Podcast Episodes

Resurrecting Collections with Larry Charles

Episode 55

Guest Larry Charles and host Joshua Turek talk SF and LA noir, science fiction grounded on Earth, Larry's new memoir Comedy Samurai . They talk personal growth, the transformative power of literature…

Published on 9 hours ago

Confronting Reality w/ Yasha Levine

Episode 54

Guest Yasha Levine and Host Joshua Turek discuss the complexities of California's agricultural landscape, the impact of media and technology on society, and the challenges of political engagement in …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The Beauty of the Ordinary with Maddy Power

Episode 53

Recorded remotely from Bad Animal Books in Santa Cruz, CA. Joshua Turek and Maddy Power explore the impact of literature on identity, the challenges of modern communication, and the importance of cur…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

What I'm Reading on My Comedy Tour

Episode 52

On a pit stop in Santa Cruz with family between dates on my comedy tour (Get your tickets to my San Diego show Friday and L.A., SF, Eureka, next week then Seattle and Portland) before heading up the …

Published on 4 months ago

Field Trip to The Strand Bookstore in New York City

Episode 51

Officially on my comedy tour across the United States during particularly distressing times. It took six nights and five days but the morning after my first headlining show at Rodney's in Manhattan I…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Infinite Jest Digest with podcaster Cam George (Talking Talk Tuah)

Episode 50

Comedian Cam George of Talking Talk Tuah now Talking Talk podcast discusses being mystified by Infinite Jest and encountering this red flag memed book with new eyes.

Joshua's U.S. comedy tour starts t…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

EMT Hugo of Seize the Means Shirts

Episode 49

Catch Joshua on tour! New York City show is in two weeks at Rodney's on 6/21! Chicago at Zainies 6/24! Philly at Next in Line Comedy 6/27! And More....Just added New Orleans! Boise! Coming soon with …

Published on 5 months ago

Writer Evgenia Kovda on Philip K. Dick

Episode 48

Catch Joshua Turek on comedy tour this summer of 2025. To get notified of cities and dates follow his bandsintown and to buy signed copies of his new poetry book "Of Dumb Importance" on joshuaturek.c…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Musician and Author Britt Warner (Josh's sister)

Episode 47

Josh's sister musician and author Britt Warner brings books that make her miss L.A. and her own novella "Swimming with Horses".

For tickets to Josh's Summer of Discontent Comedy Tour 2025 click here a…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Comedian Steve Hernandez on Defying Conventional Narratives

Episode 46

Comedian and producer of Chatterbox comedy, Steve Hernandez, talks books about rich men seducing young women, polyamory, his own experiences with fatherhood, open relationships, comedy, and navigatin…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago