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The Enthusiasticast is a weekly webshow (mp3 audio) by two guys mostly about books. Each week we talk about a book we think you should be reading. It doesn’t matter if it’s literary fiction, a genre novel, or non-fiction—it just has to kick a**. We also weigh in on related culture news, plus some movie and comics talk. Episodes are posted every Monday morning and run about 30 minutes. We do spoilers sometimes, but we warn you first. And we swear quite a bit.
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ExplicitMax Brooks’ World War Z — Enthusiasticast Episode 81 | Mark endorses Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. (A note on pronunciation: Mark and I are both Canadian and so pronounce the letter 'Z' as 'zed', however, that completely ruins the wordplay of the title of Brooks' book, so we played along and used the American pronunciation.) We also discussed: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (book) Moneyball (movie) Nate Silver Quants Bill James Boomerang by Michael Lewis Margin Call Brad Pitt eating Michael Lewis on Moneyball and Boomerang on The Daily Show District 9 Strictly Ballroom Errol Morris George Romero Milla Jovovich Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDavid McGimpsey’s Li’l Bastard — Enthusiasticast Episode 79 | Special guest Kevin Chong endorses David McGimpsey's Li'l Bastard. We also mention: Kevin Chong's Baroque-a-nova (French Cover) Kevin Chong's Neil Young Nation Kevin Chong's Beauty + Pity (trailers) Kevin Chong's My Year of the Racehorse: Falling in Love with the Sport of Kings Kevin Chong on Wikipedia, cited as an accomplished show dog handle, and for an appearance in Blood Sport 2 Steven Galloway Zoolander David McGimpsey's CoachHouse page David McGimpsey's Enroute column on sandwiches Justin Bieber Barnaby Jones ee cummings A Night Without Armor : Poems by Jewel Dennis Johnson's Train Dreams Dennis Johnson's Tree of Smoke Dennis Johnson's Jesus' Son Martin Scorsese Colson Whitehead's Zone One @kevinchong1975 | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKevin Wilson’s The Family Fang – Enthusiasticast Episode 78 | This episode was recorded at the beginning of December, so apologies for all the nonsensical temporal references to 'last week', and stuff that 'just' happened. Something fresher soon, if all goes according to plan, but in the meantime please enjoy the sounds of us waxing on and off about: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson Jacob Rubin's article on Slate.com, The Death of Titles The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2011 Gridzbi Spudvetch/Boom! by Mark Haddon The woman who sued over the trailer for the movie 'Drive' Wes Anderson. A lot. Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding My Kid Could Paint That Toronto couple raising a child without gender restrictions Christopher Guest Jonathan Tropper | 1/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitChad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding – Enthusiasticast Episode 76 | It's the missing episode 76! Where have you been, young lady? Your father and I were sick with worry. We mention: The National Book Awards The Giller Prize Laura Miller at Salon, on book awards Who the Hell is Arcade Fire? It was the New York Times: when book awards tried to go mainstream. More Laura Miller: can we even agree what makes great literature? Amazon's Best Books of 2011. (In other news: 2011 - still not over at the time of this posting.) Keith Gessen's Vanity Fair article on Chad Harbach I meant Shoeless Joe. I called it The Field of Dreams because who's not more familiar with the movie version. I added the "The" because that's what all the cool kids are doing. The Rock. The God Damn Batman. Everybody. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. (For the briefest of moments I thought the personal appeal from Wikipedia programmer Brandon Harris was Thomas Mann's author photo. Dissonant!) David Lodge A Separate Peace Paul Quarrington Our discussion of Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. Evelyn Waugh Jason Kottke loves Gordon Korman's Bruno and Boots. So should you. