Ben & Erik's Bookstore
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 52:12:54
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Synopsis
Join Ben and Erik as they sit in their very own bookstore, coffee in hand, discussing what they want to see in various books before checking them out (Oh how they love to check out books...)
Episodes
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Fun In the Sun 'til Death Doth Knock (BAEBS Episode #18)
31/08/2019 Duration: 01h05minWith the future and their inevitable demise on their minds, the bearded bros turn to Calypso by David Sedaris to make them realize what's important in life (or something like that).
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Camp(bell) Demon Voice (BAEBS Episode #17)
24/08/2019 Duration: 54minWhile Ben emits wisdom and Erik sputters demonic nonsense, the two discuss The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and how it relates to life, the cosmos, and Star Wars.
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You Don't Need a GPS to Find Love (BAEBS Episode #16)
17/08/2019 Duration: 01h03minWill the bearded bros be right in thinking that the lightest object in the universe is love? Will Ben actually enjoy the zombie apocalypse? And will The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele be worth the read? Find out this week on....BEN & ERIK'S BOOKSTORE!
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The Wisdom of Insects (BAEBS Episode #15)
10/08/2019 Duration: 55minWhile in human form (rather than bugsy), Ben and Erik discuss humanity's predicament in today's world, guided by the backsummaradvert of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
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Shall I Re-Experience That For You? (BAEBS Episode #14)
03/08/2019 Duration: 48minIn their quickest -- yet most in-depth -- discussion yet, the bearded brothers take on Recursion by Blake Crouch as well as their embarrassing romantic episodes.
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Finding Love in Man, Myth, and Minotaur (BAEBS Episode #13)
27/07/2019 Duration: 52minIn their second episode away from each other, Ben and Erik tackle the mythological tale of Circe in...well Circe by Madeline Miller.
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What Kind of Mummy Would You Be, Evvie Drake? (BAEBS Episode #12)
13/07/2019 Duration: 01h09sThe bearded bros return after life just kinda kept on happening to discuss Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, baseball mummies, and how not to make a new sport.
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The Mystery of the Pumpkin Catapults (BAEBS Episode #11)
18/05/2019 Duration: 58minAfter Ben introduces Erik to the Godmobile, the duo discusses why, in Sarah Fox's Wine and Punishment (Literary Pub Mystery #1), a small town in Vermont holds so many pumpkin-spiced mysteries.
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Fantasy Frovers Forever (BAEBS Episode #10)
04/05/2019 Duration: 54minWill Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe sufficiently suffice the sincere duo's sprawling expectations of smart fantasy?...Or will they just talk about time travel again? Who knows!
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(Sher)Wood You Like Some Alliteration with that Ice Cream? (BAEBS Episode #9)
27/04/2019 Duration: 57minAs the dudes tackle the romance(?) genre in Meagan Spooner's Sherwood, they create new ice cream flavors, unravel time travel paradoxes, and discuss how incredible this retelling of a classic could be.
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Ghosts of Wayne Manor (BAEBS Episode #8)
20/04/2019 Duration: 56minBarely ignoring Ben's haunted room, the bearded friends explore the correlation of personality and the spirit, Daniel Day-Lewis' Batman, and fisticuffs while discussing Craven Manor by Darcy Coates.
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BONUS: BAEBS Tangents Episode 2
20/04/2019 Duration: 30minBen and Erik continue their tangential saga with mind games, word stumbles, and more!
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Dystopian Children's Songs (BAEBS Episode #7)
13/04/2019 Duration: 51minWhile discussing Anthem by Ayn Rand, Erik sues Ben (and Ben tries to sue back) after complementing each other over their insights of dystopian societies.
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A Hop, A Skip, and A Hike (BAEBS Episode #6)
06/04/2019 Duration: 49minWhile discussing The Hike by Drew Magary, Ben learns about platformers, Erik repeatedly shows his musical talent(?), and they both contemplate permanent interplanetary travel.
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A Dash of Fruit Gushers (BAEBS Episode #5)
30/03/2019 Duration: 40minThe friends revisit the idea of an academy as well as discuss the qualities of a good backsummaradvert, long sentences, and when it is appropriate to loudly stir cinnamon into coffee, all while deliberating what they'll find in The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
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BONUS: BAEBS Tangents Episode 1
23/03/2019 Duration: 15minIn a type of radio blooper reel, Ben and Erik present their first bonus Tangent Episode that includes their various tangents edited out from previous installments for you to enjoy. It's the extra fun you don't normally hear! (P.S. This episode was longer but twenty minutes of audio were corrupted...this is why they work with books!)
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Pudding of Disastrous Proof (BAEBS Episode #4)
23/03/2019 Duration: 47minAfter finally remembering to time an episode, Ben and Erik discuss the YA genre and possible puzzling problems published in The Disasters by M.K. England.
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Boiling Hot Philosophy (with a Dash of Salt) (BAEBS Episode #3)
16/03/2019 Duration: 51minIn an episode featuring delicious (and incredibly hot) coffee and the dark side of Ben, the bearded friends get Way (hehe) deep into the possible philosophies within The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard).
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Do You Even Worldbuild, Bro? (BAEBS Episode #2)
09/03/2019 Duration: 42minSurrounding their discussion on the very existence of Cosette: The Sequel to Les Miserables by Laura Kalpakian is Ben and Erik's eternal war fought with alliteration and rhyme on a particularly stoney road to Dublin.
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But How Did the Murder Cake Taste? (BAEBS Episode #1)
02/03/2019 Duration: 37minAfter Ben introduces himself and Erik, we discuss what sort of diabolical dough they might see in Game of Scones (A Sugar & Spice Mystery #1) by Mary Lee Ashford.