Strange and Beautiful Book Club
Long time partners, Rachel and Matt, bring their unique blend of wit and weirdness to the worlds of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. From quirky movie reviews to lively book discussions, they keep you entertained and informed with their mature humor and infectious enthusiasm. Join them as they chase their little nerd hearts through the genres they love.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 124
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
"The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower" by Stephen King (Part 1 of 2)
Matt and Rachel discuss the final novel (and in our opinion - the best) in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King
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"The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah" by Stephen King
Matt and Rachel discuss the second to last book in the Dark Tower series, "Song of Susannah" by Stephen King. Did anything actually happen in this book? Listen and find out!
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"The Dark Tower 4.5: A Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King
FINALLY CAUGHT UP! We will be back on our regular schedule now so "Song of Susannah" will be out the first Friday in August!
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"The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla" by Stephen King (Part 2 of 2)
Rachel and Matt discuss the remainder of Wolves of the Calla and a bunch of other related (and not related) stuff too. Hug your fluffy pets today for Pip, he will be missed.
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SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 7) - "Complementary Species"
We discuss Murderbot Season 1, Episode 7 - Complementary Species.
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SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 4, 5, and 6)
As some of you may have guessed, Pip crossed the rainbow bridge the weekend before last and it really threw me for a loop. Please enjoy this very lightly edited episode. There's more coming now that …
"The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla" by Stephen King (Part 1 of 2)
Slightly delayed but here it is and we got so excited to chat about this one that it just made sense to split it into parts so it won't be too too long. But don't worry, you won't be waiting a month …
Repost - "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King
Rachel is on the road until next week so our episode on "Wolves of the Calla" will be delayed. Murderbot and our book episode will all be out next week! See you soon!
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SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 3) - "Risk Assessment"
Kate, Matt, and Rachel discuss the third episode of the Murderbot series, "Risk Assessment". As always, we are trying our best to use "it" for Murderbot and I think we improved immensely. Shooting to…
SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 1&2) - "FreeCommerce" and "Eye Contact"
Surprise! We're chatting Murderbot today and every Friday while new episodes are airing! As you know, we've already covered these books with Kate back in 2023(?) - A long time ago... so there are bou…
"The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass" by Stephen King
Rachel and Matt discuss the fourth book in the Dark Tower series. Did we agree? Were we both weirded out by the protagonist's ages or was that just Rachel... listen and find out!
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"Black River Orchard" by Chuck Wendig
Contains Spoilers! Also, we are moving! So there will be no book episode in April or probably May but then you get to hear all about how we moved to an abandoned motel in a remote lake side town in t…
"Empire of the Damned" by Jay Kristoff
Matt and Rachel discuss the second installment in the Empire of the Vampire trilogy. Did we love it just as much? Does Rachel regret her tattoo? Listen and find out!
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Repost - "David Lynch's Dune (1984)" - Part epic adventure, part fever dream, and all Lynch.
In honor of the late, great, David Lynch. Here's a repost of our episode on his absolutely bananas adaptation of Dune. Would he be glad to be remembered for this movie? No. Do we love him for it anyw…
"Empire of the Vampire" by Jay Kristoff
According to Wikipedia:
Twenty-seven years after Daysdeath, a mysterious phenomenon that has cast the world into perpetual darkness, vampires have successfully conquered humanity. Gabriel de Leon, the…
Bonus - Christmas Crossover with Cinematic Anarchy - "Red Snow (2021)
Enjoy this special bonus episode crossover with our friends at Cinematic Anarchy!
Seasons Greetings from the Hosts of Cinematic Anarchy and The Strange and Beautiful Podcast. It's been a few weeks of…
Bonus: We Are All Kosh - Preview - Babylon 5 (Season 1 Ep 0) - The Gathering
This show is available to stream for free on Tubi or with a paid subscription on Amazon Prime. Tube has the version of The Gathering we watched but it's listed as the last episode of season 1.
Per wi…
"The Dark Tower - The Waste Lands" by Stephen King
Rachel and Matt discuss the third book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, The Waste Lands. Did the series get better? Are we willing to read more? Listen and find out!
The Waste Lands" is the t…
Willy's Wonderland (2021) - This is a sequel to Mandy. Fight me.
Former Patreon exclusive, now all yours. Willy's Wonderland with special guest, Meg.
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"Somewhere in Time" by Richard Matheson - Featuring Chris from Cinematic Anarchy
Seemed only fair, since we discussed the MOVIE "Somewhere in Time" on Cinematic Anarchy that Chris come over to our neck of the woods to chat about the book! Find all Cinematic Anarchy episodes here: