Jacke spends his birthday reflecting on Chicago film critic Roger Ebert (1942-2013), the Judd Apatow show Freaks and Geeks, and other literature-and-life topics. Enjoy!
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421 HOL Goes to the Movies
79 Music that Melts the Stars - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
149 Raising Readers (aka The Power of Literature in an Imperf ... Show More
Yesterday
822 Wild Thoreau (with Lydia Willsky-Ciollo) | My Last Book with Douglas Clark
Henry David Thoreau was not a traditional Christian, and yet he was a deeply, profoundly religious man. In this episode, Jacke talks to Lydia Willsky-Ciollo about her book Wildness: Henry David Thoreau and the Making of an American Theology, which describes how Thoreau's experien ... Show More
1h 8m
Aug 3
821 A History of the Kiss (with Katie Barclay) | Wonderland Books! (with Amy Joyce and Gayle Weiswasser)
The kiss! What could be more romantic? And yet, as historian Katie Barclay discovered when writing her book The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power, she found non-romantic kisses to be even more fascinating. In this episode, Jacke kicks things off with a look at some famous kiss ... Show More
1h 28m
Jul 30
820 Irish Radical Poet Eva Gore-Booth (with Sonja Tiernan)
After reading an email from a listener in Ghana, Jacke talks to Sonja Tiernan about her book Eva Gore-Booth: Irish Radical Poet, Rebel, and Reformer, which tells the story of a young woman who cast aside her aristocratic origins to champion the causes of barmaids, circus performe ... Show More
55m 31s
Jan 2015
Episode 104 - It Came From Gen X!
Editor, book-blogger and podcaster Ron Hogan joins the show to talk about his 20-year history with the literary intenet, launching Beatrice.com, taking the wrong lessons from the work of Harlan Ellison, defending Hudson Hawk, retaining his inner fanboy, discovering romance fictio ... Show More
1h 46m
Aug 2018
#357 – Jack Kirby from A to Z
Ryan and special guest Rickey Purdin (Marvel, Talent Relations Manager) celebrate legendary artist Jack “The King” Kirby’s 101st birthday! Then, Ryan welcomes writers Shannon and Dean Hale to talk about their book, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2... Learn more about your ad choic ... Show More
59m 4s
Jan 2022
GGACP Classic: Peter Bogdanovich
Gilbert and Frank celebrate the life of late director, critic and film historian Peter Bogdanovich with this 2016 episode about the making of "Citizen Kane," the influence of John Ford and Howard Hawks, the B-movies of Roger Corman and the decline of the Hollywood studio system. ... Show More
1h 33m
Feb 2016
Mini-Ep #48: Happy Birthday Jackie Gleason
Each week, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedy writer Frank Santopadre share their appreciation of lesser-known films, underrated TV shows and hopelessly obscure character actors -- discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried ... Show More
26m 7s
May 2022
507: Roger Jackson
Roger Jackson, wonderful author of a new book on reincarnation, joins the DTFH!Be sure to check out Roger's new book, Rebirth: A Guide to Mind, Karma, and Cosmos in the Buddhist World, available wherever you get your books! Roger has also authored Buddhist Theology: Critical Refl ... Show More
1h 17m
Nov 2023
Best Of: Being Dan Malkovich
Episode 79: Dan Ryckert is out for his birthday, leading the guys to muse on the experience of inhabiting his "spindly" body. Also in this episode: the usefulness of "no offense," advice for living in Japan, quantum physics, magic 8-balls, and precious orbs. Learn more about your ... Show More
1 h