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJohn Hart’s Iron House — Enthusiasticast Episode 77 | Jon endorses John Hart’s Iron House. We also mention: The Adventures of Tintin: Collector's Gift Set Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling The Art Museum Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor A History Of The World In 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor A History Of The World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage James Burke's Connections Chew Fables, Preacher, Transmetropolitian Iron House by John Hart on the indigo book blog | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJoshua Foer’s Moonwalking With Einstein — Enthusiasticast Episode 75 | In this episode Jon endorses Joshua Foer's Moonwalking With Einstein. We also mention: Richard K. Morgan's 'The Steel Remains' Ian Tregillis' 'Bitter Seeds' Additional info: The new mass market paperback release of 'Bitter Seeds' will include the prequel short story 'What Doctor Gottlieb Saw'. Correction: The audio version of Bitter Seeds' sequel 'The Coldest War' will be released in December 2011, not 2010. Ian Tregillis on the Wild Cards series Malcolm Gladwell's ketchup essay Perry Moore's 'Hero' Perry Moore on the treatment of gay characters in comics Trailer for 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' Tom Hanks' brother Jim Brooke Gladstone 'The Influencing Machine' trailer | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSiddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies — Enthusiasticast Episode 74 | Mark endorses Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Emperor of All Maladies. We also mention: Enthusiasticast Episode 59 The Steel Remains by Richard K Morgan Juliet Marillier's Son of the Shadows Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game — Enthusiasticast Episode 69 Peter Darbyshire On Orson Scott Card at the province (also http://www.peterdarbyshire.com) www.thomaslitchford.com Enthusiasticast Episode 50 where Jon goes Romance. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPatrick Dewitt’s The Sisters Brothers — Enthusiasticast Episode 73 | Special guest Catherine S. endorses Patrick Dewitt's The Sisters Brothers. We also talk about: McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses as read by Brad Pitt McCarthy's The Crossing McCarthy's Blood Meridian McCarthy's No Country for Old Men McCarthy's The Road James Franco Adapting McCarthy's ‘Child of God’ Todd Field directed Beautiful Children Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz in the movie of All The Pretty Horses Matt Damon in Contagion The Lion King Ryan Gosling's Drive The Booker Prize The Amazing Dan Stiles The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson with references to Miranda July Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Terri -- Movie with John C Reilly written Patrick DeWitt Scott Westerfeld's Goliath | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitErnest Cline’s Ready Player One — Enthusiasticast Episode 72 | Jon endorses Ernest Cline's Ready Player One. We also mention: Amazon working on a subscription library for books, says WSJ (http://thisismynext.com) Ernest Cline's Ready Player One as read by Wil Wheaton The 33 Best Books Remaining on the Last Day of the Borders in the Time Warner Center at theawl.com The Harvard Co-op Bookstore Walter Macken WakeField Press James Sallis' Drive Fanboys the movie | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJoan Didion’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem — Enthusiasticast Episode 71 | Mark endorses Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem. We also mention: Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus Sheila Heti's How Should a Person Be. Kate Beaton's Hark a Vagrant. Charlotte Gill's Eating Dirt Dani Couture's Algoma Adam Gopnik's Winter: Five Windows On The Season Douglas Coupland's and Graham Roumieu's Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People Neal Stephenson's Reamde "The Mongoliad" By Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, and Friends from Subutai Michael Crichton's Airframe Michael Lewis' Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World Michael Lewis' Big Short Niall Ferguson's Civilization: The West and the Rest Sebastian Junger's War Michael Lewis' It’s the Economy, Dummkopf! from Vanity Fair Mark Bowden's Worm: The First Digital World War Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 Haruki Murakami's Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche The Third Reich: A Novel by Roberto Bolaño All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books at Time.com Truman Capote's In Cold Blood Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking The September Issue -- the movie. Tom Wolfe and Martin Amis Joan Didion's Blue Nights | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGarth Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain — Enthusiasticast Episode 70 | Jon endorses Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain. We also mention: Gosling in Drive Girl With a Dragon Tattoo Moneyball Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol Brad Bird and The Iron Giant EW.com Fall Movie Preview Spiderman, Batman, Avengers and Superman Bridesmaids, Hangover II, Terrible Bosses, and The Change Up The Adventures Tin Tin The second Sherlock Holmes movie The Iron Lady My Week With Marilyn, Colin Clark, and The Prince and The Showgirl Contagion, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant, Saramago's Blindness and Outbreak