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Bill Burr rants about relationship advice, sports and the Illuminati.

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The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

Mentioned 6 months ago

Flightless Birds, New Music, Breath Work | Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-15-26

The speaker mentioned that the coach, who appeared to be reading while waiting for a field goal attempt, might have been reading this book.

The coach has on his reading glasses. He's already in the off season. He's going to read catcher in the rye or some shit.

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Flags of Our Fathers

James Bradley

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-26-24

The podcast host briefly mentioned the book "Flags of Our Fathers", recommending it to his listeners.

You got you got what the fuck was the flags of our fathers. You got to read that book now that book I read

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Moby Dick (Chartwell Classics)

Herman Melville

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-26-24

The podcast host mentioned reading "Moby Dick" but being unable to finish it due to the frequent descriptions of whale hunting. He attributed this to having ADD and compared the book's pacing to the lack of distractions in earlier eras.

Moby Dick I couldn't get through the fucking thing because they kept breaking down wailing Like I had nothing better to do right like there was no TV and internet and all that shit in my life like Back the books from back then if you get like the original like copy of it like how it was actually written you understand The astounding level of fucking boredom

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The Man Who Wasn't There

Anil Ananthaswamy

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-26-24

The podcast host recounted watching the Coen brothers' film "The Man Who Wasn't There," relating to Billy Bob Thornton's character and feeling unseen or unheard, comparing it to his own experiences as a child and husband. He highlighted the movie's humor and the relatability of Thornton's character to married men.

I watched this Coen brother one that I somehow missed the man who wasn't there when it came out this gorgeous black-and-white movie that they shot and it has Billy Bob Thornton Franz McDermott and James Gandolfini, and it's just it's The dude from monk. I'm not good with the names

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Glengarry Glen Ross (Student Editions)

David Mamet

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-19-24

The book was mentioned in passing, as the speaker was looking at his sides for it while sitting on a plane.

As I sit down the barefoot cowboy looks at me and he goes when does the play open?

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Dear Billy

Gary McNair

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 9-19-24

It is a new George Carlin album that was recorded before 9/11 and not released at the time due to its content. It was expected to be released soon, and the speaker was looking forward to purchasing it on vinyl.

Are you excited for this new Carlin album? I haven't even heard about it Oh, yeah, wait a minute I did hear it. They thought it was too harsh He recorded it before 9-11 and they didn't release it because it had material that was definitely not appropriate for what was going on at The time I've heard great things, but who knows? Thanks for the laughs.

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WBCN and the American Revolution

Bill Lichtenstein

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-29-24

The book mentioned was a book about WBCN radio. Bill was reading through it and he thought it was great.

I'm reading that WBCN book which is fucking great

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Radio Free Boston

Carter Alan

Mentioned 1 year ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-29-24

Bill mentions reading a book about WBCN. He says it's great.

I'm reading that WBCN book which is fucking great

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Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]

Yuval Noah Harari

Mentioned 1 year ago

Monday Morning Podcast 8-20-24

It was mentioned in relation to the idea of living off the land and how the agricultural revolution might have domesticated humans rather than plants, such as wheat.

It reminded me of this book called Sapiens by oh my god, Yuval Noah Harari.

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Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Mentioned 1 year ago

Monday Morning Podcast 8-5-24

It was mentioned as a book that was read numerous times to his children in the past and was referenced while clam digging on Martha's Vineyard.

And we're pulling these things up and They're just going around. This is just like in Seattle when we took that little boat rider They were going like that's the guy I see that house. That's the guy that that started Zillow

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I Am Not Spock

Leonard Nimoy

Mentioned 2 years ago

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 7-4-24

Burr mentioned that Leonard Nimoy wrote a book called 'I Am Not Spock' after he starred in 'Star Trek'.

Then he had to write a book saying, I am not Spock.

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Anatomy of a Fall

Billie Davis

Mentioned 2 years ago

Monday Morning Podcast 5-27-24

The book was used as an example of a well-written argument scene to contrast against the Amazon commercial Bill Burr was discussing.

Oh anatomy of a fall that right there that fucking argument that they had in that movie when they were in trial and they flashed back to the argument the level of writing um is at the highest level and this thing you're watching a commercial on amazon what do you think you know? Do they even pay writers at amazon?

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Why Do I Have to Read This?: Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students Cover

Cris Tovani

Why Do I Have to Read This?

Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students

Bill Burr mentioned this book as one he had released in the past, around the time he was beginning to headline shows and work on morning radio.

