Open A Fucking Book
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Do you like books and the people that write them? Then join our hosts, Stephanie and Kevin, as they dig deep into the histories and back stories of the world's most influential authors and the books that made them famous (or infamous).
You'll learn the ups and downs of their personal and professional lives and maybe, JUST MAYBE, it will shine a light on how and why they were able to write their novels, poems, short stories, fairy tales, tomes, children's books...yadda yadda yadda........ You get it! So what are you waiting for? LISTEN! Then go Open A Fucking Book!
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Weekday Cliff Notes: We Need A New Bookcase
August 19, 2020 03:05 - 39 minutes - 33.7 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Library supports urging help from Congress, a yet another Trump book, Stephanie buys a book on air, Kevin complains about it, no Comic-con, a book "review", the four books of the week, and much more. Faceless & Evil by Jon Thomas The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare A Room Called Earthby Madeleine Ryan The Organ Thieves : The Shocking Story of the First Hea...
The Performer: Part 1 - A Bunch Of Wankers
August 15, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Kevin's first world problems, our first Sci-fi/Comedy writer, some unique first words, an ever growing family, agnosticism, Dogma, hitchhiking around Europe, Footlights, comedy revues, Monty Python, and much more! Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Supp...
Weekday Cliff Notes: Complete And Utter Gobbledygook
August 12, 2020 02:19 - 37 minutes - 30.9 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a new Rick Gates memoir, Sean Hannity doesn't know latin and Stephanie dosen't know Sean Hannity, 4 books of the week, Stephanie reviews, and more. This Is My Americaby Kim Johnson Texas Flood : The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughanby Alan Paul and Andy Aledort What Is the Story of Dracula? by Michael Burgan and Who Hq and David Malan Evolutionby Teri Terry Umberland by Wendy Spinale Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO15...
The Educator: Part 3 - Milk A Boob Like A Cow
August 11, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: a trip back to Scandinavia, living in a small town, criticizing Gilbert, Letters, a new love, a new baby, nursing puppies, a ruined reputation, and much more. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Weekday Cliff Notes: How Will The Universe End, And How Can I Make It Happen Faster?
August 05, 2020 02:26 - 35 minutes - 29.6 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Kevin hates his job, Stephanie reads fast, a new Twilight, 4 new books, the kinds of books they like, and much more! Rules for Being Deadby Kim Powers The End of Everything :(astrophysically Speaking)by Katie Mack Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventureby Jeff Kinney House of Salt and Sorrowsby Erin A. Craig They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman Soulwalkers by Cassidy Thomas Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO...
The Educator: Part 2 - Uterine Furies
August 01, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Mary's move to France, the Revolution, a new love interest, an un-wed mother, changes in fashion, and much more. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code AUDIO15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Weekday Cliff Notes: Who Stops Reading After 30 Minutes? (Updated)
July 29, 2020 01:44 - 41 minutes - 33.4 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Stephanie's health, artistic license, GoT, E-readers vs. paper books, LOTR saved by trench fever, a 4 year old poet, this weeks four new books, and much more!! The End of Her by: Shari Lapena Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto by: Michelle Bowdler The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1 by: M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, and Elisa Paganelli A Wicked Magic by: Sasha Laurens The Ocean at the End of the ...
The Educator: Part 1 - GO WOMEN!
July 25, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBOn this first episode of our new series Stephanie and Kevin cover: our first non-American author and our second female author, we also go further back than we ever had before, a horrible childhood with an alcoholic father and a useless mother, the death of a friend, and much more. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parf...
Weekday Cliff Notes: He Broke The Spine
July 22, 2020 02:29 - 41 minutes - 33.2 MBOn this episode of Weekday Cliff Notes, Stephanie and Kevin cover: an argument over Poe, disrespecting fansites, new books, a young new author, taking care of books, and more. Malorie Autographed Editionby Josh Malerman The Answer Is . . .by Alex Trebek War Storiesby Gordon Korman Girl from Nowhereby Tiffany Rosenhan Diggle the Dog by Ronin Breitner Bewitched by Darynda Jones Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Mea...
The Junkie: Part 5 - Cronenberg Up The Whole Thing
July 18, 2020 05:00 - 2 hours - 93.2 MBOn the Fifth and FINAL episode of the series, Stephanie and Kevin cover: Billy Jr.'s illness, the Nova Convention, Bill's final move, CATS, an opera, one of the most famous singer/songwriters at the time, shotgun paintings, a new book deal, more death (obviously), and much more. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfai...
