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
fernando sdrigotti interview (author of shitstorm)
we’re joined by fernando sdrigotti, author of shitstorm, to talk about his writing and how “the algorithm loves a shitstorm.” we find out about the (vastly different) origins of the “novelette,” how …
00:57:33 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
shitstorm by fernando sdrigotti
sorry, tipper gore! our internet module continues with shitstorm by fernando sdrigotti, and the google ban is still being upheld. it’s not christmas (yet), but we check in on our new year’s resolutio…
00:37:46 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
b.r. yeager interview (author of amygdalatropolis)
this episode of how to win the lottery starts in media res, which is fancy speak for “in the middle of the action.” (this may be wildly wrong, but we must operate under the assumption that bob’s goog…
00:51:26 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
amygdalatropolis by b.r. yeager
our internet season continues with amygdalatropolis by b.r. yeager, which tackles a topic new to literature. (note: this episode has a content warning.) after stumbling over the title (and what an am…
00:52:58 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
darcie wilder interview (author of literally show me a healthy person)
literally show me a healthy person by darcie wilder is one of our favorite books this season, and today we’re talking to darcie all about it (and a whole lot more). after calling for ducks, newburypo…
01:10:54 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
literally show me a healthy person by darcie wilder
our season on the internet continues with literally show me a healthy person by darcie wilder. joey is joined by “the man with no name,” and we begin by dissecting his way of listening to our show be…
00:38:33 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
adam levin interview (author of the instructions and mount chicago)
please note: this conversation contains spoilers for both mount chicago and the instructions.
on today’s installment of tips and tricks to win the lottery, we talk to adam levin, author of mount chic…
01:39:59 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
mount chicago by adam levin
we’re taking a slight detour this module (and returning to the work of adam levin) for a bonus episode about mount chicago. we compare mount chicago to the instructions, rank some birds, and hear why…
01:40:29 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
katie runde interview (author of the shore)
we continued our season about the internet last week with katie runde’s the shore, and today we’re talking to katie about the jersey shore, boardwalk games, and catfishing your mom. we talk about how…
01:01:22 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
the shore by katie runde
our internet module continues as we seek community in online forums and talk about the shore by katie runde. after struggling with scheduling details that no one needs to know or care about, we talk …
00:46:32 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
beth morgan interview (author of a touch of jen)
we kicked off our third season with a touch of jen by beth morgan, and today we’re talking to beth about her novel. we find out what she thinks of the internet, her thoughts on the novel’s specific t…
00:48:18 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
a touch of jen by beth morgan
we're kicking off our season about the internet with a touch of jen by beth morgan. we start by naming famous remys, wondering who the titular "jen" is, and work through a loud groan coming from outs…
01:03:33 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
season three theme and reading list
we're logging onto the internet for season three of how to win the lottery. all of our books prominently feature the internet and online life. find the full reading list below, and email in your thou…
00:11:27 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
bud smith interview (author of teenager)
we’re following up last week’s episode on teenager by bud smith by talking to bud about his work (and his friendship with bobby). we talk about new jersey, bud rejecting bobby’s criticisms of a previ…
01:07:08 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
teenager by bud smith
our campus season (officially) wraps up with teenager by bud smith, which follows the first how to win the lottery field trip. after serge gainsbourg drops by, we talk about elvis, the “lovers on the…
00:55:53 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
either/or by elif batuman
campus season continues with either/or, our second elif batuman novel in a row, and this time, we’re following selin’s sophomore year at harvard. we talk about how selin’s story is an unusual (in a g…
01:00:27 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
the idiot by elif batuman
surprise! the idiot by elif batuman is no longer our season finale, as she wrote another book about selin that we'll cover next episode: either/or. today, though, we're kicking things off with the (p…
01:05:03 |
Thu 19 May 2022
the instructions by adam levin
in spite of this episode about the instructions by adam levin being our longest episode to date (by far!), it still feels woefully incomplete. how do you sum up more than 1,000 pages? it turns out… i…
01:47:05 |
Thu 05 May 2022
real life by brandon taylor
real life by brandon taylor continues our journey through the campus semester of our podcast and marks our most recent release in this module. after another seamless opening to the podcast, we dive i…
00:55:25 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
college novel by blake middleton (+ author interview)
campus season continues with college novel by blake middleton, and today’s episode includes our first-ever author interview! we welcome in blake at the top of the show, where he immediately roasts bo…
01:09:43 |
Thu 07 Apr 2022
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