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I think I had just done put out why do I do this and I was just starting to get headlining work selling a couple of shows and the others were a little light doing morning radio and all that that's whe...

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 9-20-21

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Bill Burr mentioned this book as one he had released in the past, around the time he was beginning to headline shows and work on morning radio.

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I think I had just done put out why do I do this and I was just starting to get headlining work selling a couple of shows and the others were a little light doing morning radio and all that that's where I was at so

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Dave Rubin

How to Play Boogie Woogie Piano

Bill Burr watched it on a flight and it was about an Asian basketball player, with Don Lombardo playing a basketball coach, who wanted the young man to get into the NBA.

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And then I saw on the way back, I watched this thing on Martin Luther King and the FBI.

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-30-21

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Bill Burr watched it on a flight and it was about an Asian basketball player, with Don Lombardo playing a basketball coach, who wanted the young man to get into the NBA.

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And then I saw on the way back, I watched this thing on Martin Luther King and the FBI.

And then I saw on the way back, I watched this thing on Martin Luther King and the FBI. And all the horrible shit they were doing to that guy.

It was really bad.

The whole fucking thing. You should definitely watch it. But it's just like, can you just leave him alone?

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Professor James A. Berlin

Rhetoric and Reality

Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900 - 1985 (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)

It was discussed as a new album by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon, with a challenging naming process and artwork design, eventually settling on a 60s/70s sci-fi paperback style.

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This new albums called south of reality

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It was discussed as a new album by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon, with a challenging naming process and artwork design, eventually settling on a 60s/70s sci-fi paperback style.

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This new albums called south of reality

It's called south of reality south of reality.

And I stumbled across this piece of art and we couldn't find the artist and we looked and looked at and finally found this guy

And he's this Japanese fellow that Sean ended up knowing and he's a fan of the artist And he's this Japanese fellow that Sean ended up knowing about and he used to do Omni magazine covers and whatnot and and he

So there it is now. How does that? connect with the music I Guess I have to listen to the album

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Sam Elliott

MAN WHO KILLED HITLER & THEN THE BIGFOOT

Bill Burr enthusiastically recommended it due to its premise of a man who killed Hitler and then had to kill Bigfoot in Canada because Bigfoot carried a plague.

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There's a movie out called The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot starring Sam Elliott, all right?

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 2-11-19

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Bill Burr enthusiastically recommended it due to its premise of a man who killed Hitler and then had to kill Bigfoot in Canada because Bigfoot carried a plague.

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There's a movie out called The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot starring Sam Elliott, all right?

It's about a guy, you know, the character, he's the guy that found Hitler and killed him in World War II. And now they're pulling him out of retirement because The Bigfoot, not Bigfoot, The Bigfoot, just like I'm watching the boxing, all right? He has to go to Canada and kill The Bigfoot because evidently Bigfoot is walking around carrying some sort of plague that could wipe out human beings.

All I know is Sam Elliott's in it and I'm gonna fucking watch that movie.

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Thomas. McGuane

The MISSOURI BREAKS.

It was described as having a great logline, "one steals, one kills, one dies", and features Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, and was something Bill Burr had recently been watching and enjoying.

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All right. The next movie I'm gonna be watching is The MISSOURI BREAKS. Has Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. And his is the logline how they sell the movie one steals one kills one d...

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 6-24-21

It was described as having a great logline, "one steals, one kills, one dies", and features Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, and was something Bill Burr had recently been watching and enjoying.

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All right. The next movie I'm gonna be watching is The MISSOURI BREAKS. Has Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. And his is the logline how they sell the movie one steals one kills one dies. One steals one kills one dies. I mean that's fucking great.

Harry Dean Stanton one of my favorites ever is in this movie I'm gonna be watching that shit.

To Be The Man You Have To Beat The Man Shirt. Cover

To Be The Man You Have To Beat The Man Shirt.

Bill Burr mentioned that he has read Ric Flair's autobiography, implying that it is memorable.

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Um, maybe rick flair to be the man you gotta beat the man I mean, what am I supposed to I have read him? I got it. It's in the fucking memory bank

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 5-6-21

Bill Burr mentioned that he has read Ric Flair's autobiography, implying that it is memorable.

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Um, maybe rick flair to be the man you gotta beat the man I mean, what am I supposed to I have read him? I got it. It's in the fucking memory bank

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Daniel J. Boorstin

The Image

A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

It was discussed as an album that was recorded straight to disc, meaning the whole album had to be recorded in one take. It features Vinnie Colaiuta's drumming.

