The Book Pile
A podcast where comedians tell you about books so you never have to read! (Now including fiction!) Kellen does standup; Dave writes ads; together they highlight lessons from the world’s best books--and some of the worst. New episode every Monday!
Podcasting since 2020 • 218 episodes
The Book Pile
Latest Episodes
Permission to Feel, by Marc Brackett
SUMMARY: If you like James Bond, Hunger Games, Star Wars, or Lord of the Rings, you will LOVE this spy thriller! We know the cover looks like a therapy book, but it’s not! It has action and comedy and romance, not therapy that is good for yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 220
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33:35
Chesterton's Gateway, by Ethan Nicolle WITH GUEST Ethan Nicolle!
Have you heard of GK Chesterton? (No he's not that cheese-puff cat).WATCH KELLEN'S NEW COMEDY SPECIAL ON YOUTUBE!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpBt0W1zrDU&t=1237sKELLEN ERSKINE IS IN ON TOUR!<...
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Episode 219
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33:52
A SECOND LOOK AT: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
SUMMARY: This episode has everything you could hope for. Conspiracy theories. Hermione exoneration. And a rat who turns out to be a murderer. (Who knew Harry Potter was a sequel to 1300s Europe?) (It’s funny because the most devastating even...
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Season 1
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Episode 218
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30:33
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
SUMMARY: Fight Club is a story with one of the most famous twist endings in book and movie history (they find out violence is good...) But before it was a hit movie, did you know it was also a disgusting book? Join Kellen and Dave as they co...
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Season 1
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Episode 217
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27:31
THE ROAST OF Star Wars: The Force Awakens (the novelization of the movie), by Alan Dean Foster
JOIN OUR PATREON FOR BoNuS EpiSoDEs!https://patreon.com/TheBookPile*The king returns. Alan Dean is back, and he’s more Alan Dean than ever. Break out the thesauruses as we do a live roast of his novelization of The Force Awakens....
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Season 1
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Episode 176
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30:07