Episodes
Pierce and Justin find a new favorite literary genre and author in Noir and Raymond Chandler. That *totally* isn't sarcasm. Join us as we discuss the man and his creation in two Phillip Marlowe classics ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 05/08/24
Published 05/08/24
We take a look at one of the best works of Noir fiction ever, Double Indemnity. Join us for a rainy night of crime and mystery as Pierce and Justin put on their black and white suits and fall for a femme fatale! ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok:...
Published 04/29/24
Join Pierce and Justin as they get spooky in spring. We discuss Thomas Ligotti's short stories and The Haunting of Hill House ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 04/06/24
Justin and Pierce are in for an extremely spooky film. Join us as we investigate four Japanese folk tales, lovingly retold on film by the master filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 03/27/24
Join Justin and Pierce as they go over all of the Oscar categories, their thoughts and picks, as well as some notable snubs. Stay tuned for Pierce's Best Picture ranking at the end! ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 02/21/24
We're back after a short hiatus! Join Pierce, Justin, and reoccurring member Luke for an in depth discussion on John Williams' masterpiece(?) Stoner! ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 01/30/24
Justin and Pierce go inside Inside Llewyn Davis and go inside this movie in order to give you the inside scoop on the inside of this Coen Brothers classic film ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 10/04/23
Justin and Pierce review The 400 Blows (1959) - perhaps the greatest coming of age film ever made. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TIK TOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 08/24/23
Justin and Pierce review The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - perhaps the most difficult books we've ever had to read for this podcast so far. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 08/04/23
Justin and Pierce review Come and See (1985) - we never quite were the same after this one. ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://bit.ly/NJABCYT ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 07/26/23
Justin and Pierce review: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Laroux Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod twitter.com/NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 06/29/23
Justin and Pierce review Portrait of a Lady on Fire - a steamy French slow burn romance. You know, the stuff we're usually into ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod twitter.com/NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 06/26/23
Justin and Pierce review Slaughterhouse Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut ▶ JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus content and our gratitude buymeacoffee.com/NotJustAnypod ▶ We are available on all major podcasting platforms and YouTube! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kdMkEL YouTube: https://bit.ly/NJABCYT ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod twitter.com/NotJustAnyPod ▶ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 05/31/23
Now no one will have to listen to our first episode because we have a take two on Modernism! Justin read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Pierce read Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 05/07/23
Make sure you save this video for the post-apocalypse! Justin and Pierce peer into the future and discuss apocalypses and what they mean for our current day in writing Justin read I am Legend by Richard Matheson Pierce read The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 03/29/23
Pierce and Justin, in our longest episode yet, give their thoughts and opinions on the new Last of Us HBO series. Come join us as we (inevitably) compare it to the game we love and give our thoughts on some of the choices and decisions made in adapting the story! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod -Follow us on Tik Tok: @NotJustAnyPod
Published 03/21/23
We're here to talk about some authors who had to go into exile for one reason or another (usually if an artist is exiled its for a bad reason). Come with us as we discuss the tragic exiling of Oscar Wilde and Herman Hesse and their works, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Steppenwolf respectively - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 02/28/23
Book Ends is finally back with a BANG! Pierce and Justin cover Andrei Tarkovsky's Nostalghia for this Artists in Exile month. Join us as we carry this discussion over a drained pool of water! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 02/20/23
Welcome to a brand new topic in a brand new year of Not Just Any Book Club! This month, Justin and Pierce take yet another look at fantasy but get more specific this time. Listen in, as we discuss The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch and Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence  - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 02/02/23
Welcome to philosophy month! Well... all about Plato's Republic. The plan was to do a more general philosophy month, but here we are reading Plato together. Worked out well for an interesting conversation on Plato's city, Platonic ideals, the theory of forms, and more! - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 12/07/22
We messed up on The Lighthouse recording, so join us for just the book club session instead! Pierce read probably one of the weirdest books he's ever read in Kathe Koja's "The Cipher" and Justin read some elevated horror that he didn't quite love in Grady Hendrix's "Horrorstör" - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 11/01/22
Pierce once again gets to talk about Germany! Join us as we dive into Herman Hesse's best known novel (Siddhartha) as well as an interesting German novel taking place in France, Perfume by Patrick Süskind - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 09/28/22
Pierce and Justin dive into the talkie. One of the best German films of all time, tune into NJABC Book Ends German Month extravaganza, where we'll dive deep on the Fritz Lang film, M. - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out our Goodreads page to see what we're reading!
Published 09/19/22
We dive into one of the most dense authors we've covered, Cormac McCarthy. Pierce has once again decided to dive into a work that Justin disliked in Blood Meridian. Will he prove Justin wrong and show that said work is great once again? Justin is up to try Cormac McCarthy one more time and is reading The Road. Will he actually enjoy the McCarthy Style this time? Find out how these two dealt with such dense works on this episode of NJABC  - Follow us on Twitter: @NotJustAnyPod - Check out...
Published 08/30/22