Poorly Explained
104 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Two idiots. One podcast. An endless supply of books. Whats a person to do? Join us, Rebekah Price and Elliott Roberts on our reading adventures as we explain books, summarize plot lines, and do horrible impressions of characters. What can we say? When life gives you literature, explain it poorly.
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Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shannara Part 2
August 04, 2022 06:28 - 33 minutes - 48.7 MBReady to dive into that Shannussy? Then join us tonussy for The Swussy of Shanussy! ...I mean Part 2 of Terry Brooks novel, The Sword of Shannara!!
Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shannara Part 1
July 07, 2022 01:52 - 30 minutes - 42.8 MBWelcome to Sword of the Rings, home of Bauron and Gnome Gnurses! Introducing Terry Brooks': The Sword of Shannara Part 1!
Louis Sachar: Holes
June 23, 2022 06:43 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBThis podcast is full of holes...looking to be filled.... With wholesome feelings you pervert don't be gross!
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001: A Space Odyssey
May 12, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 41.8 MBLove God, Kill God, Be God? Its a scifi book about aliens, so which one of these will it be? Join us to find out with Arthur C. Clarke's famous novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey!
J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan
April 21, 2022 00:27 - 24 minutes - 36.7 MBBek needs to wash their brain out with soap! Join us for what Bek thought was going to be a wholesome books, but turned into a mass murder full of racism as we roast J.M. Barrie's children's story: Peter Pan!
Drew Magary: The Hike
April 05, 2022 04:17 - 37 minutes - 55 MBCrab? Crab. We love Crab. Join us for Drew Magary's whiplash novel, The Hike!
Zen Cho: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
March 03, 2022 08:13 - 32 minutes - 49.1 MBA pretty simp and an emotionally stunted clay man with their bald follower of god? What else can two idiots ask for?? Enjoy Zen Cho's novella: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water!!!
Kathryn Lasky: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
February 15, 2022 05:12 - 38 minutes - 57.7 MBGuess whose (hoo)turn it is to do the episode...again? The good egg of the batch, Elliott comes soaring in to bring you Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole!. Sorry for the puns, Bek's feeling a bit peckish!
Dan Simmons: Hyperion Part 2
January 27, 2022 08:33 - 51 minutes - 61.7 MBWe're off to see the Shrike! The wonderful Shrike of Hyperion! Because Because Because we hate everything he does! Join us for the second part of Dan Simmons classic Sci Fi novel, Hyperion!
Dan Simmons: Hyperion
January 12, 2022 07:48 - 36 minutes - 51.8 MBElliott's currently favorite book? An entire chapter dedicated to doing the naughty? You enjoying us talk about a sci-fi book with amazing art? Its more likely than you think! Join us for Dan Simmons classic sci-fi novel, Hyperion!
Dan Simmons: Hyperion Part 1
January 12, 2022 07:48 - 36 minutes - 51.8 MBElliott's currently favorite book? An entire chapter dedicated to doing the naughty? You enjoying us talk about a sci-fi book with amazing art? Its more likely than you think! Join us for Dan Simmons classic sci-fi novel, Hyperion!
Frank Herbert: Dune Part 1
December 15, 2021 22:15 - 42 minutes - 47.7 MBWho was going to tell Bek that Dune is nothing like Tremors, or were they supposed to find out by reading themselves? Join us for the first half of Dune (which is nothing like tremors) by the illustrious Frank Herbert!
Nghi Vo: The Empress of Salt and Fortune
December 01, 2021 07:48 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBSuprise! Not the track you thought, but the one you deserve ;) Enjoy the book Bek found by accident, but enjoyed way more thanthey should have! Presenting Nghi Vo's LGBTQ+ novel: The Empress of Salt and Fortune!
Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla
November 09, 2021 22:24 - 22 minutes - 33.2 MBContinuing the theme with the gay vampire, we have THE Lesbian Queen Vampire herself, Carmilla! And she does not disappoint! Listen as Bek simps over the two lesbians learning to love and murder in Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire book (which Bram Stoker's Dracula was based off of), Carmilla!
S. T. Gibson: A Dowry Of Blood
October 27, 2021 03:57 - 39 minutes - 48.4 MBNews flash! Vampires have always been gay! Enjoy the reoccurring guest star read uncomfy sex scenes in their best Count Chocula voice with S. T. Gibson's queer vampire book, A Dowry Of Blood!
James Patterson: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
October 12, 2021 18:48 - 29 minutes - 41.4 MBWere back with the teen novels! And this time there's birds, but who remembers that when we have a early 2000's makeover to talk about! Join us as we flash back to how much we either loved or would have loved this book as middle schoolers with James Patterson's young adult novel, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment!!
Elise Kova: A Deal With the Elf King
October 01, 2021 05:04 - 25 minutes - 37 MBTwilight with elves instead of vampires? Its more likely than you think! Join us talk about a girl and her magic wolf! Oh and I guess there's some elves also.... Presenting Elise Kova's A Deal With the Elf King!
