Book · recommended on 5 episodes
The Overstory
Richard Powers ISBN 8491814442
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Richard Powers ISBN 8491814442
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This book by Richard Powers has come up 5 times on Tim Ferriss. 5 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Dan Harris, Hugh Jackman, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-07-02 and the most recent from 2024-07-17. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fable that range from antebellum New York to the late-twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another.
“I was gifted actually uh by Gary Hart Senator Gary Hart who I played in a movie the over Story by Richard Powers”— Hugh Jackman
The guest here is Hugh Jackman and Esther Perel: Hugh Jackman is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe and Tony-winning performer known for Wolverine, Les Miserables and The Music Man. Esther Perel is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, host of the podcast Where Should We Begin?. Tim Ferriss 10-year anniversary combo: Hugh Jackman on intuition, meditation and craft, plus Esther Perel on desire, monogamy and infidelity.
“i finished reading the overstory which is a pulitzer prize winning novel it is incredibly good... i recommend it to everyone”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author, investor, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show, known for The 4-Hour Workweek and for interviewing world-class performers about their habits and routines. Here he flips the format to be the guest in a solo Q&A with his supporter group. Tim Ferriss answers fan questions on his morning and exercise routines, holotropic breathwork, self-compassion, meaning, and managing trauma.
“i'm finishing up the overstory right now which one of pulitzer and is authored by richard powers it's about trees beautifully written”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Chip Wilson: Serial entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Lululemon Athletica in 1998 after building and selling Westbeach Snowboarding. He helped pioneer the athleisure category and now invests across apparel, real estate, and private equity while funding research to cure FSHD muscular dystrophy. Lululemon founder Chip Wilson on building brands, future-spotting trends, goal setting, the Landmark-based culture he created, and cancel culture.
“perhaps the best novel i have ever read and it was sent to me by seveneyes alaska ... it was called the overstory”— Dan Harris
The guest here is Dan Harris: Former ABC News anchor who had an on-air panic attack on Good Morning America in 2004. He became a meditation advocate and bestselling author of 10% Happier, and co-founded the Ten Percent Happier company and app. ABC anchor turned meditation evangelist Dan Harris on panic attacks, training the mind, and becoming 10% happier.
“the overstory by Richard powers I'm not sure if you read that but that's the most transformative bit of fiction I have read in a long time”— Hugh Jackman
The guest here is Hugh Jackman: Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning Australian actor and performer known for Wolverine in the X-Men films, The Greatest Showman, and Broadway musicals. Equally at home on stage and screen, he is also a longtime meditator and devoted family man. Hugh Jackman tells Tim Ferriss about his morning reading ritual, meditation, intuition, the 85% rule, and following his gut.
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