Book · recommended on 3 episodes
This Is Water
David Foster Wallace ISBN 0316068225
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David Foster Wallace ISBN 0316068225
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This book by David Foster Wallace has come up 3 times on Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Hugh Jackman, Marco Canora. 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.
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.
“the other one is David Foster Wallace's speech this is water his commencement speech”— 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.
“this is Water by David Foster Wallace is one I commonly give because it's just it's so short and and the message is so perfect”— Marco Canora
The guest here is Marco Canora: James Beard award-winning chef and owner of Hearth restaurant in NYC's East Village, who trained under Danny Meyer and Tom Colicchio at Gramercy Tavern and Craft. He helped launch America's bone broth trend with his Brodo brand and is the author of cookbooks including 'Salt to Taste' and 'Brodo'. Chef Marco Canora and Tim Ferriss riff on simple cooking, blood-sugar self-experiments, bone broth, food processing, and making perfect gnocchi.
“the other one is David Foster Wallace's speech this is water his commencement speech”— 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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