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Cover of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison · 1952
Mentioned 8 times across 7 podcasts · 2021–2026
Mention timeline8 mentions
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Where it's mentioned
2026
Unpacking the contradictions in America's ideals
Ideas · Sep 2026
“If you ever get a chance to read Ralph Ellison's Shadow and Act, the novelist who wrote Invisible Man, he gives a wonderful reading of this complex psychology of the country that produces this form of theater”
Francis Fukuyama on Trump, China and the Legacy of 9/11
The Ezra Klein Show · Sep 2026
“1950s about, you know, the experience of African Americans that had moved from the South to the North. You didn't have official legally sanctioned segregation. What you had was the invisibility. That's where the invisible man in the title comes from”
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: The End of History and the Last Man
The Good Fight · Aug 2026
“there is an African American author, Ralph Ellison. That wrote a very popular book at the time called Invisible Man”
Perfectionism, Burnout, and Self-Doubt: Break the Loop with the Science of Mattering | Gordon Flett
10% Happier with Dan Harris · Jul 2026
“Ralph Allison Invisible Man, and it's filled with examples of being treated in a way that you're invisible and you don't matter”
Do You Feel Invisible?
Hidden Brain · Feb 2026
“So says the protagonist in Ralph Ellison's 1952 novel, Invisible Man”
2024
#758: Jamie Foxx and Jacqueline Novogratz
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2024
“One was Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, another Things fall apart. By can you pronounce this author's name for me? Chinua Che Bay”
2021
Audible: Don Katz
How I Built This with Guy Raz · Nov 2021
“And from what I understand, Ralph Ellison like the Ralph Ellison, the invisible man Ralph Ellison, uh uh w was a professor there”
#512: Jacqueline Novogratz on Building Acumen, How to (Actually) Change the World, Speaking Your Truth, and The Incredible Power of “Dumb” Questions
The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2021
“One was Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison”