Book Cult

Mini 75: Vampire Literature

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vampires are more than just Twilight, did you know that? We did and now you get to learn about it. Listen to hear about the origins of vampire literat...

178-Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Bannon is woke and cool? Nah. Today we are talking about the book written by Christopher Wylie about his experience as a whistleblower for Cambr...

177-The Animals at Lockwood Manor

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It is not night at the museum, sorry! Today we are talking about The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey (not the shoes) and all the spooky, sapp...

176-I Am Legend

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zompires? Vambies? It's a mystery. If you think this is going to be an episode where we talk about zombies and a loving relationship between a man and...

StoryTime 60

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's a StoryTime & a book banning mini all in one! Today we give a quick update on the Pen America v Escambia County School District lawsuit and F...

175-If You Really Loved Me

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you think you have daddy issues just wait until you hear about this guy. Today we are taking a dip into true crime because we read If You Really Lo...

Mini 74: Conservapedia (Trump Got Shot)

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why do conservatives want us to read about Mien Kamf so much??? Today's mini is a journey into the conservative version of Wikipeida, created apparent...

174-The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

6 tattoos is way too many tattoos, according to a tattoo artist apparently. We are talking about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson and e...

Mini 73: Stieg Larsson

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We love an anti-racist socialist and that is what Stieg Larsson was. While we may not suggest overworking yourself while smoking 60 cigarettes a day, ...

173-Educated

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you thought going to school sucked as a kid, then you are not ready to hear about how much worse it is to grow up with a fundamentlist, paranoid fa...

StoryTime 59

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's theme is orphans, kind of. Join us for a runaway who likes to make sure she is covered in soot prior to cooking for a king and loves to hide h...

Mini 72: Divorce is Good!

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

People want to make divorce harder or maybe even get rid of it altogether, and why? Because they hate everyone who isn't a straight man. Divorce liter...

172-Darkest Hour

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The prequel and final book in the Cutler series is here and it is disturbing. Join us as we talk about a gross confederate legacy, romance novels maki...

StoryTime 58

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Slightly bear themed story time with the tale of an artist looking for their muse and mans deal with the devil that naturally leads to marriage.Become...

171-Dating Jesus

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus is her boyfriend and it's really hard to compete with Jesus. Susan Campbell talks about growing up in a fundamentalist church and how from a you...

Mini 71: The FBI Received A Wild Letter About OJ Simpson

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just last week the FBI released their first batch of documents from their file on the now deceased OJ Simpson. In this is a letter from a woman who fe...

170-Midnight Whispers

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're back at it with Dawn...for about 100 pages. Then we get the equally tragic story of her daughter, a teen runaway who maybe was living in the lat...

StoryTime 57

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does a donkey and a hearse have in common? Probably nothing but we're talking about both on todays storytime.Become a supporter of this podcast: ...

169-Grey

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's 50 Shades of Fucked Up. We're talking about Grey by EL James which is Fifty Shades of Grey but from the point of view of Christain, who is proble...

StoryTime 56

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Todays story time we go over a spooky story of masked killers and the tale of a family whose dog wrote a manuscript that they published about a vampir...

168-Teddy Bare: The Last of the Kennedy Clan

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about Teddy Bare: The Last of the Kennedy Clan by Zad Rust. This book is essentially half talking about what happened at Chappaqu...

Mini 70: Zad Rust…a big ol Yikes

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

not zaddy, unfortunately. Don't buy books from antique stores because they might be written by a Nazi. Yep, Zad Rust is not his real name and actually...

167-Cress

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Long hair don't care, but a bad pixie cut is a catastrophe. We are talking about Cress by Marissa Meyers, the third in the Lunar Chronicles. This time...

166-The Family

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you obey Jesus? If you answered no then you need to learn about the family! They're a fun group of chill dudes who support corrupt politicians and ...

Mini 69: The Cult of Molech

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who is Molech and why is he the God of capitalism? The answer will not surprise you. Molech is who Qanon followers think every Democrat worships becau...

