Book · recommended on 3 episodes
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy ISBN 1299007635
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Cormac McCarthy ISBN 1299007635
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This book by Cormac McCarthy has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Jocko Willink, Tim Ferriss, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-03-01 and the most recent from 2024-09-04. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west." Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.
“It is one of the most beautifully written books I've ever read... called Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose riff on podcast sabbaticals, modern dating, longevity science, mediums, and ketamine therapy on the Random Show.
“Blood Meridian yeah ... it's written by cor M McCarthy oh fantastic writer so this is his best book”— Jocko Willink
The guest here is Jocko Willink and Sebastian Junger: Jocko Willink: retired US Navy SEAL officer, Silver and Bronze Star recipient, co-author of Extreme Ownership, host of the Jocko Podcast, and CEO of Echelon Front. Sebastian Junger: Peabody award-winning journalist, author of five New York Times bestsellers including The Perfect Storm and War, and documentarian behind Restrepo. Tim Ferriss revisits two favorite conversations: Jocko Willink on leadership and discipline, and Sebastian Junger on war, tribe, and PTSD.
“cormac mccarthy and so in blood meridian there's this fantastic speech about war given by the judge”— guest
The guest here is Josh Barnett: Former UFC heavyweight champion and one of the most accomplished catch wrestlers and submission grapplers in history, with a 25-year career. Known as a deeply self-taught philosopher of martial arts and violence. Catch-wrestling champion Josh Barnett and Lex Fridman trade Nietzsche, the philosophy of violence, and what combat reveals about being human.
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