how to win the lottery: a book club p...
a book club, like oprah’s if oprah were two suburban guys from new jersey, or reese witherspoon’s if reese were two suburban guys from new jersey, except without the engine of fame that those two huge stars provide. but come on: oprah is not going to answer your emails. (trust us, we know.) every two weeks, a new book microscoped and surgeried by benevolent despot joey lewandowski and disgraced college professor "shreds"... with your help! here's a guarantee: every episode ends with an arrestable crime. will it be something boring like credit card fraud or something sexy like a casino heist? listen to find out.
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the shore by katie runde
"going back and forth between her friends' social media posts and group texts and the gbm wives, where she pretended to be a middle-aged mom, evy felt that she wasn't any particular age anymore."
46 min
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beth morgan interview (author of a touch of jen)
we talk about the internet, exclamation points, and nicolas cage with bangs.
48 min
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a touch of jen by beth morgan
"the world is filled with signs, and no one is paying attention."
63 min
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season three theme and reading list
we're logging onto the internet.
11 min
105
bud smith interview (author of teenager)
featuring lots of new jersey talk.
67 min
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teenager by bud smith
"he told her those kids were just mad because they didn’t shine, had no adventures in front of them, were going nowhere. they hated her because she shone and they never would."
55 min
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either/or by elif batuman
"was it possible that zoloft would cause me to like rap music?"
60 min
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the idiot by elif batuman
"everyone’s mother told them not to do things, but i was the only one who listened."
65 min
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the instructions by adam levin
"there is damage. there was always damage and there will be more damage, but not always."
107 min
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real life by brandon taylor
"someone wanted to make a toast. they popped a bottle of mid-priced champagne. they looked at each other. they smiled. lukas cleared his throat. 'you know, guys, this is it. this is it. our life. it starts now.'"
55 min
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college novel by blake middleton (+ author inte...
"‘do you want to do whip-its and watch beavis and butthead?’ chelsea said."
69 min
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sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy
"what are the girls thinking of? at least half are nostalgic for death, and for a temple, and for all those clothes."
32 min
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devil house by john darnielle
"nobody cares about the actual details of anything, they just want the feeling they get when the story punches their buttons."
53 min
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the secret history by donna tartt
"but i am getting sentimental. sometimes, when i think about these things, i do."
66 min
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loner by teddy wayne
"the white male with whom everyone will become obsessed."
61 min
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end zone by don delillo
"that’s the essence of the word. it’s a football, isn’t it? it is a foot ball. my foot sought union with the ball."
61 min
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giles goat-boy by john barth
"i'm going to be a hero."
77 min
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my education by susan choi
"she stood crimson-faced and extensively rumpled, as if she'd been rousted from bed, and my guts avalanched within me and i knew i adored her."
64 min
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the virgins by pamela erens
"all this time aviva has surely believed that seung died because of her. what has that done to her?"
70 min
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the nickel boys by colson whitehead
"even in death the boys were trouble."
52 min
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the art of fielding by chad harbach
"putting henry at shortstop—it was like taking a painting that had been shoved in a closet and hanging it in the ideal spot. you instantly forgot what the room had looked like before."
70 min
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prep by curtis sittenfeld
"perhaps this sounds mercenary, but i feel grateful for these trial relationships, and i would like to think it all evens out—surely, unknowingly, i have served as practice for other people."
64 min
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the bell jar by sylvia plath
"i wondered what terrible thing it was that i had done."
48 min
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season two theme and reading list
we're going back to school.
10 min
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never let me go by kazuo ishiguro
"i was thinking maybe the reason you used to get like that was because at some level you always knew."
53 min