Episodes
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"Burden of Joy" author Lexi Kent-Monning joins host Joshua Turek to discuss her novel that Joshua loved. She talks about coming from a long line of book readers and writers and her Esalen hot springs adventures growing up in Central California. Lexi shares a wide ranging selection of books from the Divorce novel "Liars" to a YA novel that she hopes will make Josh fall in love with Los Angeles again. She also baked delicious coconut chocolate chip cookies.
For all things Lexi Kent-Monning visit https://www.lexikentmonning.com/ and her ig https://www.instagram.com/lexicola/?hl=en
For Joshua Turek's tour dates and poetry book check out joshuaturek.com but also for more of his writing its free on his new Substack https://joshuaturek.substack.com/
Books Talked About Include:
Liars by Sarah Manguso
All Fours by Miranda July
Bruha wendy c ortiz
The Burden of Joy
The Passion According to GH by Clarice Lespecter
A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib
Richard Brautigan
His daughters book about him
Dan Fante’s memoir
Dangerous Angels by Francesca
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Poet Laureate of Pomona, CA, Ceasar K. Avelar joins Joshua to talk about reading poems on your lunch break and finding moments to be creative even when the world is encouraging the opposite. He and Joshua speak to the revolutionary act of reading and how the nerd stigma is only there to oppress the working class.
Bozeman, Montana! Joshua is headlining two shows this friday 11/22/2024 at the Last Best Comedy Club tix here https://www.lastbestcomedy.com/events/friday-night-stand-up-with-joshua-turek
For all things Ceasar K. Avelar visit here: https://www.instagram.com/ceasarkavelar/ and for his book: https://www.elmartillopress.com/product-page/god-of-the-air-hose
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Hollywood Talent Manager at Mosaic Entertainment and local journalist (@officialplayadelrey), Drew Shenfield talks with Joshua about becoming better men through reading books whose passages they can't remember, navigating a day and age ripe with conspiracy, and westerns. They discuss bell hooks "The Will to Change", the early 2000's book "Them" by Jon Ronson, and Adam Curtis documentaries. Also mentioned is their mutual love of public transit in Los Angeles and how they met playing beach volleyball.
for all things Joshua visit his site joshuaturek.com and check out his new substack for longer form thoughts and fragments https://substack.com/@joshuaturek its free!
Books talked about include:
The Will to Change by bell hooks
Them by Jon Ronson
Adam Curtis Documentaries “Bitter Lake”
Hate inc by Matt Taibi
Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges
Society of the Spectacle by Guy
Welcome to Hard Times
Islands of Abandonment
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Author of new book "Country Fail" Irish comedian, Killian Sundermann joins Joshua to talk about Irish authors, how he learned parents are people too, In-N-Out Burger, his time living in New York City and the process of writing his first book for a legendary publisher.
To find Killian's work visit his instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/killersundy/?hl=en
Hosted by Joshua Turek
Books Talked About Include:
Country Fail by Killian Sundermann
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
A Moveable Feast - Hemmingway
A Swim Two Birds - Flan O'Brien
A Tired Policeman
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Danielle Henderson, author of the memoir "The Ugly Cry" and tv writer on shows like "Maniac" starring Emma Stone, joins host Joshua Turek to talk about living on a farm in upstate New York to keep her grandmother company. She revisits the toxic time capsule that was the 80's by reading the Motley Crue tell-all and how she found an awakening in intersectional feminism after going back to school at 30 and reading bell hooks. Josh talks about how the new Miranda July divorce novel upset him more than the dystopian books he's been reading it.
CHICAGO come see Joshua perform stand up comedy at The Comedy Bar 11/8/24 and 11/9/24 https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879 and catch his poetry book at joshuaturek.com and new free Substack here https://substack.com/@joshuaturek
For more on Danielle Henderson check her out here http://daniellehenderson.net/
Books talked about include:
Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart
Bad Pharma - Ben Goldacre
All Fours - Miranda July
The Dirt - Motley Crue
The Road - Cormac Mccarthy
Feminist Theory from margin to center - bell hooks
Killing the Black Body - Dorothy Roberts
Angela Davis Books - All of them, Abolition Democracy, Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Amelia Gray - Museum of the Weird
The Sellout - Paul Beatty
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Villette - Charlotte Bronte
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Poet Darby Hudson joins host, Joshua Turek one day in the future from Melbourne, Australia to discuss giving into books that are like "ice cream for the mind." He speaks of how he was raised by divorced parents, one who indulged the low brow while the other sought more challenging reads. The two poets and instagram video dudes discuss their remote friendship and get into everything from David Lynch to the Neverending Story.
