It might have felt like the longest short book they ever read, but Todd and Pete made it through the end of William S. Burroughs’ ‘Naked Lunch’. It was a meal consisting of sex, drugs, the black meat, homosexuality, jism, protoplasm, and, of course, ectoplasm, and so clearly not for…
Episode 71 – Naked Lunch (Part Two)
Todd and Pete finish up their final bites of William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, and though they enjoyed the meal overall, they probably couldn’t tell you what it tasted like. Maybe the black meat? It’s a strange journey that feels impossible to talk about, but they try. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Web: https://blahblahblahmedia.com…
Episode 70 – Naked Lunch (Part One)
We’re back! After some unscheduled away time from the podcast, Todd and Pete return just in time to strip down and enjoy a tasty Naked Lunch, courtesy of author William S. Burroughs. It’s beautiful! It’s weird! We can’t tell what’s going on! It’s all part of the ride. (NOTE: Due…
Episode 69 – Sex (Live)
We celebrate our 69th episode with a look at SEX! No, not the act, but the coffee table book by Madonna from 1992. Also, yes, it was entirely an accident that this turned out to be the 69th episode, but we’re gonna lean into it like it was intentional. Heck…
Episode 68 – Beloved (Live)
This LIVE episode features Todd and Pete wrapping up their look at Beloved by Toni Morrison, the Pulitzer Prize winning novel on the horrors of slavery, and how far a mother might go to save her children from those horrors. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Web: https://blahblahblahmedia.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/blahblahblah Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/blah-blah-blah-media/
Episode 67 – Beloved (Part Three)
Todd and Pete push through the sometimes confusing, sometimes confounding, and always engaging final section of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved to get to the final moments of this book about slavery, suffering, and sacrifice. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Web: https://blahblahblahmedia.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/blahblahblah Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/blah-blah-blah-media/
Episode 66 – Beloved (Part Two)
Todd and Pete continue their journey through Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved, which leads them to such questions as what the age of consent is for a spiritual manifestation. Don’t ask, just listen to the episode, it’ll all make sense in context. We promise. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Web: https://blahblahblahmedia.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/blahblahblah…
Episode 65 – Beloved (Part One)
Peter and Todd step through the doors of 124 to begin their examination of the Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved by Toni Morrison. It’s a beautiful, confusing, painful journey, and we’re only about a third of the the way through. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Web: https://blahblahblahmedia.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/blahblahblah Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/blah-blah-blah-media/
Episode 63 – Slaughter-House Five (Part Two)
It took until the end of January to finish up the book we were supposed to read in November, but Todd and Pete finally made it through Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s Slaughterhouse-Five. So it goes. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Web: https://blahblahblahmedia.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/blahblahblah Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/blah-blah-blah-media/
Slaughterhouse-Five (Part One)
Peter and Todd begin their look at Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five with an episode covering roughly half the short novel, featuring the first few weeks of Billy’s experiences in World War 2, his trip to Tralfamadore, his wedding, his daughter’s wedding, that time he almost cheated on his wife, and his…