Episode 71: The Hunter Hunter Hunt Begins

About this episode

Brian and Cort discuss their experiences with an audiobook and various pop culture topics, including theater and television.

This week, Brian reports back on his assignment: the first five chapters of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones (Cort’s new literary obsession and Brian’s long-standing one). Turns out, loving Jones on the page may or may not mean loving his work performed directly into your ears. Brian’s early take? Cautiously optimistic. Marin Ireland does fine. Owen Teale … well, Brian isn’t convinced he wants an entire book read to him by "Welsh Gravel Goliath." But then enters Shane Ghostkeeper, voicing Goodstab, and suddenly Brian is handing out two thumbs up like he’s Roger Ebert at a Fellini festival. From there, the conversation drifts into Stranger Things Season 5, where opinions are shared, and Brian demonstrates that even confident opinions can be wrong. Cort finally gets a chance to see Leslie Odom, Jr. return as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, and he absolutely did not throw away his shot. Both hosts also caught & Juliet at the Orpheum, resulting in a predictable difference of opinion between a guy who's a theater geek and a guy with a massive intellect firing on all cylinders (whether necessary or not).. They close things out by taking Rolling Stone firmly to task over…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian, Cort

Topics covered

• audiobook review
• literature
• theater
• television
• pop culture
• opinion

Keywords

• audiobook
• Stephen Graham Jones
• theater
• Stranger Things
• Hamilton
• Rolling Stone

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Stone

Books & works: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stranger Things Season 5, Hamilton, & Juliet

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