The Year of Living Biblically

This book by A.J. Jacobs has been genuinely recommended 3 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, depression & mood, psychedelics, relationships. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Dec 2022 and the most recent from Apr 2025. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “my friend AJ Jacobs who wrote a book called the year of living biblically in which he tried to follow all the rules of the Old and New Testament”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “It's intended to be a funny but also very informative read. I learned a lot about religion from that book”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 202501:28:49

  Said during "Exploring Consciousness and Non-Ordinary Religion, Panpsychism, and Heretical Ideas, Philip Goff". The episode features Philip Goff: Philosopher and academic who has built his career defending panpsychism, the view that consciousness goes all the way down to the fundamental building blocks of reality. Author of Galileo's Error and Why? The Purpose of the Universe. Philosopher Philip Goff makes the case for panpsychism, explores consciousness and quantum mechanics, and shares his return to a heretical Christianity.

• “A.J. is amazing. He's written a lot of great books. My favorite's probably The Year of Living Biblically, but he's written a lot of great books.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “He's written a lot of great books. My favorite's probably The Year of Living Biblically”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 202400:28:28

  Said during "A Masterclass in Riding the Waves of Life, “The School for Good and Evil” Creator Soman Chainani". The episode features Soman Chainani: Bestselling young-adult fantasy author of The School for Good and Evil series (six books, adapted into a 2023 Netflix film) and Beasts and Beauty; former longtime tutor and self-described specialist in the teenage mind. Fantasy author Soman Chainani talks creative flow, ketamine therapy, worst-case worrying, cross-collar dating, and reinventing your career like Madonna.

• “when he wrote the book The Year of Living Biblically, which is a fantastic, fantastic book.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “which is a fantastic, fantastic book”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202200:36:42

  Said during "The Coddling of the American Mind and How to Become Intellectually Antifragile, Jonathan Haidt". The episode features Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist at NYU's Stern School of Business; author of The Happiness Hypothesis, The Righteous Mind, and (with Greg Lukianoff) The Coddling of the American Mind; founder of Heterodox Academy. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on antifragility, moral pluralism, why universities and kids are breaking, and getting smarter, stronger, more sociable.