Sam Tallent
9 things Sam uses or recommends, from 1 episode.
Sam's top picks
What Sam uses or recommends most, ranked by how often and how strongly. Paid ads are left out.
Recommends it · 1 episode
"If anyone out there's listening and they want to read a really good book, Angels by Denis Johnson is about a bank robbery gone awry and it might be the most beautiful, ugly, bleak thing and it's my favorite book ever."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Finish up when you're done with all of his work and then finish up with Blood Meridian, which is the best book we've produced."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Japanese fiction is [ __ ]... There's all these books about like women who eat each other. Butter is an insane novel."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Or just read No Country for Old Men. Like get someone into Cormac McCarthy... Start with No Country for Old Men and then get a feeling of how Cormac writes."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Rogue Male's a book that was forgotten... It's about a guy who's trying to assassinate Hitler on Hitler's compound... I don't want to ruin the ending, but I think you'd love that book, dude. Rogue Male is a heater."
All 9 of Sam's picks
- Cities: Skylines Uses it "You ever play that game Cities: Skylines? You have to put in the pipes to move the water along. I've been on stage, sold out, killing, and I'm thinking of grid patterns in my head while I'm on stage." Only Sam
- Hindu squats Uses it "I do 50 Hindu squats a day... That's like the only thing I do because I'm scared that my knees will lock up." Only Sam
- Mounjaro Uses it "So I quit drinking and then I got on Mounjaro... I took it because it sounded like Italian food. And then my wife, who's a doctor, was like very heavily involved in my weight loss, so I think I did it the right way." Only Sam
- The Paris Review Uses it "I read the Paris Review. Like I get the Times supplement. Like I love all these literary things and they still won't talk to me." Only Sam
- Angels Recommends it "If anyone out there's listening and they want to read a really good book, Angels by Denis Johnson is about a bank robbery gone awry and it might be the most beautiful, ugly, bleak thing and it's my favorite book ever." Only Sam
- Blood Meridian Recommends it "Finish up when you're done with all of his work and then finish up with Blood Meridian, which is the best book we've produced." Only Sam
- Butter Recommends it "Japanese fiction is [ __ ]... There's all these books about like women who eat each other. Butter is an insane novel." Only Sam
- No Country for Old Men Recommends it "Or just read No Country for Old Men. Like get someone into Cormac McCarthy... Start with No Country for Old Men and then get a feeling of how Cormac writes." Only Sam
- Rogue Male Recommends it "Rogue Male's a book that was forgotten... It's about a guy who's trying to assassinate Hitler on Hitler's compound... I don't want to ruin the ending, but I think you'd love that book, dude. Rogue Male is a heater." Only Sam