Obscure with Michael Ian Black

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S3 Episode 7 - An Old Pot of Coffee Feb 22, 2022

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Lockwood perks up (coffee pun), as he begins to tease out the complicated family history of Heathcliff and his kin. Trouble brews (coffee pun)! Do you have the beans to listen (coffee pun)? Sanka (name of old coffee brand)!

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S3 Episode 6 - A Little Hitlerian Coiffery Feb 15, 2022

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Michael got a Hitlerian haircut and nearly broke his finger. Over in the American town of Thrushcross Grange, Lockwood continues to chip away at the icy exterior of Heathcliff. Life at the Heights is a tangled mess.

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S3 Episode 5 - A Heavy-Headed Cudgel Feb 08, 2022

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A plea to authors: never include dreams in your books. They're boring, overtly symbolic, never advance the plot, and take us out of the story. Somebody describing a dream in a book is equivalent to somebody describing a dream in life - boring. SPOILER ALERT: this episode continues a dream.

Michael Ian Black reads Wuthering Heights. More fun stuff + access to the book club at https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack

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S3 Episode 4 - The Woman With Too Many Names Feb 01, 2022

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Michael Ian Black reads Wuthering Heights, and the mystery deepens as Lockwood, stranded by storm, finds himself a little sleeping pod. Inside, evidence of a former resident. Also, Michael saw some dolphins!

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S3 Episode 3 - Christmas Complaints Jan 25, 2022

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Recorded at Christmas, and Michael's not a fan. He doesn't like anything about it, save the Christmas goose. Not the ritualized gift giving or the hauling in of trees or the decorating of said tree or the various holiday obligations.

And, as always Michael Ian Black reads Wuthering Heights.

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S3 Episode 2 - A Heap of Dead Rabbits Jan 18, 2022

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Michael Ian Black reads Wuthering Heights.

In this episode, Lockwood is making himself a real bother at Wuthering Heights. We've got, NEW CHARACTERS! FUNNY ACCENTS! ANNOYING DOGS! It's got everything! Plus, the phrase "corrugated forehead," which Michael rather enjoyed. Kudos to Emily Bronte.

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S3 Episode 1 - ...And Just Like That Jan 11, 2022

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We're off and funning! It's a brand new season of Obscure. New book, new author, no Samantha!

Michael Ian Black mansplains literature.

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Introducing Season 3 Jan 04, 2022

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Michael's back: new book, new location, new ways to mansplain literature. Obscure Season 3 releases 1/11/21. Don't miss the new book announcement! Subscribe and follow in your favorite podcast app.

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S2 Episode 57 - Time to Die Dec 14, 2021

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Michael Ian Black finishes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!

It's been a long - perhaps too long - tale spanning continents, but it now ends. What will come of Big Buddy? Walton? What about Mrs. Saville sitting there in Londontown reading her brother's lengthy letters? And, ultimately, what will become of each of us and our creations? To what do we owe that which we have made and what do our creations owe to us? A lot to contemplate as we finish our second book here on Obscure.

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S2 Episode 56 - The Penultimate Episode Dec 07, 2021

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Michael Ian Black reads Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. And we're almost there! The boat is surrounded by ice, Frankenstein is near death, mutiny is at hand, and Michael has a canker sore.

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