Andy Weir: The Martian
August 28, 2021 05:04 - 24 minutes - 36.4 MBThis guy really hates potatoes. JOIN US FOR THE POTATO FILLED BOOK The Martian, by beloved author Andy Weir!
William Goldman: The Princess Bride
August 16, 2021 04:07 - 20 minutes - 29 MBIf only this book had Billy Crystal narrating. Instead we get Elliott's impression of Buttercup. JOIN US! For the classic fantasy comedy novel by William Goldman, The Princess Bride!!!
Christopher Paolini: Eragon
August 03, 2021 01:05 - 42 minutes - 59.3 MBDragons? Oh my my! Join us as we enjoy the first half of the book, the large jelly bean, the nega-dilf, and the one random tidbit about religious lore, then roast the rest in Christopher Paolini's famous first book in the Inheritance series: Eragon!
Annie Proulx: Brokeback Mountain
July 19, 2021 03:28 - 20 minutes - 30.6 MBWe only have three words to say about this book... Guns goin' off. Join us for the game changing book about the gay mens (they exist), Annie Proulx's novella: Brokeback Mountain!
J. R. R. Tolkien: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
July 06, 2021 04:01 - 38 minutes - 55.4 MBWe have been around for 50 episodes! Wow! Join us for the big celebration for J. R. R. Tolkien's (or Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien as Elliott says)ground breaking fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring!
Sayaka Murata: Convenience Store Woman
June 22, 2021 22:34 - 21 minutes - 31.8 MBWe live in a society! And sometimes all we want in that society is to be a convivence store woman! Join us as we talk about housing incels, and being honest to yourself in Sayaka Murata's stand out novel, Convenience Store Woman!!
Max Brooks: World War Z
June 01, 2021 04:30 - 25 minutes - 23 MBYay Zombies! But wait, this isn't anything like the movie? Wait! Its BETTER! Join us as Bek talks about Paul Redeker (more like freaks out, lets be honest), and Elliott hum (as one does), in Max Brooks FANTASTIC novel (and audio book) Minecraft: The Mountain...just kidding! Zombies here we come! Welcome to World War Z!
Koushun Takami: Battle Royale
May 17, 2021 05:02 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBWhat can we say? This book is better than Hunger Games in our opinion plus, it has a cheese cult classic movie to go along with it! Join us for Koushun Takami's best seller in Japan: Battle Royale!!!
H. G. Wells: Time Machine
May 03, 2021 04:02 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBTime Travel? Children that aren't children?! Giant crabs?!? Futurama?!?! That sure is a lot in a very short episode! Please enjoy H. G. Wells: Time Machine!
Carl Sagan: Contact
April 19, 2021 21:59 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBAlien and science talk galore! We understand neither, but hey, its okay cause the Earth isn't part of the galactic federation! Join us for Carl Sagan's novel: Contact!!
Neil Gaiman: Stardust
April 05, 2021 03:13 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBBek finally got to do their favorite novel! Not only that, but Elliott gets to listen to them simp about Michelle Pfeiffer...whoops! Anyway, join us as we talk about the sweet boi Tristran and his star lady dom! Introducing Neil Gaiman's novel: Stardust!!
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
March 23, 2021 05:39 - 18 minutes - 27.9 MBA Time Fruit? A Watch Tangerine? A Sundial Clementine? Either way, this book was shorter than expected, written in a not-English English and contained mass amounts of ULTRA-VIOLENCE (so trigger warnings for those who do not know about this book...like Bek...). Presenting Anthony Burgess (least favorite novel he has written): A Clockwork Orange!
Isaac Asimov: I, Robot
March 09, 2021 04:30 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBWe have a guest this episode! Please enjoy Kaylee read one quote then give up and let Bekah do it instead while she contemplates the lack of robotic boobs! What can we say, we can help but explain it poorly! Introducing Isaac Asimov's novel that the movie is nothing like: I, Robot (and please know...Will Smith is not in it).
Marlon James: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
February 23, 2021 05:01 - 38 minutes - 55.2 MBHappy Black History Month! Pleas enjoy the gay, the mispronunciation, and the entire time of Bekah loving Mossi! Presenting Marlon James's Black Leopard, Red Wolf!
Fannie Flagg: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
February 10, 2021 08:29 - 35 minutes - 53.4 MBBekah finally got to read her gay book. She is very happy, but not as happy as Ruth finally getting to be gay with her butch lover. Join us as we jump around different time frames, mimic the southern accent poorly, and generally simp over the gays in Fannie Flagg's novel: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café!
Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
January 26, 2021 20:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBElliott spins a tale of a sexy Captain Nemo and Bekah is still waiting for Dory to show up....Join Us as we dive deep underwater where its not always better where its wetter in Jules Verne's famous Novel: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!
John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men
January 12, 2021 07:34 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBOf Shrews and Dudes is what this boils down to as we cry over deaths, talk about meat hair, and get confused by all the "C" names in the famous novel by John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men!
