Faking Lit

Faking Lit

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Faking Lit episodes

  • Episode 38 - Watership Down by Richard Adams (with Michael Hill!)
    In which the Idiots discuss Richard Adams's "Watership Down" - get distracted by the ingenuity of the writing team on "Dawson's Creek" - explore the expanded universe of "The Wire" - derail on possibly the most childish and most staggeringly stupid tangent ever while discovering that, yes, there was apparently a "sequel" to "Through the Keyhole".
    Featuring Special Guest Experts Michael Hill and returning wellness guru Siddartha Bookerjee.
    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 37 - A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond (with Anne Klein!)
    In which the Idiots get to the heart of Michael Bond's beloved ursine children's character - uncover the infanticidal subtext of Paddington - get schooled on what proper Chinese food really is - try to protect the Queen from danger.
    Featuring Special Guest Experts Anne Klein, everyone's favourite Beefeater Lenny London and The Chinese Restaurateur.
    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 36 - Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (with Elena Gabets and Kat Sadler!)
    In which the Idiots discuss Jonathan Swift's much bowdlerised satirical travelogue "Gulliver's Travels" - struggle over who will be the Mark Zuckerberg and who will be the Winkelvoss Twins of the next Big Idea: "Cat Hands" - stay away from www.AskJeeves.ru - reveal that Japan was actually a prank concocted by the Chinese - race to trademark various ideas through hasty freestyle rap.
    Featuring Special Guest Experts Elena Gabets and UK Garage UK Garage Sauce impressario Lee Branches and his publicist Sheila Hat.
    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 35 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (with Michael Hill and Andy Onions!)
    The Idiots discuss the beloved anti-authoritarian novel by Ken Kesey, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - propose an ingenious system for working out who's supposed to be speaking in a book - put forward the theory that all Jack Nicholson's films are actually just sequels to each other - discover that naming books is hard.
    Featuring Special Guest Experts Michael Hill, Andy Onions, Grime DJ Bookcase Fillah and author Phillip Potassium Koch.
    1 hr 18 min
  • Episode 34 - Halloween Special - Dracula vs Frankenstein (with Ben Lund-Conlon!)
    The Idiots get all spooky in this special Halloween episode in which we pit Bram Stoker's "Dracula" against Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to decide who will be King of Halloween - we also receive our first factual corrections email, which is surely a sign that we are a proper podcast.
    Featuring Special Guest Experts Gustav Lund, an actual vampire, and Juergen von Schufschvich, a Transylvanian vegetarian.
    1 hr 34 min
  • Episode 33 - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (with Martin Willis!)
    In which the Idiots continue to spook it up with Stephenie Meyer's stealth Mormon pamphlet "Twilight" - Steve Koenig reveals hitherto undiscovered podcasts and personas - we try to be more conscientious in our language - Alice says something she regrets.
    Featuring Special Guest Experts one-man podcast empire, Steve Koenig and sociall conscious YouTube personality, MDubz (Martin Willis).
    1 hr 22 min
  • Episode 32 - At The Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft (with Jonny Gillam and Joseph Murphy!)
    This week the Idiots kick off the Halloween season with a very special guest - waste no time discussing the racism of H.P. Lovecraft - read excerpts from their favourite Lovecraft stories - Josh becomes a gushy fanboy and shares his Lovecraft fanfic with us - we have an exclusive NEW POEM from the man himself.
    With Special Guest Expert Jonny Gillam and extremely super special guest expert H.P. Lovecraft himself.
    1 hr 20 min
  • Episode 33 - At The Mountains of Madness and other stories by H.P. Lovecraft
    This week the Idiots kick off the Halloween season with a very special guest - waste no time discussing the racism of H.P. Lovecraft - read excerpts from their favourite Lovecraft stories - Josh becomes a gushy fanboy and shares his Lovecraft fanfic with us - we have an exclusive NEW POEM from the man himself.
    With Special Guest Expert Jonny Gillam and extremely super special guest expert H.P. Lovecraft himself.
    1 hr 20 min
  • Episode 31 - We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
    This week the Idiots discuss Lionel Shriver's bleak tale of motherhood and psychopathy "We Need To Talk About Kevin" - delve deep into the lore of Donkey Kong - give advice on how to raise your kids right - find out what Neil Patrick Harris is up to these days.
    Featuring Special Guest Experts, father and son petrol barons Bryce Starnbarn and Bryce Starnbarn Jr... or are they?
    1 hr 22 min

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A podcast in which five idiots get together to discuss the finest works of classic literature.