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The Gulag Archipelago

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · first published 1973

Mentioned 9 time(s) by 8 guest(s): 1 recommends.

  1. Jordan Jonas on The Tim Ferriss Show (2026-02-13): recommend

    “…I had read a lot about World War II, Russian war memoirs, all this I’d read and really was impacted by The Gulag Archipelago.…”

    Jordan Jonas, Champion of Alone — The Art of Survival, Lessons from Nomadic Tribes, Hardship as the Path to Peace, How to Handle Rogue Wolverines, and Why Not to Photograph Attacking Bears (#853)

  2. Douglas Murray on Lex Fridman Podcast (2025-03-31): mention

    “…it's what Solzhenitsyn says at one point in Gulag Archipelago, in that passage where he describes…”

    Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas & Gaza | Lex Fridman Podcast #463

  3. Russ Roberts on Conversations with Tyler (2024-11-25): mention

    “…I’ve read all The Gulag Archipelago. I’ve read many of his novels.…”

    Russ Roberts on Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate (Ep. 227 - BONUS)

  4. Vejas Liulevicius on Lex Fridman Podcast (2024-09-21): mention

    “…Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago is full of stories of dedicated communists who find themselves in the Gulag…”

    Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler | Lex Fridman Podcast #444

  5. Jordan Jonas on Lex Fridman Podcast (2024-07-22): recommend

    “…one of the things that really impacted me when I was a young man, and I read The Gulag Archipelago, was don't pursue happiness…”

    Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6 | Lex Fridman Podcast #437

  6. Leopold Aschenbrenner on Dwarkesh Podcast (2024-06-04): mention

    “…There's a good book along the lines of The Gulag Archipelago called Inside the Aquarium…”

    Leopold Aschenbrenner — 2027 AGI, China/US super-intelligence race, & the return of history

  7. Michael Nielsen on Conversations with Tyler (2024-05-29): mention

    “…People think of Bentham and the panopticon, and The Gulag Archipelago, and the Stasi…”

    Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility (Ep. 213)

  8. Michael Malice on Lex Fridman Podcast (2023-11-26): mention

    “…I didn't read Gulag Archipelago for the White Pill.…”

    Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special | Lex Fridman Podcast #402

  9. Stephen Kotkin on EconTalk (2019-01-14): mention

    “…The big impact came from the Gulag Archipelago, which would be published not in the Soviet Union…”

    Stephen Kotkin on Solzhenitsyn