The Killer Elite remake Jason Reitman's Young Adult The Rum Diary, Diablo Cody and Juno Jason Reitman on The Slash Filmcast In Time, Gattaca, The Truman Show Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy The Casual Optimist The Wire The Muppets Mark Strong Cameron Crowe's Oeuvre, Elizabethtown, Pearl Jam Twenty, We Bought A Zoo Ides of March xkcd.com, cancer, Jack Layton, Steve Jobs Sloan Crosley @askanyone, How Did You Get this Number, and Frozen Ground David Rakoff, David Sedaris, The Cosby Show Haddon's Curious Incident Of Dog in The Night Time Ayrton Senna 's biopic Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson and his dog Hawkeye | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitOrson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game — Enthusiasticast Episode 69 | Mark endorses Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. We also mention Data-driven literary criticism Spoilers Don’t Spoil Anything by Jonah Lehrer (Wired Science) The Mechanic Muse Column in the New York Times War Horse entry at Wikipedia Toronto scientists determine that fiction can change personalities in Quill and Quire Ender's Game covers over time. 1, 2, 3, 4. "The Starship Trooper's version of Harry Potter." ~ Jon. Heinlein's Starship Troopers Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash Orson Scott Card's Wikipedia entry Asimov The Hunger Games Hat Rack River -- Orson Scott Card's official site | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIrmgard Keun’s After Midnight — Enthusiasticast Episode 68 | Special guest Emily St John Mandel endorses Irmgard Keun’s After Midnight. We also mention: TheMillions Review of Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains macfreedom.com Last Night in Montreal by Emily St John Mandel The Singer's Gun by Emily St John Mandel Unbridled Book's announcement of Emily St John Mandel's 3rd novel Emily's tribute to Emilie Jacobson of Curtis Brown Patrick Brown's review of Emily Mandel's The Singer's Gun Emily Mandel's author photo The Second Life of Irmgard Keun by Emily St John Mandel Wikipedia entry for Irmgard Keun After Midnight by Irmgard Keun and Anthea Bell at Amazon Hans Fallada at Melville House The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun and Kathie von Ankum at Amazon Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky emilymandel.com Emily Mandel on Twitter Emily is reading at Banksquare Books Emily is also reading in Brooklyn at the end of August Emily St. John Mandel's 5 Questions Never to Ask at a Bookstore Reading at Blurb is a Verb. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDana Spiotta’s Stone Arabia — Enthusiasticast Episode 66 | Special guest Ed Champion endorses Dana Spiotta's Stone Arabia We also mention: Bat Segundo Show and EdRants.com Come Meet the Author, but Open Your Wallet NYT Douglas Coupland The IFOA William Gaddis's The Recognitions McNally Jackson 1000 Fan Theory Neil Gaiman Alamo Draft House Movie Poster Series Jennifer Egan's A Visit from The Goon Squad Preacher's F**k Communism lighter David Mitchell's New York tour Edith Bolton reading series Thomas Kinkade and James Mason Stone Arabia in NY state Don Delillo Sufjan Stevens and Brian Wilson's Smile Dennis Wilson and Eat the Document by Dana Spiotta See also Ed's Roundtable part one, two, three, four, and five. | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBen MacIntyre’s Agent Zigzag — Enthusiasticast Episode 65 | Mark endorses Ben MacIntyre's Agent Zigzag. We also mention: The end of Harry Potter movie franchise Da Vinci Code Infinite Jest The Secret The Alchemist Citizen Kane Lord of The Rings Game of Thrones Ben Macintyre entry Wikipedia Ben Macintyre's The Englishman's Daughter Eddie Chapman's entry on Wikipedia Book Of Lies by Mary Horlock The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Erik Larson's Devil in the White in City Ben Macintyre's Operation Mincemeat The Heist Society books by Ally Carter | 7/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJay Asher’s Th1rteen R3asons Why — Enthusiasticast Episode 64 | Jon endorses Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why. We also mention: John Locke becoming a million seller on Kindle, 99 cents at a time. .xxx TLD entry on Wikipedia His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik Studios pull back from San Diego Comic Con (ew.com) Beastly book and movie Meghan Cox Gurdon's Darkness Too Visible from WSJ.com Sliding Doors Falling Down Gossip Girl series Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWilbert Rideau’s In the Place of Justice — Enthusiasticast Episode 63 | Mark endorses Wilbert Rideau's In the Place of Justice. We also mention: Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire Christine Love's Digital: A Love Story Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus TEDTalk Jon had a TI-99 4a, not an Amiga FreedomTM by Daniel