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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - March 18, 2024 20:00 - 1 hourF̶l̶a̶w̶e̶d̶ Beauty is in the ruins! Yukio Mishima's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion unfolds in the enchanting city of Kyoto, capturing the story of a young Buddhist monk's obsession with the temple's beauty and his turbulent journey through jealousy, desire, and existential angst. Penned i...
Giovanni's Room
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - October 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourT̶o̶x̶i̶c̶ Love is in the air! James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room is centred in the 'suave' Parisian inner city, and focuses on the events of an American man's complicated feelings and frustrations with his relationships with other women and men in his life, most notably an Italian bartender nam...
The Prince
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - March 17, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourOne political treatise to rule them all, One political treatise to find them, One political treatise to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them... The Prince, written by the great Niccolò Machiavelli is a 16th century instruction guide for new princes and royals. Often referred to as th...
Things Fall Apart
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - January 11, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourA Nigerian literary great. Chinua Achebe debut novel 'Things Fall Apart' follows the life of Okonkwo, an Igbo man and acclaimed wrestling champion of the fictional Nigerian clan of Umuofia. The book, first published in 1958, depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern parts of Nigeria and the...
Thinner
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - December 15, 2022 00:00 - 1 hourS2 Episode 07: *Yo Melo, queue the scary music* Thinnnnner Thinner, the podcasts first horror novel, by the acclaimed Stephen King centers on lawyer Billy Halleck, a stereotypical middle class suburban white man who kills a crossing Romani woman in a road accident and escapes legal punishm...
Thinner
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - December 15, 2022 00:00 - 1 hourS2 Episode 07: *Yo Melo, queue the scary music* Thinnnnner Thinner, the podcasts first horror novel, by the acclaimed Stephen King centers on lawyer Billy Halleck, a stereotypical middle class suburban white man who kills a crossing Romani woman in a road accident and escapes legal punishm...
Pride and Prejudice
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - October 25, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutesS2 Episode 06: Chill. Yes they took their time, but they work and it's Jane Austen... The British literary classic, Pride and Prejudice, is an 1813 'novel of manners'. Set in the regency era, the novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet via her relationship with her famil...
Pride and Prejudice
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - October 25, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutesS2 Episode 06: Chill. Yes they took their time, but they work and it's Jane Austen... The British literary classic, Pride and Prejudice, is an 1813 'novel of manners'. Set in the regency era, the novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet via her relationship with her famil...
S2 Episode 05: Beloved
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - May 04, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour''BELOVED'' is Toni Morrison's fifth novel, and the podcast's second time diving into one of her literary classics. Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988, 'Beloved' is set after the American Civil War and tells the story of a family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home ...
Beloved
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - May 04, 2022 23:00 - 1 hourSeason 2: Episode 5 ''BELOVED'' is Toni Morrison's fifth novel, and the podcast's second time diving into one of her literary classics. Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988, 'Beloved' is set after the American Civil War and tells the story of a family of formerly enslaved people wh...
Beloved
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - May 04, 2022 23:00 - 1 hourSeason 2: Episode 5 ''BELOVED'' is Toni Morrison's fifth novel, and the podcast's second time diving into one of her literary classics. Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988, 'Beloved' is set after the American Civil War and tells the story of a family of formerly enslaved people wh...
S2 Episode 04: Say Cucumber (ft. Author: Lucia Dove)
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - March 11, 2022 01:00 - 1 hourRussia + Essex = Russex... The guys welcome their second guest on the podcast, Lucia Dove; a writer and poet from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Lucia discusses her main inspirations, fragmented experiences and memories from Russia and Essex which influenced her pamphlet of poems 'Say Cucumber'...
Say Cucumber (ft. Author: Lucia Dove)
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - March 11, 2022 01:00 - 1 hourSeason 2: Episode 4 Russia + Essex = Russex... The guys welcome their second guest on the podcast, Lucia Dove; a writer and poet from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Lucia discusses her main inspirations, fragmented experiences and memories from Russia and Essex which influenced her pamphlet of...
S2 Episode 3: The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - February 07, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourExcuse us, we have been busy! We kickstart (restart?) Season 2 with Byung-Chul Han's 'The Disappearance of Rituals. Published in 2019, the book is a critical review of western society, taking aim at neoliberalism and the relentless force of capitalism in the erosion of community in the 21st ce...
The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - February 07, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourSeason 2: Episode 3 Excuse us, we have been busy! We kickstart (restart?) Season 2 with Byung-Chul Han's 'The Disappearance of Rituals. Published in 2019, the book is a critical review of western society, taking aim at neoliberalism and the relentless force of capitalism in the erosion of com...
