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Two Books, One Cup

Two Books, One Cup
Author: Elton, Gertie, Glen
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Two Books, One Cup is a debate show where Gertie, Elton and Glen pair two of anything (Costco vs. Slaughterhouse-Five, pants vs. friendship or kittens vs. helicopter pilots) and argue which is better for the coveted winners cup.
12 Episodes
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We take D&D players who have been kicked out of their games, and put them together to see if they can actually finish a quest.
We learn:
Our heroes meet blinkie's friends dad
Sandwiches are invented
You can plant a tree, but it sucks.
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We take D&D players who have been kicked out of their games, and put them together to see if they can actually finish a quest.
We learn:
Gertie is a shifter wolf with IBS
Shy is authentically ‘from the streets’… with her parents money
Elton has been sick for kinda a while
Glen is that annoying guy at the factory
Ben has to put up with all of us. It was his idea, so we don’t feel bad.
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Corporate Psychopaths vs. Dungeons and Dragons
We learn:
Elton can make a connection between his pick and V.D.
Ben makes an ‘ok host’ - but no one appreciated his hubris
The British accents were the worst
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Squonk Vs. Citizen Kane
We learn:
The sound is really bad on this episode
Glen can’t thought Citizen Kane would be a shoe-in
Gertie hates Orson Welles
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds vs. Murder She Wrote
We learn:
Ben Came SUPER prepared
Gertie is able to make bird sounds conversationally
Elton thinks that Angela Landsburry was actually committing all the murders
Check out Ben on “Words About Books” anywhere you listen to podcasts:
https://podcast.wordsaboutbooks.ninja
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Apple VS ‘A Pegasus for Christmas’
We learn:
The pegasus story makes nearly no sense
Apple makes the most sense
Glen wins legitimately!
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Marcus Aurelius vs. 2001: A Space Odyssey
We learn:
Elton is hesitant to get into swinging
Gertie is a horrible host
Gretchen is a new addition to the cup
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Taylor Ham vs. Smorgasbord
We learn:
Hans Christian Anderson was a creep
We learn all the parts of a pig and what they’re named
Great arguments were made by Elton and Gertie, but Glen won
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Route 80 vs. the Dictionary
We learn:
Both highways and dictionaries can be sentient
Elton coughs a lot before the act of physical love
Glen should have won
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A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Celery vs. English People
We learn:
Elton made this episode with AI while Gertie and Glen were out of the country
We get a glimpse into how Elton wished our show worked
There are celery cults
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Episode Notes
A debate show where we pick any two random things to win the coveted cup
This week: Guinness World Records vs. Kids Smoking Cigarettes
We learn:
Everyone on the episode LOVES smoking
You can keep Big Mac’s in a car for days and they’re still good
Elton won only because of a technicality
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Episode Notes
We learn:
People used to get into wet slap-fights
We’re going to trademark a prolapsed anus on a shirt
You CAN make fun of mimes
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