Suarez DCU Online Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King and movie The Green Mile by Stephen King OZ The TV Series To Kill A Mockingbird Angola Louisiana State Penitentiary The Angolite prison newspaper Wilbert Rideau on Wikipedia George Polk Award C. Paul Phelps -- the warden who brings press freedom to Angola Burl Cain -- the warden Rideau says ended press freedom in Angola Zeitoun Hellhole by Atul Gawande - The New Yorker The Way to Stop Prison Rape by David Kaiser and Lovisa Stannow Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJoshua Ferris’ The Unnamed — Enthusiasticast Episode 62 | Jon endorses Joshua Ferris' The Unnamed. We also mention... The 2011 MobyAwards Trailer for Tree of Codes Trailer for Wild Child Trailer for Where Good Ideas Come From Trailer for Little Chickens, Big Day Tom Cruise as Lee Child's rugged Jack Reacher Liam Neeson, Daniel Craig, Josh Brolin, Armie Hammer are our picks to play Jack Reacher Fuzzy Typewriter podcast from Paul Montgomery Restarting Comics’ Clock Is Issue No. 1 By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES from NYT. Josh Ferris' And Then We Came To The End Slate editor David Plotz's chose The Unnamed for book of the year in 2010. The Time Traveler's Wife The Road The Unnamed on Goodreads twitter.com/enthusiasticast Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitScott Westerfeld’s Behemoth — Enthusiasticast Episode 61 | Mark endorses Scott Westerfeld's Behemoth We also mention iFanboy Podcast for X-Men: First Class X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (series entry on wikipedia) Matthew Vaughn (interviewed on The Treatment, Bleeding Cool) Revenge of the Sith, Hunger, Cars2, Mad Men and Munich Phlip Pulman's His Dark Materials and Kenneth Oppel's Airborn Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan (scottwesterfeld.com) Paolo Bacigalupi (Ship Breaker and Windup Girl) Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss The Difference Engine, Sherlock Holmes Movie, H.G. Wells Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPatrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind — Enthusiasticast Episode 60 | Jon endorses Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind. We also mention: EW cover of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Johnny Depp says Pirates 2 could have been better Michael Bay says he went south on Transformers 2 Informationist by Taylor Stevens Hype for Dark Knight 4 Red band trailer of Girl With a Dragon Tattoo Patrick Rothfuss's Open letter to Nathan Fillion Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTina Fey’s BossyPants — Enthusiasticast Episode 59 | Mark endorses Tina Fey's BossyPants. A contest of sorts: If you are enthusiastic about books that you want us to read and review on the show, send us an email. If we end up reviewing your choice we will gift you a book. Other things we mention in the show... Movie Studios Approve $30 Rental Plan, Theater Owners Mightily Upset Master Switch by Tim Wu (Mark loved it even though he endorses monopolies on the show) The Informationist by Taylor Stevens Informationist reviews on Goodreads. Ted Talk on filter bubbles Taylor Stevens and The Children of God Celebrity bios on the NYT bestseller list Steve Martin's An Object of Beauty 30 Rock Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitVeronica Roth’s Divergent — Enthusiasticast Episode 58 | Jon endorses Veronica Roth's Divergent We also mention... Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love Shilpi Somaya Gowda's The Secret Daughter Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children Edith Wharton Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Gabrielle Hamilton's Blood, Bones & Butter Anthony Bourdain meets Ratatouille Pat Conroy Maeve Binchy's Minding Frankie Cathy Kelly Home Coming Erica James Queen of New Beginnings and Garden's of Delight Lisa Unger Sliver of Truth Donovan Hohn's Moby Duck Emma Donoghue's Room Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad Disney's Enchanted Kristin Cashore's Graceling Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRoberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives — Enthusiasticast Episode 57 | Mark endorses Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives We also mention... Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics by Mac Carter Joss Whedon letter to his fans Marvel entry at Wikipedia Avengers Iron Man, Thor, Green Lantern, X-Men, Hulk, Captain America Natasha Wimmer Bolano's 2666 Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid In case you didn't know, crokinole is the best game in the world The other September 11 Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer Julio Florencio Cortázar Octavio Paz Milan Kundera Jules and Jim Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 5/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAlexi Zentner’s Touch — Enthusiasticast Episode 56 | Special guest Mike F. endorses Alexi Zentner's Touch We also mention... Peter Guralnick's two volume Elvis bio Ashley Kahn's The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records Robert Gordon's Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey: A Journey to Music's Heart & Soul Ken Burns' Jazz: A History of America's Music Stephen Davis' Hammer of The Gods Jerry Hopkins No One Here Gets Out Alive Patti Smith's Just Kids Neil Strauss's The Dirt Truman Capote In Cold Blood Jennifer Egan's A Visit From The Goon Squad Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked and High Fidelity Ishiguro's The Unconsoled and Nocturnes Frank Conroy's Body and Soul Roddy Doyle's The Commitments The Beatles Philip Norman's John Lennon: The Life Cynthia Lennon's John Otis Redding Pattie Boyd's Wonderful Tonight Paul Auster Kevn Patterson's Consumption Linden MacIntyre's The Bishop's Man Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKelly Link’s Pretty Monsters — Enthusiasticast Episode 55 | Jon endorses Kelly Link’s Pretty Monsters We also mention: Potboilers -- etymology of Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Different Seasons by Stephen King (Shawshank Redemption the movie, Stand by Me the movie, Apt Pupil the movie, and The Breathing Method) The Bachman Books (The Long Walk and The Running Man) The Firm by John Grisham Moosehead beer featured in The Firm Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy Barbra Streisand The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy Harry Potter The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown Slipstream fiction Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link Small Beer Press kellylink.net Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita — Enthusiasticast Episode 54 | Mark endorses Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita We also mention: Don't Bump The Glump by Shel Silverstein Bippolo Seed by Dr. Seuss Stieg Larrson's Fourth Book Albert Camus' A Happy Death and First Man Stephen King David Foster Wallace's new book The Pale King J.D. Salinger's legacy Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes Robert Ludlum's Bourne Franchise James Bond Novels After Fleming by Gardner, Benson, and Faulks Tom Clancy's Dead or Alive (with Grant Blackwood) Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler Chekov and Fyodor Dostoyevsky Jules from Pulp Fiction Terry Gilliam directing Dr. Zhivago An opera of Doctor Faustus awesomeness Pushkin Black Sad Dreamwork's Puss'n Boots Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDerek McCormack’s The Haunted Hillbilly — Enthusiasticast Episode 53 | Special guest Peter Darbyshire endorses Derek McCormack's The Haunted Hillbilly. We also mention: BookNinja and George Murray The Warhol Gang by Peter Darbyshire David Cronenberg's Videodrome Evelyn McHale Heller's Catch-22 Derek McCormack's Dark Rides Derek McCormack's Wish Book Apocalypse Corpse (Peter's update) Thanks to Thomas Litchford, JenTwist27, Juanita Hernandez, @nathanmhouse, and Ash from English Major Junk Food Peter Darybshire on Twitter and Peter's website at PeterDarbyshire.com | 4/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitF.X. Toole’s Rope Burns — Enthusiasticast Episode 52 | Jon endorses F.X. Toole's Rope Burns We also mention... We Bought a Zoo Cars 2 Source Code (the first five minutes) Natasha Henstridge's Species Duncan Jones' Moon Tony Scott's Deja Vu Fast Five Legends of the Fist Hanna (Little Red Riding Hood meets Bourne Identity) Leon: The Professional Rachel Weisz's The Whistle Blower Taken American: The Bill Hicks Story Jennifer Lawrence cast as Katniss in The Hunger Games movies Brad Pitt stars in MoneyBall and The Tree of Life The Blind Side Mike Mills' Thumbsucker and Beginners Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum movie adaptations delayed -- again Everything Must Go based on the Raymond Carver short story Why Don't You Dance? reminds Mark of "The Swimmer" a short story by John Cheever and a movie starring Burt Lancaster Friends with Benefits (The Armageddon to the Deep Impact of Emma Stone's Easy A Ryan Gosling's Drive Bronson and Pusher Ryan O'Neal's The Driver Machine Man: a real-time serial by Max Barry Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole (Jerry Boyd) Million Dollar Baby James Sallis' Drive Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIan Tregellis’ Bitter Seeds — Enthusiasticast Episode 51 | Mark endorses Ian Tregellis' Bitter Seeds We also mention: Swamplandia by Karen Russell The Information by James Gleick Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block from mulhollandbooks.com Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas Moonwalking With Einstein by Joshua Foer (in NYT) is now a movie At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing by Library of America Divergent by Veronica Roth Hikaru No Go Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (also a movie) Super 8 trailer Len Deighton's 'SS-GB' and 'Action Cook Book' Bitter Seeds at Boing Boing, Bookgasm, Sword and Laser, and Good Reads Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Inglourious Basterds as directed by Alan Moore William Gibson's Spook Country and Zero History Justin Cronin The Passage Battlestar Galactica Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer’s Agnes and The Hitman — Enthusiasticast Episode 50 | Jon endorses Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer’s Agnes and The Hitman. We also mention... Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie. Franzenfreude Vida Survey One Day by David Nicholls No Strings Attached Love Actually, Fools Rush In, You've Got Mail Rear Window Filmspotting Screw Ball marathon The Complaint: Sexless Novels by Benjamin Alsup Sarah Wendell's Smart Bitches, Trashy Books The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHannah Pittard’s The Fates Will Find Their Way — Enthusiasticast Episode 49 | Mark endorses Hannah Pittard’s The Fates Will Find Their Way. We also mention... Peter Berg is making a Battleship movie Trailer for Hesher featuring Joseph Gordon Levitt on The Daily What The Killing (is an adaptation of TV series from Denmark called Forbrydelsen) Divergent by Veronica Roth is going to the next Hunger Games The Day the Movies Died by Mark Harris at GQ.com Being Erica Tom Perrotta Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris Hannah Pittard's profile in Publisher's Weekly Jon enthusiasm for One Day by Dave Nicholls Episode 23 Bridget Jones and Juliet, Naked The disappearance of Steve O'Brien Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go — Enthusiasticast Episode 48 Part Two | Jon endorses Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. (Part Two) We also mention: Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled — Enthusiasticast Episode 39 Never Let Me Go The Movie Remains of The Day The Movie Time's 100 Greatest Novels Since 1923 Michael Bay's The Island Michael Marshall Smith's Spares Repo Men Alex Garland An interview with Abhay Khosla Abhay's discussion of his Jimmy Olsen (Jimmy Olsen`s superpower is social skills) All-Star Superman DVD RIP Dwayne McDuffie Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go — Enthusiasticast Episode 48 Part One | Jon endorses Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. (Part One) Our Oscar Picks: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards, February 27th, 2011 (Oscars.com) Our pick(s) for best actress, supporting -- Melissa Leo (her ad campaign) Our pick(s) for best actor, supporting -- Christian Bale Our pick(s) for best actress -- Natalie Portman Our pick(s) for best actor -- Colin Firth Our pick(s) for adapted screenplay -- Aaron Sorkin Our pick(s) for original screenplay -- The King's Speech with a preference for Inception Our pick(s) for best director -- Darren Aronofsky (Mark)/David Fincher (Jon) Our pick(s) for best picture -- The King's Speech (Jon)/ Black Swan (Mark) Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSean Costello’s Here After — Enthusiasticast Episode 47 | Special guest, Mark Leslie, endorses Sean Costello's Here After. We also mention: Terry Fallis win Canada Reads Matthew Wayne Selznick's Brave Men Run Wikipedia entry for Piers Anthony Scott Sigler's Infected Cory Doctorow Machine of Death Podiobooks.com Mur Lafferty Librivox Seth Harwood's YOUNG JUNIUS The High Road by Terry Fallis in audio McMaster Bookstore Your Scrivener Press Stephen King's Pet Sematary Andrew Pyper Linwood Barclay Mark Leslie on Twitter Mark Leslie's Blog Necrotic Tissue #13 Fear of The Dark Anthology Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSimon Lelic’s Rupture (A Thousand Cuts) — Enthusiasticast Episode 46 | Mark endorses Simon Lelic's Rupture. 300 Expert on the Battle of Thermopylae King's Speech Ben Mezrich The Social Network Michael Cunningham's The Hours A.S. Byatt's Possession Alias Grace and Grace Marks Zuckerberg on Saturday Night Live The Wire Emily Bazelon's series on Cyber-bullying Phoebe Prince and Kevin Morrissey Sarah Weiman reviewed A Thousand Cuts at Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind D.B.C Pierre's Vernon God Little Doubt Lionel Shriver We Need to Talk About Kevin No Country For Old Men Mattel now sells the Joan Collins Barbie -- the company is saved. Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad — Enthusiasticast Episode 45 | Jon endorses Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad. Amy Chua Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother James Patterson Stephen King's Full Dark No Stars Michael Crichton DaVinci Code, Eat Pray Love, The Alchemist Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam DFW Altman's Shortcuts Adam Ross' Mr. Peanut Greg Bear's Hull Zero Three Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 1/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAndrew Vachss’ Shella — Enthusiasticast Episode 44 | Special guest Chris Shulgan endorses Andrew Vachss’ Shella. Superdad: A Memoir of Rebellion, Drugs and Fatherhood by Chris Shulgan The Soviet Ambassador: The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika by Chris Shulgan Neil Strauss' The Game Mary Karr James Frey Harrison Ford box office star Essex County Shulgan's Parents Shulgan's Media Tour and Stuff Charlie Huston Lee Child New York Trilogy by Paul Auster Kwame Kilpatrick, The Detroit Lions, and the Auto-Industry collapse and the end of the world Chris Shulgan on Twitter Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 1/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJ.G. Ballard’s High-Rise — Enthusiasticast Episode 43 | Mark endorses J.G. Ballard's High-Rise. We also mention... True Grit (New and Old) The Unforgiven 3:10 To Yuma The Quick and the Dead directed by Sam Raimi Barton Fink Dances with Wolves No Country for Old Men Winter's Bone Barry Pepper, not Doug Pepper Catching Fire EW interview with Gary Ross Katniss whitewashing controversy Cronenberg's Crash Vincenzo Natali's High Rise Is A Beautiful Skyscraper Of Doom 1977 cover of Ballard's High-Rise Lord Of The Flies by William Golding Battle Royale by Koushun Takami ClockWork Orange by Anthony Burgess Children of Men by P.D. James Day Of the Triffids by John Wyndham. Iain Banks The Towering Fire Empire of the Sun and movie Henry Miller Saramago's Blindness Philip K. Dick Michel Houellebecq Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitYear in Review 2010 — Enthusiasticast Episode 42 | Jon and Mark talk about their books of the year. We mention... Daemon and FreedomTM by Daniel Suarez Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester The Count of Monte of Christo Barb Wire (Ebert's review) Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon War by Sebastian Junger Born to Run by Christopher McDougall The Killing Floor by Lee Child Room by Emma Donoghue Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli The Watchmen by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore Stitches by David Small Parker The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke The Man With The Getaway Face by Darwyn Cooke The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam Hater by David Moody One Day by David Nichols World War Z by Max Brooks The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins The Cardturner by Louis Sachar Spook Country and Zero History by William Gibson Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy Sam Shepard Alistair MacLean Road House Master and Commander Dwayne Johnson Flawless by Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell Forever War by Dexter Filkins The Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 12/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCharlie Huston’s Already Dead — Enthusiasticast Episode 41 | Jon endorses Charlie Huston's Already Dead. We also mention... Tron Legacy The time we talked about Girl With The Dragon Tattoo The time we talked about Inception The time we talked about Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Transformers Rounders Sequel Gretchen Mol is in Board Walk Empire. Gretchen Mol was not in AutoFocus. She got raves for Notorious Bettie Page. Star Wars, Agent Smith in the Matrix movies, Leeloo from The Fifth Element Joseph Kosinski ripping off Spiderman ripping off Blade The Dude from The Big Lebowski Cora's Breakfast www.quora.com described at Wikipedia (Mark clearly doesn't know how to speak Latin.) Scott Tobias reviews Tron Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Renaissance (2006) The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death (booktrailer) Dresden Files Joe Pitt Series David Moody’s Hater — Enthusiasticast Episode 27 Lee Child Reacher novels Advent Book Blog by Sean Cranbury and Julie Wilson Pulpnoir.com Charlie Huston's Official Site Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitChris Hedges’ The Death of Liberal Class — Enthusiasticast Episode 40 | Mark endorses Chris Hedges' The Death of Liberal Class. We also mention... The Elfish Gene by Mark Barrowcliffe Mr. Nice by Howard Marks Day & Age by The Killers Muse, Paramore, Linkin Park and Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Tron's Daft Punk Soundtrack Prince's Batman Soundtrack Chalmers Johnson Noam Chomsky Kubler-Ross Model Of Grief Laura Penny will pay to read either creativity or research -- so she said in ep 36 We listened to the following music while preparing episode of 40 of the Enthusiasticast. Florrie EP that includes Give Me Your Love Passion Pit - "Better Things" Ida Maria - "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" Friska Viljor - "Old Man" Robyn - "Handle