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284 - Do You Think Jerry Garcia Introduced Bob Dylan to Crack? 1:07:09

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The power of AI has made Soulja Boy 100x more efficient. In the span of a week he started a clothing brand, dropped a song, joined a new streaming platform, and started a new crypto scam. Plus, Billy McFarland actually put on a music fest. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txr__rDjZ-Q…
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Emma Thompson: Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility 36:47

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The award-winning actress Emma Thompson takes questions on Sense and Sensibility in this special episode of Bookclub to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Sense and Sensibility was Jane Austen's first novel published in 1811 when she was thirty-five years old. The book follows the Dashwood sisters as they navigate their way through …
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282 - Alex's Shroom Trip Made Him a Wahhabist [Patreon Preview] 5:02

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Imagine the debates they have in heaven: Socrates, Charlie Kirk, the Devil. It brings us no pleasure to report that the evil Blue Wiggle and his no-good nephew are at it again, promoting drug use to impressionable children. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/282-alexs-shroom-145155433…
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278 - 2025 SouljaGame Flip Ultimate Gaming Experience Games Entertainment Music Passion [Patreon Preview] 1:33

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Soulja Boy is back on his bullshit with a new game console, "headphone's," and $48 body wash. We also explore an artist adjacent to both Soulja Boy and Crazy Frog: 2000s ringtone sensation Gummibär. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/278-2025-flip-143067447By Fortune Kit
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Hallie Rubenhold 27:45

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Presented by James Naughtie, the writer and historian Hallie Rubenhold takes questions from a Bookclub audience on her prize-winning book The Five: The Untold Lives Of The Women Killed by Jack The Ripper. The book shines a light on Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Kate Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly who were all murdered in Whitechapel,…
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274 - The Bill and Synyster Gates Foundation 1:02:10

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Synyster Gates followed in the footsteps of his tech-savvy cousin Bill Gates by designing the first-ever guitar amp to be authenticated on the blockchain. The Nevermind baby tried to sue Nirvana for the millionth time and Ringo Starr used to have Kid Pix on his computer no diddy. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song…
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John Niven 29:06

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Led by presenter, James Naughtie, the writer John Niven speaks to Radio 4's Bookclub programme about his 2008 novel, Kill Your Friends, which is a darkly comic satire of the UK music industry, as told through the perspective of the sadistic, Steven Stelfox, an A&R executive (Artists and Repertoire) for a London record label. The year is 1997, the h…
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271 - Stravinsky's Rite of Spring Debut Was Woodstock '13 1:06:08

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We should give free nukes as reparations to any place we nuked in the past like Christmas Island and Bikini Bottom. Also eTickets is generating dogshit AI images of every artist currently on tour. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE58hz8U0Ms…
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270 - Thin Lizzo 1:00:01

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Alex's years-old prediction of Thin Lizzo has come true. Setlist FM shows that Justin Timberlake performed the hit jingle "I'm Lovin' It" live only once in Zurich. Flintstones animals liked to complain but in retrospect they had it pretty good. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfNUujzom…
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Paula Hawkins 29:06

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Presented by James Naughtie, Radio 4's Bookclub, speaks to the writer Paula Hawkins about her debut thriller The Girl On The Train. The book was published by Doubleday in 2015 to great acclaim and has sold millions of copies. Told in the first-person the novel's protagonist is Rachel Watson, a 33-year-old divorcee with addiction issues. The book wa…
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267 - Mancunian Moptops 1:02:00

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Charles and Alex dive into "Pac-Man Fever" hitmakers Buckner & Garcia, listening to deep cuts about Waffle House, Angry Birds, and Saddam Hussein. Plus, Brian Epstein's ghost should have visited John Lennon in 1969 and told him to put the damn suits and moptops back on. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekitEnding song: https://…
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266 - Knock Knock Knocking on Dylan's Door 1:02:33

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Machine Gun Kelly thinks he might be part alien. Jeff Bezos needs to send him and Tom DeLonge to space, unlike Katy Perry they have important research to do up there. Plus, Jeff Tweedy (I call him Greedy Tweedy) is throwing too many damn pitches for the NL Central.Lollicops (Charles' Version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfNUujzomIFortune Kit …
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265 - Lobster is Baby Food Cause You Have to Wear a Bib 58:55

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Charles and Alex listen to Crazy Frog deep cuts while exploring many issues. Was Soulja Boy the American Crazy Frog? Are Romanian ticks extra good at blood sucking cause they have to compete with Dracula? Do different blood types hit different to a Dracula? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit…
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Kit de Waal 28:40

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Presented by James Naughtie, BBC Radio 4's Bookclub, speaks to the award-winning writer Kit de Waal about her heart-rending debut novel, My Name Is Leon. Published in 2016 by Penguin it's the story of two brothers separated after one is adopted. The book, now taught on the curriculum in English schools, takes us back to 1980s Birmingham, and while …
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Tom Holland 28:37

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Presented by James Naughtie, Bookclub speaks to the award-winning writer, historian, and podcaster, Tom Holland, about his book Rubicon, which looks at the triumph and tragedy of the Roman Republic. Originally published in 2003, the book won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman prize for non-fiction, and it unravels the myths and realities of ancient Rome as it…
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Joanne Harris: Chocolat 28:35

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Led by presenter James Naughtie, the writer Joanne Harris takes questions from a BBC Bookclub audience on her best-selling novel, Chocolat. Published in 1999, the book follows the character of Vianne Rocher, a chocolate-maker and sometime witch, who arrives in the village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter Anouk at the beginni…
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253 - The Hollywood Walk of Fame Has Predicted Bill Cosby's Impending Demise 1:07:01

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Puddle of Mudd debuts a new song during a Jiffy Lube oil change. The buried lede is that Wes Scantlin is responsible enough to get his oil changed. Plus, we should get rid of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and replace it with an ossuary full of all our best celebs' skeletons. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit…
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Natalie Haynes 28:41

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Led by presenter James Naughtie, a BBC Bookclub audience in Glasgow speaks to the author Natalie Haynes about her 2019 novel - A Thousand Ships - which retells the ancient Greek myths from a woman's perspective. Penelope, Clytemnestra, Andromache and Cassandra among others, all make appearances, but their stories are given a new voice and a fresh e…
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252 - Money Should Go Bad Like Bread Does [Patreon Preview] 3:07

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Charles and Alex debut "David Sirota" and run down the 10 most popular YouTube music videos of all time. Plus, who else remembers when we used to have breadcrumbs trails all over the ground?Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/252-money-should-127997622"David Sirota" on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Givy8DX0wJ0On Spotify: ht…
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250 - Dinner with Jay Z University 1:01:05

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Katy Perry is excited to learn more about STEM. Rivers Cuomo has a fucking Shakespeare sticker on his guitar and also the cops shot his bassist's wife. Shakespeare would have loved Spotify because there's so many "plays" on there. Does Robert Pollard ever do "cool teacher" stuff in his class, like bring in his guitar to sing songs about PEMDAS? For…
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249 - Bingeable Moments in the Death of Empire 1:02:01

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Pete Best has retired. His old band the Quarrymen were on some Flintstones shit. The Beatles should have linked up with the Chipmunks in their prime, they were the two most famous varispeed bands basically doing the same shit. The Sgt. Pepper album cover was basically Fortnite just cramming a bunch of IP together.Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www…
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Michel Faber 28:26

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This month BBC Radio 4's Bookclub, presented by James Naughtie, speaks to the writer Michel Faber about his debut novel, Under the Skin. Published in the year 2000 by Canongate it went on to be shortlisted for the Whitbread Award that same year. The book follows the female protagonist of Isserley who roves the A9 in the Scottish Highlands looking t…
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248 - Who is Harvesting the Snake Sperm in Jessica Simpson's Vocal Tonic? [Patreon Preview] 5:27

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Why do dumb tech guys keep buying Napster? Was Obama even the best presidential candidate in the Choom Gang? Has rap lost the white pillhead? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/248-who-is-snake-125929909Charles's song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3i9CKJzmIBy Fortune Kit
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