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It's called images. You can get it on iTunes

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-19-21

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It was discussed as an album that was recorded straight to disc, meaning the whole album had to be recorded in one take. It features Vinnie Colaiuta's drumming.

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It's called images. You can get it on iTunes

So this album if you listen to it And you listen to the arrangements the different time signatures and sometimes when the whole band drops out and the the keyboards are just playing the hits to they're always like off beats and just really crazy shit and Vinny is just the whole band is just fucking on it.

You're so Vain: A Marriage of Convenience, Brother's Best Friend, Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy (Finding You Book 4) Cover

Angela Casella

You're so Vain

A Marriage of Convenience, Brother's Best Friend, Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy (Finding You Book 4)

It was mentioned that Jim Gordon played drums on the song and that Mick Jagger is singing backup vocals, which was not noticed until later. It was also mentioned that Carly Simon might have a book or tour coming up due to revealing the subject of the song.

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so I got the one that had the hit You're so Vain on it and that has Jim Gordon playing drums and is the You know incredible track that he plays on

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-19-21

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It was mentioned that Jim Gordon played drums on the song and that Mick Jagger is singing backup vocals, which was not noticed until later. It was also mentioned that Carly Simon might have a book or tour coming up due to revealing the subject of the song.

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so I got the one that had the hit You're so Vain on it and that has Jim Gordon playing drums and is the You know incredible track that he plays on

By the way, Mick Jagger is singing backup from the second chorus on and what's so crazy about it is Is like you I've never heard all these years I've heard that song I never heard his voice and then once you know, he's singing backup It's so up in the mix you can't not fucking hear it and he's even like Totally singing like Mick.

Which to me indicates she that has a book or a tour coming up because why would you do it after all of these years

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Benny Greb

Benny Greb - The Language of Drumming Book/Online Media

Bill Burr mentioned using Benny Greb's book on effective practicing to improve his drumming skills, and that it was yielding positive results.

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I got that book the Benny Greb book on effective practicing and I get really good practice like 20 solid fucking minutes of practice before I just fuck around and play songs and It's definitely showin...

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Bill Burr mentioned using Benny Greb's book on effective practicing to improve his drumming skills, and that it was yielding positive results.

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I got that book the Benny Greb book on effective practicing and I get really good practice like 20 solid fucking minutes of practice before I just fuck around and play songs and It's definitely showing the results

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Bonnie McFarlane

You're Better Than Me

A Memoir

Bonnie McFarlane's book is mentioned as her father, for some reason, went to Alberta to try farming, which made their lives more difficult.

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I know that they farm there as I read Bonnie McFarlane's book and her dad for some reason went to like Alberta which is all rocky and you want to either have like cattle or Drill for oil and for whate...

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Bonnie McFarlane's book is mentioned as her father, for some reason, went to Alberta to try farming, which made their lives more difficult.

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I know that they farm there as I read Bonnie McFarlane's book and her dad for some reason went to like Alberta which is all rocky and you want to either have like cattle or Drill for oil and for whatever reason he was like fuck this. I'm gonna try to farm here and just made their life.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Manga, Vol. 2 Cover

Yusuke Osawa

Star Wars

The Mandalorian

Bill Burr mentioned reading 'The Mandalorian' Little Golden Book to his child on Christmas night, specifically referencing a scene where the main character, who was bald, was depicted in the book.

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I got my kid a little golden book story. I didn't know this

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 1-4-21

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Bill Burr mentioned reading 'The Mandalorian' Little Golden Book to his child on Christmas night, specifically referencing a scene where the main character, who was bald, was depicted in the book.

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I got my kid a little golden book story. I didn't know this

the Mandalorian The little golden book the Mandalorian so I'm reading to him on Christmas night. I turn the page and boom there's old baldy

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Bill Burr mentioned a new book by Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer, detailing the drummers who influenced him throughout his career, particularly in jazz drumming.

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Charlie Watts has a great new book out that it's just drummers that influenced him and if you're a drummer and you're into that shit because he's I guess a jazz drummer at heart. He talked about all t...

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Bill Burr mentioned a new book by Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer, detailing the drummers who influenced him throughout his career, particularly in jazz drumming.

