Hey everyone. This is one of my favorite episodes of the year. We're going to list our top picks of all the books that we read or listened to this year, which this year is collectively more than we ever have. We'll discover what that number actually is in a minute. I don't even know yet. But I'll just say now, Dave, it's not a competition. This is the best books of 2024.

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, welcome. And we suggest checking out our back catalog of over 200 episodes with as many books.

I'm Kellanerskin. I'm a comic, a father, and my New Year's resolution is to echo out loud

every word from every book I listen to everywhere I go in public.

So, 2025 is a year that I read to the world. I'm so excited to put on like...

The world's gonna love it.

The Great Gatsby and go to places like Costco and baseball games and on Southwest.

And just out of your field of view, all the townspeople will be nodding their heads and saying,

he's smart.

What happens next, Dr. Erskine?

And I'm David Vance.

So if you don't know Kellyn very well, he has spent 20-plus years as a comedian trying to craft the perfect jokes. So if you don't know Kellyn very well, he has spent 20 plus years as a comedian

trying to craft the perfect jokes. So for Christmas this year, since I know the perfection he's

aiming for, I took all his jokes and I asked Chat GPT to improve them. And Kellan doesn't really like

AI. He almost feels spiritually repulsed by it. But I think his mind's going to change once he sees how AI makes him actually pretty funny. And bear in mind, it's taken him decades to find his comedic voice, whereas this only took me like 20 minutes. So, Merry Christmas, Kellan. And I don't need a thank you. That's not why I did this. Wait, so are you using some?

No, I didn't actually do this. Okay. Good.

I was recoiling just hearing you say all that.

I know. At first, I was going to do a bit where I wouldn't answer your question about

whether or not I really did this.

But no, I didn't do it.

All right.

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