Weekday Cliff Notes: It's HOR-ROR!
July 15, 2020 02:47 - 34 minutes - 25.3 MBOn this weekday episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: New books coming out, some new info about the president, why they haven't seen Hamilton, Stephanie needing every book in a series, and much more. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Little Poet Edgar Allan Poe : Nevermore! by Kate Coombs and Carme Lemniscates The Extraordinaries by Tj Klune Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our cod...
The Junkie: Part 4: - Wonderful Judo Outfits
July 11, 2020 05:00 - 2 hours - 97.7 MBOn this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: Bill and Billy Jr.'s reunion, harassment in Tangier, meeting one of the most famous men in the world, finding a new friend, and loosing a lover. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Weekday Cliff Notes: Tape Those Things Down
July 09, 2020 19:43 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBOn our first of (hopefully) many Weekday Cliff Notes Shows Stephanie and Kevin cover: What they're reading, new books coming out, the problem with book movies, all their favorite shows being cancelled, and much more. Please subscribe, rate, and review Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Junkie: Part 3 - Purple-Assed Baboons
July 04, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBOn this weeks episode Stephanie and Kevin talk about: Bill's on going affair with Kiki, drugs, drugs, and more drugs, whatever "scrying" is, cut-ups, and more. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Junkie: Part 2 - Brutal, Bloody, And Degrading
June 27, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBIn episode 2 of our series on William S. Burroughs Jr. we cover his introduction to the Beat Generation, a new long term relationship, not one, but TWO murders, his first move to Tangier, and much more. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Junkie: Part 1 - It Was A Weird Family
June 20, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBIn today's episode Stephanie and Kevin take you back to the early 1900's to cover the early life of one of the most influential and controversial authors in American History. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Southern Tomboy: Part 2 - Truman Capote-Hole
June 13, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBStephanie and Kevin cover To Kill A Mockingbird, an abandoned true crime novel, why she always took the train, Go Set A Watchman, and more. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Black Lives Matter
June 06, 2020 03:00 - 3 minutes - 2.65 MBAudio Parfait is participating in the media blackout to help raise awareness of police brutality in the black community. Audio Parfait stands with the protesters and the Black Lives Mattermovement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/openafbook/message ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Southern Tomboy: Part 1 - She Doesn't Sing "Hot In Here".
May 30, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThis episode Stephanie and Kevin cover their first female author. Her childhood friend that she helps with his own piece of literary history, her family, and a nationally known court case that helped shape here writings. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Shadow Boxer: Part 2 - Instead Of Bang Bang, It's Pew Pew!
May 23, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBIn our second and final episode on Robert E. Howard, Stephanie and Kevin cover Robert's growing success in the PULPS, his only real girlfriend, his mother's failing health, and his mental decline. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Shadow Boxer: Part 1 - Are You Pregnant?
May 16, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBIn today's episode, Stephanie and Kevin delve into the early life and works of the Creator of Sword & Sorcery........Robert E. Howard. They cover his parents, his hatred of authority, and his introduction into the PULPS. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Riverboat Pilot: Part 3 - Homeboy Had Other Dreams
May 09, 2020 14:30 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBIn our third and final episode on Mark Twain, Stephanie and Kevin cover: More death finds it's way into Sam's life, his interesting friendships, the last of his writings, and some profitable inventions. Click to read "A Horse's Tale" Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Pa...
The Riverboat Pilot: Part 2 - They Made A Hipster Version Of Huckleberry Finn?
May 02, 2020 16:30 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBIn part two of our series on Mark Twain, Stephanie and Kevin cover: Huck Finn and the controversy around him, Twain's financial troubles, and the long awaited obsession that he studied for half his life. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The Riverboat Pilot: Part 1 -Your Father's Hand In Marriage
April 25, 2020 20:30 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBStephanie and Kevin take you back to the mid-to-late 19th century to learn about a riverboat pilot that would become one of America's most famous authors. Go to TheBeardStruggle.com and use our code KEVINY15 for 15% off your order at checkout Please rate and review wherever you listen. Donate to our Patreon at patreon.com/audioparfait Part of the Audio Parfait Podcast Network ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★