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Mentioned in 12 episodes

The Passenger

Book • 2018

Author

Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Mentioned by

Mentioned in 12 episodes

Mentioned by Kevin Hood-Gary when discussing authors who have written about boredom.

177 snips

A Cure for Existential Boredom

Mentioned by

Mario Gabriele

as an example of the influence of SFI on Cormac McCarthy's thinking.

85 snips

Can Humans Stay Smart in the Age of AI? (David Krakauer, President of the Santa Fe Institute)

Mentioned by Tamler as a work he and David might read (the hosts referenced 'The Passenger and Stella Maris' as a pair).

33 snips

Episode 328: Weapons Free

Mentioned by Hermitix as a book where what is hidden is potent.

18 snips

Thomas Bernhard's 'Gathering Evidence' - Origin, Time, Repetition with Bryan Counter

Suggested by a listener, Fareed, and described as a great audiobook.

13 snips

Episode 311: The Way to Dusty Death (Shakespeare's "Macbeth")

Recommended by

Seth Mandel

as a tense novel written in 1937 about a Jew fleeing Nazi Germany after Kristallnacht.

Wars of Choice

Mentioned by

Scott Yarbrough

as the first of Cormac McCarthy's two sibling novels.

Episode 60: Riding Shotgun on THE PASSENGER with Lydia Cooper and Brent Cline

Mentioned by

Dianne Luce

as being worked on by McCarthy during his time in Ireland.

Episode 58: Staying off the Tracks of THE SUNSET LIMITED with Dianne Luce

Mentioned by

Marcia Young

, discussing themes of masculinity and male friendships.

July 14: Monday's top stories in 10 minutes

Mentioned by

Scott Yarbrough

as a manuscript he looked at in the archives, discussing details like Bobby's discovery of a corpse.

Episode 57: The Wittliff with Lead Archivist Katie Salzmann

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