Shows
SBR The PodcastMorning Joe: American HistorianEpisode 84! We get an Art Garfunkel update and talk typewriters, airport books, and NYT "best-sellers". Marc read The Wayward Bus by Steinbeck and Trevor read Life For Sale by Yukio Mishima - or was it Murakami?
2022-05-0459 minSBR The PodcastI Skim, Therefore I ReadEpisode 83! If you skim a book, have you really read it? We say HELL NO - Trevor has a revelation delivered via Matrix by @legroff and Marc finished reading Blindness by José Saramago
2022-03-161h 01SBR The PodcastElite Category of Super AchieversEpisode 82! Marc and Trevor learn that in 2019 and 2020 they were some of the smartest people on the planet. Marc sees the potential in Blindness by Jose Saramago, and Trevor is reading London Fields by Martin Amis
2022-02-2351 minSBR The PodcastThe Moby Dick ProblemEpisode 81! This week Marc wraps up "Butcher's Crossing" or was is Miller's Crossing? Someone crossed something. Cormac McCarthy isn't as OG as he would have you believe. Trevor cautiously gets into Tolstoy with "Family Happiness".
2022-02-071h 00SBR The PodcastHemingway Was Gross!Episode 80! We discover Hemingway had way too many cats. Marc read "Butcher's Crossing" by John Williams and Trevor finished up "Quiet Flows the Don" and started "The Dragonbone Chair" by @tadwilliams
2022-01-2655 minSBR The PodcastA New EraEpisode 79! This week we talk about a new era of the podcast, a format that hopefully be bringing you MORE EPISODES! Marc read Neuromancer by William Gibson @GreatDismal and Trevor read And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov who does not have a twitter account.
2022-01-161h 09SBR The PodcastThe Short Story DispenserEpisode 78! We talk literary Christmas gifts! Marc cheated HARD and read 3 shorts from the Arvada "Short Story Dispenser" by @ShortEdition_EN short by Henry van Dyke, Juan Rosado, and Jenny Moore! Trevor read Ghost Story by Peter Straub
2021-12-041h 06SBR The PodcastThe Orion SpecialEpisode 77! Ursula K. Le Guin is on a stamp - Trevor ruins the intro and cracks open two classics: an Orion beer and "Tale of Two Cities" by little known author Charles Dickens - Marc read "Autumn" by Karl Ove Knausgaard...or was it Ali Smith?
2021-10-181h 08SBR The PodcastTouched by ChocolateEpisode 76! We have HUGE NEWS! Like...super huge. Marc read the almost legitimate Ray Bradbury and his novel "The Martian Chronicles" and Trevor actually read something new! "Three Women" by @lisadtaddeo
2021-09-1556 min
SBR The Podcast800 Pages of ValidationEpisode 75! Marc starts a new game of book blurbs that Trevor has to guess at, we shit on Franzen without even knowing it this time! Trevor is in a groove with Virginia Woolf and "Mrs. Dalloway" and Marc shares the pain with "Crying in H Mart" by @Jbrekkie frontwoman Michelle Zauner
2021-08-111h 09SBR The PodcastSeparate LoavesEpisode 73! Marc finally lets us know what his book sale haul was from a few weeks ago - Trevor read KOKO by Peter Straub and Marc read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
2021-07-271h 03SBR The PodcastMilqEpisode 73! Marc has some preparations to make for a yearly used book sale - Trevor read "Persuasion" by Jane Austen and Marc read "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons
2021-06-231h 04SBR The PodcastSomething Classy Like...Butt-ChuggingEpisode 72! We mix some interesting literary cocktails - Marc takes a break with Christopher Buehlman's "Those Across The River" and Trevor becomes the voice of a generation of feminists after reading "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia WoolfÂ
2021-06-071h 08SBR The PodcastJam Packed With FactsEpisode 71! Marc catches up on literary headlines - Trevor read Moby Dick and Marc gets back into Alexander Dumas with The Black Tulip
2021-05-281h 03
