The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien · first published 1954
Mentioned 18 time(s) by 14 guest(s).
Benedict Evans on Lenny's Podcast (2026-05-31): critique
“…Please read something other than Lord of the Rings, if you're going to name another company…”
A rational conversation on where AI is actually going | Benedict Evans
Paul Rosolie on Lex Fridman Podcast (2026-01-13): mention
“…whether it was Lord of the Rings or Sherlock Holmes or Jane Goodall…”
Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle | Lex Fridman Podcast #489
ThePrimeagen on Lex Fridman Podcast (2025-03-23): mention
“…I would read them Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit during that time…”
ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #461
Brandon Sanderson on The Tim Ferriss Show (2025-02-07): mention
“…he basically wrote Lord of the Rings because he had these cool languages he was designing…”
Brandon Sanderson on The Tim Ferriss Show (2025-02-07): mention
“…Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Wheel of Time.…”
Brandon Sanderson on The Tim Ferriss Show (2025-02-07): mention
“…Lord of the Rings has several magic systems.…”
Brandon Sanderson on The Tim Ferriss Show (2025-02-07): recommend
“…Lord of the Rings is just a great manual for how to do both of these things.…”
Marc Andreessen on Lex Fridman Podcast (2025-01-26): mention
“…I use the metaphor, the ring of power. And for people who don't catch the reference, that's Lord of the Rings.…”
Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America | Lex Fridman Podcast #458
Joel Cherrico on The Tim Ferriss Show (2024-11-22): recommend
“…Lord of the Rings has had a big impact on my life in terms of fantasy…”
Michael Saylor on Lex Fridman Podcast (2024-09-29): mention
“…if you played Dungeons and Dragons and you read Lord of the Rings and you studied all the fantasy literature…”
Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #276
Elon Musk on Lex Fridman Podcast (2024-08-02): mention
“…You need literacy before you can have Lord of the Rings.…”
Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #438
Paul Rosolie on Lex Fridman Podcast (2024-05-15): mention
“…and having Lord of the Rings be one of the things I grew up on…”
Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #429
Sean Carroll on Lex Fridman Podcast (2024-04-22): mention
“…Worked for Lord of the Rings so I figured why not me.…”
Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428
Jake Knapp on Lenny's Podcast (2024-02-11): mention
“…if you've ever felt like your phone was in the Lord of the Rings, how Bilbo…”
Making time for what matters | Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (Authors of Make Time, Character VC)
Dr. Matthew Walker on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-02-11): mention
“…It's like The Lord of the Rings. It's one clock to rule them all.…”
Soman Chainani on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-06-21): mention
“…I gravitated towards Narnia, Lord of the Rings; all the Grimm' fairy tales, things like that.…”
Reid Hoffman on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-06-01): recommend
“…The books that I’ve most often read are Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.…”
Kyle Maynard on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-05-30): mention
“…I think this is where I found my environment, found my homeland like Gimli in Lord of the Rings or something.…”