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Cover of This Is Water by David Foster Wallace

This Is Water

David Foster Wallace · 2009
Mentioned 6 times across 5 podcasts · 2020–2026
Mention timeline6 mentions
20202026
Where it's mentioned
2026
Investing in Financial Security: Masters in Business with Salim Ramji
Masters in Business · Nov 2026
“You know, there's that David Foster Wallace uh uh speech that he gave at Kenyon College about this is water”
What Can Henry David Thoreau Teach Us About Work?
The Next Big Idea · Sep 2026
“I'm reminded of David Foster Wallace's comment in This Is Water when he says that”
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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose · May 2026
“what David Foster Wallace says in This Is Water, which is that our natural default setting is a sort of innate self-centeredness”
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The Mel Robbins Podcast · Mar 2026
“They published it as something called This Is Water, but you can actually watch video of it”
2021
#545: Marco Canora — The Art of Food, Eating, Nutrition, and Life
The Tim Ferriss Show · Nov 2021
“This Is Water by David Foster Wallace is one I commonly give because it's just It's so short”
2020
#412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self
The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 2020
“In other words, like think about the the old David Foster Wallace, This is water”