165-Futuristic Violence & Fancy Suits

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Good news, you have a millionaire dad. Bad news, he died and now there is a bounty out for your head. Zoey Ashe has inherited everything her dad owns,...

StoryTime 55

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this StoryTime we talk about the story of a fox who pretends to be dead just to watch a bunch of dudes try to get with his wife and then acts like ...

164-Twlight's Child

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dawn cannot catch a break in this one. She has to deal with not one but TWO custody issues, blackmailing, a couple funerals, and her ugly sister dress...

Mini 68: The Elon Musk Deposition (it's a mess)

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk and his unqualified lawyer are a joke. Ben Brody filed a defamation suit against Elon Musk for false accusations Musk made on Twitter and wh...

163-Culture Warlords

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gamergate, neo-Nazi's, Incels, and more! This book has all of our favorite topics. Listen to hear about how things are pretty bleak but at least we ha...

Mini 67: The Barrymores, Supreme Nepo Babies

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since there was one off hand mention of Lionel Barrymore in a book we read, we are talking about the history of the Barrymore family. 400 years of act...

162-Secrets of the Morning

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

VC Andrews is back at it with the second book in the Cutler series. This time Dawn is in New York and her life stays chaotic as ever. Listen to hear a...

StoryTime 54

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This StoryTime features some weird stories that we wrote when we lived in Eugene! Tune in for the first and last snail perfume model, and a legendary ...

161-How to Resist Amazon and Why

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you also think you are superior for not buying stuff on Amazon? Well I got bad news for you because Amazon owns a lot of the internet too! Literall...

Mini 66: FTC v Amazon

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is this the end of Amazon??? I wish but maybe it will be some kind of consequence for the destruction that Amazon has caused society. They really are ...

160-Animal Farm

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you teach the kids about communism? Make Russia a farm and make Stalin a pig! Animal Farm may not be subtle but it is also like not wrong and s...

Mini 65: How the Largest Corporations Contribute to Inequality aka Eat the RIch

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you think the top 200 of the largests companies were doing good in the world? If you answered yes to that question, you are straight up uninformed...

159-The Silent Companions

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does that 1D cardboard cut out you got in 2011 seem like it's following you? It might be deadly. We're talking about The Silent Companions by Laura Pu...

StoryTime 53

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This storytime has a fun gambling story we can all relate to, and another classic Grimms Fairytale where a man gets help from a magical being but take...

158-Hope Never Dies

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The classic crime fighting duo of Barack Obama and Joe Biden are here to solve the mystery of a dead Amtrak employee. Will Amtrak Joe solve the case o...

Movie Night 22: Dick

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Don't let Dick ruin your life! Check out our new favorite movie about two teen girls who expose the Watergate scandal because they find out Nixon is n...

157-The Summer I Died

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't like horror & gore, this may not be the one for you. The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas is like if combined a true crime podcast and...

StoryTime 52

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's Story Time features a really lame rocket launch site, a dog named Hot Cheese, and another game of murder or marriage (a Grimm Brothers classic...

156-Dawn

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another VC Andrews' ghostwriter classic! Dawn is a remix of Flowers in the Attic, including the evil grandmother, weird sibling relationships, and a b...

Mini 64: Bob Woodward

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about Bob Woodward, the journalist known for spending lots of time talking to presidents and maybe being too nice about them. If ...

155-Rage

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a trip down memory lane where we visit the quaint presidency of one very angry man who maybe knows nothing about Pearl Harbor. Bob Woodwar...

Movie Night 21: Dumplin

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A movie full of southern accents, drag queens, and one true pageant queen. We watched the movie adaptation of the book Dumplin and while it may not be...

154-Dumplin'

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dumplings are a great food but not a cute nickname. Join us as we talk about Dumplin' by Julie Murphy, a book we both loved and think everyone should ...

Mini 63: Robert A. Dahl

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

He probably isn't related to Roald Dahl and he didn't write Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but he is a smart man who lived in Alaska before it was ...

