Book Cult
Episodes
StoryTime 6
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alligator dreams, hot dead guys, elevators and knives...this episode truly has everything. Listen to Delaney tell a story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez an...
27-Ella Minnow Pea
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yet another story about a corrupt government who outlaws the alphabet and steals its citizens land. How long would you last without the letter "D"? We...
Mini 5: Strange Literary Deaths
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini episode Sydney talks about the deaths of authors Tennessee Williams, Emile Zola and Nikolai Gogol. Delaney contributes very little but st...
26-Jay's Journal
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BONER PATROL BOYS!!! This is "Jay's" "real" journal and honestly "Jay" is a poser who probably didn't even sell his soul to satan. We hate this book a...
StoryTime 5
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Story Time Bitches. Delaney tells the tale of a Raven who gets saved by yet another man who can't listen. Sydney tells the story of a guy who dum...
25-Uglies
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why be ugly when there is intense plastic surgery available? This episode we talk a lot about the Sims, how we own camping gear, and how weird the nam...
Mini 4: Shakespeare Conspiracies
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you believe that Will really wrote all those plays and sonnets or do you subscribe to that Anti-Stradfordian bullshit? Listen to all the options of...
24-A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This book is morbid and the reason Sydney has an English degree. Featured in this episode is a brief list of vocab and alliteration used in the book, ...
StoryTime 4
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler alert: Birds are killed, animals can talk, even animals can be shitty parents sometimes, and somehow this is something both stories have in co...
23-My Sweet Audrina
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
First the worst, second the best? If you too have been personally traumatized by reading My Sweet Audrina you are not alone and may be eligible for co...
Mini 3: Zelda Fitzgerald
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone knows F. Scott but how much do you know about the wife who he plagiarized. Actual quotes from history:Zelda: u love ernest hemingway so much ...
22-Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the fun world of depression medication because we read Prozac Nation. As with any discussion of mental illness we get into the bes...
StoryTime 3
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who is smarter, Delaney or a horse? It’s Story Time kids, sit down and buckle up. Sydney somehow still can’t say Roald Dahl, a kid gets an "imagin...
StoryTime Friday the 13th Edition
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Friday the 13th and we got some spooooooky stories to celebrate. Our audio got all kinds of messed up trying to record this so you know it's extr...
21-Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney did it??? This week we talk about Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain by Ian Halperin and Max Wallace. Is this episode just us discussing...
Mini 2: Edgar Allan Poe
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Poe's death might just be his best mystery. Listen to hear all the 'ruffian' related conspiracy theories behind the famous authors demise. Also he mar...
20-John Dies at the End
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler: John doesn’t die. Join us for a wild episode where Delaney makes a drinking game for the book, Sydney talks about the movie American Mall f...
StoryTime 2
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frogs and Ghosts!!! Today Sydney tells a ghost story written by Roald Dahl where a writer gets hate mail and Delaney reads the least traumatic Grimm's...
19-Go Ask Alice
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
hey kid u wanna do some drugs?? Probably not after reading this book and that's the point. This not-so-true diary of a 15 year old girl is tragic and ...
Mini 1: Titan
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that a psychic predicted the sinking of the Titanic 14 years before it happened? While the author might deny he is a witch, the details o...
18-The Giver
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a cult! This episode we talk about a whack society that has no weather or color but never explains how. Are they actually a Nazi cult? Some may...
StoryTime 1
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sit criss cross applesauce on some dirty, rough carpet kids because it's story time. On this short episode Delaney and Sydney are going to tell you a ...
17- Carrie
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pig blood and teenagers, what could go wrong? A lot apparently. Listen to hear about Stephen King's first novel, Carrie and more importantly the 76' ...
16-Slaughterhouse Five
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
War, aliens and Sydney's second favorite Kurt. This week we cover Slaughterhouse-Five, a wild book about a POW who also is abducted by aliens. Billy P...
15-Inkheart
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This book has it all and by it all I mean people escaping from the same guy over and over again. If you like the idea of books coming to life then th...
14-Everything Everything
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He's into parkour, she's stuck inside her house with an autoimmune disease, can I make it anymore obvious? This week we're covering Everything Everyth...
13-If I Did It
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we discuss the infamous book "If I Did It" by OJ Simpson where he gives a detailed (and hypothetical) account of how he murdered his ex w...
12-Stiff
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we're covering Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Are you an organ donor? Have you ever thought about what's going...
Bonus: Manic Pixie Dream Girl
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you an enigma? Do you represent adventure and a new outlook on life? Did some sad boy white dude get extremely obsessed with you but also never bo...
11-Looking For Alaska
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Manic Pixie Dream Girl strikes again. Listen to hear us talk about the banned John Green novel, Looking for Alaska, where we cover why it's banned, wh...
Bonus: Debbie Mackel
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that The Lovely Bones was influenced by a true crime? Unfortunately it is, today we go over the still unsolved murder of Debbie Mackel. I...
10-The Lovely Bones
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: rape & murder. This week we cover The Lovely Bones, a book about a young girl who has tp come to terms with her own death while watch...
BONUS: Stanford Prison Experiment
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To go along with our Lord of the Flies episode we decided to cover the Stanford Prison Experiment. This shit is insane, only lasted 6 days and points ...
09-Lord of the Flies
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Piggy dies, the end. Jk. Today we're talking about The Lord of the Flies by William Goulding which you'll remember from your high school english class...
Bonus: Patty Hearst
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not a book, just a little info about the kidnapping and arrest of Patty Hearst. Hearst was in prison with Lyn "Squeaky" Fromme so we figured why not t...
08-Squeaky
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we read the biography Squeaky: The Life and Times of Alice Lynette Fromme by Jess Bravin. Squeaky was the first bitch to try to kill p...
07-Fight Club
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk about the pop culture sensation that is Fight Club. We go over how great young Brad Pitt is and the fact that this book was ta...
06- The Poisoners Handbook
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you love poison and want to hear all about the science and chemical makeup of all of the most iconic ways to kill? Well you have not come to the ri...
05-Catcher in the Rye
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why do you all want to murder? This week we cover the classic and banned book, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. We go over a brief history of why ...
04-Flowers in the Attic
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: Child abuse, incest and sexual assault.Buckle on in kids, this book is wild. If you're not familiar with Flowers in the Attic, its di...
02-The Clique
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover The Clique by Lisi Harrison! We got lots of thoughts about Cuh-larie and her friends. Eat the Rich. Listen in to hear the ultimate ...
03-Frankenstein
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the inventor of horror. While we might not find this book horrific we do have strong opinions...
01-The Great Gatsby
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss The Great Gatsby and why everyone in this book sucks. It’s episode number one bitches! Listen to this episodes playlist here: https...
Welcome to Book Cult
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Book Cult, our new podcast where we discuss all different kinds of books. It is kind of like a book club but with more inappropriate langua...