Ranked #1
Ready Player One (w/ Mike Sacco)
Ready Player One (w/ Mike Sacco)
HOLY SHIT. People like this book. SMART people like this book. The New York Times liked this book. The problem is that t... Read more
9 Jun 2014
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54mins
Ranked #2
Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes
Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes
Your dynamic duo, J. W. Friedman and Chris Collision, take on the terrible twosome of Scott Cawthorn and Kira Breed-Wris... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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1hr 33mins
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Well then. Here's a book that probably blew your dad's mind back in the day. Sorry about your dad's mind, really and tru... Read more
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Necroscope (w/ Chris Collision)
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Wild Animus (w/ Tim Faust)
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That's wild stuff, man. Wild. In this episode, we discuss Rich Shapero's "Wild Animus" with guest Tim Faust. Jay is conv... Read more
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The Eye of Argon (w/ K Thor Jensen)
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Writer and cartoonist K Thor Jensen joins me this week as we discuss the triumphant tale of the barbarian *ahem* Grignr ... Read more
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Ranked #9
"Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" w/ Centa Schumacher
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In this episode, all pretense of structure is abandoned when Centa and I discuss "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche", a guide to... Read more
8 Nov 2014
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Armada
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Saddle up! J and Collision run roughshod over Ernest Cline's new reference deployment device, Armada. Is Cline a one-tri... Read more
20 Jul 2015
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Candy Girl (w/ Lemon)
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Collision and J welcome tart-tongued guest Lemon from the F Plus to lay bare the non-magic and total lack of mystery of ... Read more
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Snow Crash
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Happy holidays! Fresh from our wonderful listeners voting us into the AV Club’s Top 10 Podcasts, IDEOTVPOD scrapes the b... Read more
22 Dec 2015
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Kitchen Confidential
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In this episode, the fish truly don't fry in the kitchen, and the beans don't burn on the grill. It's a sizzler this ti... Read more
14 Oct 2015
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Ranked #14
"Chariots of the Gods" w/ Centa Schumacher
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Hope you guys like "Drunk History" cuz that's what we accidentally made this week. Join Centa Schumacher and I as we hav... Read more
24 Jul 2014
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Zardoz
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A more elegant fiction from a more civilized age is John Boorman and Bill Stair's novelization of John Boorman's film sc... Read more
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"Stranger in a Strange Land" w/ Adam Marler
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OH NO. I'M TACKLING A SACRED COW. i will gladly admit that talking about this book was my idea b/c i found it really off... Read more
1 Aug 2014
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Ranked #17
Casino Royale (w/ Lauren Parker)
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This episode, join J. and Collision and special guest Lauren Parker as we roll the dice -- and lose -- with Ian Fleming'... Read more
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Ranked #18
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
It's episode one hundred (!) so we knew we had to go big, and it certainly doesn't get much bigger than six hundred page... Read more
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Ranked #19
Scar Tissue (w/ Ben Firke)
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Today I'm joined by playwright and fellow music-obsessive Ben Firke and we discuss "Scar Tissue", the autobiography of R... Read more
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A Million Little Pieces
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By a writer who thinks he's hot shit (but is actually just a cold turkey), it's A Million Little Pieces, James Frey's fa... Read more
4 Sep 2017
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1hr 29mins