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Charlie Watts has a great new book out that it's just drummers that influenced him and if you're a drummer and you're into that shit because he's I guess a jazz drummer at heart. He talked about all these fucking great drummers that I've heard most of the names and didn't know enough about him and the fact that he could break down their styles and what they did as made me I was already listening to a lot of that shit through some of my drum lessons but really just trying to listen to the shit that he's saying. It's a great book.

You know, we've been trying to get Charlie Watts on this podcast for a long time I know he doesn't do a lot of interviews and but I know he'd want to come on my podcast I'm joking Charlie Watson book, let's see what we got here Charlie

Dude, you can get it for 12 bucks $12 and 30 cents

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Paul Behrens

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science

It was said that Barack Obama was writing books while he was president and that he might have ghostwriters, and 'The Best of Times, The Worst of Times' was specifically mentioned as an example.

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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times

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It was said that Barack Obama was writing books while he was president and that he might have ghostwriters, and 'The Best of Times, The Worst of Times' was specifically mentioned as an example.

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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times

Legends of Hip-Hop: The Untold Stories of 2Pac and Biggie Cover

Liron Zlait

Legends of Hip-Hop

The Untold Stories of 2Pac and Biggie

It was a project started by a friend of Bill Burr's who passed away a couple of years ago. Bill Burr encouraged listeners to support the project through a crowdfunding website.

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It's called the the untold Legends of Hip-Hop and my buddy Pete coming rest his soul he was out there interviewing all of these legends from the early days of rap music Curtis blow Ru...

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It was a project started by a friend of Bill Burr's who passed away a couple of years ago. Bill Burr encouraged listeners to support the project through a crowdfunding website.

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It's called the the untold Legends of Hip-Hop and my buddy Pete coming rest his soul he was out there interviewing all of these legends from the early days of rap music Curtis blow Russell Simmons Spliff star did I say that right?

The website is halo boost halo B o o st dot com and the project is the untold Legends of Hip-Hop People go to halo boost and click on the featured project and then you go to the untold Legends of Hip-Hop campaign

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Stan Tekiela

Birds of Iowa Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides)

Bill Burr was talking about how he didn't initially appreciate the album when it came out, but now, years later, he believes it's great. He used it to explain how one might miss something when they're focused on another style of music.

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I started listening to that Iowa album that slipknot shit and like I Always liked the the heretic thing people equal shit. I was that was kind of funny But I never like I Don't know it was just too mu...

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Bill Burr was talking about how he didn't initially appreciate the album when it came out, but now, years later, he believes it's great. He used it to explain how one might miss something when they're focused on another style of music.

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I started listening to that Iowa album that slipknot shit and like I Always liked the the heretic thing people equal shit. I was that was kind of funny But I never like I Don't know it was just too much going on and now I'm listening to it fucking 20 years after it came out going like this Fucking album is unbelievable

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William Russell, Bill and McSweeny

Go Up For Glory

It was mentioned as part of a book Bill Burr read that discussed the challenges faced by Bill Russell while touring the south during the era of segregation, alongside Bob Cousy.

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I read this whole book on Bob Cousy and and Bill Russell and how, you know, they go down the south and like Bob Cousy could walk in the front door and Bill Russell couldn't it was fucking nuts

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 11-16-20

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Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 11-16-20

It was mentioned as part of a book Bill Burr read that discussed the challenges faced by Bill Russell while touring the south during the era of segregation, alongside Bob Cousy.

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I read this whole book on Bob Cousy and and Bill Russell and how, you know, they go down the south and like Bob Cousy could walk in the front door and Bill Russell couldn't it was fucking nuts

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Donald Neal Laskin

When the Rant Is Due

Thinking Outside the Box

The podcast host mentioned Louis Black's new book 'The Rant Is Due,' describing it as an original comedy series on Audible channels. He stated that the book is written and read by Louis Black, and that it allows fans to submit their rants on various topics, such as politics or relationships, for inclusion in the series.

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Louis blacks new book the great Louis black

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 4-20-17

The podcast host mentioned Louis Black's new book 'The Rant Is Due,' describing it as an original comedy series on Audible channels. He stated that the book is written and read by Louis Black, and that it allows fans to submit their rants on various topics, such as politics or relationships, for inclusion in the series.

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Louis blacks new book the great Louis black

Louis blacks new book You can hear the latest episode for free right now at audible.com slash Louis black

Now who the fuck wouldn't want to hear a book written by written and read by Louis black I'm doing this This show is written by the fans You can't you can rant about everything from politics to relationships to anything that's driving you mad

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