SBR The PodcastOne of the RussellsEpisode 70! Marc gets passionate about "Assassination Vacation" by Sarah Vowell, and Trevor is keeping in contemporary with "First Person Singular" by Haruki Murakami
2021-04-2355 min
SBR The PodcastSoft Cover BooksEpisode 69! Trevor "entroduces" the fascinating life of J. Krishnamurti and the collected book of his works "Total Freedom" - Marc gets inspired by The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Trevor talks about "In The Heart of the Sea" by @natphilbrick
2021-03-2459 min
SBR The PodcastEntroducingEpisode 68! NEW SEGMENT ALERT we bring you "Entroducing" whatever that actually means - Marc read Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" and Trevor read George Sand's "Indiana"
2021-03-0455 min
SBR The PodcastAn Elephant Named DFWEpisode 67! Marc painstakingly researched a new segment called "Headlines" - Trevor gets deeper into Russian lit with The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Marc is the first person to mention David Foster Wallace online
2021-02-141h 06
SBR The PodcastRed FlagsEpisode 66! Marc and Trevor discuss a post about literary "red flags" - do you have any books that if someone owns or is into it's a dealbreaker? Marc read "Red Azalea" by Anchee Min and Trevor read "Childhood's End" by Arthur C Clarke. The owls are not what they seem.
2021-01-1845 min
SBR The Podcast1862 - not that long ago!Episode 65! Marc and Trevor discuss Obama's 2020 book list - Marc read James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time" and Trevor read "Eugenie Grandet" by Balzac which was written a mere 30 years before the Emancipation Proclamation which was only 30 years before Alfred Hitchcock was born! Time!
2020-12-281h 05
SBR The Podcast3 Book MeltdownEpisode 64! We discuss an article by @bhurley for @electriclit about Myst and the video games that have inspired us creatively - Trevor gets deep to talk about the 3 books he has had anxiety issues with including "Underground" by Haruki Murakami, and Marc read "The Road' by Jack London
2020-12-0359 min
SBR The PodcastLow Level Pokemon TrainerEpisode 63! We talk the future of sci-fi based on an article by @TashaRobinson writing for @Polygon - Marc raided a used book sale and came up with Waiting for Godot and Trevor dives back into the un-scientific past with A Man of Misconceptions
2020-10-2957 min
SBR The PodcastArt Garfunkel 2020 UpdateEpisode 62! We try to predict if master reader Art Garfunkel has been reading during the pandemic or if he's been slacking off like the rest of us...Trevor talks about "The Buzzing" by Jim Knipfel and Marc reaffirms a classic with "The Handmaids Tale" by @MargaretAtwood
2020-10-1449 min
SBR The PodcastMalcolm the TenthEpisode 61! We're back after a short (long) break, we discuss a Guardian article featuring Maaza Mengiste - Marc read The Overstory by Richard Powers and Trevor took Marc for his word on To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
2020-10-011h 06
SBR The PodcastA Sentient MirrorEpisode 60! We analyze @magicrealismbot and have some fun - Marc and Trevor attempt to change their reading habits with black authors Paul Beatty and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie respectively
2020-08-2955 min
SBR The PodcastSmooth as a PilsnerEpisode 59! This week we play Morrissey vs. Wilde and Trevor fails miserably - Marc read "De Profundis", Oscar Wilde's hearth wrenching prison diary and Trevor recaps The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
2020-08-0553 min
SBR The Podcast1 Star Childrens BooksEpisode 58! MARC RETURNS with some sleep deprived report about dinosaurs and children's books - talk about shitty! Trevor talks about little known author William Shakespeare and "The Scottish Tragedy"
2020-07-2356 min
SBR The PodcastMINI-SODE #1 - ProustEpisode 57! Marc takes a break to do something incredibly special and adult-like and Trevor lectures about the benefits of Marcel Proust in this, our very first MINI-SODE!!!
