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The book club podcast where Dave Warneke has read the book so you don't have to. Each episode Dave tells two special guests all about a classic novel or play, and by the end of the show, both you and they can pretend you've read it. From Austen to Tolstoy, Shakespeare to Hemingway... Devour a classic in a single sitting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast where writers talk honestly about books, writing, and the literary world. Hosted by Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister, authors and long-time editors for Barrelhouse, a nonprofit literary magazine and book publisher. New episodes every other week, with bonus episodes for Patreon subscribers.
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So anyone who knows Sarah well knows that she has been in love with Jack Nicholson since she was 12 years old and first saw The Shining. Now she’s back with CMG and making a new weekly podcast about it! Starting August 12, 2020, she will be reviewing every single one of Jack's movies, in order. A different movie for each week. Get ready for You Don't Know Jack with the Jack superfan Sarah DiMeo!
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Cloak & Dagger On the Air presents brand-new productions of classic radio plays, literary adaptations, comedy skits, and original audio dramas as we reimagine Old Time Radio for the modern ear. Free yourself from the four walls of today and join The Wayward Saints for the best storytelling the theatre of your mind has ever imagined.
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113 - The Postman Always Rings Twice (with AJ and Dane Simpson)
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On this episode of Book Cheat Dave has read The Postman Always Rings Twice. Hearing all about James M. Cain's 1934 crime/hardboiled classic is Dane Simpson and AJ from Cult Popture. See Dave and Sammy on tour with Dave Warneke Dates The Entire Audience in Melbourne and Sydney: https://linktr.ee/davewarneke Suggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://…
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Endings: Flash Fiction with Christopher Gonzalez
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The problem with writing very short stories is that it forces you to write more endings, which are the hardest part! At least that's our opinion. But we bring on writer and Barrelhouse fiction editor Christopher Gonzalez (I'm Not Hungry But I Could Eat, 2021) to school us in how to stick the landing on flash fiction. Chris chose four very different…
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114 - I Capture The Castle (with Bec Petraitis and Adam Carnevale)
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On this episode of Book Cheat Dave has read I Capture The Castle. Hearing all about Dodie Smith's coming of age classic is Adam Carnevale and Bec Petraitis. Suggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://forms.gle/zj9DHBCFMuevS4VC6 Support Book Cheat and Do Go On on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPo Instagram: @bookcheatpod Facebook: @bookcheatpod Twitt…
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Endings: The Last Days of Roger Federer
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We kick off the final season of Book Fight with a guest-free episode--like the old days! Our reading this week is Geoff Dyer's 2022 book The Last Days of Roger Federer, and Other Endings. Which seemed thematically appropriate as we come to our own ending (of the podcast; we're not dying or anything).…
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112 - We Have Always Lived In The Castle (with Cameron James and Jordan Barr)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read We Have Always Lived In The Castle. Hearing all about Shirley Jackson's classic gothic novel is Cameron James and Jordan Barr. See Dave and Sammy on tour with Dave Warneke Dates The Entire Audience in Melbourne and Sydney: https://linktr.ee/davewarneke Suggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://forms.gle/…
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111 - Tarzan of the Apes (with Sammy Petersen and Ting Lim)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read Tarzan of the Apes. Hearing all about the Edgar Rice Burroughs' original Tarzan story is Sammy Petersen and Ting Lim. Recorded live at Podfest, part of Writers Week at the Adelaide Festival 2025. See Dave and Sammy on tour with Dave Warneke Dates The Entire Audience in Melbourne and Sydney: https://linkt…
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110 - Huckleberry Finn (with Matt Stewart and Maren May)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Hearing all about Mark Twain's classic is Matt Stewart and Maren May. See Book Cheat live in Adelaide on March 6 at Adelaide Festival Writers Week: https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-writers-week/podfest-book-cheat/ See Dave and Sammy on tour with Dave War…
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109 - Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of The Four (with Bron Lewis and Sammy Petersen)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read The Sign of The Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. Hearing all about this Sherlock Holmes (and horny Dr Watson) story is Bron Lewis and Sammy Petersen. See Book Cheat live in Adelaide on March 6 at Adelaide Festival Writers Week: https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-writers-week/podfest-book-cheat/ S…
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108 - The Call of The Wild (with Adam Carnevale and Jackson Baly)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read The Call of The Wild. Joining him to hear all about Jack London's classic adventure story is Adam Carnevale and Jackson Baly from Sanspants Radio. See Book Cheat live in Adelaide on March 6 at Adelaide Festival Writers Week: https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-writers-week/podfest-book-cheat/…
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107 - Dracula, Part Two (with Jackson Baly and Cass Paige)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read the second half of Dracula. Hearing all about the thrilling conclusion to Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece is Cass Paige and Jackson Baly from Sanspants radio. See Book Cheat live in Adelaide on March 6 at Adelaide Festival Writers Week: https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-writers-week/podfes…
