Obscure with Michael Ian Black

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It's a book club, but funny!

Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights.

Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and a

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The podcast currently has 286 episodes available.

Obscure with Michael Ian Black episodes:

August 13, 2024 S4 Episode 53 - Canoodling Canoe
Clyde and Roberta are about to do the deed (share a canoe). After months of distant lustery, the two have found themselves in the same place at the same time, out on the water of a public park. Plus, a memory of the comedian Kevin Meany, as well as a explanation of the military term "pink mist." This episode has it all!
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32min
August 06, 2024 S4 Episode 52 - In This Dead Summertime
The heat is rising out there in Lycurgus. Nothing to do in the stultifying heat but rent a boat and head on out to Crum Lake and eat some goddamned watermelon, which is how your host has been spending about 40% of his time when not reading classic works of literature and commenting on them out loud.
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35min
July 30, 2024 S4 Episode 51 - Mrs. Peyton!
A mystery resolved! In last week's episode, we puzzled over the identity of a certain Mrs. Peyton. Friends, that mystery is solved in this tantalizing episode of Obscure. PLUS! Some light bowling commentary AND Clyde is dreaming of love. If you listen to one episode of ANY podcast this year, make it this one. Or not
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36min
July 23, 2024 S4 Episode 50 - Fiddy
Huge episode today as we cross the proverbial Rubicon. There's no going back now, not after we reach the half century mark. As we cross our own point of no return, old Clyde Griffiths and his new flame, Roberta Alden, seem destined to cross their own. A tepid love blossoms apace!
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34min
July 16, 2024 S4 Episode 49 - Zagnut? I hardly know her!
Ok look, that's not a great title. The pun is nonsensical, but how else to convey that this is the first episode in which your host reviews the old-timey Zagnut bar. In the world of Clyde and Roberta Alden, we're further exploring the inner life of our young heroine and tracing the history that led her to Lycurgus.
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33min
July 09, 2024 S4 Episode 48 - Resisting Facts, Revering Illusion
We learn a bit more about the new gal, Roberta Alden, in today's episode. Her past, her hometown, her family. Plus, some ruminating on the politics of the day and a little opinionating on the subject of love.
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32min
July 02, 2024 S4 Episode 47 - Projection!
A working girl has caught Clyde's eye. Some new hire from 50 miles north of Lycurgus, a Miss Roberta Alden, delicate of hand and lip. What difficulties for a sensitive young man such as Clyde when he's already got three stocky foreigners attuned to his every movement. It's gettin' sexy up in here!
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32min
June 25, 2024 S4 Episode 46 - Schenectady, Oshkosh, and Albuquerque
There you have it, three funny city names. You don't need any other funny city names when you've got these. If you're worried that there aren't enough funny city names, there are. There are three. And these are they. Don't try to top them. You can't. Also, Clyde attends a fancy automobile and floral display. Fabulous!
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39min
June 18, 2024 S4 Episode 45 - Liggett and Wigham, Wigham and Liggett
Clyde has been bumped up to the 5th floor of the Griffiths Collar Factory to oversee collar stamping. There's collars to be stamped and Clyde is being given a shot at this important responsibility. I'm not going to lie - it's A LOT of collars. There's baskets and bundles and paperwork to be filled out, not to mention a bunch of GIRLS sitting around doing the stampin'!
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32min
June 11, 2024 S4 Episode 44 - Tush!
Could Clyde possibly be a snob? Does he have it within him? Dreiser certainly seems to think so. On today's episode of Obscure, Clyde is cast from the fine home on Wycagy Avenue and contemplates a return to Chicago. But then, an unexpected turn of events raises Clyde in the estimation of his relations.
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36min

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