Skip to content
Transcript-backed recommendation · Amazon search results
Back to books
Why this book comes up
Book

112263

Stephen King
Mentions1
Episodes1
Podcasts1

Listen before buying

112263 by Stephen King comes up on The Tim Ferriss Show, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.

112263 by Stephen King appears 1 time across 1 podcast episode on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.

It's a book written by Stephen King, unbelievable book about a guy who basically finds a time machine and goes back in time to prevent JFK from being assassinated.

Best episode to start with
#857: How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman on The Tim Ferriss Show
Why people keep bringing this up

The book is mentioned on The Tim Ferriss Show in episode #857, where the discussion centers on information habits and how to balance news consumption. The host characterizes a useful heuristic—"read more history and fewer forecasts"—as part of a broader conversation about simplifying one's relationship with information.

This solitary mention ties the book to a theme of rethinking how people engage with news and social media timelines. The context implies the book was brought up as part of recommendations or examples in a discussion about information diet and long-form reading habits on the episode dated 2026-03-10.

Recommendation signals

The host mentions '112263' to illustrate the complexities of altering history and the unpredictable consequences that can arise from seemingly small changes. This serves as a metaphor for the challenges of making accurate predictions about the future based on current trends.

Best for
Readers interested in history and its impact on current events
Where it keeps coming up

Recent show rotation: The Tim Ferriss Show.

Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 9:34 in the episode where we captured it.

Quick answers

Quick FAQ

Answers to common book, episode, podcast, and guest questions.

Which episode mentioned 112263?

#857: How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman on The Tim Ferriss Show is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned 112263 by Stephen King. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 9:34.

Which podcast mentioned 112263?

The Tim Ferriss Show is the main indexed podcast currently tied to 112263 by Stephen King.

Who mentioned 112263 on podcasts?

PodcastMentions ties 112263 by Stephen King to The Tim Ferriss Show, but the underlying mentions do not yet expose stable guest names for every episode.

Why do podcast guests bring up 112263?

The host mentions '112263' to illustrate the complexities of altering history and the unpredictable consequences that can arise from seemingly small changes. This serves as a metaphor for the challenges of making accurate predictions about the future based on current trends. It most often appears in conversations about importance of historical context.

Source material

Mentions across episodes

Every mention card links back to the episode page and exact transcript anchor.

tionship with the news. And I would sum it up like this. I think a really good heuristic for your relationship with information is read more history and fewer forecasts. As simple as it gets. Now, if you are to scroll most people's social media timeline, if they're interested in the news, whether that is business news, economic news, political news, science news, whatever might be, the vast majority of it is forward-looking predictions. It's maybe here's what happened today and here's what that means is going to happen tomorrow. It's very predictive. And of course, if you're even a loose amateur student of history, you know how difficult the history of predictions

Sentiment: Deep Dive
For: Readers interested in history and its impact on current events
Key quote: It's a book written by Stephen King, unbelievable book about a guy who basically finds a time machine and goes back in time to prevent JFK from being assassinated.
The host mentions '112263' to illustrate the complexities of altering history and the unpredictable consequences that can arise from seemingly small changes. This serves as a metaphor for the challenges of making accurate predictions about the future based on current trends.