153-How Democratic is the American Consitution?

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The answer may shock you! Today we go over Robert A. Dahl's book How Democratic is the American Constitution? and he makes some really great points ab...

Movie Night 20: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you loved Cloudy with a Chnace of Meatballs and Jurassic Park, then you are going to love Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs two. In this movie the ...

152 - How the Right Lost Its Mind

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who is to blame for Trump getting elected? The title might lead you to think it is the right, but don't worry because according to Charles the Democra...

Mini 62: Charles J. Sykes

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about Charles J Sykes and if he is a guy we can trust. What we learn is that the Whitehouse is the place to get free drugs with n...

151-A Warning

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we take a dip into the recent past to reminisce on the Trump presidency. "Anonymous" tells us about some of Trump's greatest moments, like all t...

StoryTime 51

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another Grimms Fairytale where a person has to turn into an animal to get a princess to marry him, but this time the twist is that the princess is a s...

150-Funny Business: The Legendary Life and Political Satire of Art Buchwald

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't know who Art Buchwald is, then you are in luck because we are talking all about him! Art went from orphan to hosting the Kennedy pet show...

Mini 61: Bernie Updates & Some Other Cool Things

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's mini is a mashup of different but relevant topics. We go over Bernie's ideas for policies regarding native communities, Adam Schiff's proposed...

149-Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Remember how cool 2015 was? We do too, so come and get nostalgic with us by talking about Bernie Sanders. We talk his campaign, the allure of Vermont,...

148-The Quiet Part Loud (with Jordan Holmes)

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we are joined by Jordan Holmes to talk about his book, The Quiet Part Loud. Join us as we dive into a world where the secret cabal is ...

147-Idiot America

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Don't want to be an American Idiot? Well that's too bad because we live in idiot America (unless you don't also live here, then congrats I guess). Tod...

StoryTime 50

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New Year, old us. On this New Years Eve edition of StoryTime we are welcoming in 2024 by reading stories that we wrote 5-10 years ago. Are they cringe...

146-One Day in December

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hop on the city bus and go and find love this December but make sure your bestie doesn't end up dating that person first. If you want a book that will...

Movie Night 19: Christmas Cupid

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If a celebrity shows up in your living room and makes you talk to three of your ex-boyfriends just go along with it, or you might be responsible for s...

145-Whiteout

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon all came together to give us Whiteout, a story of a grou...

StoryTime 49

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about two twins who are involved in a minor car accident and a hedgehog who goes way too far to get back at his neighbor.Become a...

144-A Very Merry Bromance

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a group of men read romance novels? Emotional intelligence and awarness of their toxic behavior. Colton is a famous country singer, ...

Movie Night 18: The Noel Diary

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We take a dip into a quasi-Hallmark movie world where a best selling author meets an adopted woman and sets out to help her find her mom...but really ...

143-Merry Christmas Alex Cross

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Crime doesn't stop just because it's Christmas, or because the weather is bad. This is the lesson Alex Cross and his family learn in Merry Christmas A...

Mini 60: Missing Kids on Milk Cartons

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are doing a true crime mini by talking about the tragic case of Etan Patz, a six year old boy who went missing in 1979 while walking to his s...

142-The Face on the Milk Carton & Ready Player One

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney, a book that finally answers the question: is it the toddlers fault for g...

Mini 59: Trans Day of Remembrance

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about the history of Trans Day of Remembrance and the recent crimes against the trans community. Warning: this episode discusses ...

141-Fairest & Melissa (George)

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about Fairest by Meredith Talusan, which is a memoir about maybe the most impressiver person to ever live, and George (now Meliss...

Mini 58: Trumplandia (Imagine 2025)

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we take a dip into the world of dystopian fiction writing by taking a look at the possible future of America. While this is a dramatized look at...

140-This Book is Gay & Crank

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we are talking about the very banned "This Book is Gay" by Juno Dawson and Crank by Ellen Hopkins. Two VERY different books: one non-f...

