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The Book Pile

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8598 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel grappling with bigotry and other issues facing America, and also it’s way better when you’re not being forced to read it for a grade. Plus Kellen has a great idea for long lines at Disneyland, and Dave wants to someday be as lazy as Harper Lee. * To buy the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, or listen to it free on Audible AND support the podcast, click here! https://amzn.to/3YmKLnK * TheBookPilePodcast@gmail.com * Kellen Erskine has appeared on Conan, Comed...

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone. To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer and sold 40 million copies, so I'm glad they

0:05.3

published Ghost at a Watchman to flesh out the Alabama expanded universe. I'm Kellan Eriskin. I'm a comic,

0:12.5

a father, and I was pleasantly surprised while reading this book, which at first I thought was

0:19.0

part of the hungry games.

0:22.7

And I'm David Vance.

0:26.7

Just like Harper Lee, I too fantasize about killing those who mock me.

0:28.4

I assume that's what the book is about.

0:29.4

I did not read it.

0:39.4

To Kill a Mockingbird follows the protagonist's Scout as she earns zero merit badges.

0:42.3

And this is the book pile.

0:48.3

All right, listener Arp Ibee says, I love books, I love comedy.

0:52.8

Kellyn and Dave's winning combination of the two makes me look forward to each new episode.

0:54.2

Even with books I wouldn't normally be interested in, I know I'll always get a laugh and a few good insights such as the

0:59.2

benefits of wigging a kid. And if you want to know what that means, listen to our episode with

1:06.6

Natalie Madsen when we cover Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Ascaban. Yeah, if it's taken out of

1:13.2

context, the phrase wigging a kid sounds so bad. Yeah, it sounds a lot more abusive than it actually

1:20.2

is, which it is a tiny bit. Real quick, if this is your first time listening to the podcast,

1:27.1

welcome.

1:28.1

This is a comedy podcast.

1:30.1

Obviously, this week's book lends itself to slightly more serious territory, but we still keep it fun.

1:35.5

And for our absolute funniest episodes, I personally recommend you at least check out the ones we did on the seven habits, sense and sensibility, a biography of Leonardo

1:45.3

Da Vinci, my favorite, and of course, a roasts of the Twilight books. Also, right now we have a

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