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Comedian best friends open a book they've never read and start reading at page 69 and goof on it.

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POST 69-Into the Wild- Not a lot to Learn

July 04, 2019 16:46 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

We do a wikipedia deep dive and learn more about Into the Wild. Fun riffs, but limited educational content cause the book really speaks for itself. Get into it!

Ep 50: "Into the Wild"

July 01, 2019 04:21 - 1 hour - 65.2 MB

Episode 50! Wowza!  Ben and CJ read "Into the Wild". A magazine story turned book turned movie turned podcast episode. Goofs include: Two men in trains heading towards each other, the wilderness, and writing letters to the newspaper.

POST 69-A Million Little Pieces-We get to the bottom of all this

June 28, 2019 18:04 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Post show! Ben and CJ do an internet deep dive on A Million Little Pieces and actually end up learning! Crazy.

Ep 49: "A Million Little Pieces"

June 24, 2019 04:17 - 1 hour - 66.6 MB

CJ and Ben read "A Million Little Pieces" the book that divided a nation when the author lied to Oprah! It's a bunch of made up bullshit about drug recovery by a guy who lied to Oprah. Goofs include TV shows changing midway through, the Pokemon epilepsy video, and having dental work done  

POST 69-War and Peace-Pacifism and Aggression

June 20, 2019 06:59 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

Great post episode! We learn about War and Peace!  Goofs include kicking ass, weird al, and manga

Ep 48: "War and Peace"

June 17, 2019 06:19 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

Ben and CJ read "War and Peace"! It's pretty good! We enter in at a fun dance! Goofs include Russians and Italians fighting over track suits, a podcast about fighting with your friends, and DJ Khaled loving his son

POST 69-Tuesdays with Morrie-The Best TV Movie ever made

June 13, 2019 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MB

The bros deep dive on Wikipedia and learn about Tuesdays with Morrie. Goofs include what's the best TV movie, detroit sucks, Dave Barry, and more!

Ep 47: "Tuesdays with Morrie"

June 10, 2019 04:36 - 1 hour - 61 MB

CJ and Ben read Tuesdays with Morrie! It's an inspirational story and a fun read. The goofs are absolutely on fire. We had doughnuts before we recorded. Goofs include: A reunion of our most popular voices, a little boy with implants, and so much more! Great ep! Get into it

POST 69 Perks of Being a Wallflower-Sad Learning

June 06, 2019 07:06 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Ben and CJ deep dive into the wikipedia for Perks of Being a Wallflower! 

Ep 46: "Perks of Being a Wallflower"

June 03, 2019 05:19 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

Ben and CJ read "Perks of Being a Wallflower"! A drippy teen drama about complaining. Ben hates it and has a bit of a break down! Goofs include sonic the hedgehog advocating celibacy, frozen yogurt, and overreacting to stuff that happens at work 

POST 69-Fifty Shades of Grey-What is Merit in Art?

May 30, 2019 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

Apologies for the late upload! We had problems with our podcast host. We deep dive and learn more about Fifty Shades of Grey! Fun little romp through the internet and culture. Riffs include Stephanie Meyer, selling 125 million copies, and making art that touches people

Ep 45: "Fifty Shades of Grey"

May 27, 2019 03:27 - 1 hour - 74.3 MB

Well, we finally did it! We read the damn sex book. CJ and Ben read Fifty Shades of Grey, a book about business and BDSM. Great episode. Tell your friends. Goofs include Tony the fat realtor, victorian era voices, and did they or didn't they boink?

POST 69-Jane Eyre- Breakfast foods again

May 23, 2019 07:13 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Hot damn what a great post 69. We do a wikipedia dive on Jane Eyre. I won't spoil it for you, but you're gonna learn a lot about stuff.

Ep 44: "Jane Eyre"

May 20, 2019 21:44 - 1 hour - 66.9 MB

A late upload but it was worth the wait! The riffs are on fire this episode. Ben and CJ read "Jane Eyre"! Goofs include high society, breakfast vs lunch vs breakfast, CBS show ads and so much more! Tell your friends!

POST 69- The Fountainhead-Opinions, Politics, and Spending

May 15, 2019 06:18 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

New Post! We learn more about Ayn Rand and boy was she vengeful and generally had shitty opinions. Goofs include Cthulu, Instagram fans, and universal consciousness.

Ep 43: "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand

May 13, 2019 06:27 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB

CJ and Ben read the steaming pile of crud that is The Fountainhead. Ayn Rand is mean and shitty! Also, Ben is sick this episode, but the goofs stay great. Goofs include: Duke Nukem, Dance Videos, Capitalism, and so much more!

POST 69-The Notebook-Brought to You Not Live

May 09, 2019 05:44 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

Post 69 time! Which is going to be posting on Thursdays from now on, to help you get through that mid week slump. We learn about The Notebook and tell you about our weekend at the Southwest Chief Festival, where we recorded our first live episode.  Goofs include: Fighting racist white guys, stealing from racist white guys, spoilers, and more!