2020-07-0726 min
SBR The PodcastJim Davis: Yacht OwnerEpisode 56! Fate strikes again as Trevor and Marc choose the same author - JOHN BARTH! Trevor discovers why this guy is even on his shelf with "The Floating Opera" and Marc reads "Lost in the Funhouse"
2020-05-281h 12
SBR The PodcastCeleb's Bookshelves TELL ALLEpisode 55! We delve into a NYT article that reveals some truths lurking in the background of celebrity Zoom calls - Marc reads the very funny and very FREE "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome and Trevor finished "Lost Illusions" by Balzac
2020-05-161h 04
SBR The PodcastJust Two HoursEpisode 54! Another quarantine episode recorded from parts unknown - Trevor takes a break from Balzac to discuss "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" by Yukio Mishima and Marc enters middle age with "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan
2020-04-2951 min
SBR The PodcastRussian RouletteEpisode 53! This week we try to project into the future - what music, art, and especially BOOKS will this current century be known for? Let us know what you think is GUARANTEED to be a 21st century classic - Trevor continues "Lost Illusions" by Balzac and Marc gets a rush from "The Gambler" by Dostoevsky
2020-04-201h 05
SBR The PodcastAnything But ReadingEpisode 52! We reach an official "year" of SBR episodes...we talk quarantine and how our reading goals are less than realized, Trevor finally got into Balzac (hehe) with "Lost Illusions" and Marc doesn't know what to think about "Till We Have Faces" by CS Lewis
2020-04-101h 00
SBR The PodcastSamuel "The Hobbit" ClemensEpisode 51! We play another shocking round of "Styles From Nowhere" and come up w/ some interesting connections...Marc read "Roughing It" by none other than Mark Twain and Trevor read "Victory" by Joseph Conrad by way of recommendation from Joan Didion!
2020-04-011h 02
SBR The PodcastManfully ReadingEpisode 50! The quarantine is in full effect, but at least we can get some reading (and dare we say...writing?) done! Trevor revisits Ishiguro for the 3rd time and "Never Let Me Go" and Marc also returns to Banana Yoshimoto and her short story collection "Lizard"
2020-03-2256 min
SBR The PodcastNO EXCUSESEpisode 49! Marc and Trevor enjoy the challenge of staying indoors indefinitely - TIME TO READ! FINALLY! Marc read "No Exit" by Jean-Paul Sartre and Trevor burned through "Kokoro" by Natsume Soseki
2020-03-1659 min
SBR The PodcastThe Michael Bay of AuthorsEpisode 48! We play another fun game of "What If..." Trevor gets obsessed with a British monarch and reads Christopher Hibbert's "George IV: The Rebel Who Would Be King" and Marc contemplates what is taboo in "The Rainbow" by DH Lawrence
2020-03-1054 min
SBR The PodcastBaby's Day Out 2Episode 47! We go over some shitty stats and speculate about our fame in India...Marc read "Long Day's Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neill and Trevor sort of remembers Manhattan with "Winter's Tale" by Mark Helprin
2020-03-0258 min
SBR The PodcastThe Devil in TarbeanEpisode 46! We review a short story by the very talented @foreverantrim called Spudology - Trevor takes a massive break with "The Name of the Wind" by @PatrickRothfuss and Marc plays Cuphead with "Carter Beats the Devil" by Glen David Gold
2020-02-1854 min
SBR The PodcastAny Given SundayEpisode 45! We're back from a short break, and we cleaned up even more of Marc's book shelf! Trevor finally gets around to his favorite Murakami novel "Kafka on the Shore" and Marc presents "Room With a View" by EM Forster
2020-02-0356 min
SBR The PodcastSkipping CDsEpisode 44! The year of 2019 in review - which books and podcast episodes did we enjoy reading / making the most? Marc and Trevor pick their Top 5...Trevor read "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh and Marc read "The Last Samurai" by Helen DeWitt
2020-01-131h 02
SBR The PodcastCowboy John LennonEpisode 43! This week we advise the general public on how to catch the reading bug...Marc feels dreamy and poetic with Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan and Trevor devoured Hunger by Knut Hamsun
2020-01-0659 min
SBR The PodcastThe Purge of GogolEpisode 42! We're back from our holiday break with a discussion of book shelves - usually a long overdue purchase that comes with a bit of a PURGE - both Trevor and Marc pick the same author for the first time in podcast history - Nikolai Gogol !!!