Seattle and Chicago! Joshua is going to be headlining comedy shows in your cities soon!
SEATTLE Oct. 25 at the Here-After tickets here: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/joshua-turek-here-after-tickets/13607144
CHICAGO Nov. 8 & 9 he will be headlining at The Comedy Bar tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879
for signed copies of Joshua's poetry book his site joshuaturek.com and if you want him to perform in your city sign up to his email list on there and suggest a city
For Darby Hudson's work check out https://www.darbyhudsonart.com/ and his instagram https://www.instagram.com/darby_hudson/?hl=en
Books Talked About Include:
Earth Abides - Josh
The Road - Cormac
Red Dragon - Thomas Harris
The Housemaid Freida Mcfadden
The Broom of the System DFW - Josh
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Bedtime Leunig by Michael Leunig
Bukowski
Celine
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Seinfeld writer and Curb director Larry Charles who also directed Borat, Bruno, and Dangerous World of Comedy, sits down with host Joshua Turek to discuss growing up in Brooklyn and how the books he read in his younger years expanded his sense of the world. Larry talks working with Bob Dylan and Larry David and the similarities between the two men. Larry discusses how through career successes he managed to find his way back to knowing the price of a loaf of bread. He also talks the Library Cop episode of Seinfeld which he wrote!
Chicago and Seattle! Joshua is going to be headlining comedy shows in your cities soon!
SEATTLE Oct. 25 at the Here-After tickets here: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/joshua-turek-here-after-tickets/13607144
CHICAGO Nov. 8 & 9 he will be headlining at The Comedy Bar tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879
for signed copies of Joshua's poetry book his site joshuaturek.com
For Larry Charles check out his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPH7P8UM2_uXsRhpp3Z4UQA and IG: https://www.instagram.com/larrycharles/
Books Talked About Include:
Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown
Confessions of a Cultist by Andrew Sarris
Catch 22
Last Exit to Brooklynn
All Fours by Miranda July (Josh)
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Sundance Award Winning Screenwriter, Ruby Caster joins Joshua to talk Miranda July's new book "All Fours" and the quest for mutual understanding. The two find an agreed upon reality as they discuss how one goes about that.
Books Talked About Include:
All Fours Miranda July
The Ego Tunnel by Thomas Metzinger
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Star Child
Joshua Turek Stand up Tour Updates:
SEATTLE on 10/25 Joshua will be headlining at the Here-After. Tickets available: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/joshua-turek-here-after-tickets/13607144
CHICAGO to see Joshua Turek headlining four shows on 11/8 & 9 at The Comedy Bar tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-november-8-joshua-turek-tickets-1005397851037?aff=odcleoeventsincollection
for Josh's poetry book etc visit: joshuaturek.com
For updates on Ruby Caster's work check out her ig: https://www.instagram.com/rubycaster/?hl=en
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Dan Wilson is the lead singer of Semisonic and writer of hit songs like Closing Time, Someone Like You (with Adele), Not Ready to Make Nice (with the Chicks) and also a prolific reader. He and host Joshua Turek discuss how Dan revisits "Lord of the Rings" and discovers new meanings according to where his own life is at the moment. He talks of reading voraciously as a child and the books that were most impactful along the way. Dan also gets into a few of the science fiction books that have rekindled his love for the genre and his thoughts on the role of AI in art and the future.
Chicago and Seattle! Joshua is going to be headlining comedy shows in your cities!
SEATTLE Oct. 25 at the Here-After tickets here: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/joshua-turek-here-after-tickets/13607144
CHICAGO Nov. 8 & 9 he will be headlining at The Comedy Bar tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879
for Joshua's poetry book hit up his site joshuaturek.com
For Dan Wilson's work please check out his instagram https://www.instagram.com/danwilsonmusic/?hl=en and links to all his sites here https://linktr.ee/danwilson_music
Books Talked About Include:
The Real Book
Parable of the Sower
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Writer Aubrey Bellamy joins host Joshua Turek to discuss books about grief, growing up in L.A., and how Buy Nothing groups on Facebook might be the only hope for humanity. Aubrey and Josh are longtime friends on Twitter who meet for the first time.
