Shel We Read a Poem?
184 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 19 hours ago - ★★★ - 1 ratingLauren and Russ slowly make their way through *Where the Sidewalk Ends* by Shel Silverstein. Commentary and relations to current events abound.
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Episodes
Episode 128: The Man in the Iron Pail Mask
August 07, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBSend us a Text Message. cw -- Lots of talk about dead / dying cats Injuries Abandoned and rescue pets Bass Pro Shop Cat surgery The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) Gérard Depardieu The Man in the Iron Mask Dschinghis Khan Genghis Khan [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 127: Strange Wind
July 31, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Lauren's back! Also brain parasites. [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 126: Untitled (Protests)
July 24, 2023 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBSend us a Text Message. This one's a weird one. It's just Russ doing stream of consciousness about protests. Lauren returns next week. [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 125: Shel We Hear Some Outtakes -- July 2023 Edition!
July 17, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode consists solely of outtakes from our second season. If you make it all the way, you really like us. Also, there's really a lot of talk about Star Wars. Also, we're both REALLY big fans of ALL the McElroys and they do not deserve our slander. We're sorry. [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 124: Having Fun
July 10, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Raspberry-stealing whores Swimming holes and the fauna therein Rudy Farias Even more dangers that live in water [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 123: Hot Dog
July 03, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Stools Cat trouble National foods Costco Glass hole (glasshole) [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 122: Crowded Tub
June 26, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Yeah... it's 100% Oceangate talk. Recorded on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, so we'll see how well it aged. [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 121: Senses
June 19, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Sick Weird birds Carberry highway collision Senses (or lack thereof) Neck wattles Kittens Weird sensory experiences Cliques [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 120: Zebra Question
June 12, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Missoula, Montana Travel woes Zebra stripes Common misconceptions Not-mysteries Good or bad people [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 119: If
June 05, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBSend us a Text Message. Dirty water Flowers The City of Roses Elliott Smith More flowers Spitflower [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 118: The Toad And The Kangaroo
May 29, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Cocktail names SNUBA Scorched earth Shipping a car Superstorm Melon Date Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Burrowing owls The Burrowing Owl TikTok [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 117: Clarence
May 22, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Incels in the wild Patrick Bateman Penal colonies Replacing parents [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 116: Rock 'N' Roll Band
May 15, 2023 20:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBSend us a Text Message. London Lemonade Concerts and band experiences [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 115: Dog's Day
May 08, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBSend us a Text Message. San Antonio, Texas Pet birthdays Birthday cakes Birthday memories On turning 39 [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 114: Birthday
May 01, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Climate change Dykes Bears Birthday traditions Birthday songs Birthday memories [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 113: Who Ordered The Broiled Face?
April 24, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Guest co-host: James! It's basically only talk about cooking. Meat Edible faces Japan Edible faces in Japan [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 112: Hinges
April 17, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBSend us a Text Message. Team Cyborg Team Zombie Minerva the cat Reach toothbrushes Quizno's Jerry's Subs & Pizza Past sins Morality [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 111: Hiccup Cure
April 10, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Sinuses Pillows Hiccups Sexual Hangups Meal Replacements Oats Cracklin' Oat Bran [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 110: Something Missing
April 03, 2023 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBSend us a Text Message. DISCORD Sneezes Bees Typography David's bits Right vs Left [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 109: IMPORTNT?
March 27, 2023 06:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Frozen juice concentrate Toes Meaninglessness [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 108: The Painter
March 20, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Bladder warnings Motor racing accidents Springtime Aposematism Black / brown widows Stripper poles Power Rangers [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 107: The Snack
March 13, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBSend us a Text Message. tw - talk of cat skin (skinning) Seattle Las Vegas Seven Magic Mountains GMO food Sand shrimp Shamisen Cat nipples Russ's big tomato [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 106: They've Put a Brassiere on the Camel
March 06, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Vick's VapoRub Buying houses not to live in Chuds of TikTok Body shaming? Butts Mineral oil Right wing social media [email protected] @ShelWeRead [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 105: Come Skating, Blame
February 27, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Snow FanExpo Skating Skiing Scapegoats The Hope Diamond [email protected] @ShelWeRead [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 104: Eight Balloons, The Climbers
February 20, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Elementary school drugs Odd sexual awakenings Spy balloons Safe crackers Giants Darren Aronofsky's Noah [email protected] @ShelWeRead [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 103: In Search Of Cinderella, Garbage Soup