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It's that time of year again: our annual holiday episode, where we invite several members of the Barrelhouse editorial team to read and discuss a very sexy holiday-themed novel. This year's book is SKRUJ: Holidate with an Alien, by bestselling author Honey Phillips. The book is a retelling, of a sort, of the Dickens Christmas classic, but starring …
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106 - Dracula, Part One (with Cass Paige and Jackson Baly)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read the first half of Dracula. Hearing all about (well, the first 12 chapters) of Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece is Cass Paige and Jackson Baly from Sanspants radio. See Book Cheat live in Adelaide on March 6 at Adelaide Festival Writers Week: https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-writers-week/po…
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We wrap up our noir season with one final episode, this one discussing the 1963 Peter Sellers movie The Pink Panther, and the series more generally, which spoofed many of the tropes of the noir/detective genres. We also look back at the season--what we learned from diving into the noir genre, and our favorite books. If you like this episode, we've …
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We welcome Nadira Goffe (culture writer for Slate) to talk about a Black, Southern noir from S.A. Cosby. We learn about Nadira's love of the Fast and the Furious franchise, her fear of actual driving, and her mixed feelings about an over-the-top metaphor. Plus: Mike gets pedantic about dialogue tags, and Tom realizes there's a limit to how many car…
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105 - James Joyce's The Dead (with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read The Dead, the final story in Dubliners by James Joyce. Joining Dave for the annual Christmas episode are his beloved Do Go On co-hosts, Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart. Suggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://forms.gle/zj9DHBCFMuevS4VC6 Support Book Cheat and Do Go On on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPo…
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We welcome back best-selling crime novelist Tod Goldberg to talk about one of his favorite books, by one of his favorite authors. Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel was the basis for the 2012 film of the same name, which netted Jennifer Lawrence an Oscar nomination at the age of 20. The movie is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel, though the book'…
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Daniel DiFranco on Do Evil in Return
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We're joined by novelist and high-school music teacher Daniel DiFranco (Panic Years, Devil on My Trail) to discuss the Margaret Millar novel Do Evil in Return, a staple of the noir genre. We talk about the line between serious and campy, how to move plot forward in a novel, and the difficulty of endings. For more about our guest, including where to…
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104 - The Crucible (with Mish Wittrup and Sammy Petersen)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Hearing all about this influential play is Mish Wittrup and Sammy Petersen. Suggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://forms.gle/zj9DHBCFMuevS4VC6 Support Book Cheat and Do Go On on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPo Instagram: @bookcheatpod Facebook: @bookcheatpod Twitter: @…
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We welcome Joanna Pearson (author, most recently, of Bright and Tender Dark), who makes the case that we should put Mary Gaitskill's short stories in the "noir" category--or at least mark them as noir-adjacent. We discuss two specific Gaitskill stories, "The Other Place" and "The Girl on the Plane," as well as the particular darkness of the Gaitski…
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Steph Cha on The Postman Always Rings Twice
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We're joined by Steph Cha (author of Your House Will Pay) to talk about a famous California hardboiled novel none of us had ever read. What will it took us about tramps, insurance fraud, and the relative difficulty of staging a fake car-related murder? And what's the deal with that postman, with his infernal ringing? Steph, who has written several …
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103 - The Scarlet Pimpernel (with Kirsty Webeck, Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy. Hearing all about the story of what has been called 'The First Super Hero' is Kirsty Webeck, Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart. Recorded live at Stupid Old Studios as a part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival. Suggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://forms.gle/zj9D…
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Charlie Demers on The Comedy is Finished
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We're joined by comedian and writer Charlie Demers to discuss a novel that the famous crime writer Donald Westlake finished in the early '80s but which wasn't published until after his death. At the time, he apparently worried that the plot--about a famous comedian kidnapped by a Weather Underground-style group of revolutionaries--was too similar t…
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The 1947 Dorothy Hughes novel In a Lonely Place is considered a hallmark of the noir genre, and also something of a feminist reimagining of those genre's tropes. We're joined by Isaac Butler (author of The Method: How the 20th Century Learned to Act) to talk about some of the book's narrative tricks, including an unreliable third-person narrator, a…
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We're back! This episode kicks off a new season of the podcast, and this one's all about noir. In our first installment, guest Sarah Weinman (author of Scoundrel, and The Real Lolita) joins us to discuss a Patricia Highsmith novel, The Blunderer, about a rather hapless man who, despite not actually killing his wife, manages to convince nearly every…
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102 - Brideshead Revisited (with Cass Paige and Sam Petersen)
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On this episode of Book Cheat, Dave has read Brideshead Revisited. Hearing all about Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel is Sammy Petersen and Cass Paige. Suggest a book for Dave to cheat: https://forms.gle/zj9DHBCFMuevS4VC6 Support Book Cheat and Do Go On on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPo Instagram: @bookcheatpod Facebook: @bookcheatpod Twitter: @bookche…
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