Episode Forty-One: "Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"
In This Episode:
The guys recover from the ToB by going full-Gonzo-journalism with Hunter S. Thompson, down the rabbit hole of the 1972 Presidential Election - and the more things seem to change...
Other highlights:
* A cocktail... with beer?
* Drew's Johnny-Depp-as-Hunter-S-Thompson impression
* follow-up: do we like Hunter?
* ARCs we've been sent
* Reasons to be on Twitter
LISTEN:
The Ep. 41 Bookshelf
THIS EPISODE'S BOOK:
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Drew: The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray and The Yoga of Max's Discontent by Karam Bajaj
Christopher: Loner by Teddy Wayne and The Bob's Burgers Cookbook by Loren Bouchard & the writers of Bob's Burgers
ALSO MENTIONED:
The Love Song of Johnny Valentine by Teddy Wayne
Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne
What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Drew: Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
Christopher: The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz