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James Patterson Bingo Part 6
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S3E2 A bumper package of Patterson for you today: we've got a info dump courtesy of a helpful newspaper clipping, then basically a load of cocks, ball...
The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S3E1 Adam and Ash kick off their historical series by climbing into a time machine. Here be Morlocks. Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. Sou...
Best of Foul Papers Series 1 & 2
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Or should that be Foulest? You decide. Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.  www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis [email protected] ...
The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E46 Today, to round out series 2 of Ear Read This, we're finally talking (relevantly) about The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Join us as we discuss...
James Patterson Bingo Part 5
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E45 Another three chapters down. But at what cost? This week features a lot of walking, some rhyming and one of us has a breakdown. Title Music: '...
The Life of Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E44 Today I'm thrilled to be talking about Hunter S. Thompson again, and doubly thrilled to be joined by Caleb James of the Drunken Pen Writing Podc...
James Patterson Bingo Part 4
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E43 Not, as referenced, "a new series" - we thought we'd drop this one a bit sooner as it was recorded in earlier, happier times and sounds more dat...
'The Land of Counterpane' (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E42 A poem for isolation? Today's episode looks at a single poem from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses and examines the incongru...
Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 4
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E41 Believe it or not, Adam is STILL trying to fight his way off Fire Island. Waiting in store for him today are Trolls, Shamans and lizard therapy ...
Don Quixote Part 2 (1615) by Miguel de Cervantes
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E40 Today we're back in La Mancha. Part II of Cervantes' masterpiece sees Quixote adapting to his own fame, and reconciling himself with plagiarism...
James Patterson Bingo Part 3
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E39 Shocking shootings, candid chins and like that. Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. www.patreon.co...
James Patterson Bingo Part 2
14 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E38 Another three chapters of Xmas Ladies Kill Squad get analysed by Ash and Adam. Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epi...
Don Quixote Part 1 (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E37 Our fiftieth episode starts with a bit of explaining a recent pod-tragedy, after which we get stuck into Part I of Don Quixote. Today's episode ...
Foul Papers: You're Winsome, You're Loathsome
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E36 Simon Armitage responds to criticism the only way he knows how. A thrilling script from Richard Woof sees the boys dealing with fruity dames and...
'The Four Ages of Man' (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1)
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
S2E35 Today Ash talks about the second story in Ovid's Metamophoses - the story of the four ages of mankind. At first the world was Golden (and veggi...
James Patterson Bingo
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E34 Today we observe an Ear Read This Christmas tradition: talking about James Patterson. We're taking his latest (by the time you finish reading th...
Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 3
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E33 Warm up in festive style with a third visit to Fire Island. Christmas songs, slave dwarfs, and BDSLM: Bondage and Domination of Snakes, Lizards ...
The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett
07 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E32Â Today we've got a classic of the hardboiled detective genre, stuffed with husky dames, fat masterminds, and at the centre of it all a scowling ...
'Spring Offensive' (1918) by Wilfred Owen
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E31 Wilfred Owen made a cameo appearance in our last episode, and today we look at him in detail. We discuss his war service, his attitude to life i...
Regeneration (1991) by Pat Barker
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E30 Pat Barker's Regeneration is set in Craiglockhart Hospital bewteen the months of July and November, 1917. Among the patients are the war poets S...
Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 2
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E29 It's the return to Fire Island. www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com/earreadthis Â
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E28 It's that man again! Today, instead of giving us a tour around his hometown of Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson provides us with one of the mos...
Water Music (1981) by T. C. Boyle
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E27 T.C. Boyle's Water Music is a riotous debut novel, featuring real life Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Today we talk about the merits of excess, ...
Let's Play a Choose Your Own Adventure Book
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E26 Today Adam takes on the Lizard King (twice), assisted by his old friend Mungo, limited back flips and some reptile trivia. Guiding intrepid Adam...
Foul Papers: The Adventures of Haggis McTouristboard
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E25 A Foul Papers full of adventure and action! Yippee yippee! Haggis McTouristboard, Adam squares up to the lizard king, Simon Armitage tells us ab...
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes (1878) by Robert Louis Stevenson
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E24 Today we have a guided tour around Edinburgh, courtesy of Robert Louis Stevenson. His Picturesque Notes were published in 1878, and contain the...
'September 1, 1939' (1939) by W. H. Auden
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E23 A month late, but hey ho. Here's an episode on a poem written by W. H. Auden. 'September 1, 1939' was begun on the opening day of WWII and is a ...
One Year of Ear Read This
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E22 A quick update on Ear Read This business. Thank you to everyone who has listened to us chew your ear off with our one-year old talk. We are now ...
Ear DON'T Read This: 'Beautiful Edinburgh' (1881) by William McGonagall
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E21 What better way to celebrate the Edinburgh Fringe kicking off than with some awful poetry? William McGonagall (1825-1902) has gone down in histo...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E20 We were somewhere around Stockbridge on the edge of the fringe when the books began to take hold. Today on Ear Read This, Ash and Adam discuss H...
Cock and Bull (1992) by Will Self
27 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E19 Continuing our exploration of metamorphoses, today Ash talks about Will Self's Cock and Bull. A hermaphroditic interest makes it only right tha...
'De puero balbutiente' (1598) by Thomas Bastard
23 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E18 A new kind of episode today as Ash discusses a single 12-line poem, 'De puero balbutiente' ('The stuttering child') by the Reverend Thomas Basta...
