The Radcracker Podcast
326 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreat 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 MBWhat 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 MBA 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 KBI'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 MBBeing 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 MBI 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 MBThe 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 MBNine 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 MBGet 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 MBLet'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 MBFrigging 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 KBYou 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 MBThe 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