2019-12-2959 min
SBR The Podcast100 Beers of SolitudeEpisode 41! We play another fun round of "What If...?" where we speculate wildly about our favorite writers - Marc wants Flann O'Brien to be his favorite author with "At Swim Two Birds" and Trevor reconciles with mortality in "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy
2019-11-241h 09
SBR The PodcastDouble Death ShakespeareEpisode 40! We play another round of "Elevator Pitch" - Trevor discusses the career arc of Thomas Pynchon with "Vineland" and Marc tries desperately to get into poetry with "Aurora Leigh" by Elizabeth Browning
2019-11-1753 min
SBR The PodcastFan FictionEpisode 39! We discuss fan fiction and wonder...what would be the best combinations? What is the best fan fiction out there? Marc read the ever-praised "Stoner" by John Williams and Trevor thinks Alain de Botton can cool is w/ the Proust bashing in "How Proust Can Change Your Life"
2019-11-041h 00
SBR The PodcastGo-GURT! The Moveable Feast!Episode 38! We talk E-Readers and review some of the vocabulary we've learned from reading...Trevor feels inspired by "A Moveable Feast" by unknown author Ernest Hemingway and Marc is reminded of his creativity with "Steal Like An Artist" by Austin Kleon
2019-10-2858 min
2019-10-141h 00
SBR The PodcastThe Franzen DoorstopEpisode 36! This week we discuss books we've given the ultimate insult to: stopping in the middle - Trevor engages in espionage with John Le Carre and "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" and Marc isnt really sure what YA is with "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K Le Guin
2019-10-061h 02
SBR The PodcastChristian MathEpisode 35! This week we talk about the "different" books we have like art, coffee table, and reference books - Marc is almost completely devastated by "Something Happened" by Joseph Heller and Trevor revisits Truman Capote and "A Hard Day's Work"
2019-09-301h 02
SBR The PodcastFresh as a GameboyEpisode 34! This week we play another game of "First In Last Out" with some interesting results...Trevor tells us more about Emile Zola than he does about "La Bete Humaine" and Marc reads the suicide note otherwise known as "Leaving Las Vegas" by John O'Brien
2019-09-221h 05
SBR The PodcastShooting Guns and Breakfast for DinnerEpisode 33! This week we talk audiobooks - whats out there, and what do we wish was out there? Marc tells us about "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson, and Trevor doesn't know how he feels about true crime with "In Cold Blood"
2019-09-101h 11
SBR The PodcastCletus Isn't a PunchlineEpisode 32! We play a new and slightly developing word game! Trevor thinks he may have read the same book twice with "Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro, and Marc tells us about the beautiful and tragic "So Long, See You Tomorrow" by William Maxwell
2019-09-011h 07
SBR The PodcastBowie Reads Private EyeEpisode 31! Trevor's mic sounds like shit from the road! Marc tells us about another celebrity bibliophile, and also about "The Body" by Stephen King - Trevor's respect for Karl Ove Knausgaard gets redefined with "So Much Longing In So Little Space" a book about Edvard Munch
2019-08-261h 13
SBR The PodcastCommissioner MartinEpisode 30! We play another round of "What If...", we talk police brutality GOT style, Norwegian travel pamphlets, and narcissistic demands for the after life! Trevor tells us about "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais and Marc thinks "The Neon Bible" by John Kennedy Toole should be read by every teenager!
