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Candide

Voltaire · 1746
Mentioned 6 times across 6 podcasts · 2026
Mention timeline6 mentions
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Where it's mentioned
2026
Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.
The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 2026
“And then the the final one, which I'm I'm just rereading again, is uh Conded by Voltaire”
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Hidden Brain · Oct 2026
“In seventeen fifty nine. The French writer and philosopher Voltaire published a satirical novel about a young man and his tutor. Panglass, the tutor, Instructs the student candid”
Is the Future Unknowable? Uncertainty, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
The Michael Shermer Show · Sep 2026
“I came across it that the word optimism didn't even exist until seventeen fifty nine, when it was invented. Honestly invented by Voltaire for his novel Candide or Optimism”
364 | Stuart Firestein on How Science Relies on Ignorance and Failure
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Aug 2026
“When it was invented. was invented the word was invented by Voltaire for his novel Candide or Optimism”
88. Is Self-Improvement Too Selfish?
No Stupid Questions · Aug 2026
“You know, when I was in high school, I read Kandide. Did you read Kandide by Voltaire”
Jacob Mchangama on the Global Free Speech Recession
The Good Fight · Apr 2026
“Did Voltaire publish Candide”