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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (audiobook)
Douglas Adams (inferred)
“highly highly recommend”
“the hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy audio book if you want to get a real taste the Brilliance of Steven Fry as a voice actor highly highly recommend”— Tim Ferriss
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Bad Science
Ben Goldacre
“should be required reading for every school child on some level at least parts of it”
“Ben Golder wrote a book called bad science which I think is worth should be required reading for every school child on some level”— Tim Ferriss
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The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading
Ian Rowland
“the best book I've seen on cold reading”
“I think the best book I've seen on cold reading called the full facts book of cold reading by Ian Roland it's a great title”— Derren Brown
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Resonance
Hartmut Rosa
“a terrific book”
“a German sociologist called hartmut Rosa who's got a terrific book it's not an easy read it's a beast of a thing called resonance”— Derren Brown
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The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
“often find myself giving those to people”
“I've just finished his book The anxious generation which is his last one and often find myself giving those to people”— Derren Brown
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The Hannibal Lecter series
Thomas Harris
“I love the Thomas Harris the Hannibal Lector series of books I remember absolutely devouring those”
“I love the Thomas Harris the Hannibal Lector series of books I remember absolutely devouring those”— Derren Brown
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Little, Big (The Fairies' Parliament)
John Crowley
“if you're looking for something hard that is also incredibly beautiful it's this book I've never had an experience like this”
“it's called Little Big the alternate title is the fairies Parliament by John Crowley this book has the most profound effect on time perception”— Tim Ferriss
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Picnic, Lightning
Lawrence Scott (inferred)
“a book I really enjoyed called picnic comma lightning and I loved it”
“I recently read a book I really enjoyed called picnic comma lightning by Lawrence Scott and I loved it”— Tim Ferriss
The guest's own work
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Sacrifice
Derren Brown (inferred)
“the first is under sacrifice and the quote is sacrifice is an utterly bizarre ethically questionable totally gripping”— Tim Ferriss
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The Push
Derren Brown (inferred)
“under the push the quote is the most nightmarish and provocative piece of pop culture in TV history”— Tim Ferriss
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Apocalypse
Derren Brown (inferred)
“the biggest one I did was called apocalypse and it involve ending the world a lot of these ideas come from frustrated writing sessions”— Derren Brown
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Mind Control
Derren Brown (inferred)
“I believe this is referring to mind control is set the right Peg”— Tim Ferriss
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Showman
Derren Brown (inferred)
“the last show I did showman which is on will be on channel 4 so this is postco”— Derren Brown
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Happy
Derren Brown
“years later I wrote this book happy which was largely about stoicism and I realized as I was reading the stoics”— Derren Brown
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A Book of Secrets: Finding Comfort in a Complex World
Derren Brown
“why more oress everything is absolutely fine a book of secrets finding comfort in a complex world”— Tim Ferriss
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A Little Happier (Boot Camp for the Soul)
Derren Brown
“or doing the the audible original right book camp for emotion these types of things”— Tim Ferriss
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Miracle
Derren Brown (inferred)
“I recommend everybody watch Miracle by the way my stage show”— Derren Brown
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Only Human
Derren Brown (inferred)
“I'm touring next year in 2025 with a new show it's called only human tickets on sale people have buy”— Derren Brown
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Notes from a Fellow Traveler
Derren Brown
“the last book I wrote was a slightly off-grid book for magicians called notes from a fellow traveler and I wrote it on the road”— Derren Brown
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The Game
(inferred)
“it's like the game with Michael Douglas exactly exactly no that's a big reference point for us it's exactly that”— Tim Ferriss
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The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins (inferred)
“is it true that you were Christian until reading The God Delusion is that an accurate statement”— Tim Ferriss
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Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Michael CH sent me high I'm sure you know who wrote flow again you're caught between anxiety and boredom”— Tim Ferriss
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Dead Poets Society
(inferred)
“I expected you know the final scene of Dead Poet Society I thought I walked out of my building the next day thinking I was going to get a round of applause”— Derren Brown
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Fargo
(inferred)
“Martin Freeman the actor famously Watson to Benedict cbats Sherlock also big star in the Fargo series”— Tim Ferriss
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Sherlock
(inferred)
“Martin Freeman famously Watson to Benedict cbats Sherlock and all sorts of things he certainly a big name here”— Tim Ferriss
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