Caleb Can't Read

Caleb Can't Read

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  • Episode 54: Jose Saramago Pt. 2

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    Kept you waiting?  Well we've been dealing with a lot of illnesses lately, which oddly enough is the theme for this episode and Jose Saramago's remaining works.  Come join us as we delve into his remaining catalogue, such as "Blindness", "Death With Interruptions", and "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ"!

    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 53: Jose Saramago Pt. 1

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    TW: Child abuse;


    For what would have been his 100th birthday, we are presenting you with the early life of Jose Saramago, arguably (by me-- I argue this--) Portugal's best writer.  Join us as we delve into his shitty childhood, his bizarre family, and his early works which would later gain a cult following, including "Manual of Calligraphy and Painting", "The Lives of Things", and "Baltasar & Blimunda"!

    1 hr 22 min
  • Outtakes

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    Look, we are not experts.  I swear to God, if ever we did a live show, people would have to sit through a good 20 minutes before we actually get to the source material, based solely on the fact that one of us hated how we opened the episode, and were quicker at pressing the 'stop' button than the other could cover it with their hand.

    22 min
  • Episode 52: Sylvia Plath

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    TW: Abuse, Dead Kids, Suicide;

    For our Season 4 finale, we bring to you a lot of sad.  For real, there's like 3 different people who die by their own hand in this.  But anyway, Sylvia Plath has become an authority in the poetry world since her passing, and her brilliance is something that must to be reiterated.  Again though, if you're going through some shit right now, maybe give this one a pass.

    What I will say is that we will have our Season 5 opener sometime in November, but unsure of how long it'll take for the rest of the Season to come out after that.  Refer back to Episode #41.5 on such details.

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    (800)273-8255

    1 hr 38 min
  • Episode 51: Nostradamus

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    Bet you didn't see this one coming!  Huh?!  Haha, yeah...  Anyway, this guy's a fuckin' fraud, and we're here to tell you all about it.  Come listen to us discuss the bullshit prophecies of one of the most infamous conmen, Nostradamus!

    45 min
  • Episode 50: Helen Keller

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    TW: Alabama;

    It's our 50th episode!  And to celebrate, we're going over the sad sad tale of Helen Keller, most well-known for overcoming her blind and deaf disabilities to become a prolific author and Socialist activist, and not as well-known for her weird religion and once flying a whole goddamn plane.

    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 49: Louis Braille

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    Come join us as we discuss the life of Louis Braille, the man who invented a system for the blind to read while he was only 15!  And also sharing a bathroom with 120 other men.  Yes, the 1800's were a pooey time, especially if you were blind before Braille, which we'll also talk about.  Seriously, you were like town jester if you had a disability.  Not like today, where you can even be the co-host of your very own podcast.

    38 min
  • Episode 48: Roberto Bolano

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    TW: Torture;

    Welcome to perhaps the most pretentious Latin American writer there ever was, Roberto Bolano!  Come learn the backstory of the man who witnessed more than one atrocity in several countries, paving the way for him to create the two novels that one hipster chick was telling you about before her Marxist idealization turned you off, "2666" and "The Savage Detectives"!

    1 hr 28 min

About Caleb Can't Read

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Caleb Can’t Read is a podcast where you can learn all about the major works, themes, and lives of some of your favorite (or most hated) authors along with Caleb Terrence, being taught the subject of…