Episode 86 – The Amorous Intrigues and Adventures of Aaron Burr
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2017
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
Since Alex & Eliza left us unsatisfied, we decided to read some anonymously-written 19th century erotica. And who better to accompany us for The Amorous Intrigues and Adventures of Aaron Burr than Mackenzi Lee, author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue and Bygone Badass Broads? This is not the most erotic book we’ve ever read for the podcast, but it is definitely the oldest and possibly the most fat-positive. Join us as we learn about exactly how reliable with the ladies Aaron Burr was.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Barnes & Noble edition (NSFW cover art)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about A.A. Ron fucking up so you don't have to. I'm Kate. And I'm Renata. And for this episode, we read The Amorous Intrigues and Adventures of Aaron Burr by Anonymous. |
| 0:24.5 | Joining us to discuss this 19th century real person fan fiction is McKenzie Lee, |
| 0:29.7 | bookseller and author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. |
| 0:33.3 | Hello. |
| 0:34.8 | Thanks for joining us, McKenzie. |
| 0:36.5 | Yeah, long-time listener, first-time caller. Very excited to us, McKenzie. Yeah, long time listener, first time caller. |
| 0:39.0 | Very excited to be here. |
| 0:41.3 | Literally, McKenzie was talking about the existence of this on Twitter one day, |
| 0:45.9 | and I was just like, oh, we're going to do that for her worst bestsellers. |
| 0:48.6 | And she immediately was like, who's the guest? |
| 0:50.3 | And then I wormed my way in. |
| 0:53.4 | Like, if I play all my cards right. By asking |
| 0:57.0 | politely. Well, and we were like, oh, McKenzie's already been on the podcast because we've already |
| 1:02.4 | recommended her book like six times. So in spirit, she's been on. And also she was actually |
| 1:09.4 | on in the live episode. Yeah, that's right. Which was done in my bookstore. Yes. Did I shout something from the audience? Yeah, you introduced us to. Oh, I forgot about that part. Yeah, the actual part. More I'm just of a rowdy audience member. So that's what I was expecting. So, see, you all know McKenzie. |
| 1:28.0 | We're all ready to go. |
| 1:29.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.2 | Oh, kidding. |
| 1:33.4 | Yeah, so I volunteered for this. |
| 1:35.1 | And then as soon as I started reading it, it was like, I have no one to blame but myself for the fact that I can't put this down and stop reading it as I choose. |
| 1:43.7 | Like, I have to finish this. |
| 1:45.5 | Yeah. |
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