A podcast where comedians tell you about books so you never have to read! (Now including fiction!) Kellen does standup; Dave writes ads; together they highlight lessons from the world’s best books--and some of the worst. New episode every Monday!
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Episode 392: Guns & Ice Cream
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Episode 391: Pumpkin Spice High
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A 2nd LOOK AT: Range, by David Epstein
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SUMMARY: Do you ever make a books podcast, and start with your favorite books? But unfortunately, your first episodes are also when you’re the worst at podcasting? So years later you revisit those books to do a better job? That’s what this is! Today we cover a book about cultivating interests in a lot of different fields. It’s great. -If you want t…
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Episode 390: Comedy Club Turns Away Famous Comedian
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Episode 389: Left My Underwear At My In-Law's
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11/22/63 by Stephen King, OUR 200th EPISODE!
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SUMMARY: The events from the date of today's book title are part of a long-running joke on the podcast, so we thought it would be funny to cover this novel for our 200th episode... -If you want to read 11/22/63 and support the podcast in a fun way, click here to buy the book! https://amzn.to/47GoS7j -Get two free tickets to any of Kellen's live sho…
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Episode 388: Worst Employee EVER
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Episode 387: Comedy Cellar Audition Fail
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Re-Issue: The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
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SUMMARY: Enjoy this throwback episode from September 2022 when we covered the oldest book on the podcast thus far (though the book with the oldest people is probably still Twilight...). Learn the value of surprise as Kellen startles Dave in real time, and bask in Dave's glory as he recounts winning at board games and also possibly saving someone's …
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THE LIVE ROAST OF Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday, by Alan Dean Foster
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SUMMARY: Today we cover a Transformers book that is “more than meets the eye." Unless your eye looked at the book and was like, “It seems bad,” in which case, yeah, it’s pretty much what met your eye. Thanks to everyone who joined us for this live episode! And thank you to the Autobots for protecting Earth. Next time please do it in a more interest…
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The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin, with GUEST Zoltan Kaszas!
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Zoltan Kaszas joins the podcast to discuss unshaven music guru Rick Rubin's humble and surprisingly deep book about making art (the "surprisingly" is just based shallowly on Rick Rubin's looks). -Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patre…
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Episode 386: The Creative Act w/ Kellen Erskine
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Re-Issue: THE ROAST OF The Da Vinci Code
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What's better than uncovering the mysteries of history? MAKING UP history so that it fits into a clue-based adventure! -Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile OR WATCH his new special here for free with promo code KE…
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THE ROAST OF: The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne
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Look. It’s just possibly the worst book we’ve ever read. This is the maddest you’ll ever hear us. -Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile See us LIVE in Los Angeles (adjacent...) on Sep 6th! Tickets here! https://www…
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Episode 385: Bates Motel
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The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
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-Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile SUMMARY: Look, we know. The internet has made an ABUNDANCE of Cthulhu content. You have Cthulhus out the wazoo. How could a podcast about Cthulhus possibly satisfy you, or add …
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Episode 384: CrowdStrike Outages
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Re-Issue: Goodnight Moon with guest Chad Daniels
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With a new intro where we announce a live episode recording in Los Angeles (on 9/6/24)! With a new, smoother overall edit to our conversation, today we revisit an episode from 2022 where we break down Goodnight Moon with Chad Daniels who just released his first Netflix stand-up special Empty Nester. They boys talk about how it's hard to have a "goo…
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Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World, by Matt Parker
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Math is boring unless it ends in a disaster, right? Maybe? Well it doesn't matter how YOU feel about it, bad things happen and math is always to blame. This book proves it (even if it's not what the author intended). * JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes and full audio of KELLEN'S NEW HALF-HOUR COMEDY SPECIAL!!! Listen to "Negative Comments" now! h…
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Episode 383: RIP Tenacious D
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The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
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Have you considered letting the pressure off yourself to be someone you're not in order to feel truer belonging and inner peace? Brown encourages authenticity (*unless you're a big dumb jerk, then you should pretend to be a smart nice person) in a world that pushes unattainable expectations. *Kellen added this part -JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episo…
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Episode 382: Nickelback Documentary
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The Devil’s Candy by Julie Salamon
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Wrong way: read books about making good movies. Right way: read books about making a bad movie, and then don’t do that. This book tells the story of a historic box office flop, Bonfire of the Vanities. (It is historic in the sense that someone wrote a book about it.) Hear us make fun of the people who made it! Even though they seem very talented! *…
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Swan Song, by Robert R. McCammon
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A magic girl (barely), a sociopath boy who thinks he's a knight, a strong guy who got fired from wrestling, and a bad guy with a mouth where his ear should be but only sometimes, I know this sounds made up . . . and it is, it's all made up in this book. Also there's an apocalypse, but that was probably obvious. * JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes…
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Episode 381: Crashed a Scooter in Mexico 🇲🇽🛵
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Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
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Okay, we know there are many political controversies surrounding Elon Musk. But if you can, just try to clear your mind and approach this episode without prejudice. Wait, don’t clear your mind that much! That was all your memories! Quick, sweetie, tell me what year it is! Do you know who the president is?! Try to remember, please! PLEASE!! * JOIN O…
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Episode 380: YouTube Specials Are Like Taking Your Cousin To Prom
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Safe Journal: https://www.safejournal.co (Promo Code "Zoltan" for 25% off) TOUR DATES: https://punchup.live/zoltan/tickets Subscribe: https://bit.ly/ZOLTAN-YT Jun 8 | Boston, MA Jun 14-16 | Panama City Beach, FL Jun 20 | Greensboro, NC Jun 21-23 | Greenville, SC Jun 28-29 | New Westminster, BC (Canada) Jul 11-13 | Washington, DC Jul 19-20 | Portlan…
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Episode 379: Celebrity Encounters
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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Interestingly, this is also the title of the world’s saddest and shortest autobiography. Also on this episode, Kellen and Dave pitch a much better sequel to Jurassic Park. * JOIN OUR PATREON FOR BoNuS EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile * If you want to read/listen to Catching Fire and support the podcast in a fun way, click here to buy t…
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Episode 378: Popular Dances
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Re-Issue: The Return of the King
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JOIN OUR PATREON FOR BoNuS EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile * Rediscover this gem of a Book Pile episode (originally episode #92) that we dug up and polished from July of 2022! Dave brings up Sauron's oversight on Mt. Doom; Kellen thinks Frodo fell short; Dave first asks the question "What would you do if there were no consequences?" t…
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Episode 377: Arrested at Jury Duty
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Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott
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JOIN OUR PATREON FOR BoNuS EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile * Picture a bird. Pretty cool, right? Now open your eyes. There’s another bird by that bird. I bet you feel so racist. Anyway, Bird by Bird is a beautifully written, witty, unpretentious book about writing. * If you want to read/listen to this Bird by Bird and support the podc…
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