how to win the lottery: a book club podcast
a book club, like oprah’s if oprah were two suburban guys from new jersey, or reese witherspoon’s if reese were two suburban guys from new jersey, except without the engine of fame that those two huge stars provide. but come on: oprah is not going to answer your emails. (trust us, we know.) every two weeks, a new book microscoped and surgeried by benevolent despot joey lewandowski and disgraced college professor "shreds"... with your help! here's a guarantee: every episode ends with an arrestable crime. will it be something boring like credit card fraud or something sexy like a casino heist? listen to find out.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 145
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
eileen by ottessa moshfegh
ottessa moshfegh returns to the pod as we discuss her novel eileen, which william oldroyd is adapting for release later this year. we discuss how gross the book is (and how dirty its world is), rebec…
00:56:50 |
Thu 04 May 2023
underworld by don delillo
don delillo returns to the podcast (via the written word) as we continue our un/adaptable module with underworld. in spite of us kicking off the “unadaptable” half of this module with this book, it t…
01:22:56 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
the zone of interest by martin amis
we head back in time to kick off our un/adaptable module with the zone of interest by martin amis. first, though, we stop for a pre-emptive fantasy baseball team check-in before we find an updated ca…
01:14:00 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
season five theme and reading list
after our briefest module yet, we’re back to unveil the theme and reading list for our next batch of books. before that, though, we plan for either one of us to die and tulsa explains aphantasia. the…
00:34:12 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
a confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole
our louisiana module comes to a close with its third and final book: a confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole. before we discuss the book, we learn about tulsa as "a state of mind" and finally u…
00:57:35 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
all the king's men by robert penn warren
our “suck shit, sufjan stevens” module (#1) continues as we stay in the sticky, humid louisiana weather for all the king’s men by robert penn warren, our first of two pulitzer prize-winning novels in…
00:51:26 |
Thu 09 Mar 2023
the moviegoer by walker percy
we’re kicking off our first “suck shit, sufjan stevens” module by heading down to louisiana for a three-book season, kicking off with the moviegoer by walker percy. after tulsa establishes his obsess…
01:02:31 |
Thu 23 Feb 2023
season four theme and reading list
we're embracing our inner lottery and gambling spirit with the fourth season of the pod. (if you don't want to have the theme spoiled, just listen to the episode.) years ago, sufjan stevens vowed to …
00:15:10 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
fake accounts by lauren oyler
our internet module comes to a close with fake accounts by lauren oyler — and yet another great author instagram handle. we share praise for the title, discuss whether or not fake accounts is satire,…
00:53:52 |
Thu 09 Feb 2023
we had to remove this post by hanna bervoets
our internet module is nearing its end, and today we’re talking about we had to remove this post by hanna bervoets. we talk about the value of reading literature in translation, the weird position th…
01:10:57 |
Thu 26 Jan 2023
neuromancer by william gibson
our mini sci-fi module (maybe not really a thing) within our broader internet module continues with neuromancer by william gibson. after checking in on our new year’s resolutions (for the second time…
01:08:04 |
Thu 12 Jan 2023
things have gotten worse since we last spoke by eric larocca
recorded in spooky season, releasing in the most wonderful time of the year (according to that one song), our internet module continues with things have gotten worse since we last spoke and other mis…
01:00:19 |
Thu 29 Dec 2022
allie rowbottom interview (author of aesthetica)
after covering her work last week, we spoke with allie rowbottom, author of aesthetica and jell-o girls. joey and allie share some memories about her book’s launch party/reading before we talk about …
00:54:23 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
aesthetica by allie rowbottom
the newest episode of lotto pod is also the newest book we’ll cover this season: aesthetica by allie rowbottom. first, some news: shreds is dead; long live tulsa, who shares his thoughts on saying “h…
00:53:17 |
Thu 15 Dec 2022
no one is talking about this by patricia lockwood
can a dog be twins? our next stop in our internet module is no one is talking about this by patricia lockwood. we talk about how the novel’s content (at least in the first-half) relies on existing (a…
00:43:47 |
Thu 01 Dec 2022
snow crash by neal stephenson
we’re headed back in time (?) to go forward in time (maybe?) to the metaverse (definitely) to talk about snow crash by neal stephenson. we talk about science-fiction being an unusual genre for the po…
01:20:53 |
Thu 17 Nov 2022
17776 by jon bois
our internet module continues as we talk about 17776 by jon bois. is it a book? what defines a book? we get into it. after shreds kickflip mctwists his way back onto the podcast, we talk about what w…
00:39:00 |
Thu 03 Nov 2022
megan boyle interview (author of liveblog)
megan boyle swung by the ol’ lottery pod treehouse to talk with us about her book liveblog (and a whole lot more). after briefly pivoting to a bob-centric interview, we talk about liveblog existing i…
01:11:27 |
Thu 27 Oct 2022
liveblog by megan boyle
our internet module continues with our longest book this season (and one of our favorites we’ve covered so far): liveblog by megan boyle. (our interview with megan will drop next week.) this episode …
01:08:17 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
the novelist by jordan castro
our internet module heads toward another brand new novel as we share (kind of!) conflicting opinions about the novelist by jordan castro. we talk about how castro writes about the process of writing,…
01:09:09 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
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