Ep 42: "The Notebook"-LIVE FROM SOUTHWEST CHIEF

May 06, 2019 05:04 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MB

LIVE from the Southwest Chief Comedy Festival, Ben and CJ read "The Notebook", which is a romantic book. We recorded this from a funeral home and it's one of our best episodes! Too many great goofs to just pick 3. Just listen to it.

POST 69- One Hundred Years of Solitude-Outsider Art

May 01, 2019 06:02 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

Post 69 about One Hundred Years of Solitude! Educational episode! We talk about Wesley Willis, Micro Machines, Avant Garde Art, and more!

Ep 41: "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

April 29, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

By far the goofiest podcast yet. Ben and CJ barely read One Hundred Years of Solitude, a magical realism story about a whole Latin American town and family. The pod is a real fuck around fest. Great goofs throughout, including Elvis, The Nobel Prize, Dyanamite Antidote Salt, and so much more.

POST 69-"No Country for Old Men"-Reddit and Pop Albums

April 24, 2019 03:14 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

Aftershow! Ben and CJ discuss No Country for Old Men, reddit comments, Katy Perry vs Michael Jackson, and of course Crispy McChicken

Ep 40: "No Country for Old Men"

April 22, 2019 02:47 - 1 hour - 63.5 MB

Ben and CJ read "No Country for Old Men"! It's a crime western that was made into a movie. Great episode. Goofs include: Crispy McChicken, John Wayne (Gacy), Big Bird, and so much more!

Ep 39: "Water for Elephants"

April 15, 2019 05:38 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

HOT FUCK what an episode. We read "Water for Elephants" A romantic drama set in the circus that was also a movie, apparently? Lot of killer goofs. Goofs include John F Kennedy, John F Kennedy, John F Kennedy, and we slip in some JFK impressions too. 

POST 69: "Fight Club"- Punch Drunk Club

April 10, 2019 05:32 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

The boys go in depth on Fight Club, and it turns out it sucks and kind of so does Chuck Palahniuk? The episode is super funny and full of crusher goofs like maid fights, Brad Pitt is underrated, and Improv everywhere.  

Ep 38: "Fight Club"

April 08, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 63 MB

Ben and Cj read "Fight Club"! Which is Eat Pray Love for aggro white male teens. First rule of Fight Club is go to a therapist. Goofs include: Beating up your friends, Hockey Fights the game, and James Blake vs James Blunt.

POST 69: "Kama Sutra": April Fools and also sex

April 03, 2019 03:39 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

After show! Turns out we're not really changing the format of the podcast! But we are reading up on the Kama Sutra. No spoilers, just listen

Ep 37: Kama Sutra

April 01, 2019 04:58 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

Special April 1st release! We read the Kama Sutra because we are now a podcast about fuckin'! The people have spoken! The Kama Sutra is a guide to living that people think is a picturebook of sex positions. It's an interesting read! Goofs include: Sex education, the story of a lonely woman in New York, and we get into a detailed guide to picking up prostitutes at a bath house and receiving oral sex from a man

POST 69: "The Fault in Our Starts"- Reviewing an Entire Life

March 27, 2019 02:12 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

It's the after show! This episode we goof on John Green's approach to life, social media, getting blown at 130mph and Justin Bieber

Ep 36: "The Fault in Our Stars"

March 25, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Dang, what an episode! Ben and CJ read the teen drama love story "The Fault in Our Stars". It's a great book and one of our recent best goof sessions. Goofs include: Relient K, Make a Wish, and how Only the Good Die Young. Listen to it. Tell your pals.

POST 69: "Ulysses"- History Classes and Shit Like That

March 20, 2019 04:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

Post show for Ulysses! Goofs include: Goatse, Telling the alt right to hurt themselves, and 200 page sentences, the Irish catholics and more!

Ep 35: "Ulysses" by James Joyce

March 18, 2019 05:14 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

A smart people book read by your dumbest, funniest, podcast pals! CJ and Ben read Ulysses! Goofs include: Women have nice apartments, KFC, Girls Gone Wild, and Jackie Chan adventures

POST 69: "Flowers for Algernon"- Don't Say It

March 13, 2019 03:53 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

Fun post episode! Goofs include: Mental disability, Jacking off to a beat, the Academy Awards, and what really happened during 9/11

Ep 34: "Flowers for Algernon"

March 11, 2019 06:10 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

Oh golly what a bundle of fun. Ben and CJ read everyone's favorite high school reading book, Flowers for Algernon. We have a lot of fun despite it being sad.  Goofs include: Make Christmas music original, our own egos, albinos, and more!  

POST 69: "Sound and the Fury"-Boy that clears it up

March 06, 2019 20:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

On the post show, we really clear some things up. Ben and CJ find out why this week's book was so confusing and have some hilarious riffs along the way. Super glad we did the post show, honestly. This would have made no sense without it

Ep 33: "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

March 04, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

HOT EPISODE ALERT. CJ and Ben read "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner. It's...confusing! But we are absolutely hilarious this episode. We goof our way through this book, and talk Smash Burger, Marc Maron, Disney World drinks, Crusts on cheeseburgers and more! Also, check out this week's Post 69, where we do end up finding out why the book is so weird.

POST 69: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"- Debuting the post show!

