Hey everyone. Have you ever worked to become a poet, cartoonist, novelist, journalist, but then became popular for writing thousands and thousands of essays? Well, so is the author we're discussing

today. That's cool. The two of you have that in common. And guest hosting this episode with me,

joining me today is Ethan Nicole, who created today's book, Chesterton's Gateway, 14 essays

to get you hooked on Chesterton. And this is The Book Pile,

a podcast about the best of books and the worst of books. If this is your first time to the podcast,

we're happy you're here. And at this point, we've got over 200 episodes, most of which include

my co-host, David Vance, who was out this week at Juggling Camp.

But he'll be back next Tuesday on our next episode where we will cover the book,

Permission to Feel.

I'm Kellanerskin.

I'm a comic, a father.

And if you want to see me live as a comic, not as a dad, I'm coming to Indiana. I've got a

couple of all ages shows. Then I'm heading to Dallas, St. Charles, Indiana. I'm board dates

coming soon. But for all that, go to kilnarskin.com for tickets or get in for free, plus a guest, if you join our Patreon.

Patreon.com slash the book pile and send me a message about which show. That's hard to say in a row.

Which show you want to go to. And if today's book ends up sounding interesting to you,

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you get a book and support the podcast. It's available in paperback, hardback, Kindler for free

on Audible. And it's a fun, Audible listen because Ethan Nicole has good comedic timing and he

voices his own book. All right, let's get into this. My pre-taped

interview with Ethan. Ethan's been on the podcast once before when we discussed his book,

Bears Want to Kill You, which, to be clear, is not a G.K. Chesterton collection. So,

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