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The Radcracker Podcast

326 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

Great book recommendations and reviews from a full-time trucker who reads a little of everything! Part of the DreadPennies Media Network. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

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Ep 054 I'm On A Boat

July 17, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MB

"The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown, and "Unbroken" by Lauren Hillenbrand --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 053 Get In The Boat, Ya Blaggards!!!

July 15, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MB

"Bloody Jack" by LA Meyer and "Powder Monkey" by Paul Dowswell --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From The Road: Bob the Inept Drill Operator

July 12, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 6.64 MB

(Republished July 2022) Don't be like Bob. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 052 Comic Relief

July 10, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

"Atomic Robo" by Brian Clevinger and "Skullkickers" by Jim Zubkavich --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 051 Different Ways To Die

July 08, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MB

"The End of Night" by Paul Bogard and "Extreme Makeover" by Dan Wells --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From the Road: The One That Got Away

July 05, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

(Republished July 2022) In trucking, everything is your fault. But in blasting, that can be...massaged a little. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 50 Ungrateful Colonials

July 04, 2019 12:00 - 9 minutes - 8.84 MB

"1776" by David McCullough and "George Washington's Secret Six" by Brian Kilmeade --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 049 Giant Robots FROM SPACE!!!

July 02, 2019 16:03 - 8 minutes - 8.47 MB

"Sleeping Giants," by Sylvain Neuvel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

End of June Report

July 01, 2019 12:00 - 9 minutes - 4.74 MB

What I read in the month of June 2019 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 048 What's In Your Head

June 26, 2019 17:36 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MB

"Calvin" by Martine Leavitt and "The Hollow City" by Dan Wells --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 047 Good Grief

June 24, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

"Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography" by David Michaelis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From the Road: Here Comes the Boom

June 24, 2019 04:38 - 12 minutes - 6.28 MB

(Republished July 2022) Let's talk about blast crew. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Summer Reading List (I'm Back)

June 19, 2019 12:20 - 7 minutes - 3.89 MB

A long list of good reads to fill the dog days of summer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Short-Term Announcement

June 10, 2019 12:00 - 1 minute - 765 KB

I'm taking a brief hiatus from the podcast to focus on the needs of a family member. I appreciate your understanding. Thank you, fellow brethren of the truck. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From the Road: Asleep at the Wheel

June 07, 2019 13:10 - 18 minutes - 17 MB

Being tired just comes with the job. There are ways to manage it and things you should definitely avoid. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ep 046 D-Day Revisited

June 05, 2019 11:42 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MB

"The United States of Japan" by Peter Tieryas, and "The Only Thing to Fear" by Caroline Tung Richmond --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 045 You're the Mann Now Dawg

June 03, 2019 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

"1491," "1493," and "The Wizard and the Prophet" by Charles C. Mann --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

End of May report

June 01, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 8.79 MB

I read 19 books this month. Yikes. But a lot of them were good! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From the Road: Ballarat

May 31, 2019 12:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

(Republished July 2022) You've never heard of this town until now. I guarantee it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 044 One Thing Led To Another

May 28, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB

"The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss and "Empire of Silence" by Christopher Ruocchio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 043 Memorial Day Special

May 27, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 6.84 MB

"Flags of our Fathers" by James Bradley --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From The Road: Safety Time!

May 24, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

The least desired and yet most necessary position in the company is the safety dude. And it sucks. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ep 042 Past Russia, Future Ireland

May 22, 2019 12:00 - 9 minutes - 9.43 MB

"Tetris" by Box Brown, and "The Supernaturalist" by Eoin Colfer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 041 A Bone to Pick

May 20, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

"The Last Lost World" by Stephen & Lydia Pyne, and "American Monster" by Paul Semonin. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From The Road: Tonight, We Invade Canada!

