This film or show by Francis Ford Coppola has come up 7 times across 3 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 7 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Anne Lamott, Brian Koppelman, Joe Rogan, Kevin Spacey, Lex Fridman, Neri Oxman. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-04-27 and the most recent from 2025-05-29. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Joe Rogan Experience #2329 - Ehsan Ahmad
“The Godfather is one of the greatest movies of all time. It's a movie about the mob”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Ehsan Ahmad: Austin-based stand-up comedian who came up through the Comedy Store and now works the Mothership scene. Co-hosts 'The Solid Show' podcast with his friend Derek. Joe Rogan and comedian Ehsan Ahmad free-range through political corruption, conspiracies, AI awakening, Vikings, and why everyone now watches YouTube instead of the news.
Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #432
“all I had time to do was watch "The Godfather" and "Serpico" and then I went to work.”— Kevin Spacey
The guest here is Kevin Spacey: A two-time Oscar-winning actor known for 'Se7en,' 'The Usual Suspects,' 'American Beauty,' and 'House of Cards.' He was cut from 'House of Cards' and canceled in 2017 after sexual abuse allegations, though he was acquitted and never found guilty or liable in any trial. Kevin Spacey on his greatest film roles, his craft of acting, the 2017 allegations and cancellation, and his estranged white-supremacist father.
Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #394
“what do you think is the best film of all time maybe top three yeah maybe The Godfather Godfather okay The Godfather is is definitely up there”— Neri Oxman
The guest here is Neri Oxman: Engineer, scientist, designer, architect and artist who led MIT's Mediated Matter group and now runs OXMAN, a company pioneering biology-driven design and fabrication that works with nature rather than against it. Neri Oxman explains her vision of growing products with nature instead of building them, and connecting AI's intelligence to nature's wisdom.
How to Tame Your Inner Critic | Anne Lamott
“there's many movies i mean i love the godfather and i love i've completely turned on woody allen”— Anne Lamott
The guest here is Anne Lamott: Best-selling author of 19 books including the writing classic 'Bird by Bird' and faith essay collections like 'Traveling Mercies.' A Sunday school teacher, recovering alcoholic, and Guggenheim fellow known for blending candor, humor, and spirituality. Anne Lamott on taming the inner critic, radical self-care, writing badly on purpose, recovery, prayer, and turning pain into medicine.
RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death | Lex Fridman Podcast #228
“but in terms of the real you mentioned the godfather good and evil that's your favorite movie yeah what makes it great”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is RZA: RZA (Robert Diggs) is the rapper, producer, filmmaker, and mastermind behind the legendary hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. He is also a chess enthusiast, kung fu scholar, and author of The Tao of Wu and The Wu-Tang Manual. RZA takes Lex Fridman through grief, God, kung fu, chess, and creativity, weaving Wu-Tang philosophy into questions about life and death.
Anne Lamott - Spiritual Fitness, Creative Process, and Redecorating the Abyss | The Tim Ferriss Show
“there's many movies i mean i love the godfather and i love i've completely turned on woody allen”— Anne Lamott
The guest here is Anne Lamott: Best-selling author of 19 books including the classic writing guide Bird by Bird and the memoir Operating Instructions. A Sunday school teacher, left-wing activist, and recovering alcoholic sober since 1986 who writes with candor and humor about faith, addiction, motherhood, and grace. Anne Lamott on writing badly to write at all, recovery, dark nights of the soul, and turning pain into medicine.
Brian Koppelman on Making Art, Francis Ford Coppola, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show
“I think the Godfather is the most important probably in American cinema”— Brian Koppelman
The guest here is Brian Koppelman: Screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer best known for co-creating Showtime's Billions and co-writing Rounders and Ocean's Thirteen. He also hosts The Moment podcast and was the tenth-ever guest on The Tim Ferriss Show. Brian Koppelman on giving and taking feedback, beating creative and personal stuckness, building serendipity, and the art behind making art.
