The Comfort Crisis

This book by Michael Easter has been genuinely recommended 6 times across 3 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman, Dr. Peter Attia, Joe Rogan, Mike Glover. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, anxiety & stress, brain health, consciousness, exercise & strength. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Mar 2023 and the most recent from Mar 2026. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “There's a guy named Michael Easter. He's been on my podcast before. He wrote a book called The Comfort Crisis. Great book.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “Great book”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 202602:11:33

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2471 - Mark Normand". The episode features Mark Normand: Stand-up comedian known for rapid-fire jokes and his podcasts 'Tuesdays with Stories' and 'We Might Be Drunk.' He's a New York club regular promoting a brand-new Netflix special. Joe Rogan and comedian Mark Normand riff for nearly three hours on AI conspiracies, comedy culture, aging celebrities, and why discomfort builds character.

• “We had a guest on this podcast, Michael Easter. He wrote the book "The Comfort Crisis." It was an incredible book... an important book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “an incredible book, really... an important book”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Nov 202501:21:41

  Said during "How A Doctor Cured His Own Terminal Disease | Dr. David Fajgenbaum". The episode features Dr. David Fajgenbaum: Professor of translational medicine and human genetics at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of the nonprofit Every Cure. A former Georgetown quarterback and MD who nearly died five times from Castleman disease before curing himself with the repurposed drug sirolimus (rapamycin). A doctor told he was terminal five times cured his own rare disease by repurposing an existing drug, and now hunts cures for all diseases.

• “Michael Easter's book Comfort Crisis is great. You know, it's it's like, you know, we used to walk like 10 miles a day”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “is great”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Apr 202502:30:58

  Said during "Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave". The episode features Ryan Soave: Addiction treatment and trauma recovery expert who serves as Chief Clinical Officer for Guardian Recovery, with decades of clinical work treating substance and behavioral addictions including alcohol, drugs, gambling, video games, and pornography. Addiction expert Ryan Soave explains that addiction is a solution to distress, and gives zero-cost tools to build distress tolerance and recover.

• “Mike Easter um he became a friend uh the Comfort crisis and I started uh rucking ... I think there's really something important in that book that Easter wrote”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I think there's really something important in that book”
  Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 202402:25:41

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #2235 - Mike Rowe". The episode features Mike Rowe: TV host, narrator, and trades advocate known for Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch; founder of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. Mike Rowe and Joe Rogan trade career stories about authenticity in media, the trades, hunting, and a brutal whaling-disaster history.

• “The book Comfort crisis dopamine Nation are great books that talk about these kind of things”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “are great books”
  Mike Glover · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 202401:36:31

  Said during "Joe Rogan Experience #1931 - Mike Glover". The episode features Mike Glover: Former Green Beret and CIA contractor; founder of Fieldcraft Survival and American Contingency, preparedness educator and author of the book Prepared. Green Beret-turned-prepper Mike Glover on being branded a domestic terrorist by the FBI and Big Tech, plus survival psychology and resilience.

• “I think Michael Easter, who's written about this extensively in his book The Comfort Crisis... The Comfort Crisis, I can't recommend highly enough.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I can't recommend highly enough”
  Dr. Peter Attia · The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 202301:42:44

  Said during "Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, Dr. Peter Attia". The episode features Dr. Peter Attia: Physician focused on longevity and healthspan, founder of Early Medical, and author of the book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. Peter Attia unpacks the longevity science behind Outlive: muscle, VO2 max, glucose, cancer screening, and emotional health.