Chicago and Seattle! Joshua is going to be headlining comedy shows in your cities CHICAGO Nov. 8 & 9 he will be headlining at The Comedy Bar tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879 and SEATTLE Oct. 25 at the Here-After tickets here: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/joshua-turek-here-after-tickets/13607144 for Joshua's poetry book hit up his site joshuaturek.com
For Aubrey Bellamy's work please check out her twitter https://x.com/aubreybell
Books talked about include:
Overdue by Amanda Oliver
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Golden Days by Carolyn See
U Up? by Catie Disabato
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Dress Up Gang Member (TBS, Cute House) and Molly Bro comedian, Cory Loykasek joins host Joshua Turek to talk Shawshank Redemption, Cormac McCarthy, Sapiens, and an ill-titled self help book called "The Way of the Superior Man". The longtime friends get deeper into books than they ever have in all their professed long conversations. Cory rightfully gives Josh crap for his terrible intro, Joshua tells Cory he loves him and reveals he was a fan of Cory before they were friends Cory might also take another stab at the Brothers Karamazov..
Chicago and Seattle! Joshua Turek's going to be doing comedy in your cities CHICAGO Nov. 7 & 8 he will be headlining at The Comedy Bar tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879 and SEATTLE Oct. 25 at the Here-After tickets here: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/joshua-turek-here-after-tickets/13607144 for Joshua's poetry book hit up his site joshuaturek.com
For Cory Loykasek's work please check him out on ig https://www.instagram.com/coryloykasek/?hl=en and Molly Bro https://www.instagram.com/officialmollybro/ plus Dress Up Gang https://www.instagram.com/dressupgang/
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Comedian, Venice Surfer, Bar Owner, Chris Gorbos starts with Anton Chekhov short stories and ends with Jack Reacher headbutting his way through cheap paperbacks. He and Joshua talk the passive joys of public transportation and how being in a good place in life helps with their reading. The two friends exchange ride sharing experiences they felt were unexpectedly profound and how they relate them to the story of a horse and buggy driver that Chris reads every year. Chris holds Josh's feet to the fire over how the idealist expects to build a better world and they both agree that reading shouldn't be a pretentious experience.
TOUR UPDATES: Joshua will be in Richmond, California September 16 & 18th doing stand up at the Factory Bar and in Chicago November 7 and 8 at the Comedy Bar downtown. Information and tickets available here: joshuaturek.com
Chris Gorbos can be found on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/chrisgorbos/?hl=en and his comedy theater in Santa Monica is here https://www.westsidecomedy.com/
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Editor of erotic fine art books for Taschen, Dian Hanson has shepherded works from legends like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ren Hang along with numerous adult photo books of high repute. She brings a few books from her esoteric collection of adult oddities and attempted encylopedias. Dian and Joshua discuss everything from Gen Z to sexual dysfunctions of the 1800's. TW: Adult Content and possible graphic disturbing imagery
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Teen Vogue journalist Lisa Kwon joins Joshua to talk about her contempt for summer and the joys of winter as represented by her book choices. She tells of one novel about a Red Lobster closing (timely) while another one “The Guest” by Emma Cline follows one woman’s purgatory through a summer in the Hamptons. Lisa and Joshua talk about both growing up on the periphery of L.A. and their feelings about palm trees.
check out Josh’s comedy tour dates (Bay Area and Chicago coming up!) and signed copies of his poetry book at joshuaturek.com
Lisa’s writing can be found first at https://www.instagram.com/lisaskwon?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
books talked about include:
”The Guest” by Emma Cline
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
The Image by Daniel J Boorstin
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Comedian and TV writer for "Dave" on FX, Biniam Bizuneh visits the podcast to talk about time travel, the power of the mind and placebo effect, coping with an unnatural world, the book "Fourth Wing" which he describes as "Harry Potter" meets "Game of Thrones" and starting an ayuhuasca smoothie bowl cafe.
For Josh's poetry book and tour dates visit joshuaturek.com he'll be in Portland Oregon on August 24th, 2024!
