of psychology at Northeastern University with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Mass General, where she is chief scientific officer of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior. She is one of the world's top experts on the science of emotion and author of 'How Emotions Are Made' and 'Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain.'. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett dismantles the myth of universal emotions, explaining how the brain constructs them to budget the body.
“so I'm reading an amazing book yeah called an immense World by Ed young he won a Pulitzer”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Stanford neuroscientist and tenured professor who studies the brain, and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. Making his fourth appearance on the show, he is a close friend of Lex Fridman. On Lex's birthday, neuroscientist Andrew Huberman opens up about prayer, betrayal, covert contracts, peace, and finding lasting love.
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