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Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig · 1974
Mentioned 15 times across 11 podcasts · 2020–2026
Mention timeline15 mentions
20202026
Where it's mentioned
2026
The Science of Happiness, Love & Human Connection with Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky #683
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee · Sep 2026
“It's like in Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. I think Robert Persig writes”
Rethinking the Deep Life Stack (Again!) | Monday Advice
Deep Questions with Cal Newport · Aug 2026
“Zen in the R of motorcycle maintenance, I want numbered subsections”
The Eras of Francis Fukuyama: Building Things
The Good Fight · Aug 2026
“How do you feel about some of the more philosophical takes, you know, Zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance and so on? There's a kind of whole niche of books that depict this as a personal virtue”
Why Logic Alone Can't Explain the Human Mind (with Tom Griffiths)
A Productive Conversation · Aug 2026
“kinda like Persig's work, uh in you know, in his In Zen and and and his other work”
RWH070: Hunting For Hidden Treasures w/ Christopher Begg
The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network · Jul 2026
“you like me uh uh somewhat obsessed with Robert Persig and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintens”
#872: Graham Duncan — Talent Is the Best Asset Class (Repost)
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2026
“Prisc, the Zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance, but certainly towards the end got one might argue pretty loopy”
RWH068: How to Be Better in Work & Life w/ David Epstein
The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network · May 2026
“who obviously wrote Zed in the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, who was obsessed with quality”
Stewart Brand, Silicon Valley’s Favorite Prophet, on Life’s Most Important Principle
The Ezra Klein Show · Apr 2026
“And you quote quite a lot from Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which is a classic book”
1132: How to Find Deep Satisfaction While Pursuing Excellence with Brad Stulberg
How to Be Awesome at Your Job · Feb 2026
“My favorite book is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, written in 1974 by Robert Persig”
RWH066: Essential Truths w/ Howard Marks, Nima Shayegh & William Green
The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network · Feb 2026
“Robert Persig, who wrote San and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, who would talk about how there's a an ugly way of doing things and a beautiful way of doing things”
2025
35 years of product design wisdom from Apple, Disney, Pinterest, and beyond | Bob Baxley
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jun 2025
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Many people may know. Ultimately a philosophy book, but it's about the concept of quality”
2024
#364 Nick & Zak's Excellent Adventure: How Nick Sleep and Qais Zaharia Built Their Investment Partnership
Founders · Sep 2024
“When sleep was about twenty He read the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an Inquiry into Values”
2023
Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Oct 2023
“The other The other book that I like is like the The Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance because it it's also like talks about the quality of things and and I think th that's one of the main themes of the book”
2020
#448: Brad Feld — The Art of Unplugging, Carving Your Own Path, and Riding the Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2020
“the Air Motorcycle Maintenance is a book I think anybody who makes anything should read”
Tobi Lutke – Building a Modern Business - [Invest Like the Best, EP.173]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · May 2020
“I'm reminded of the book that got me into philosophy, which was Robert Persig's Xen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and he talks about this notion of quality a lot in that book as sort of the thing that does the job most efficiently”