Me" Florence + the Machine - "Between Two Lungs" Miike Snow - "Animal" Metric - "Help I'm Alive" Los Campesinos - "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives" Galactic - "Do It Again" ft. Cheeky Blakk (warning: NSFW - ass karaoke) Katie Gavin - "Whip My Hair" (cover) Explosions in the Sky - "Your Hand in Mine" Girl Talk's All Day Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 12/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled — Enthusiasticast Episode 39 | Special guest Nathan Maharaj endorses Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled. We also mention... Inception (again) The Trial by Franz Kafka Waking Life The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien Beckett Jacob's Ladder Gaiman's The Sandman Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol Synecdoche, New York Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMasked edited by Lou Anders — Enthusiasticast Episode 38 | Jon endorses Masked, edited by Lou Anders. We also mention... James Frey's script mill for 'I Am Number Four' James Patterson, Danielle Steel, Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child Kevin Chong's Baroque-a-Nova Sarah Dearing's Courage My Love Tobias Wolff On Becoming A Father by Daniel Voll J.D. Salinger Daniel Suarez Markus Zusak was working on Bridge of Clay more than two years ago. It's about a boy trying to make a perfect thing. Hugh Laurie plans to write six more novels. Tease! (Paper Soldier) Jon pretty much recited the Wikipedia article on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, but in case you wanted to read it for yourself. Jean M. Auel Smallville Julie Taymor and The Spider-Man musical. Dungeons and Dragons and World of Warcraft Watchmen (movie). Hancock Kick-Ass (movie). Heroes. No Ordinary Family. Misfits of Science. 70s Marvel comics. Naruto and Scott Pilgrim One Piece. Bill Willingham's Elementals. Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels. Matthew Sturges' Midwinter. The Walking Dead. China Miéville. Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 11/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDavid Lipsky’s Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself — Enthusiasticast Episode 36 | Special guest Laura Penny endorses David Lipsky's Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace We also mention... Laura Penny's More Money Than Brains: Why Schools Suck, College is Crap, and Idiots Think They're Right Laura Penny's Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About B******t C.P. Snow's Two Cultures Nietzsche on hypocrisy The Social Network The Wrestler Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter Michael Young and Meritocracy Michael Young's Guardian column Toby Young Tomorrowland at Disney World Diane Ravitch The Tea Party Allan Bloom Laura Penny on 60 Minutes Clay Dahlberg DFW on Charlie Rose The Dunning–Kruger effect explains everything Lipsky and heroin The Smiths - Paint A Vulgar Picture Marx - Idiocy of rural life Nirvana and Kurt Cobain Y2K DFW's LaMont Chu Paris Hilton, TMZ, Jon Stewart, Jersey Shore Haters Gotta Hate at Know Your Meme Thriller killed Michael Jackson Thomas Pynchon, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, The Fall, Tom Clancy Morrissey, Joy Division, and The Pixies The Wire Mr Show - The Last Donut Laura Penny is TheUselessCoin on Twitter Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 11/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitChristopher McDougall’s Born to Run — Enthusiasticast Episode 35 | Jon endorses Christopher McDougall 's Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen We also mention... National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.org) Laura Miller's (@magiciansbook) Better yet, DON'T write that novel Why National Novel Writing Month is a waste of time and energy Our cognitive surplus conversation James Howard Woods Chariots of Fire Tarahumara of Mexico Abebe Bikila ran barefoot in the 1960 Olympic marathon Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running See also ChrisMcDougall.com and blog Music: Thanks to Drift for licensing ‘Invisible’ under creative commons. | 11/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A terrific podcast where hosts, Mark and John, discuss their latest literary discovery. I particularly enjoy the diverse range of material they suggest; from graphic novels to literature to genre fiction. These guys have great chemistry and its always a pleasure to hear their discussions. Your taste in books is guarranted to improve just by listening.
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I just discovered enthusiasticast recently, but it's already the podcast I listen to first. These guys have a crazy knowledge of everything -- books, comics, movies, music. More than any human could possibly know. Hmm.....
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