S2 Episode 02: The Way of the Superior Man
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - August 25, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour"You may desire more than one woman..." The controversial book, 'The Way of the Superior Man' written by David Deida (published 1997) explores masculinity, femininity and the interplay between them both,, through the lens of the life of a man. The book delves into the importance of a ca...
The Way of the Superior Man
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - August 25, 2021 23:00 - 1 hourSeason 2: Episode 2 "You may desire more than one woman..." The controversial book, 'The Way of the Superior Man' written by David Deida (published 1997) explores masculinity, femininity and the interplay between them both,, through the lens of the life of a man. The book delves into th...
Luster
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - June 11, 2021 19:00 - 1 hourSEASON 2! *horn noise* The boys are back! Kicking off season 2 with an explosive episode, after reading Luster the debut novel by Raven Leilani. The book follows a 23-year-old black female protagonist, Edie, as she gets involved in a polygamous relationship with a middle aged white man and hi...
Luster
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - June 11, 2021 19:00 - 1 hourSEASON 2! *horn noise* The boys are back! Kicking off season 2 with an explosive episode, after reading Luster the debut novel by Raven Leilani. The book follows a 23-year-old black female protagonist, Edie, as she gets involved in a polygamous relationship with a middle aged white man and hi...
S2 Episode 01: Luster
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - June 11, 2021 19:00 - 1 hourSEASON 2! *horn noise* The boys are back! Kicking off season 2 with an explosive episode, after reading Luster the debut novel by Raven Leilani. The book follows a 23-year-old black female protagonist, Edie, as she gets involved in a polygamous relationship with a middle aged white man and hi...
Episode 12: Skinhead
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - January 24, 2021 23:00 - 1 hourThe last episode of the series, the last episode (first episode?) of the year! The guys finish Season 1 with Skinhead, a handbook of the potent 'cult' skinhead movement in England by the British fashion photographer Nick knight. Reuben, Zach and Kehinde discuss the migrant influences of Ski...
Skinhead
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - January 24, 2021 23:00 - 1 hourSeason 1: Episode 12 The last episode of the series, the last episode (first episode?) of the year! The guys finish Season 1 with Skinhead, a handbook of the potent 'cult' skinhead movement in England by the British fashion photographer Nick knight. Reuben, Zach and Kehinde discuss the mig...
Episode 11: Flowers for Algernon
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - December 02, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourIntelligence...the guys try to de-code what it means? From discussing Charlton supporters to whether Zach would date someone smarter than him, the INACP boys discuss the science fiction short story by American writer Daniel Keyes. The novel, published in 1966, is told by a series of progres...
Flowers for Algernon
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - December 02, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourSeason 1: Episode 11 Intelligence...the guys try to de-code what it means? From discussing Charlton supporters to whether Zach would date someone smarter than him, the INACP boys discuss the science fiction short story by American writer Daniel Keyes. The novel, published in 1966, is told ...
Episode 10: That Reminds Me (ft.Author: Derek Owusu)
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - September 14, 2020 22:00 - 1 hourThe first guest of the podcast, Derek Owusu, joins the boys in discussing his most recent book 'That Reminds Me'. A story of a young man named 'K' told in fragments of memory... Derek talks about his inspiration for the book, debates with Zach about how to correctly write a sentence and laughs ...
Episode 10: That Reminds Me
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - September 14, 2020 22:00 - 1 hourThe first guest of the podcast, Derek Owusu, joins the boys in discussing his most recent book 'That Reminds Me'. A story of a young man named 'K' told in fragments of memory... Derek talks about his inspiration for the book, debates with Zach about how to correctly write a sentence and laughs ...
Episode 10: That Reminds Me (ft.author: Derek Owusu)
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - September 14, 2020 22:00 - 1 hourThe first guest of the podcast, Derek Owusu, joins the boys in discussing his most recent book 'That Reminds Me'. A story of a young man named 'K' told in fragments of memory... Derek talks about his inspiration for the book, debates with Zach about how to correctly write a sentence and laughs ...
That Reminds Me (ft.Author: Derek Owusu)
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - September 14, 2020 22:00 - 1 hourSeason 1: Episode 10 The first guest of the podcast, Derek Owusu, joins the boys in discussing his most recent book 'That Reminds Me'. A story of a young man named 'K' told in fragments of memory... Derek talks about his inspiration for the book, debates with Zach about how to correctly write ...
Episode 9: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - August 18, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutesIf you love cats you'll love this episode artwork. The boys discuss the first book 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. This episode is exactly 42 years from the original radio broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, what are the chances...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It's Not A Book Club Podcast - August 18, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutesSeason 1: Episode 9 If you love cats you'll love this episode artwork. The boys discuss the first book 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. This episode is exactly 42 years from the original radio broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978,...
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