{"podcast":{"title":"3 Books With Neil Pasricha","slug":"3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850","podcast_index_feed_id":230850,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/117111/destinations/671382.xml","website_url":"http://www.3books.co","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/9/e/9/e9e9657d59ec593416c3140a3186d450/3Books_Logo_2022.jpg","author":"Neil Pasricha","episode_count":216,"summary":"3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Shirley The Nurse, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Angie Thomas, David Mitchell, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume, and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single full moon all the way up to 10:37 PM EST on April 26, 2040. 3 Books is an Apple \"Best Of\" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bes…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:19:17.860573+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850"},"episode":{"title":"Chapter 40: Comedian Pete Holmes on infinite infinities and the insanity of is-ness","slug":"chapter-40-comedian-pete-holmes-on-infinite-infinities-and-the-insanity-of-is-ness","published_at":"2026-02-17T12:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850/chapter-40-comedian-pete-holmes-on-infinite-infinities-and-the-insanity-of-is-ness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850","url":"https://threebooks.libsyn.com/chapter-40-comedian-pete-holmes-on-infinite-infinities-and-the-insanity-of-is-ness","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/threebooks/3Books_Rerelease_PeteHolmes2.mp3?dest-id=671382","summary":"A few years ago I was in LA and I went with my friend Chad to a \"Judd Apatow and friends\" comedy show where I was blown away by the lineup he brought out. Ray Romano! Zach Galifianakis! And, of course, the incredible Pete Holmes. Pete was my favorite comic that night. I have loved his comedy for years! And his book ' ​ Comedy Sex God ​ ' was a wonderful read. My parents are Hindu but I grew up in the secular suburbs of Toronto being exposed to many different religions. Pete was very religious, and then wasn't, and now is again ... in this thoughtful, examining, spiritual way. His book, which is essentially his memoir, chronicles his journey through faith with lots of laughs and his trademark mind-expanding insights along the way. Pete's podcast ​ You Made It Weird ​ is a comedic exploration of the meaning of life, with guests ranging from ​ Ryan Holiday ​ to ​ Mayim Bialik ​ to ​ Ben Stiller ​ . Pete also starred in the HBO show ​ Crashing ​ which he executive produced with Judd Apatow. And, big news, he is currently touring! He's in ​ Miami ​ , ​ LA ​ , ​ Royal Oaks ​ , ​ Irving ​ , ​ Madison ​ , and ​ Denver ​ before the summer. Check out his comedy specials: ​ Impregnated with Wonder ​ (2011), ​ Nice Try, The Devil ​ (2013), ​ Faces and Sounds ​ (2016), ​ Dirty Clean ​ (2018), and ​ I Am Not For Everyone ​ (2023). So flip the page back to Chapter 40 of 3 Books and talk about why we withhold love, why myths are always true and sometimes really happen, why our brains want certainty but our hearts are comfortable with mystery, the salty sweet conundrum of life, and, of course, Pete's 3 most formative books. I hope you enjoy this classic chapter with Pete Holmes.","meta_description":"A few years ago I was in LA and I went with my friend Chad to a \"Judd Apatow and friends\" comedy show where I was blown away by the lineup he brought out.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4346,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850/episodes/chapter-40-comedian-pete-holmes-on-infinite-infinities-and-the-insanity-of-is-ness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850/chapter-40-comedian-pete-holmes-on-infinite-infinities-and-the-insanity-of-is-ness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}