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Disgraced line leader Brad Beideman and disgraced-er reading champion Rachel Crowe bring in their favorite nostalgic reads from growing up. Oh, you haven't heard of any of these books? Weird!
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Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! That's a slight exaggeration but Rachel shares "All of the Emilys" and Brad reads "Elmee Crinkett and the Fettlefield Fashion Center" and I'm too tired to write an actually funny caption. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! The episode where we start taking about Carl Hiaasen's masterpiece "Holes" but not the episode where we talk about Carl Hiaasen's masterpiece "Holes" nearly enough. The link below goes to the video on Darwin's worm studies I'm half-remembering but it's very coooool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEkbSV8aYrs Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Rachel reads "The Family That Was Still The Same Age" and Brad introduces the 44th book in the Spy Class series, "Secret Agent Public School". Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Should I include the book titles in the episode descriptions? Rachel debuts the blockbuster Sweaty Shivers mini-series "The Family That Was All The Same Age" and Brad re-introduces us to the Shiftfluxers series with book #3- "The Freakazoid". Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Just two dudes and a weirdly devastating children's book. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! If this episode could have a middle name, it'd be "He Got His Macros From Microfiche". And if it had a last name... it would be Crowe-Book Fair-Beideman. Yes in that order. If you want to watch episodes with your eyeballs and your little worm paws on them a week earlier, check out our Patreon! Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Oh, how we've missed you. O child, let me look at you- it's been too long! But we're back, now and probably forever! Rachel and Brad discuss her triumphant return to Los Angeles (it was on fire and they evacuated for the first two days) and their love of these weird books they keep reading (they're so weird why are these books so weird??)! For early access to episodes and video footage, come on by and visit our Patreon! Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! It's the gay episode! Sure, we're late to Pride but we're also wildly early to next year's Pride (which we'll also be late to). Rachel and Brad discuss their favorite Gaysop's Fables, those antiquated stories everyone's parents read to them. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Brad and Rachel have the incredible honor of hosting Shvitzty DeLonge (yes, that DeLonge) as we discuss her life as an omnipotent being and tiny and the author of "The Day It Was 2008 Forever". Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! This week on their children's book podcast, Brad and Rachel discuss Brazilian porn star Pamela Butt. They also introduce a new segment where they read the zoom ai summaries of their previous episodes and give the ai extensive notes on what they actually meant. Brad reads from his book about a boy who finds out his bully was just released from prison and Rachel reads from her book about a fun wacky teacher who should be in prison. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! I tote in "I Don't Know What Day My Birthday Is (Don't Worry It's Not Sad)" and Brad goes all Egyptology on our flat asses with his pick, "Tomb Robin: The Grave Robbin' Kid: Rattle of the Sphanx". Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Brad and Rachel drool over the shlubby hubs in Stepdad Magazine: CIA Edition (it's like the swimsuit edition of Sport's Illustrated). Rachel brings in a favorite, Where In The Store Is Karen Sacramento? and Brad brings in J.D. Salinger's take on Freaky Friday. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Rachel and Brad trot in so much new lore, from the debut of Stepdad Magazine to Rachel's subterranean neighbor Chomp Gnomsky who's exactly as belligerent and semi-naked as he sounds. We also review "If I Were President, Everything Would Have Captions" by Giovanni Pumpkins and "The Magic Bee's House" series by Marleypop Otterpop. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Upside-down rights activist and author of The Inescapable World of Upside Down Versa Majora discusses her upcoming book tour, how she pees and the friendships she has with worms that people living "right" side up just wouldn't understand. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Rachel and Brad are weenus deep in smut between his book The Summer We Porked and her latest installment in the President High series, Old Farts, Broken Hearts & Revolutionary Warts. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Child starlet turned author/poacher Greef Lundgreef graces us with her presence and puts Brad in his place but really loves how much Rachel sucks up to her. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Rachel unveils another D.H. Donker's masterpiece from the iconic Sweaty Shivers series; "Just Add Slaughter" and Brad wheels in some bullsh*t called, "The Yesterplace in the Everhere Over by the Someveryone" by Scoober LeJeezers. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Airplane prince Brad walks us through The Killing of the Big Old Goose and city bus prinsuss Rachel grabs us by the elbow and yanks us through the picture book Mr. Potpourri. Support the show
Wanna talk? Get it off your chest, boo! Y'know, what a classic ep of Book Fair. Just a solid, fun romp through Rachel's most recent read Sweaty Shivers classic "The Old Breastfeeder" and Brad's YA bubblegum trite "Talon And Tooth: Scythe and Squeezing and Boyfriends and Bugs". Support the show
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