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Cover of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy · 2016
Mentioned 17 times across 9 podcasts · 2019–2026
Mention timeline17 mentions
20192026
Where it's mentioned
2026
How Much Credit Do You Deserve for Your Life?
The Michael Shermer Show · Oct 2026 · 41:27
“the other one he gives is one where it doesn't work out which is um anakaranina ”
#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory
Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 2026 · 195:14
“i'm reminded of um the opening line for anna karinina you know every happy family is happy in the same way and every unhappy family is unhappy in their own way ”
How Your Situation Shapes You (with Angela Duckworth)
EconTalk · Oct 2026 · 46:37
“hey have you read anna karenina chapter two today ”
Lives Wasted and Well-Lived: David Wolpe on The Death of Ivan Ilyich
EconTalk · Oct 2026 · 9:59
“he writes anna karenina which is one of the great masterpieces of world literature and then says i i he repudiates it and says i shouldn't have written it ”
Why Am I Unhappy?
Hidden Brain · Oct 2026 · 0:03
“in his great novel anna karanina leo tolstoy spends hundreds of pages describing count vronsky's desperate longing to be with anna ”
The Art and Obsession of Writing with Rich Cohen
The Daily Stoic · Oct 2026 · 68:19
“and it's a page from anna karinina yeah ”
Luke Harding and Alastair Campbell: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest (Part Two)
Intelligence Squared · Sep 2026 · 6:35
“of an evening reading anna karenina with a w with a with a cup of camomal tea ”
AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (OpenAI’s product lead)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Aug 2026 · 68:48
“another book that i might recommend as a as like a book that people should read um i really love uh anna karenina ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 9s
#424 Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly
Founders · Jul 2026 · 15:32
“tolstoy opens anna karinina by observing all happy families are alike each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 9s
2025
The AI-native startup: 5 products, 7-figure revenue, 100% AI-written code | Dan Shipper (co-founder/CEO of Every)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jul 2025 · 11:37
“i'm reading anna karanana right now yeah mmhmm also tolstein ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
How to build a team that can “take a punch”: A playbook for building resilient, high-performing teams | Hilary Gridley (Head of Core Product, Whoop)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jun 2025 · 106:48
“i'm reading anna karenana right now ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · May 2025 · 94:26
“i just my favorite novel is caronilla and i recommend that everyone read eric i'm reading that right now ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s
2024
#719: Walk & Talk with Greg McKeown — How to Find Your Purpose and Master Essentialism in 2024
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jan 2024 · 49:08
“was anna karena you know opened the brilliant line all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way and it happy families a happy in one way ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s
2023
#671: Bobby Hundreds — Building an Iconic Streetwear Brand, Making $7 Million in 40 Minutes, The Power of Garfield, Why Korean Entertainment is Taking Over the World, Maintaining the Mystery, The Fickleness of Fortune, and Developing “Nunchi”
The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2023 · 12:02
“even before i started kindergarten i was reading for books and not children's books but actual more or less anna karinana ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 9s
2020
#156 Theodore Roosevelt
Founders · Nov 2020 · 2:54
“read the whole of anna carinian ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
#455: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on Powerful Books, Mystics, Richard Dawkins, and the Dangers of Safe Spaces
The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 2020 · 45:15
“right up there with tolstoy's anna karanina ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
2019
#60 Yvon Chouinard: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years
Founders · Feb 2019 · 26:49
“as the scene in anna kare carina uh i should know how to pronounce that book by now anna corinna uh where the aristocrat aristocrat levin size wheat with his peasants ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 12s