Not Just Any Book Club

Is she the worst person in the world? Or just another person making their way through life? Join us as we dig into a Criterion Collection film also featured on the NYT Best Films of the 21st Century list! ▶ 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

Join us for a discussion on a drugged up adventure through Las Vegas. You'll either love or hate this film (and this episode)! ▶ 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

Time for more Science Fiction! Pierce and Justin talk Ursula K Le Guin and her sci-fi/philosophical novella, The Lathe of Heaven. ▶ 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

We take a break from The Criterion Challenge to discuss the second season of The Last of Us, a game/series we enjoyed as a game. Emma, a show only watcher, joins us to talk about her impressions ▶ 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

In the Criterion Challenge we take a look at a modern addition. Is Wim Wender's Perfect Days a perfect 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 TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

We journey into the future and discuss the very first piece of the Blade Runner franchise. Does it get off to a good start with Phillip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Or is this sci-fi story less than stellar? ▶ 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

Pierce and Justin dive into the Criterion Collection! Join us as we discuss the most chosen film from the Criterion Closet, a film featuring one of the best performances of all time! ▶ 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

Join Pierce and Justin as we dig into one of the big classic coming of age stories, The Bell Jar. We'll get into the story itself, it's classic coming of age trappings, and also the ways in which it differentiates itself from books like Catcher in the Rye. ▶ 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

Join us for a night of awards as we reminisce about the films of 2024. We go through Pierce's Best Picture rankings for the Oscars and talk about a few of the other awards to be given out ▶ 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

Pierce and Justin begin a several year project of making their way through the Palme d'Or winners. We start our journey with a certified cinephile classic in Carol Reed's The Third Man. ▶ 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

Pierce, Justin, and Luke take a relaxing trip, fishing for good, kind of obscure horror. Is The Fisherman by John Langan an incredible, cosmic catch? Or is it more trouble than it's worth? ▶ 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

Pierce dives into the deep end while Justin wades into the shallows of famed and slightly controversial philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Join us as we discuss Nietzsche's Beyond Good & Evil! ▶ 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

The gang gets lost in their brand spanking new non-Euclidean family home??? Join us as we dive into the lies and the truth of the Navidson Record in our episode on House of Leaves. ▶ 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

We continue our spiritual journey through fiction with a trek into the most horrifying world in the universe: New York City in 1975. Pierce, Justin, and guest Emma discuss the faults and merits of cult classic Jacob's Ladder ▶ 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

Pierce and Justin get spiritual once again, discussing John Steinbeck's Magnum Opus(?), East of Eden. Is it the best work by one of America's best authors? Is it the Great American Novel? Could Steinbeck have been any more on the nose than he was here? All this and more ▶ 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

Pierce and Justin, due to audience submission, take a look at a very spiritual film they don't know much about in Terrance Mallick's masterpiece, The Tree of Life. ▶ 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

Pierce and Justin are joined by guests Emma and JB as they discuss Aldous Huxley's masterpiece, Brave New World. What are we even supposed to take from this novel? What is it about this society's hedonism that is morally wrong? Are these character likeable, pitiable, deplorable? What does Huxley think about all of this? All this and more in May's episode of NJABC! ▶ 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

Since there aren't really any *good* Brave New World adaptations, we took a look at a different kind of dystopian film, the satirical Starship Troopers. Join us as we talk about the stark difference between the book and the film and be ready to listen to two people confused about how people miss the satire in the 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 TIKTOK! TikTok: @NotJustAnyPod

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

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: @NotJustAnyPod