Escaping Punitive Christianity with Brian Recker

Host Joshua Turek is joined by guest Brian Recker, author of the new book "Hell Bent" (How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love). They discuss the books Brian read while researching his own, which details redefining his own spirituality and Christian beliefs. Discussing masculinity and softening the world, the two detail their own unique paths toward similar conclusions.to sign up for Josh’s next Zoom weekend poetry workshop on Jan 18&19 check joshuaturek.comBooks Talked About Include:Debt by David GraeberHell Bent by Brian ReckerAdam’s Return by Richard RohrDietrich Bonhoeffer: A Spoke in the Wheel by Renate WindA Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinnthe will to change bell hooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Political commentator Lily Eagla joins host Joshua Turek to discuss mutual aid, retraining the offline world back into your brain, and books that radicalized her.Sign up for Joshua's weekend Zoom Poetry workshop now for the Dec6&7 gathering!booksmutual aid by dean spadeAutobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Year of Living BiblicallyOur American Israel100 years was on palestine by rashid kalidithe autobiography of malcolm x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and how reading can serve as both a source of pleasure and a means of preserving sacred knowledge.for Josh's poetry books, they're on sale until the end of the year, signed copies available domestically at joshuaturek.comBooks Talked About Include:Jesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonCity of Night by John Reshycrime writers: edward bunker, jim thompson, david goodis, raymond chandler, dashiell hammetThe Woman Chase by Charles WIlifordThe Ripley Books by Patricia HighsmithIn a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes The Motel Life by Willy VlautenThe Stochastic Man by Robert SilverbergService by John TottenhamAblutions by Patrick DewittDays of the Locust by Nathaniel West  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest Yasha Levine and Host Joshua Turek discuss everything from technofeudalism to pistachios.San Francisco! For tickets Nov 1 to see Yasha's new documentary at Roxie Theater with live Q&A hosted by Joshua Turek hereFor Josh's poetry books and his weekend Zoom workshop on Nov 8 & 9 visit his siteBooks Talked About IncludeSociety of the Spectacle - Guy DebordSurveillance Valley - Yasha LevineThe Image - Daniel BoorstijnNeil Postman - Amusing ourselves to deathRaven RockDead Cities - Mike DavisModeran - David BunchShadow of the torture - Gene WolfThe Dying Earth Series - Jack Vance sci fiCadillac DesertThe American GenocideThe End of th Myth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded remotely from Bad Animal Books in Santa Cruz, CA. Joshua Turek and Maddy Power Maddy shares her personal experience of losing her home and books in the Eaton Canyon Fire in Alta Dena and the two books she grabbed before evacuatingTo sign up to Joshua's Zoom Poetry Weekend Workshop visit joshuaturek.comBooks talked about include:Werener Herzog's Guide for the PerplexedAgnes Varda interviewsDavid Sedaris “Theft and Finding”bell hooks "The Will to Change" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 west coast. I get into a little of what I'm reading, my favorite bookstores so far on this trip, and why I took this podcast off of Spotify (hint they're evil). Come to my shows if I'm in your city!All my shows7/11 San Diego7/16 L.A.7/18&19 SF7/20 Eureka7/25 Seattle8/15 Portland8/21-23 Boise8/27 Tulsa8/28 Kansas City8/29 New Orleans9/6 TucsonBooks Talked About:The Bell Jar - Sylvia PlathMeet Me in the BathroomPerfect Victims - Mohammed El KurdOur American Israel - Amy KaplanOne Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El AkkadBlue Desert - Charles Bowden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 managed some time to visit the staple bookstore of NYC "The Strand". CHICAGO my show at Zanies is tonight! Tickets are getting low. You can use discout code TUREK10 for $15.75 tickets here. The rest of my tour is here with more dates and cities to come so follow my bandsintown to get notified for when I come to yours. Tour dates below.6/24 CHICAGO6/27 PHILADELPHIA6/29 DALLAS 7/11 SAN DIEGO7/16 L.A.7/18&19 SF7/20 EUREKA7/25 SEATTLE8/15 PORTLAND8/21-23 BOISE8/27 TULSA8/28 KANSAS CITY8/29 NEW ORLEANS9/6 TUCSON9/18 TAMPA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 this Saturday in New York City. That's Saturday night June 21 at Rodney's on the Upper Eastside. Followed by Chicago on Tuesday June 24 at Zanies. Philadelphia June 27. Dallas June 29 and more. Get tickets now! For all things Joshua Turek go to joshuaturek.comBooks Talked About Include:Infinite jestsound and the furyall the pretty horsesblood meridianlonesome doveconfederacy of dunceshunger gamesgirl with the dragon tattoo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 more dates. Follow my Bandsintown to be notified! And order signed copies of my poetry bookEMT and Political Creator Hugo of Seize the Means Shirts talks reading 70 books a year with host Joshua Turek. Hard to stomach nonfiction and breezy science fiction.Books talked about includeautobiography of malcom xhow to hide an empirejakarta methodassadaThe word for world is forestthe poppy fieldsparable of the sowerparable of the talentsnaomi klein shock doctrineWashington BulletsKing Leopolds ghostCobalt Redthe rediscovery of americathe indigenous peoples history of the united statesblack against empiremanufacturing consentinventing realityfight like helluprising by haddixBraiding sweetgrass Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.comWriter and filmmaker Evgenia Kovda goes in depth with host Joshua Turek on sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. Did this troubled man predict the future we are living in now or was he the architect of it for bad actors? Evgenia and Joshua discuss the writings of Dick as well as their own serendipitous interactions with each other in changing neighborhoods over the years as well as Josh's visit to her podcast with Yasha Levine "In Bed with the Russians". Check out Evgenia and Yasha's Substack it's a favorite of Turek Books! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.