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Stave Puzzles (hand-carved wooden puzzles)
Stave Puzzles
“so if you have enough money check it out”
“i go to this crazy company in vermont that makes hand carved wooden puzzles that are insanely expensive like go they go up to ten thousand dollars”— A.J. Jacobs
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Japanese puzzle boxes
“i would recommend that for just for pure wonder and awe”
“japanese puzzle boxes so i would recommend that for just for pure wonder and awe and these are i actually went to japan where they make them”— A.J. Jacobs
The guest's own work
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The Year of Living Biblically
A.J. Jacobs
“he has written four narratives bestsellers including one of my favorites the year of living biblically for which he followed all of the rules of the bible”— Tim Ferriss
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Thanks a Thousand
A.J. Jacobs
“thanks a thousand for which he went around the world and thanked every person who had even the smallest role in making his morning cup of coffee possible”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
“wrote the article my outsourced life which was featured in the four hour work week what a title for our work week”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest
The Puzzler
A.J. Jacobs
“the website for the new book is thepuzzlerbook.com”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest
Drooling on Health (Tim Ferriss four-hour body)
Tim Ferriss
“i have to structure like my book on health which was sort of the much less selling for our body version and i structured it by body parts”— A.J. Jacobs
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Around the World in 80 Days
Jules Verne (inferred)
“when the book around the world in 80 days she actually did it she's like all right i'm gonna do it”— A.J. Jacobs
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Giftology
John Ruhlin
“john rulin who is uh he's his expertise is mythology he wrote giftology it's all about giving gifts and how they can make your life better”— A.J. Jacobs
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Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces
Kawase Hasui (inferred)
“my latest book i got is this which makes me think of a lot about japan anyway the visions of japan by kawasei hassui's masterpieces”— A.J. Jacobs
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Ravensburger puzzles
Ravensburger
“the only sponsor was the puzzle company itself ravensburger sadly so i didn't make a huge amount of money on it”— A.J. Jacobs
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Wordle
The New York Times (inferred)
“i do the spelling bee in the new york times wordle which was such a huge phenomenon a friend of mine described it as the ted lasso of puzzles”— A.J. Jacobs
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The New York Times Spelling Bee
The New York Times
“i do the spelling bee in the new york times wordle which was such a huge phenomenon”— A.J. Jacobs
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The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
The New York Times
“and of course the new york times crossword puzzle so i will continue to do that”— A.J. Jacobs
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Parade magazine
Parade (inferred)
“she wrote a column in parade magazine no comment on why the smartest woman was writing a braid magazine column”— A.J. Jacobs
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