SUMMARY: Kellen is behind on his reading, and he needs your help! (Sounds like a Saturday morning PBS cartoon...). Kellen gives a rundown of most of the books he's read so far this year; also he has an idea for a very classy author name; and at around the 15-minute mark he quits recording for a full day to recover from starting to lose his voice in real time (and--if you catch when it happens--it sounds like a miracle), and through the magic of editing, he picks it up right where he left off and you don't have to hear his vocal chords slowly die after that.

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LINKS TO BUY THE BOOKS MENTIONED ON THIS EPISODE (listed in the order they came in the podcast discussion):

11-22-63, by Stephen King
https://amzn.to/3ZQVkBL

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide, John Cleese
https://amzn.to/3ZEKTzM

Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
https://amzn.to/3OXq25O

A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
https://amzn.to/3VGohOh

A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
https://amzn.to/3Drchd5

They Body, Bill Bryson
https://amzn.to/4fmOVme

To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu
https://amzn.to/3Bpx5RP

The Wandering Earth, Cixin Liu
https://amzn.to/4gSMnh9

East of Eden, John Steinbeck
https://amzn.to/3ZAlpn9

Mad at the World (Steinbeck biography), William Souder
https://amzn.to/41AMN7g

My Man Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse
https://amzn.to/4iyzs5s

Dead Men Scare Me Stupid, John Swartzwelder
https://amzn.to/4fhwsrl

James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media
https://amzn.to/3ZDT8wc

The Anxious Generation, Jonathon Haidt
https://amzn.to/3OZSqEk

A Heart That Works, Rob Delaney
https://amzn.to/4iCCJRd

Permission to Feel, Marc Brackett
https://amzn.to/49yRRuZ

The Creative Act, Rick Rubin
https://amzn.to/3ZRx1U5


-Kellen Erskine has appeared on Conan, Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC's America's Got Talent, and the Amazon Original Series Inside Jokes. He has garnered over 200 million views with his clips on Dry Bar Comedy. In 2018 he was selected to perform on the “New Faces” showcase at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. He currently tours the country www.KellenErskine.com