Not Just Any Book Club

In the Criterion Challenge we take a look at a modern addition. Is Wim Wender's Perfect Days a perfect film?▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

We journey into the future and discuss the very first piece of the Blade Runner franchise. Does it get off to a good start with Phillip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Or is this sci-fi story less than stellar?▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK!TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce and Justin dive into the Criterion Collection! Join us as we discuss the most chosen film from the Criterion Closet, a film featuring one of the best performances of all time!▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Join Pierce and Justin as we dig into one of the big classic coming of age stories, The Bell Jar. We'll get into the story itself, it's classic coming of age trappings, and also the ways in which it differentiates itself from books like Catcher in the Rye.▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK!TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Join us for a night of awards as we reminisce about the films of 2024. We go through Pierce's Best Picture rankings for the Oscars and talk about a few of the other awards to be given out▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce and Justin begin a several year project of making their way through the Palme d'Or winners. We start our journey with a certified cinephile classic in Carol Reed's The Third Man. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce, Justin, and Luke take a relaxing trip, fishing for good, kind of obscure horror. Is The Fisherman by John Langan an incredible, cosmic catch? Or is it more trouble than it's worth? ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce dives into the deep end while Justin wades into the shallows of famed and slightly controversial philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Join us as we discuss Nietzsche's Beyond Good & Evil! ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

The gang gets lost in their brand spanking new non-Euclidean family home??? Join us as we dive into the lies and the truth of the Navidson Record in our episode on House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

We continue our spiritual journey through fiction with a trek into the most horrifying world in the universe: New York City in 1975. Pierce, Justin, and guest Emma discuss the faults and merits of cult classic Jacob's Ladder ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce and Justin get spiritual once again, discussing John Steinbeck's Magnum Opus(?), East of Eden. Is it the best work by one of America's best authors? Is it the Great American Novel? Could Steinbeck have been any more on the nose than he was here? All this and more ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce and Justin, due to audience submission, take a look at a very spiritual film they don't know much about in Terrance Mallick's masterpiece, The Tree of Life. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce and Justin are joined by guests Emma and JB as they discuss Aldous Huxley's masterpiece, Brave New World. What are we even supposed to take from this novel? What is it about this society's hedonism that is morally wrong? Are these character likeable, pitiable, deplorable? What does Huxley think about all of this? All this and more in May's episode of NJABC! ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Since there aren't really any *good* Brave New World adaptations, we took a look at a different kind of dystopian film, the satirical Starship Troopers. Join us as we talk about the stark difference between the book and the film and be ready to listen to two people confused about how people miss the satire in the film ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Pierce and Justin find a new favorite literary genre and author in Noir and Raymond Chandler. That *totally* isn't sarcasm. Join us as we discuss the man and his creation in two Phillip Marlowe classics ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

We take a look at one of the best works of Noir fiction ever, Double Indemnity. Join us for a rainy night of crime and mystery as Pierce and Justin put on their black and white suits and fall for a femme fatale! ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Join Pierce and Justin as they get spooky in spring. We discuss Thomas Ligotti's short stories and The Haunting of Hill House ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce are in for an extremely spooky film. Join us as we investigate four Japanese folk tales, lovingly retold on film by the master filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Join Justin and Pierce as they go over all of the Oscar categories, their thoughts and picks, as well as some notable snubs. Stay tuned for Pierce's Best Picture ranking at the end! ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

We're back after a short hiatus! Join Pierce, Justin, and reoccurring member Luke for an in depth discussion on John Williams' masterpiece(?) Stoner! ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce go inside Inside Llewyn Davis and go inside this movie in order to give you the inside scoop on the inside of this Coen Brothers classic film ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce review The 400 Blows (1959) - perhaps the greatest coming of age film ever made. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIK TOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce review The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - perhaps the most difficult books we've ever had to read for this podcast so far. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce review Come and See (1985) - we never quite were the same after this one. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://bit.ly/NJABCYT ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce review: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Laroux Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod twitter.com/NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce review Portrait of a Lady on Fire - a steamy French slow burn romance. You know, the stuff we're usually into ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod twitter.com/NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Justin and Pierce review Slaughterhouse Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://bit.ly/NJABCYT ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod twitter.com/NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

Now no one will have to listen to our first episode because we have a take two on Modernism! Justin read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Pierce read Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Make sure you save this video for the post-apocalypse! Justin and Pierce peer into the future and discuss apocalypses and what they mean for our current day in writing Justin read I am Legend by Richard Matheson Pierce read The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Pierce and Justin, in our longest episode yet, give their thoughts and opinions on the new Last of Us HBO series. Come join us as we (inevitably) compare it to the game we love and give our thoughts on some of the choices and decisions made in adapting the story! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod -Follow us on Tik Tok: @NotJustAnyPod

