Faking Lit

In this very special episode, the Idiots manage to get their hands on a leaked manuscript of George RR Martin's long-awaited, and long delayed, continuation of his epic "A Song of Ice & Fire " series and proceed to read and dissect their favourite chapters. Featuring Special Guest Experts Joseph Murphy and Trey Birkenstock, the official Accent Consultant for the book and television series.

In which The Idiots continue their Summer Reading Season with Alexander McCall Smith's "The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency" - discuss why the book is actually Scottish Independence Propaganda - attempt to burst the Liberal Metropolitan Elite Bubble - connect the dots like real detectives. Featuring Special Guest Experts [REDACTED] from Tomorrow's History and Abba Goran Ericsson, Orangina Enthusiast.

In which the Summer Reading Season continues and the Idiots discuss Helen Fielding's chick-lit ur-text - get bogged down in conflicting timelines - explain the premise of "Pinky & The Brain" in Spanish - compare Bridget Jones's Diary skills to Anne Frank's. Featuring Special Guest Experts Carlos Lopez & Maria Rosa Chiquita Lopez-Gonzalez, a husband and wife burglar team.

In which the Idiots continue the Summer Reading Season with Yann Martel's 2002 Man Booker Prize Winner - Chin insists that there's nothing wrong with his interactions with animals - one of the Idiots is outed as a "Yiffer" with a secret Deviantart account - work out how many times it is possible to have watched the film "Battlefield Earth" since its release on May 12 2000. Featuring Special Guest Experts Tom Redman, Sasha Ellen, and returning True Crime Mystery Podcaster/Freeloader Steve Koenig.

In which the Idiots kick off their possibly ill-advised Summer Reading Season and discuss the cult book "The Beach" by Alex Garland - wonder why nobody ever tries to do a sexy Chinese accent - Sasha recommends erotica involving Clippy the Microsoft Office Assistant - Tom shares a very personal story about somebody else -we expose the anti-immigrant sentiment at the heart of the novel - we alienate everybody in South Africa. Featuring Special Guest Experts Sasha Ellen, Tom Redman and Robot Louis Stevenson, a sex obsessed AI.

In which the Idiots discuss "The Book of Revelation" by St John of Patmos - debate whether these are the end times - ask whether a bag of cucumbers is an adequate disguise for God - are victims of serial possession and speak in tongues. Featuring Special Guest Experts Wonty "Clive" Monty Jonty-Bonty and the Reverend Deeee Hunter.

In which the Idiots discuss D.H. Lawrence's controversial classic "Lady Chatterley's Lover" - discuss whether pornography and romance are mutually exclusive - wonder what makes inter-class sex so hot - fail to understand what Irony is - Haran opens up about his marital problems - Alice tries to recover from her hangover. Featuring Special Guest Expert "Hungry" James.

In which the Idiots discuss John Steinbeck's classic tale of the Great Depression "The Grapes of Wrath" - discover how much time constitutes a "Yonk" - Haran X returns to dazzle us all with his mathematical prowess - we introduce new recurring segment "Apology Corner" - discuss which films would work best if you replaced all the characters with cars - and on this episode one of the Idiots WILL DIE. WHO WILL IT BE? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!!!! With Special Guest Expert Gertrude Russell Bertrand, a frail old person.

In which the Idiots discuss Janet Fitch's bonkers bildungsroman "White Oleander" - try to help a young boy locate his father - examine modern notions of what constitutes a family - come to blows. With Special guest li'l Barnaby Rudolph.

In which the Idiots discuss the bestselling weep-fest that is "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks - share the secrets to a successful dumping - learn why dogs are not good podcast producers - are hijacked by a series of podcasts spontaneously starting in the middle of this podcast. With special guest, podcast creator and husband of Serial's Sarah Koenig, Steve Koenig.

In which the Idiots discuss J.R.R.'s sprawling history of Middle Earth - ponder the meaning of what a new English Mythology actually means - fail to pronounce many, many names - wonder what's up with Tolkein's obsession with jewelry - delve into the mysteries of Kilburn Station - receive mail from a "celebrity admirer". Featuring special guest expert Jonny Gillam and returning to the show, our favourite Australian divorcee, Clive Rudolph.

Clear evidence that special guest expert Jonny Gillam thinks that the world should be ruled by garbage baby men.

In which we discuss Orson Scott Card's militaristic sci-fi classic "Ender's Game" - create the "Devil's Avocado" bagel - critique Mormonism, geronotcracies and infantocracies using carefully crafted bagel analogies - discover that all dystopian fiction is founded upon a lack of bagels. Featuring special guest experts Jonny Gillam and bagel enthusiast Donnie Bagels.

In which the Idiots tackle JoJo Moyes' problematic weepie "Me Before You" - a guest overcomes their own prejudices and makes a breakthrough - the secrets of the Snooker Trick Shot community are revealed - learn about a debilitating condition known as "Benjaminism". Featuring Special Guest Expert Ben Lund-Conlon. WARNING: This episode deals with heavy subjects such as Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide as that is a big part of the plot.

In this week's episode, we are joined by special guest experts Helen Bauer and Jonny Gillam who give their thoughts on Paula Hawkins' twisty-turny, page-turner, "The Girl On The Train". Topics covered in this discussion include thought-provoking analyses of "gaslighting", unreliable narrators, police interrogation techniques and Dan shares a story about what happens when a Sims game goes wrong.

This week the Idiots tackle the beautiful ungainly beast that is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel, The Brothers Karamazov. Topics covered in our wide-ranging, all-singing, all-dancing conversation include Dan's brief unsuccessful time as a farmer, Subway's use of complex mathematical proofs to upsell sandwiches, why Friends works better when it's in French and an unfortunate realisation as to what the show's catchphrase is. Today's episode is sponsored by the Pistache Child Rehousing Project, helping to rehouse kids no matter what their parents have to say about it.

In this week's episode the Idiots attempt to disentangle the mystery behind Erin Morgenstern's 'The Night Circus' with the help of special guest expert Kat Sadler. We consider the lasting appeal of Fantasy as a genre, examine clown unions and send a special message to an estranged wife. Visit Kat's site: http://succubusmag.com/ Also, check out Chris Coltrane's Lolitics Podcast.

This week the Idiots discuss Jonathan Franzen's most recent inquiry into the values of Middle Class America, "Purity", talk about nominative determinism, get hung up on the question of the age of consent as it pertains to Whoppers and Big Macs, debate who the most famous wolf is, give literary giant Franzen some notes on his opus, and agree that they need to stop talking about the age of consent on the Podcast.

In this week's episode, the Idiots are down by one because Alice didn't bother reading the book and was put in a time out. The remaining Idiots discuss Audrey Niffenegger's non-linear science fiction love story "The Time Traveller's Wife", Chin sings a song while Dan, Josh and Haran ponder whether there's anything more time consuming than having a penis.

This week the Idiots discuss Louis De Bernieres' tale of love during wartime and ask all the tough questions such as "How did war?", "Why is Hitler?", "Who am gay?" and "What is 'Lub'?"