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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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This book by Fyodor Dostoevsky has come up 5 times across 3 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 5 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Bridget Phetasy, Dan Houser, Jordan Peterson, Ronald Sullivan. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-03-02 and the most recent from 2025-10-31. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“I read it when they first did Crime and Punishment. That was amazing.”— Dan Houser
The guest here is Dan Houser: Legendary video game creator, co-founder of Rockstar Games, and lead writer behind the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series. He has since founded a new company, Absurdventures, building new worlds across books, comics, audio, and games. Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on creating GTA and Red Dead Redemption, the craft of storytelling in games, and his new studio Absurdventures.
“the reason I always wanted to learn Russian was Crime and Punishment it's just so brilliant”— Bridget Phetasy
The guest here is Bridget Phetasy: Writer, comedian, and podcaster behind Walk-Ins Welcome, Dumpster Fire, and Factory Settings; columnist and Substack author. Bridget Phetasy and Joe Rogan riff on California taxes, motherhood, sex-work debates, the East Palestine derailment, media bias, and ancient civilizations.
“i think i like crime and punishment because while you identified with michigan i think i identified more with raskolnikov”— Jordan Peterson
The guest here is Jordan Peterson: Influential clinical psychologist, lecturer, and podcast host; author of Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules for Life, and Beyond Order, known for his lectures on psychology, religion, and meaning. Jordan Peterson and Lex Fridman roam across God, beauty, death, fame, power, marriage, diet, and the meaning of life.
“the other book i was going to say is dostoevsky's crime and punishment and uh i mean i've always wanted to go to saint pete's”— Ronald Sullivan
The guest here is Ronald Sullivan: Harvard Law School professor and renowned defense attorney known for taking impossible, unpopular cases. He led parts of the defenses for Aaron Hernandez and Harvey Weinstein, and Harvard declined to renew his faculty dean post after student protests. Harvard Law's Ronald Sullivan defends everyone's right to counsel, even Harvey Weinstein, and warns that universities are caving to the loudest voices.
“crime and punishment is an absolutely engrossing novel as well as being a stunning work of philosophy”— Jordan Peterson
The guest here is Jordan B. Peterson: Clinical psychologist and University of Toronto professor known for his work on personality and the psychology of religion. Author of Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules for Life, and Beyond Order. Jordan Peterson and Tim Ferriss explore morality, resentment, psychedelics, biblical stories, order and chaos, and finding meaning through suffering.
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