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I Don't Even Own a Television

This is a podcast about godawful books. Each episode, hosts J. W. Friedman and Chris Collision sit down with or without some guests to discuss books that all of them wish they hadn't read.

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Ready Player One (w/ Mike Sacco)

Ready Player One (w/ Mike Sacco)

HOLY SHIT. People like this book. SMART people like this book. The New York Times liked this book. The problem is that t... Read more

9 Jun 2014

54mins

Ranked #2

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Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes

Five Nights At Freddy's: The Silver Eyes

Your dynamic duo, J. W. Friedman and Chris Collision, take on the terrible twosome of Scott Cawthorn and Kira Breed-Wris... Read more

12 Dec 2016

1hr 33mins

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Well then. Here's a book that probably blew your dad's mind back in the day. Sorry about your dad's mind, really and tru... Read more

22 May 2015

1hr 11mins

Ranked #4

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The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Some years back, Paulo Coelho transmuted bad advice and a child's sense of story into a massive bestseller. And today, C... Read more

25 Nov 2015

1hr 23mins

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Handbook for Mortals

Handbook for Mortals

Because YOU demanded it (several years ago), and because this is our annual special rule-breaking holiday episode, we fi... Read more

22 Dec 2019

1hr 59mins

Ranked #6

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Necroscope (w/ Chris Collision)

Necroscope (w/ Chris Collision)

"Vampirism, Necromancy, Supernatural Mayhem... and Screaming Bloody Terror." Um... yep. That's what's in this book all r... Read more

10 Sep 2014

58mins

Ranked #7

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Wild Animus (w/ Tim Faust)

Wild Animus (w/ Tim Faust)

That's wild stuff, man. Wild. In this episode, we discuss Rich Shapero's "Wild Animus" with guest Tim Faust. Jay is conv... Read more

22 Apr 2015

1hr 15mins

Ranked #8

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The Eye of Argon (w/ K Thor Jensen)

The Eye of Argon (w/ K Thor Jensen)

Writer and cartoonist K Thor Jensen joins me this week as we discuss the triumphant tale of the barbarian *ahem* Grignr ... Read more

21 Oct 2014

43mins

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"Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" w/ Centa Schumacher

"Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" w/ Centa Schumacher

In this episode, all pretense of structure is abandoned when Centa and I discuss "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche", a guide to... Read more

8 Nov 2014

1hr 2mins

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Armada

Armada

Saddle up! J and Collision run roughshod over Ernest Cline's new reference deployment device, Armada. Is Cline a one-tri... Read more

20 Jul 2015

1hr 6mins

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Candy Girl (w/ Lemon)

Candy Girl (w/ Lemon)

Collision and J welcome tart-tongued guest Lemon from the F Plus to lay bare the non-magic and total lack of mystery of ... Read more

9 Jul 2015

1hr 18mins

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Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Happy holidays! Fresh from our wonderful listeners voting us into the AV Club’s Top 10 Podcasts, IDEOTVPOD scrapes the b... Read more

22 Dec 2015

1hr 20mins

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Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential

In this episode, the fish truly don't fry in the kitchen, and the beans don't burn on the grill.  It's a sizzler this ti... Read more

14 Oct 2015

58mins

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"Chariots of the Gods" w/ Centa Schumacher

"Chariots of the Gods" w/ Centa Schumacher

Hope you guys like "Drunk History" cuz that's what we accidentally made this week. Join Centa Schumacher and I as we hav... Read more

24 Jul 2014

48mins

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Zardoz

Zardoz

A more elegant fiction from a more civilized age is John Boorman and Bill Stair's novelization of John Boorman's film sc... Read more

8 Dec 2019

1hr 48mins

Ranked #16

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"Stranger in a Strange Land" w/ Adam Marler

"Stranger in a Strange Land" w/ Adam Marler

OH NO. I'M TACKLING A SACRED COW. i will gladly admit that talking about this book was my idea b/c i found it really off... Read more

1 Aug 2014

55mins

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Casino Royale (w/ Lauren Parker)

Casino Royale (w/ Lauren Parker)

This episode, join J. and Collision and special guest Lauren Parker as we roll the dice -- and lose -- with Ian Fleming'... Read more

10 Nov 2015

1hr 17mins

Ranked #18

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

It's episode one hundred (!) so we knew we had to go big, and it certainly doesn't get much bigger than six hundred page... Read more

18 Feb 2018

2hr 16mins

Ranked #19

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Scar Tissue (w/ Ben Firke)

Scar Tissue (w/ Ben Firke)

Today I'm joined by playwright and fellow music-obsessive Ben Firke and we discuss "Scar Tissue", the autobiography of R... Read more

26 Nov 2014

1hr 15mins

Ranked #20

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A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

By a writer who thinks he's hot shit (but is actually just a cold turkey), it's A Million Little Pieces, James Frey's fa... Read more

4 Sep 2017

1hr 29mins

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