We're here to talk about some authors who had to go into exile for one reason or another (usually if an artist is exiled its for a bad reason). Come with us as we discuss the tragic exiling of Oscar Wilde and Herman Hesse and their works, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Steppenwolf respectively - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Book Ends is finally back with a BANG! Pierce and Justin cover Andrei Tarkovsky's Nostalghia for this Artists in Exile month. Join us as we carry this discussion over a drained pool of water! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Welcome to a brand new topic in a brand new year of Not Just Any Book Club! This month, Justin and Pierce take yet another look at fantasy but get more specific this time. Listen in, as we discuss The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch and Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Welcome to philosophy month! Well... all about Plato's Republic. The plan was to do a more general philosophy month, but here we are reading Plato together. Worked out well for an interesting conversation on Plato's city, Platonic ideals, the theory of forms, and more! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

We messed up on The Lighthouse recording, so join us for just the book club session instead! Pierce read probably one of the weirdest books he's ever read in Kathe Koja's "The Cipher" and Justin read some elevated horror that he didn't quite love in Grady Hendrix's "Horrorstör" - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Pierce once again gets to talk about Germany! Join us as we dive into Herman Hesse's best known novel (Siddhartha) as well as an interesting German novel taking place in France, Perfume by Patrick Süskind - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Pierce and Justin dive into the talkie. One of the best German films of all time, tune into NJABC Book Ends German Month extravaganza, where we'll dive deep on the Fritz Lang film, M. - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

We dive into one of the most dense authors we've covered, Cormac McCarthy. Pierce has once again decided to dive into a work that Justin disliked in Blood Meridian. Will he prove Justin wrong and show that said work is great once again? Justin is up to try Cormac McCarthy one more time and is reading The Road. Will he actually enjoy the McCarthy Style this time? Find out how these two dealt with such dense works on this episode of NJABC - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST.

Who's ready for some tonal whiplash? From Disney's Dicken's Oliver & Company to the Coen Brother's McCarthy's No Country for Old Men! Join us this week as we discuss one of the best and most well made movies of all time! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST.

You've heard of him, we've read him. NJABC takes on what we call "one of the authors of all time," Charles Dickens. What does Dickensian mean? Listen in as Pierce reads Great Expectations and Justin reads A Tale of Two Cities. We discuss the acclaimed English author, looking into his life and discussing the tropes used in his many works. - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST.

For Dickens month, we went with a loose interpretation of one of his books. Justin absolutely loved Oliver & Company... I think? Tune in to hear us discuss how Disney handled one of Dickens' most famous works ever! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST.

In the wise words of William Faulkner, "it's Faulkner Time!" That's right, this is the Not Just Any Book Club episode on William Faulkner, where Justin reads "The Sound and The Fury" and Pierce reads "Light in August". We talk about his complicated legacy and views, but how despite all that, he wrote some of the greatest novels written in America. - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST. ♪ Biscuit (Prod. by Lukrembo) Link : https://youtu.be/EtZ2m2Zm3vY

It's time for the antithesis of Hemingway! Since Hemingway's style fits so perfectly with the short story format, we were intrigued to find out that Faulkner also had quite a few acclaimed short stories. Join us, as we go through Barn Burning, A Rose for Emily, Dry September, and Two Soldiers - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST.

NJABC is back with another of our rare non-fiction months. Both Pierce and Justin read works discussing elements of the Holy Roman Empire, so join as we discuss a time of ladies and lords, knights and peasants! - You can find NJARPG on Twitch, YouTube, or Spotify - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

Justin and Pierce capture their inner child as they read some of Roald Dahl's classics. Look out for a discussion on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Mathilda! - You can find NJARPG on Twitch, YouTube, or Spotify - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

This month we jump into everyone's childhoods and talk about Roald Dahl. For Book Ends we discuss one of the newest Roald Dahl movies in Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Justin and Pierce wander into some Fantasy worlds again. Listen as Justin takes his first dip into Terry Pratchett's Discworld and Pierce discusses his findings after taking The Path alongside Geralt of Rivia. - You can find NJARPG on Twitch, YouTube, or Spotify - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Justin read Lord of the Rings for fantasy month, but we decided to talk about the trilogy (movies and books) for Book Ends instead! Hear Justin and Pierce's takes on the best part of the trilogy and the influence that this epic trilogy has had on fantasy. - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Can we find the bottom of the iceberg? This week we all read Hemingway stories and our conversation centers on Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, Islands in the Stream, and how Justin feels lukewarm about Hemingway for some reason. - You can find NJARPG on Twitch, YouTube, or Spotify - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!

In a month about a author of many, *many* short stories, we decided to take a break from the movies and read 3 Hemingway short stories for this month. And Justin finally enjoyed some Hemingway! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! -Check out our other podcast, Not Just Any RPG! You can find us at twitch.tv/notjustanyrpg where we stream Friday at 8PM EST. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Not Just Any Book Club is back and this week we're talking all thing's Steinbeck. In this episode, Justin and Luke go over (probably) John Steinbeck's two most important novels, in The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, while Pierce goes over a less well-known novella, in Cannery Row. - You can find NJARPG on Twitch, YouTube, or Spotify - Follow us on Twitter - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app