William Golding: Lord of the Flies
December 30, 2020 07:56 - 30 minutes - 45.6 MBElliott's voices are so good this episode! Maybe its the fact that its the first time we are recording in four weeks, maybe its because we keep calling it Loord of the Floos.... Join us as we read the classic novel by William Golding: Lord of the Flies!
Poorly Explained Covid Announcement
December 16, 2020 18:46 - 38 seconds - 889 KBBekah has Covid! Sorry!
C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
December 01, 2020 05:37 - 33 minutes - 49.6 MBIs Aslan God? Are the main kids really the children of Adam of Steve? Can lions clap? The world may never know.... Join us considering furry Aslan in C.S. Lewis's novel: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass
November 17, 2020 04:50 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBSir, this is my emotional support bear dad. especially since real dad turned out to be weird. Join us as we hate fictional parents in Philip Pullman's novel and first in the series: The Golden Compass (or The Northern Lights)! You decide!
Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
November 03, 2020 17:17 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThe only reason the people who survive in this book survived is because of the smol soft boi, Jim Hawkins! Join us as we explain (with minimal accidental calling of Treasure Planet) Robert Louis Stevenson's novel: Treasure Island!
Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice
October 20, 2020 04:57 - 39 minutes - 36 MBMama Mia! Here we go again with another Hugo Award winning novel and ignoring character names! Presenting Ann Leckie's multiple award winning novel, Ancillary Justice!
Amish Tripathi: The Immortals of Meluha
October 06, 2020 07:11 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBWant a short episode to listen to in your bath? The enjoy Bekah cutting out 80% of the dialogue and world building as we talk about Sati and her simp, Shiva! Presenting Amish Tripathi's The Immortals of Meluha!!
Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
September 22, 2020 04:42 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBPercy Jackson and the Adults Letting 12 Year-olds Literally go to Hell. That is what this book is about right? Join Elliott and Rebekah as they bring back Batman, talking about cousins dating, and irresponsible adults in Rick Riordan's hit young adult novel: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief!
Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology
September 08, 2020 04:52 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBGod of War taught us how to pronounce these names, but lets be honest, when have we pronounced something correct? Join us in not being able to say Jormungand and talk about how much of a himbo Thor is in Neil Gaiman's series of short stories: Norse Mythology!
Madeline Miller: The Song of Achilles
August 25, 2020 04:25 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBElliott is back at it with some gay bois to fill your need! We ignore names, create head cannons, and (badly) do some Batman impressions! Please enjoy Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles!
N. K. Jeminsin: The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth Part 3/3)
August 11, 2020 05:21 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBWe have made it through our first series and golly gosh gee! Was it a ride! Tune in here for Elliott getting lost in the time line because he forgets Hoa's perspective is in the past! He's almost as confused as our listeners!! Presenting the finale to the Broken Earth Trilogy: N. K. Jeminsin's The Stone Sky!
Poorly Explained Episode 28: The Obelisk Gate
July 29, 2020 04:16 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBA FIRST IN POORLY EXPLAINED HISTORY! Listen as Elliott and Rebekah get more and more shook as we read the sequel to the Fifth Season and second book in the Broken Earth Series. Presenting N. K. Jemisin's Hugo Award winning book: The Obelisk Gate!!
N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth Part 2/3)
July 29, 2020 04:16 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBA FIRST IN POORLY EXPLAINED HISTORY! Listen as Elliott and Rebekah get more and more shook as we read the sequel to the Fifth Season and second book in the Broken Earth Series. Presenting N. K. Jemisin's Hugo Award winning book: The Obelisk Gate!!
N. K. Jemisin: The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Part 1/3)
July 14, 2020 04:47 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBThis book was so amazing and so liked by Rebekah and Elliott (who only had Rebekah's poor explanation as a basis) that they both decided to actually finish the whole series! Maybe then Rebekah will be able to remember to say the main character's name correctly for once! Presenting another book by a black author in support of Black Lives Matter: N. K. Jemisin's FANTASTIC novel, The Fifth Season!
Poorly Explained Episode 27: Broken Earth Part 1/3: The Fifth Season
July 14, 2020 04:47 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBThis book was so amazing and so liked by Rebekah and Elliott (who only had Rebekah's poor explanation as a basis) that they both decided to actually finish the whole series! Maybe then Rebekah will be able to remember to say the main character's name correctly for once! Presenting another book by a black author in support of Black Lives Matter: N. K. Jemisin's FANTASTIC novel, The Fifth Season!
Toni Morrison: The Song of Solomon
June 30, 2020 04:53 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBElliott and Rebekah are back! And showing their support of the Black Lives Matter movement by reading a book by a black author! So join them in the mass amount of feels and realizing how NOT religious both of them are as they continuously pronounce "Pilate" wrong! Presenting: Toni Morrison's AMAZING novel, The Song of Solomon!