Mini 57: Book Banning: the 5th Edition

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We got some good news and some bad news today. The good new is Moms for Liberty are big ol' losers who lost. The bad news, people are still trying to ...

139-The Bluest Eye & Sold

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today is a rough one, but these books are worth reading and listening to a podcast about. We are talking about both The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison an...

StoryTime 48

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's storytime is about weddings. Specifically a Grimm's Fairytale where a woman gets ghosted so she stalks the man until he marries her and a real...

138-Fahrenheit 451 & Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read TWO books, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Extremly Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer. We discuss why these books are b...

Mini 56: Witches in Literature

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Who is the most famous witch in literature? How do you pronouce Elphaba? These are the questions we strive to answer on today's Halloween themed episo...

137-The Witches of Eastwick

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Don't play tennis with these witches. A coven of three witches meet the new man in town, see his wild art and cool bath, and become obsessed with him....

Mini 55: Winchester Mystery House

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We went to the Winchester Mystery House and want to tell you all about it. Listen to hear about spiderweb windows, stairs to nowhere, and maybe the co...

136-Into the Darkness

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

She's NOT like other girls, and he is clearly not like other boys...what could go wrong? Join us for the not wild enough ride that is Into the Darknes...

StoryTime 47

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we tell an Icelandic tale about black magic and men who aren't good with rejection and a Grimm's Fariytale of a girl boss who just wan...

Friday the 13th: Exorcist Edition

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's an October Friday the 13th, the spookiest day possible and to celebrate we are talking about all the lore around The Exorcist. I mesn what really...

135-The Exorcist

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Watch out for demons and projectile vomit because we are talking about the horror classic, The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. This is the book that...

Mini 54: Toni Morrison

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Since it's Banned Book Week, we are talking about one of the most banned authors, Toni Morrison. Not only has she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction b...

134-The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Has science gone too far in the name or creating slave labor? Yes, obviously. Silvia Moreno-Garcia's take on the HG Wells classic is disturbing, compe...

Mini 53: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Get out your umbrella's and your forks because it is raining food. Listen to hear about the book vs movie adaptation of this classic picture book that...

133-Whitefern

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is better than two Audrina's? One Audrina faking a pregnancy and making a big deal out of it. Join us on this kind of V.C. Andrews not-so-wild ri...

StoryTime 46

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's the geese love story we all needed. Today we are talking about some spooky scary stories and some more animal transformations. Truly everything a...

132-Specials

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Specials are icy, you are random, what else can I say? Today we talk about the 3rd book in the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld where Tally and Shay ...

Mini 52: The Lost Cause (a Bad Cause)

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are talking about something super relevant, the revisionist psuedo-history of the Civil War (the American one). Since Twilight doesn't address what...

131-Eclipse

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This time the wolf is big and kind of bad but the vampire is super supportive and understanding so maybe pick him. If you want teen angst, vampire war...

Mini 51: The Twilight Soundtrack

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We all know that the soundtrack to the Twilight movie is one of the most iconic ever made but did you also know that Muse had to sell their soul to be...

130-Scarlet

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are talking about Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, the sequel to Cinder, which is also by Marissa Meyer. If you are afraid of the big bad wolf, then stop ...

Movie Night 17: Red, White, & Royal Blue

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We watched the movie about two hot kids of world leaders falling in love and being super cute but also dealing with a lot of bullshit like American Po...

129-Anxious People

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we travel to a certain town in Sweden for a hostage drama. No, it's not Stockholm but these hostages seem to be pretty sympathetic to a ban...

StoryTime 45

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this story time we are talking about a very dedicated with and her lion/dove/human husband and the "controversial" book My Shadow is Purple by Scot...

128-The Silent Patient

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready for a mystery because we are talking about The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. It has everything you could want in a book: artists, ther...

Mini 50: Fire & Fury - The Mysterious Book about the Maui Fire

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two days after the fire broke out on Maui a book was published discussing the fire and it's implications for climate change. This has led to a lot of ...