Faking Lit

In which the Idiots discuss the bestselling weep-fest that is "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks - share the secrets to a successful dumping - learn why dogs are not good podcast producers - are hijacked by a series of podcasts spontaneously starting in the middle of this podcast.

With special guest, podcast creator and husband of Serial's Sarah Koenig, Steve Koenig.

In which the Idiots discuss J.R.R.'s sprawling history of Middle Earth - ponder the meaning of what a new English Mythology actually means - fail to pronounce many, many names - wonder what's up with Tolkein's obsession with jewelry - delve into the mysteries of Kilburn Station - receive mail from a "celebrity admirer".

Featuring special guest expert Jonny Gillam and returning to the show, our favourite Australian divorcee, Clive Rudolph.

Clear evidence that special guest expert Jonny Gillam thinks that the world should be ruled by garbage baby men.

In which we discuss Orson Scott Card's militaristic sci-fi classic "Ender's Game" - create the "Devil's Avocado" bagel - critique Mormonism, geronotcracies and infantocracies using carefully crafted bagel analogies - discover that all dystopian fiction is founded upon a lack of bagels.

Featuring special guest experts Jonny Gillam and bagel enthusiast Donnie Bagels.

In which the Idiots tackle JoJo Moyes' problematic weepie "Me Before You" - a guest overcomes their own prejudices and makes a breakthrough - the secrets of the Snooker Trick Shot community are revealed - learn about a debilitating condition known as "Benjaminism".

Featuring Special Guest Expert Ben Lund-Conlon.

WARNING: This episode deals with heavy subjects such as Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide as that is a big part of the plot.

In this week's episode, we are joined by special guest experts Helen Bauer and Jonny Gillam who give their thoughts on Paula Hawkins' twisty-turny, page-turner, "The Girl On The Train".

Topics covered in this discussion include thought-provoking analyses of "gaslighting", unreliable narrators, police interrogation techniques and Dan shares a story about what happens when a Sims game goes wrong.

This week the Idiots tackle the beautiful ungainly beast that is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel, The Brothers Karamazov. Topics covered in our wide-ranging, all-singing, all-dancing conversation include Dan's brief unsuccessful time as a farmer, Subway's use of complex mathematical proofs to upsell sandwiches, why Friends works better when it's in French and an unfortunate realisation as to what the show's catchphrase is.

Today's episode is sponsored by the Pistache Child Rehousing Project, helping to rehouse kids no matter what their parents have to say about it.

In this week's episode the Idiots attempt to disentangle the mystery behind Erin Morgenstern's 'The Night Circus' with the help of special guest expert Kat Sadler.

We consider the lasting appeal of Fantasy as a genre, examine clown unions and send a special message to an estranged wife.

Visit Kat's site: http://succubusmag.com/

Also, check out Chris Coltrane's Lolitics Podcast.

This week the Idiots discuss Jonathan Franzen's most recent inquiry into the values of Middle Class America, "Purity", talk about nominative determinism, get hung up on the question of the age of consent as it pertains to Whoppers and Big Macs, debate who the most famous wolf is, give literary giant Franzen some notes on his opus, and agree that they need to stop talking about the age of consent on the Podcast.

In this week's episode, the Idiots are down by one because Alice didn't bother reading the book and was put in a time out. The remaining Idiots discuss Audrey Niffenegger's non-linear science fiction love story "The Time Traveller's Wife", Chin sings a song while Dan, Josh and Haran ponder whether there's anything more time consuming than having a penis.