Bowie Book Club Podcast

By Greg Miller & Kristianne Huntsberger

Two friends have had a book club for a very very long time. It was mostly an excuse to drink and gossip. In January of 2016, they found renewed purpose in their sadness over the death of David Bowie. ... more

3.8

3838 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Bowie Book Club Podcast:

How many episodes does Bowie Book Club Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 126 episodes available.

Bowie Book Club Podcast episodes:

December 18, 2023The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild
speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has
reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Hidden
Persuaders
by Vance Packard, a quaint little preview of the non-stop psychological prodding we endure now.
Subscribe!
iTunes | RSS |
Stitcher
Follow us! (Not in a creepy way)
Mastadon
Facebook
Instagram
Web Presence
Our Bookshop
Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!)
Stuff We Talked About
Salon article on the book
article on Bowie's brief spell as an ad man in The Drum
our episode on A People's Tragedy
What Are We Reading
Greg:
The Pickwick Papers (of course!) by Charles Dickens
Rim of Morning by William Sloane
Gone to the Wolves by John Wray
Kristianne:
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Julia by Sandra Newman
Our Best of 2023!
Greg:
Fingersmith in a 3-way split with White Noise and 42nd Parallel
Dreaming as Delerium by J. Allen Hobson
The House with a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Kristianne:
also Fingersmith!
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott
East of Eden by Johnny Steinbeck
Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
...more
48min
November 27, 2023 Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto
Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto - if you like art, philosophy and the philosophy of art, you might get through this a little easier than we did.
...more
41min
October 30, 2023Strange People by Frank Edwards
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild
speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has
reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Strange
People
a rundown of all the freaks, geeks and mentalists you'll ever want to
encounter.
Subscribe!
iTunes | RSS |
Stitcher
Follow us! (Not in a creepy way)
Mastadon
Facebook
Instagram
Web Presence
Our Bookshop
Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!)
Stuff We Talked About
The Weekly World News - "The World's Only Reliable News Source"
Nightmare Alley)
Strange Stories and Amazing Facts
David Bowie in New York documentary
The Three Arts bookstore
The Booksmith bookstore
The Poughkeepsie Seer
Brion Gysin
The Changing Light at Sandover - ok its not all Ouija, but it feels like it.
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House
Kristianne:
Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
What Song Did We Choose?
Alternate song!
What's Up Next
Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto
...more
36min
September 25, 2023Writers at Work by the Paris Review
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie
Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about
Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we
read Writers at Work: The First Series,
a compendium of interviews with writers that proves to be as dazzling as a round of George Plimpton's Video Falconry.
Subscribe!
iTunes | RSS |
Stitcher
Follow us! (Not in a creepy way)
Mastadon
Facebook
Instagram
Web Presence
Tell us what you think should be on Bowie's list that isn't!!
Our Bookshop
Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!)
Stuff We Talked About
The Paris Review: A CIA Front?
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
George Plimpton's Video Falconry
The Kingdom and the Power by Gay Talese
What Are We Reading (and when and where)
Greg:
Funny Papers by Tom DeHaven
The House with a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs
The Librarianist by Patrick DeWitt
Kristianne
Dead Mom's Club by Kate Spencer
The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke
Seeing Ghosts by Kat Chow
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
Strange People by Frank Edwards
Permalink
...more
42min
August 28, 2023 Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr
...more
45min
July 24, 2023 The Beano
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Beano, a British comic that has been teaching the fundamentals of anarchy to the youth of the UK decades before Johnny Rotten gave his first snarl.
...more
44min
June 26, 2023 The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read we read The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos, a big sweeping tale of America at the turn of the 20th century, including getting chased by a farmer with a shotgun, which happened all the time back then.
...more
41min
May 22, 2023Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for
straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Lady
Chatterly's
Lover
by D.H. Lawrence, which has all the bowels and loins anyone could ask for.
Subscribe!
iTunes | RSS |
Stitcher
Follow us! (Not in a creepy way)
Mastadon
Facebook
Instagram
Web Presence
Our Bookshop
Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!)
Stuff We Talked About
Geoffrey Robertson's article on the banning of Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Phillip Larkin's mention of LCL
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
Cometbus and Love and Rockets
The Serpent Coiled in Naples by Marius Kociejowski
Kristianne:
In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
Night Vision by Mariana Alessandri
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passo
...more
40min
April 24, 2023 Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
Welcome to another episode of the **Bowie Book Club**, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman - if you're a fan of gin n' ginger ale or of extremely stylized dialog, you're going to love this one.
...more
43min
March 27, 2023Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read * Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, a novel of deception, doublecross, and people being absolute fucksters to each other.
Subscribe!
iTunes | RSS |
Stitcher
Follow us! (Not in a creepy way)
Mastadon
Facebook
Instagram
Web Presence
Our Bookshop
Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!)
Stuff We Talked About
The Handmaiden - movie version of Fingersmith by cue ChatGPT Park Chan-Wook
London Labor and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
Spring by Ali Smith
Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna
Kristianne:
Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart
The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts
Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
...more
36min

FAQs about Bowie Book Club Podcast:

How many episodes does Bowie Book Club Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 126 episodes available.

More shows like Bowie Book Club Podcast

The Book Review by The New York Times

The Book Review

3,895 Listeners

This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,351 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,018 Listeners

Selected Shorts by Symphony Space

Selected Shorts

2,860 Listeners

The Moth by The Moth

The Moth

27,302 Listeners

Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

Stuff You Should Know

78,161 Listeners

the memory palace by Nate DiMeo

the memory palace

6,874 Listeners

The Sporkful by Dan Pashman

The Sporkful

3,927 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,248 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,715 Listeners

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond by Pushkin Industries

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

4,101 Listeners

The Bulwark Podcast by The Bulwark

The Bulwark Podcast

11,874 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,519 Listeners

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

10,448 Listeners

Inside Trump's Head by The Daily Beast, Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles

Inside Trump's Head

304 Listeners