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Might be one of my favorites of the year

December 11, 2017 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

I have never listened to a podcast in my life, mostly because that would cut into my audiobook time (unacceptable!). But I’m familiar with Marc Maron, and his brand of brutally honest humor. He and his guests get together once a week and just…talk. About anything. He has a knack for getting celebrities to open up. And this book is a collection of those tellings. He breaks each chapter into a sort of life lesson, writes a bit about himself, and then includes celebrity quotes […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Brendan McDonald, John Oliver, Marc Maron

badkittyuno's CBR9 Review No:192 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Brendan McDonald, John Oliver, Marc Maron ·
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I’ll just re-watch Glow

November 29, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I wanted to like this. I was told I would like this. But I didn’t like this. I knew who Maron was prior to Waiting for the Punch, mostly because I watched Glow, but I have never listed to his podcast. I’ve also never listened to a podcast before so perhaps this format wasn’t ever going to dazzle me. While each chapter had a distinct theme ranging from family to anxiety to the auditioning process the celebrity anecdotes were organized very haphazardly. I suppose the authors […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Brendan McDonald, John Oliver, Marc Maron, Waiting for the Punch, Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:131 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: Brendan McDonald, John Oliver, Marc Maron, Waiting for the Punch, Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast ·
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