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Cover of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville · 1851
Mentioned 23 times across 14 podcasts · 2021–2026
Mention timeline23 mentions
20212026
Where it's mentioned
2026
In Theory with Janna Levin
StarTalk Radio · Oct 2026 · 34:10
“moby dick was a bomb oh my god it bombed really the most vicious reviews wow melville died thinking his great work call me israel ”
#429 Bob Dylan's Autobiography
Founders · Aug 2026 · 37:39
“the novelist herman melville's work went largely unnoticed after moby dick ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
Sinica Podcast · Aug 2026 · 92:18
“if you've recently reread moby dick or anything ”
David Gelles - The Stories that Shape Business (Ep. 321)
Infinite Loops · Jul 2026 · 7:01
“and then and then fast forward a little bit just after crime and punishment it was moby dick ”
What if God is the possibility of the impossible?
Ideas · Jun 2026 · 42:40
“in fact melville in moby dick has a most beautiful passage called the whiteness of the whale ”
Billie Eilish & Finneas
Fresh Air · May 2026 · 44:42
“but among the 1322 titles produced during the lifetime of the ases were moby dick ”
M.C. Escher
In Our Time · May 2026 · 53:36
“sarah you've written a book about mathematics and moby dick ”
Why the world feels like a shipwreck
Ideas · May 2026 · 6:02
“there's the wager which you mentioned moby dick ”
1st Year - 069: Winning Arguments while Winning Allies with Jay Heinrichs
How to Be Awesome at Your Job · Apr 2026 · 47:32
“and how about a favorite book movie dick i know that you know i shouldn't say it but i reread it every year ”
Johnathan Bi - Why the Best Founders Might Need a Little Delusion (Ep. 308)
Infinite Loops · Apr 2026 · 66:18
“the damnedest thing is a treatise on moby dick because he basically says moby dick is about nonduality ”
How math and literature are unexpectedly connected
Ideas · Mar 2026 · 47:54
“so in moby dick herman melville's novel which he includes a lot of mathematical ideas ”
2025
Advice Line with Bill Creelman of Spindrift
How I Built This with Guy Raz · Nov 2025 · 19:20
“Bill, you know Marshfield probably well'cause I think you started stirring in like New Bedford, right? We did, yeah. Yeah. I always think of you when I think of New Bedford, you and Moby Dick” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
#390 Rare Steve Jobs Interview
Founders · Jun 2025 · 30:02
“i read moby dick ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 1s
2024
#763: Margaret Atwood and Boyd Varty
The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 2024 · 31:58
“and it was they who gave me a a button that said moby dick is not a social disease ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
2023
How to tell better stories | Matthew Dicks (Storyworthy)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Dec 2023 · 91:26
“which is the uh the origin of the idea for moby dick the sinking of the essex is what gave melville the idea for moby dick ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s
When enough is enough | Andy Johns (ex-FB, Twitter, Quora)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Sep 2023 · 60:35
“like captain ahab going down with the white whale and moby dick that is what that book is about ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
Laird Hamilton: The Big Wave Surfer Who Built a +$10 Million Business Empire
My First Million · Aug 2023 · 68:55
“it's this uh if you ever read moby dick you know about the whale that sings the ship ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher (2017)
The Knowledge Project · Jul 2023 · 11:23
“i was recently trying to reread moby dick and hamlet just to try and get back into fiction ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
2022
Bluemercury: Marla and Barry Beck
How I Built This with Guy Raz · Oct 2022 · 24:30
“he was the navigator on the ship of mo of herban melville dick ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
#259 Bob Dylan
Founders · Jul 2022 · 51:48
“the novelist herman melville's work when largely unnoticed after moby dick ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
#565: Michael Schur, Creator of “The Good Place” — How SNL Trains Writers, His TV University at “The Office,” Lessons from Lorne Michaels, Wisdom from David Foster Wallace, and Exploring Moral Philosophy with “How to Be Perfect”
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jan 2022 · 54:53
“i have a first edition copy of moby dick ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
2021
Complexity Investing & Semiconductors (with NZS Capital)
Acquired · Nov 2021 · 29:58
“also if you plot the frequency of every word in the book moby dick that actually also forms a power loss ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
Berkshire Hathaway Part I
Acquired · Apr 2021 · 116:49
“moby dick style which side note i tried to read that book once and i was like oh this will be cool it's like a whaling adventure it's an american classic ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 9s