February 13, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Yeah, we've already done "Lost Cat" -- shut up Shoes sizes Duck feet Ankle fusing Feet fetishes Garbage soup Compost tea Loblaw's Eat the rich [email protected] @ShelWeRead [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 102: The Dragon of Grindly Grun, Lost Cat
February 06, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Thermostat Dress codes Orange kitties Cinnabon Teppanyaki Yeah, we've already done "Lost Cat" -- shut up The stupidest traps Vermont Curry [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 101: Buckin' Bronco, Exercisin' Hen
January 30, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Cute letter carrier Podcasts are the worst Trivia Rodeos Vertigo The world's most powerful neck Japan Sumo Immigration Having children Tender is the Flesh [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 100: Picture Puzzle Piece, Squishy Touch
January 23, 2023 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Episode 100! Troublesome cat Picture Puzzle Piece interpretations Body horror Tender is the Flesh Picture Puzzle Piece interpretation 1 Picture Puzzle Piece interpretation 2 Picture Puzzle Piece interpretation 3 [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 99: Longmobile, Anteater
January 16, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Lauren's back! Subaru Unwanted cross-country drive Motion sickness Idaho Falls Food poisoning Aunts and ants Borzois Mushrooms Shinji Tanimura -- Subaru [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 98: Messy Room, Rhino Pen
January 09, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Guest starring: Frye! Poet friends Messy and/or disgusting rooms Handwriting Pens Frye's steampunk poetry plug [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 97: The Missing Piece
January 02, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes - 8.04 MBSend us a Text Message. Lauren's still on vacation Only Russ The Missing Piece The Green Knight "What else ought there be?" Happy 2023, everybody. [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 96: The Little Boy and the Old Man, God's Wheel
December 26, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Part 2 Ivor Cutler Aging Homer Simpson Norm from Cheers Soya and @azusagakuyuki God complex The Sims Baby Jesus Macho Man Randy Savage Christmas [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 95: Shaking, Peckin'
December 19, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBSend us a Text Message. tw - beating animals to death... but in a funny way? Part 1 Russ's bike Biking Ice cream Carvel's Ice Cream Nailed It Christmas trees Beating animals to death [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 94: The Lost Cat, Gooloo
December 12, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBSend us a Text Message. RSV Mulled wine cough syrup Cat adoptions Pigeons Government drones Hummingbirds Evolutionary dead ends THE WEATHER [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 93: How To Make a Swing with No Rope or Board or Nails, Wavy Hair
December 05, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBSend us a Text Message. tw - Cancer Kittens Moustaches Beards Bicycle seats Head shaving Sagittal crests Neanderthal foreheads Cancer [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 92: Examination, Memorizin' Mo
November 28, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Libations Richmond Logs Toilet paper Thanksgiving Over-eating L'egg Interests vs. personality Whining baby seal [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 91: Adventures of a Frisbee, Quick Trip
November 21, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Artemis Jumping Travel Italy Italian post offices German letters Moving Glurge The Sarlacc QuikTrip Digestion [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 90: Shel We Hear Some Outtakes -- November 2022 Edition!
November 15, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode consists solely of outtakes from our second season. If you make it all the way, you really like us. [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 89: Push Button, The Fly is In
November 07, 2022 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Halloween! Fireworks! Roombas IBS Burps Water Kittens Cumulative Songs [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 89: Push Button,
November 07, 2022 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBHalloween! Fireworks! Roombas IBS Burps Water Kittens Cumulative Songs [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 88: Monsters I’ve Met, Day After Halloween
October 31, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Halloween! Costumes! Monsters Yokai Spirit Halloween Spirit Halloween memes Candy Happy Halloween, sluts! [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 87: Batty, Rhoda's Dress
October 24, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBSend us a Text Message. Sick kitties House of the Dragon inbreeding Halloween Batty (the cartoon character) Stephen Fry Fashion Italy Screaming in the night Shagged By a Rare Parrot [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 86: Poemsicle, The Books I Have Not Read
October 17, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Bicycle trips Louisiana Yeast infections Fire ants Books Movies Pop culture Scooby Doo Velma [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 85: Spelling Bee, Veggie Play
October 10, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Eating bees Bee-stung lips Generic costumes Zombie Queen Elizabeth II [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 84: Pie Problem, The Hungry TV Set
October 03, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Russ's new sweater Theatre kids Mr. Creosote Plums again Pies and cobblers and cakes and such Consume what you advertise Apples [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 83: Whatif, Overdues
September 26, 2022 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Russ's track suit 80's brown Plums Anxiety Library books Demonology Russ's spaghetti sauce [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 82: Fear, Hippo's Hope
September 19, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Pink hair and foster cats PAAS Drowning Water Flugtag Turkey Good stories Russ is a bad listener [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 81: It's Hot!, Moon-Catchin' Net
September 12, 2022 04:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBSend us a Text Message. Fleeting fame Burning Man THE WEATHER Body horror California Water Artemis I The Moon "Taping" $40,000,000,000 Righteous anger [email protected] @ShelWeRead
Episode 80: Surprise!, The Pirate
September 05, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Kirby Dara O'Briain Well Actually Animals and their origins Souvenirs Pirates [email protected] @ShelWeRead