February 27, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

New mini episode! We're gonna start doing an after show that releases on Wednesdays! It's the show after the show!  We do a deep dive and probably fall down a wikipedia link rabbit hole on the book we just spent an hour dunking on. This week we find out more about the book we covered in Episode 32-"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Goofs include: Long Island Medium, Banned Books, Small Towns, and more! 

Ep 32: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey

February 25, 2019 05:35 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Aw frick yeah! New Page 69! Hilarious and funny book podcast coming at you. Ben and CJ read "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". A book about a baller in a nuthouse. It's pretty good! Goofs include: Where did all the emo kids go, bird watching, the honeymooners, and more! 

Ep 31: "Winnie the Pooh" by A. A. Milne

February 17, 2019 04:30 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

Pooh bear, Winnie the pooh bear! Holy crap! CJ and Ben read "Winnie the Pooh" by A. A. Milne. It's a classic and it holds up! Goofs include: Grandpa voices, the TV show theme song, giving your kids acid, Eeyore's depression, and more! 

Ep 30: "Rainbow Six" by Tom Clancy

February 11, 2019 05:56 - 59 minutes - 54 MB

Boy do we get distracted this episode! We read like a whole page of Tom Clancy's military action novel "Rainbow Six" before getting way bored by the baby boomer murder fantasy pandering. The goofs are great though! Goofs include: The entire damn episode.

Ep 29: Stephen King's "The Mist"

February 04, 2019 06:09 - 1 hour - 68.6 MB

What a banger of a doozy we have this week. Great ep. We read Stephen King's horror novel turned movie turned book again "The Mist". It's good! Stephen King is a good writer. Goofs include The Carny Lifestyle, saying "My Pleasure" at Chick Fil A, Scientology, how everyone in Maine loves to shit their pants, and more!

Ep 28 "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer

January 28, 2019 06:11 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Ben and CJ finally read Twilight! A moody vampire teen love story that made a whole generation of teens horny. It's...slightly better than expected? Goofs include: Edward is a pedophile, our Estonian fanbase, do vampires boof, and high school seating arrangements.

Ep 27: "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S Thompson

January 21, 2019 05:43 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

HOT DAMN. We read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S Thompson. A book about how much Las Vegas sucks. And drugs. Mostly drugs. And because of that, we talk about drugs the whole time too. Goofs include drugs, being on meth, the concept of improv, and so many personal stories!

Ep 26: "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert

January 14, 2019 05:33 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

Hot damn, what an episode! Probably our best ever! We read "Eat, Pray, Love" and it's great. The book is charming and the goofs are on fire. Goofs include Hitler's book club, Gilbert Gottfried, Italians, Cake, and achieving inner peace.

Ep 25: "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

January 07, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

We're back for the New Year! We read "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens. Goofs include the holidays, upstairs neighbors, and salty McDonalds

Ep 24: "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

December 24, 2018 07:40 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MB

Just in time for Christmas, we read the OG spooky vampire book "Dracula"! Great episode where half the text is a weird Transylvanian hobo ranting! Goofs include: Twilight, Tim Curry, trying to decipher awkward conversations, sexualizing the homeless for profit, and so much more! Get into it! Tell your friends!

Ep 23: "Bridges of Madison County"

December 17, 2018 06:07 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

Ben and CJ read "Bridges of Madison County"! It's a romantic romp, but mostly it's about this idiot taking a bunch of pictures. Goofs include famed photographer Asshole Adams, a nice lady at Goodwill, folk remedies, and so much more!

Ep 22: "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

December 10, 2018 06:42 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

Ben and CJ read "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. A book about finding yourself or something. We're bad at paying attention. Get out your sparknotes, we're going back to school! Goofs include the natural state of gold, alchemy, and healing crystals. 

Ep 21: "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger

December 03, 2018 07:35 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

It's season 2! A new season! Which means new books! Specifically-more popular books. But we still have the same giggles and goofs you know and love. CJ and Ben read "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. A book about a whiny teen named Holden. Goofs include why did this book make people shoot people, our own teenage years, and cum.

Episode 20: "Seducing the Rabbi" by Jala Pfaff

November 26, 2018 07:37 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

Ben and CJ read "Seducing the Rabbi" by Jala Pfaff, a romance novel in the vein of Sex and the City! The protagonist tries to get laid a lot, basically. It's a fun episode! Goofs include how our listeners owe us 2 billion dollars, snack ideas, and sleeping with your teacher.  The world's funniest book podcast-Page 69 is sponsored by Audible. Get a free 30 day trial and a free audio book download at audibletrial.com/page69 Stay in touch with the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Page69...

Episode 19: "Flight Deck" by Robb White

November 19, 2018 06:54 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

Hot new episode! We also get pretty dirty on this episode! We read "Flight Deck" by Robb White, a thriller about a pilot during World War 2. We get genuinely invested in the story! Goofs include country singers wanting to bang dogs, Lady Gaga, cancelling racism, and much more! This episode has something for everyone! Listen now, baby. The world's funniest book podcast-Page 69 is sponsored by Audible. Get a free 30 day trial and a free audio book download at audibletrial.com/page69 Stay i...