2019-08-181h 04
SBR The PodcastWhat IfEpisode 29! What if Paul Beatty wrote a thousand pages on Pokemon? What if Joan Didion novelized the movie Rush Hour? We play our latest random numbers game and Marc tells us about "The Dew Breaker" by Edwisge Danticat, while Trevor brings back Mishima for "Spring Snow"
2019-08-1157 min
SBR The PodcastCloset GothEpisode 28! We play another round of "First In, Last Out" - Trevor read F Scott Fitzgerald's shorts in "Flappers & Philosophers" and Marc reveals his secret passion for "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake
2019-08-041h 08
SBR The PodcastFirst In, Last OutEpisode 27! This week we play a brand new game called "First In, Last Out" what do some of our favorite novels sound like as just 2 sentences? We also talk food dumpsters, mp3 compression, and TMNT censorship - Marc tells used about "Lives of Girls and Women" by Alice Munro and Trevor presents "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert
2019-07-281h 08
SBR The PodcastBLOOD WAREpisode 26! We found a new game to play that we call "Elevator Pitch" - recommend a book in 60 seconds or less! We also talk the apocalypse, Jackie Chan's "Policy Story", and squirrel cages! Trevor presents "Winter" by Ali Smith and Marc "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter Miller Jr
2019-07-211h 11
SBR The PodcastHarry Potter Reads BulgakovEpisode 25! We talk celebrity appreciation of novels - and make some wild predictions of our own! Marc brings us back to Czechia with "Slowness" by Milan Kundera, and Trevor shows his film school roots with "Something Like an Autobiography" by Akira Kurosawa
2019-07-1459 min
SBR The PodcastSurgeons Listening to Weird AlEpisode 24! A full day's worth of Shitty Book Reports is now available for your listening pleasure! We talk earthquakes, words with more than one meaning, and surgeons listening to speed metal - Trevor tells us about "An Artist of the Floating World" by Kazuo Ishiguro and Marc presents "Fluke" by Christopher Moore
2019-07-0749 min
SBR The PodcastTactical Turn TableEpisode 23! It's too early for Trevor on "Styles From Nowhere", we talk Cabela's, turn tables, young love and writer's block - Trevor read "Normal People" by the annoyingly young Sally Rooney and Marc tells us about "Concrete" by Thomas Bernhard
2019-06-301h 08
SBR The PodcastDecaf Dale CooperEpisode 22! We take some time to discuss one of our all-time favorites: AKIRA! Trevor escapes the real world for fantasy with Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun" as recommended by @AlzaboSoup and Marc brightens his mood with "Miles From Nowhere" by Nami Mun
2019-06-2352 min
SBR The PodcastSkinning a FleaEpisode 21! The return of Plot or Not! Marc attempts to stump Trevor with fairy tales, we talk overgrown fleas, seahorses with saddles, and religion v. society - Mark presents "Masters of Atlantis" by Charles Portis and Trevor is FINALLY done reading "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2019-06-161h 08
SBR The PodcastWolfgang Amadeus BowserEpisode 20! We talk movie adaptations - what makes them good or bad? Trevor presents the 1994 page-turner "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr who had a totally chill childhood and Marc completely understands "Steppenwolf" by Herman Hesse
2019-06-091h 03
SBR The PodcastLego PrisonEpisode 19! We talk one-star reviews of our favorite or classic novels, Lego prisons, Anne Frank, and narcissistic claptraps - Marc tells us about "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by the Bloggess herself, Jenny Lawson and Trevor presents "The Woman in the Dunes" by Kobo Abe
2019-06-021h 04
SBR The PodcastErroneous ErogenousEpisode 18! This week we talk literary tropes, ones we hate but also ones we just recognize from book to book - Trevor presents Anton Chekhov's short story "The Black Monk" and Marc tells us about Flannery O'Connor's collection "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
2019-05-2656 min
SBR The PodcastProust on RepeatEpisode 17! This week we discuss the cross section of music and books - how have they mixed in our reading journey? Marc tells us about Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis and Trevor presents "My Struggle, Vol 1" by Karl Ove Knausgard
2019-05-201h 05
SBR The PodcastBaby's Day OutEpisode 16! This week we play "Styles From Nowhere" once again, we talk Indian cinema and Baby's Day Out vs. Star Wars...Trevor vents his rage for Cormac McCarthy and "All The Pretty Horses" while Marc rewinds time with "Replay" by Ken Grimwood
2019-05-131h 01
SBR The PodcastNAME! THAT! AUTHOR!Episode 15! This week Trevor scores big in a new game, Marc tells us about "To The Lighthouse" by Virginia Wolfe and Trevor takes a break with "Rendezvous With Rama" by Arthur C Clarke
2019-05-051h 08
SBR The PodcastFrasier Crane Jazz CupEpisode 14! This week we talk shitty book covers, terrible book jacket summaries, grimy Catcher in the Rye copies, and more! Trevor presents Joan DIdion's collection of essays "The White Album" and Marc tells us about "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" by Kurt Vonnegut
2019-04-291h 09
SBR The PodcastArt's LibraryEpisode 13! This week we discuss celebrity bookworms, and dive into the ridiculous reading accomplishments of Art Garfunkel. Marc presents the famous 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison, and Trevor talks about the latest Murakami novel "Killing Commendatore'.