To check out Biniam's work go to his instagram https://www.instagram.com/biniambiz/?hl=en
Books talked about include
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarhos
Sapiens
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P by Adelle Waldman
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Empire of Illusions by Chris Hedges
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Comedian Simon Gibson has been seen on Amazon and NBC's Canonball, he joins Joshua to talk about the show they are co-headlining in Portland Oregon on Saturday night August 24th, 2024 so tell your Portland friends tickets are available here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/85326006/simon-gibson-joshua-turek-portland-mississippi-studios . They also discuss books, Simon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novels he has had since he was 5 years old and might not be worth the millions he thought? A memoir on stand up comedy he wishes he had read twice at different moments in his career. While Simon also explains how on of Josh's poems in his new debut poetry book reminds him of his time selling outdoor trailer campers during lockdown. Simon passionately opines about the Jurassic Park book by Michael Crichton that last week's guest Noah also talked about. Josh shares how a poet on instagram sent him his book and it was so good he almost cried on the bus ride over.
Simon Gibson can be found here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simeygibson/?hl=en
Web Site: https://simongibsonisfunny.com/
Signed copies of Josh's debut poetry book and tour dates are here:
joshuaturek.com
Books talked about include:
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
How to Succeed Without Really Crying by Carol Leifer
God of the Air Hose by Cesar Avelar
L.A. Confidential by Elmore Leonard
Kurt Vonnegut's first book
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Writer on the Seth Rogen television series "Platonic", Noah Findling stops by to talk about how he rekindled his love affair with reading by bringing "Jurrassic Park" on his honeymoon. He and Joshua get into their anxieties over the future, doomsday prepping, and how 401k plans might not be necessary in 30 years. Joshua talks starting the famous sci fi L.A. dystopian novel "Parable of the Sower" and Noah tells of how Philip Roth's bodily obsessions aligned with his own upbringing. We also read recommendations from listeners!
Portland Oregon and Richmond California get tickets to Joshua's upcoming comedy shows and for signed copies of his debut poetry book on JoshuaTurek.com
Check out Noah on instagram @noahbuilttheark and noahfindlingcomedy.com
Books talks bout include:
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Sphere by Michael Crichton
Portnoy's Compaint by Philip Roth
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
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Co-host of the Tea Time podcast, comedian Harper-Rose Drummond joins Joshua Turek to talk about crying over books and finding security in having three of them on your bed at all times. She describes falling in love with reading again during the pandemic and doing acid with her dad at a Grateful Dead concert right before that. Joshua brings a couple of downer books about the decay of the American empire while Harper sings the praises of a fantasy series called "The Assassins Blade". They also discuss the ethics of reading the popular erotic novel "A Court of Thorns and Roses" on a train.
Harper Rose-Drummond's instagram and podcast can be found here:
ig: https://www.instagram.com/harperrosed/?hl=en
podcast yt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HhYu0Ui4io
Signed copies of Joshua's debut poetry book and a list of his comedy tour dates can be found at joshuaturek.com PORTLAND, OREGON get tickets to his show August 24th at Mississippi Studios Theater here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/85326006/simon-gibson-joshua-turek-portland-mississippi-studios
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Books talked about include:
The Assassin's Blade by Sara J. Maas
A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sara J. Maas
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Image by Daniel J Boorstin
Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges
Jumping the Nail by Eve Bunting
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Rolling Stone journalist Miles Klee brings a selection of French melancholia, Jamaica Kincaid, and tells how Mark Twain inspired Wil E. Coyote and Looney Tunes. He and Joshua briefly bond over riding the bus in L.A. to get to the podcast recording and delve into the joy of an Irish Goodbye. After listening to Miles tell of a story where the protagonist hates being at a party in one of his books, Joshua even wonders if the entire pleasure for introverts at a party isn't building up enough tension to feel the relief of leaving.
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for touring dates and his debut poetry book visit joshuaturek.com
Books Talked About Include:
"True False" and "Ivyland" by Miles Klee
"Lucy" by Jamaica Kincaid
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain
"Downstream" by Joris-Karl Huysmans
"1984" "Down and Out in Paris and London" "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
"Any Person is the Only Self" by Elisa Gabbert
"The Voice Imitator" by Thomas Bernhard
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Comedy Central Half Hour Comedian and Finding My Audience podcast host, Allen Strickland Williams joins Joshua to discuss books written by his friends including one he calls the best book about comedy since Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up". They get into the best French Dip sandwich in downtown Los Angeles, a little Mike Davis per usual for Joshua, and how Allen's favorite Kurt Vonnegut book seems to be no one elses.
Books talked about include:
Running the Light by Sam Tallent
Driven to Distraction by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
Dead Cities by Mike Davis
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
You can find all things Allen Strickland WIlliams here https://www.allenstricklandwilliams.com/
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