May 17, 2019 12:30 - 14 minutes - 14.1 MB

(Republished July 2022) My carrier paid me extra to go into Canada, so I went as often as possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 040 With and Without Magic

May 15, 2019 12:30 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MB

"Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose, and "Uncharted" by Kevin J. Anderson & Sarah Hoyt. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 039 A World Without Death

May 13, 2019 12:10 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MB

"Scythe" and "Thunderhead" by Neal Shusterman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From the Road: Stuck in the Dirt

May 10, 2019 12:30 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MB

(Republished July 2022) Hauling potatoes, gypsum, and hay for fun and profit. Lol really just profit. Lol really just for hauling oh man I am so sad. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 038 I'm Super Thanks For Asking

May 08, 2019 12:30 - 9 minutes - 8.86 MB

"Arsenal" by Jeffrey Haskell and "Ex-Heroes" by Peter Clines --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 037 Innies and Outies

May 06, 2019 12:30 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MB

"How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie, and "Quiet" by Susan Cain. Extroverts v introverts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From the Road: Flying Solo

May 03, 2019 12:11 - 10 minutes - 10.2 MB

(Republished July 2022) I was out from under my trainer's thumb and flying free on the American highways! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 036 This But With That

May 01, 2019 13:30 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MB

"His Majesty' Dragon" (Temeraire) by Naomi Novik, and "Hard Magic" (Grimnoir) by Larry Correia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

End of April Report

April 30, 2019 14:30 - 2 minutes - 1.23 MB

Nine more books in the...books. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 035 Battle Born

April 29, 2019 14:20 - 13 minutes - 13.2 MB

"Area 51" by Annie Jacobsen and "Dry" by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 034 Completely Unrelated

April 24, 2019 13:29 - 12 minutes - 12 MB

"The Likeness" by Tana French, and "Truman" by David McCullough --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 033 Ladies' Night

April 22, 2019 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

"Lemon Tart" by Josi Kilpack and "Call the Midwife" by Jennifer Worth --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales From the Road: Training Day

April 19, 2019 14:24 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB

(Republished July 2022) My four-week training run in 2013 was a grueling sprint across 28 states. Here's how it worked. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 032 Bring Me That Horizon

April 17, 2019 11:48 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MB

"On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers, and "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 031 ¡Extravaganza Española!

April 15, 2019 04:06 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Get inundated with Spain books! "History of Spain: Land on a Crossroads" by Joyce E. Salisbury; "The Food of Spain" by Claudia Roden; "El Cid," by Anonymous; "The Adventures of Captain Alatriste," by Arturo Perez y Reverte. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales from the Road: Class is in Session

April 12, 2019 05:13 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

(Republished July 2022) What trucking school entailed, what I learned, and how it ended. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 030 Weaponized Storytelling

April 10, 2019 05:21 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

"The Paradise War" by Stephen R. Lawhead and "Icefall" by Matthew J. Kirby --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 029 Hunting Season

April 08, 2019 05:55 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB

"Monster Hunter International" by Larry Correia, and "The Cardturner" by Louis Sachar --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Tales from the Road: Have A Backup Plan

April 05, 2019 05:01 - 12 minutes - 6.1 MB

(Republished July 2022) The way that I ended up becoming a trucker was not perhaps the most glamorous. But I'm glad I did it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 028 Space Vikings in Space

April 03, 2019 23:10 - 11 minutes - 11.3 MB

"Dream of the Iron Dragon" by Rob Kroese, and "Skyward" by Brandon Sanderson. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 027 Cruisin' Canada

April 01, 2019 03:37 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

Let's have us some airship adventures with "Airborn", "Skybreaker", and "Starclimber" by Kenneth Oppel. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

End of March Report

March 31, 2019 00:12 - 10 minutes - 5.34 MB

Frigging FOURTEEN books this month --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 026 Old Wars, New Tricks

March 28, 2019 04:46 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

"Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest, and "Leviathan" by Scott Westerfeld. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Bonus Episode: Press Forward Saints

March 27, 2019 16:38 - 1 minute - 623 KB

You can read my short story, "The Lost City of Jarom," in Mormon Steampunk Vol.3, link below! Press Forward Saints (A Mormon Steampunk Anthology Book 3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NSJMQBV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_tz6MCbSZ8367J --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 025 Take a Hike

March 25, 2019 12:31 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

The Appalachian Trail is 2100 miles of wild and beautiful wilderness. "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson, and "North" by Scott and Jenny Jurek, will show two different approaches to hiking the whole thing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

Ep 024 Aim Higher

March 21, 2019 05:42 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB

"The Permission Society" by Timothy Sandefur and "The Buntline Special" by Mike Resnick. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radcracker/support

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