In this bizarre episode, Greg & Stephen discuss Michael Ondaatje's terrific new novel Warlight. But only after a fierce debate about William Shatner's status as a cultural icon (and his musical chops). After Warlight, everything goes off the rai...

No books today! Live from the Staples Center, Greg and Stephen discuss bucket lists, Greg's trip to Vietnam and Adam's House Cat. Hunga dunga!

Everybody is Greg in this episode. Greg and Stephen discuss dong, Stephen rants about donuts and the guys talk about Bangkok 8 by John Burdett.

Greg mourns Stephen's absence, does some housekeeping and listens to Warren Zevon.

Abandoning their [mostly kept] vow to avoid politics, and lacking a book to discuss, Greg & Stephen dive right into the deep and treacherous waters of the blackface controversy raging in Virginia. Greg feels guilty about falling for clickbait, t...

Stephen's weakest rant yet (vacuum cleaners, really?) precedes a discussion of the excellent French Exit by Patrick deWitt and a lively discussion about the music of The Cramps and Icelandic Christmas traditions (seriously!).

In this return after a 4 month hiatus, Greg & Stephen discuss A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (and The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing), Greg's top 5 albums of 2018, Joe Rogan and DMT and Greg's awful facial hair situation.

In this episode, Greg & Stephen discuss Virgin Soul, Judy Juanita's semi-autobiographical novel about reaching adulthood as part of the Blank Panther Party movement and navigating college and life as a black woman. And a Soupy Sales song leads Greg to ...

In this episode Greg & Stephen discuss Jennifer Egan's fantastic book A Visit From The Goon Squad, Greg gets strangely and disjointedly existential and comes up with some terrible ideas for preppers.

Greg & Stephen are back after a vacation break to discuss American Pastoral by Philip Roth, whether white dudes with dreadlocks are guilty of cultural appropriation and just general catching up.