Foul Papers: The Poet a Lorry Hit
15 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E17 The contents of these Foul Papers include a sign off from the Ruff Squad, some whistling, a Goodreads update, a reaction to Simon Armitage as ou...
The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame
08 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E16 Today Adam and Ash are messing about in boats, eating excessive luncheon hampers, losing an otter and finding God, scrooging out of burrows and ...
Foul Papers: The Dalai Ferret
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E15 A Foul Papers we recorded a while ago which unfortunately is blighted by a series of interruptions from the Ruff Squad - a gang of elite British...
The Breast (1972) by Philip Roth
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E14Â Continuing our exploration of literary metamorphoses, this week we look at David Alan Kepesh, a literature professor inexplicably transformed i...
The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E13Â Ash and Adam discuss the colourful life of Arthur Conan Doyle, on the 160th anniversary of his birth. A life too full of adventure to be briefl...
The Golden Ass (160-80 AD) by Apuleius
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E12 The Golden Ass is the only surviving complete Latin novel from the Classical period. Also known as The Metamorphoses, it straddles more than ...
Death and Mr. Pickwick (2015) by Stephen Jarvis
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E11 In the second part of this week's Pickwick bonanza, Stephen Jarvis joins us again to tell us about his first novel, Death and Mr. Pickwick. ...
The Pickwick Papers (1836-37) by Charles Dickens
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E10 This week, Ash and Adam are joined by Stephen Jarvis (author of Death and Mr. Pickwick) to discuss The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by C...
Metamorphosis (1915) by Franz Kafka
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E9 When Gregor Samsa awoke on morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a... What? In today's episode, Ash investigates the cause ...
Foul Papers: Hello Chunky
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E8 A trip to Cornwall with Richard Woof, a Booker bid, a Shakespeare character rap battle, a personal poem and some Amazon review quiz type stuff. ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869-70) by Jules Verne
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E7 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is one of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires, originally published serially in the mid 19th Century. J...
Foul Papers: Bad Sex Award Special
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E6 Join Adam and Ash as they scholarly examine the history of the Bad Sex in Writing award, which has been run by the Literary Review for several de...
Romeo and Juliet (1595) by William Shakespeare
09 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E5 Romeo and Juliet is arguably Shakespeare's most recognisable play. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses how the play deals with its fame, whethe...
Foul Papers: How to Bosh a Courgette
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E4 Round II of the Goodreads League, a report from Birmingham courtesy of Richard Woof, a Burns Night quiz, a trilogy of haikus that are NOT persona...
To the Hebrides (1775-85) by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E3 Join Adam and Ash for their first trip to the 18th century, as they discuss the delightful accounts Johnson and Boswell made of their 1773 tour o...
Foul Papers: A Good Week Down the Chimney Pot
19 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E2 Announcing the launch of the Foul Papers Goodreads league! There's a literary character rap battle, a new addition to the Ear Read This team, a p...
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) by William Shakespeare
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
S2E1Â A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved and often performed plays. Join Ash for an exploration of The Dream's history, va...
A Foul Papers Christmas Carol
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E13 It's Christmas Eve night in Scrooge and Marley's Podcast Emporium, and poor Bob Cratchett, the overworked co-host of a literary podcast, is angl...
Ear DON'T Read This: Haunted (2017) by James Patterson and James O. Born
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E12 Haunted (? Or Hunted? or Hornswoggled? I dunno, something like that) by James Patterson and James O. Born is about the unforgettably named NY co...
Foul Papers: Metre and Two Veg
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E11 This week's Foul Papers comes with a double helping of guff, as Ash and Adam try to crack the podcasting nut with the most trivial train stories...
The Driver's Seat (1970) by Muriel Spark
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E10 What's this? Some literature NOT by Shakespeare? Impossible! Today on Ear Read This, join us (Adam and Ash) for a lengthy discussion of The Dri...
Foul Papers: William Wordswoof
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E9 An all-new poetry challenge, a look at two Waterstones books of the month, a pub joke, a literary analysis of a Stormzy excerpt, a new episode of...
Love's Labour's Lost (1594-95) by William Shakespeare
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E8 Love's Labour's Lost is a comedy full of buffoons, braggarts and would-be boffins. But why the non-traditional ending? What is a flap-dragon? A...
Foul Papers: Edgar Allan Postman Pat
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E7 We're back with a ghost train of Halloween features, including a new True Crime segment, a visit to the website of David Walliams, and a WH Auden...
Foul Papers: Pray for Mayo
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E6 Does Lemony Snicket have a twin brother called Rickety Bucket? Is The Young Ones driving off a cliff a comic ending? Has a radio DJ Me Too'd an E...
The Comedy of Errors (1594) by William Shakespeare
30 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E5 The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's shortest play, is discussed by Ash and guest co-host Ash. Discover the original sources for this twin-centric...
Foul Papers: Shrew or False?
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E4 A game of Shrew or False, a discussion about ambergris, spontaneous Tesco observations, tampered with Shakespeare readings, and a famous face-off...
The Taming of the Shrew (1590-91) by William Shakespeare
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E3 The Taming of the Shrew remains a controversial comedy over four hundred years after it first appeared, thanks to its apparent celebration of pa...
Foul Papers: Cardio and Admin
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E2 With thanks to Mark Wahlberg. In the first Friday "books down" episode, Ash and Adam discuss James Hilton's Lost Horizon, the burden of fame, wat...
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590-91) by William Shakespeare
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
S1E1 The Two Gentlemen of Verona is possibly the first play by William Shakespeare. Possibly. Today on Ear Read This, join Ash as he discusses the dat...