Author Lauren Lavin, of the upcoming essay collection "The Third Beat", joins host Joshua Turek to talk about books her friends and contemporaries have written, comics, zines, and the mutuality of creative relationships and how they've fostered her own journey as a writer.

books talked about include:

until it feels right - emily costa

girl on girl

House Next Door - Anne Rivers Siddons

Comet Bus #57 by Aaron Comet Bus

I wish that there was something I could quit

popgun war - Ferrel Dalrimple

Girl in the World - Caroline Cash

It’s too late to say I’m sorry by Joey Comeau

The Girl Who Couldn’t Come - Joey Comeau

Still Alive by LJ Pemperton

Service by John Tottenham

Double Black Diamond by Miles Klee and Mads Gobbo

Lulu in Hollywood - Louise Brooks

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Host Joshua Turek is joined by guest Brian Recker, author of the new book "Hell Bent" (How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love). They discuss the books Brian read while researching his own, which details redefining his own spirituality and Christian beliefs. Discussing masculinity and softening the world, the two detail their own unique paths toward similar conclusions.

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Books Talked About Include:

Debt by David Graeber

Hell Bent by Brian Recker

Adam’s Return by Richard Rohr

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Spoke in the Wheel by Renate Wind

A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn

the will to change bell hooks

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Political commentator Lily Eagla joins host Joshua Turek to discuss mutual aid, retraining the offline world back into your brain, and books that radicalized her.

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books

mutual aid by dean spade

Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

The Year of Living Biblically

Our American Israel

100 years was on palestine by rashid kalidi

the autobiography of malcolm x

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Guest Larry Charles and host Joshua Turek talk SF and LA noir, science fiction grounded on Earth, Larry's new memoir Comedy Samurai . They talk personal growth, the transformative power of literature and how reading can serve as both a source of pleasure and a means of preserving sacred knowledge.

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Books Talked About Include:

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

City of Night by John Reshy

crime writers: edward bunker, jim thompson, david goodis, raymond chandler, dashiell hammet

The Woman Chase by Charles WIliford

The Ripley Books by Patricia Highsmith

In a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes

The Motel Life by Willy Vlauten

The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

Service by John Tottenham

Ablutions by Patrick Dewitt

Days of the Locust by Nathaniel West

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Guest Yasha Levine and Host Joshua Turek discuss everything from technofeudalism to pistachios.

San Francisco! For tickets Nov 1 to see Yasha's new documentary at Roxie Theater with live Q&A hosted by Joshua Turek here

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Books Talked About Include

Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord

Surveillance Valley - Yasha Levine

The Image - Daniel Boorstijn

Neil Postman - Amusing ourselves to death

Raven Rock

Dead Cities - Mike Davis

Moderan - David Bunch

Shadow of the torture - Gene Wolf

The Dying Earth Series - Jack Vance sci fi

Cadillac Desert

The American Genocide

The End of th Myth

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Recorded remotely from Bad Animal Books in Santa Cruz, CA. Joshua Turek and Maddy Power explore the impact of literature on identity, the challenges of modern communication, and the importance of curiosity in a technology-driven world. Maddy shares her personal experience of losing her home and books in the Eaton Canyon Fire in Alta Dena and the two books she grabbed before evacuating, prompting a deep reflection on the role of physical objects in shaping one's identity. They discuss the complexities of feminism, the power of language, and the necessity of being open to the world around us. The conversation emphasizes the value of walking, observing, and finding meaning in the mundane, while also addressing the societal pressures of performance and the impact of technology on human connection.

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Books talked about include:

Werener Herzog's Guide for the Perplexed

Agnes Varda interviews

David Sedaris “Theft and Finding”

bell hooks "The Will to Change"

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On a pit stop in Santa Cruz with family between dates on my comedy tour (Get your tickets to my San Diego show Friday and L.A., SF, Eureka, next week then Seattle and Portland) before heading up the west coast. I get into a little of what I'm reading, my favorite bookstores so far on this trip, and why I took this podcast off of Spotify (hint they're evil). Come to my shows if I'm in your city!

All my shows

7/11 San Diego

7/16 L.A.

7/18&19 SF

7/20 Eureka

7/25 Seattle

8/15 Portland

8/21-23 Boise

8/27 Tulsa

8/28 Kansas City

8/29 New Orleans

9/6 Tucson

Books Talked About:

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

Meet Me in the Bathroom

Perfect Victims - Mohammed El Kurd

Our American Israel - Amy Kaplan

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

Blue Desert - Charles Bowden

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Officially on my comedy tour across the United States during particularly distressing times. It took six nights and five days but the morning after my first headlining show at Rodney's in Manhattan I managed some time to visit the staple bookstore of NYC "The Strand". CHICAGO my show at Zanies is tonight! Tickets are getting low. You can use discout code TUREK10 for $15.75 tickets here. The rest of my tour is here with more dates and cities to come so follow my bandsintown to get notified for when I come to yours. Tour dates below.

6/24 CHICAGO

6/27 PHILADELPHIA

6/29 DALLAS

7/11 SAN DIEGO

7/16 L.A.

7/18&19 SF

7/20 EUREKA

7/25 SEATTLE

8/15 PORTLAND

8/21-23 BOISE

8/27 TULSA

8/28 KANSAS CITY

8/29 NEW ORLEANS

9/6 TUCSON

9/18 TAMPA

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