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    Comedy

    Obscure with Michael Ian Black

    It’s a book club, but funny!

    Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights.

    Join Michael’s weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. 

    Season 1: Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work.

    Season 2: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s alive, and it’s just a big buddy. Also, more accent work.

    Season 3: Wuthering Heights. It’s a love story? Who knows

    Season 4: American Tragedy. Also a potential title of this podcast

    Support this show and access bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack

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    Copyright: © 2020 Michael Ian Black

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    Latest Episodes:
    S3 Episode 57 - Chestnuts on Window Sills Feb 14, 2023
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    It's an audiophile's dream episode! Marvel at the many moods! There's kidnapping and forced marriage, imprisonment, and bogs! BOGS!!!

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    S3 Episode 56 - James Dean, Why're You Being Such a Dick? Feb 07, 2023
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    Rebellion is on the docket as Cathy Jr. finds herself in quite the predicament over there at Wuthering Heights. There's kidnapping! Forced marriage! Fictionalized, theoretical domestic violence! It's positively savage!!!

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    S3 Episode 55 - It's the guns, stupid Jan 31, 2023
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    Hey stupid, it's the guns. Today's episode explores the difference and distinction between fictionalized violence and the real sort. One of them is highly entertaining, the other not so much. PLUS: more American contretemps between Heathcliff and the rest of the gang.

    Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack

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    S3 Episode 54 - At long last, "Wuthering Heights" the song Jan 24, 2023
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    Your terrific host finally gets around to discussing the Kate Bush song of, coincidentally, the same name as the great American novel. Then, an uneventful chapter. Plus: your host crowns "Wuthering Heights" the "first contemporary BDSM novel." All in all, a terrific episode.

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    S3 Episode 53 - Tainted Love Jan 17, 2023
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    In which your narrator struggles to identify the connective themes that make this classic American novel a classic American novel and, sorry to say, comes up short. Is this an indictment of the book or your narrator? Hard to say. https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack

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    S3 Episode 52 - Happy New Year Jan 10, 2023
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    It's our 52nd episode of Season 3 - a year's worth of episodes landing on the New Year. What an exciting coincidence! Hope everybody celebrated in the way they enjoy most. In Michael's case, that involves staying home and doing nothing. Over at the Heights, we're getting a better understanding of Cathy Jr. and her crappy cousin Linton's relationship. Suffice to say, they suck.

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    S3 Episode 51 - Two Devils at Play Jan 03, 2023
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    Well, what's going to happen when you give a couple teenagers too much free time? TROUBLE, that's what! And when you've got a couple actual devils conspiring to create mischief, mischief is exactly what you're going to get. Mrs. Dean is laid up for three weeks, leaving young Cathy Jr. with plenty of nightly leisure time. And you can well imagine the result!!!

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    S3 Episode 50 - You Can't Alter What You've Done Dec 20, 2022
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    Part II of Michael's Miami adventure unspools as his odyssey comes to a dispiriting conclusion. And, you'll be thrilled to learn, it's ALL HIS FAULT. Plus, Linton and Cathy Jr. tussle and make up, the weirdos.

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    S3 Episode 49 - A Miami Mystery Dec 13, 2022
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    Part 1 of my MIAMI MYSTERY. Michael and his wife are about to embark on a long drive to Miami, Florida for (spooky voice) mysteeeerious reeeeeeasons. Over at The Heights, Miss Cathy meets Heathcliff who has some conciliatory words, the scamp. Will she be reunited with her erstwhile cousin Linton? Tune in and see!

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    S3 Episode 48 - Dickheads Dec 06, 2022
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    Some historical analogies on today's episode of Obscure as Mrs. Dean confronts Cathy Jr. about her budding, star-crossed relationship with young Linton. Tears are shed, promises made and broken, trees examined. Yes, trees.

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