2019-04-211h 16
SBR The PodcastSubstance D and NX-9Episode 12! We play another game of 'Plot or Not', talking about sci-fi, fictional drugs, and Raymon Chandler's disdain for the genre - this week Trevor presents "The Master & Margarita" by Mikail Bulgakov and Marc tells us about "Jude the Obscure" by none other than Tom Hardy
2019-04-141h 14
SBR The PodcastKids Playing in DDTEpisode 11! This week we discuss our favorite book store features, Marc tells us about Rachel Carlson and the end of DDT with "Silent Spring" and Trevor talks about the "first post-Brexit novel" by Ali Smith, "Autumn"!
2019-04-071h 11
2019-03-311h 01
SBR The PodcastPan Galactic Gargle BlasterEpisode 9! This week we talk food in books - what food scenes have left the biggest impression? Marc tells us about the Basque language and "Obabakoak" by Bernardo Atxaga, and Trevor presents "Coming Up For Air" the #1 George Orwell novel - no debates or arguments to the contrary accepted!
2019-03-241h 04
SBR The PodcastThe Ted Bundy SwingersEpisode 8! This week we break down our favorite book covers, Trevor tells us about the classic novel "On The Road" by Jack Kurouac and Marc exposes Hitchcock as a thief with "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
2019-03-1757 min
SBR The PodcastTwo Words Per NightEpisode 7! This week we talk classic noir fiction and "The Works" toilet bowl cleaner - Marc gives us some hard facts about Tom Robbins and "Still Life With Woodpecker" while Trevor talks about the happiest book in all the land "No Longer Human"
2019-03-1057 min
SBR The PodcastThe Famous Author Don QuixoteEpisode 6! This week we talk the alphabet, David Baldacci, and Under the Dome - Marc presents "Peace" by Gene Wolfe while Trevor tells us about "White Teeth" by Zadie Smith
2019-03-0354 min
SBR The PodcastUnprepared Dude CampingEpisode 5! This week on Shitty Book Reports Marc tells us about "Bitter" Ambrose Bierce and "Cobwebs From An Empty Skull" and Trevor dives into Thomas Pynchon's short story "The Secret Integration"
2019-02-241h 06
SBR The PodcastGeneral and Undirected SadnessEpisode 4! This week Trevor discusses the 1935 novel Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck and Marc takes us to 1950 for The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy! Check us out every Sunday @sbrthepodcast on Soundcloud, Spotify, Insta, and Twitter! Email us ideas, suggestions, and general abuse at sbrthepodcast@gmail.com
2019-02-171h 08
SBR The PodcastThe Picture of DoomguyIn our latest episode, Marc presents Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (1988) and Trevor talks about Mosquitoes by William Faulkner (1927)
2019-02-1054 min
SBR The PodcastParachute Corpse!This week, Trevor presents "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty and Marc tells us about "The Third Policeman" by Flan O'brien
2019-02-0358 min
SBR The PodcastMicro CultIn the FIRST EPISODE of Shitty Book Reports, Marc discusses Warlock by Oakley Hall (1958) and Trevor presents Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima (1949)
2019-01-3050 min