You know that one friend who won't shut up about their favorite band? Listen to us be that friend in this episode, except ours is a one-woman band consisting of the always badass Ursula Le Guin, and like, she never made a bad album and was ahead of her time and so she's just better than any other band. It's just a fact, so whatever.

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EP 09 - Orange Dream Machine

Dense sci-fi is CERTAINLY helped by a drink or six. You'll either give up on caring or care way too much; this episode has both. This week we talk part of the time about Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, and the rest of the time we yell and ramble. We hope you enjoy.

EP 08 - Celery Justice

Listen to us be those assholes who tell you that the book is waaay better than the movie without having seen it. But trust us, it is. Because it's Ender's Game. Love the book, not the author, pour a glass and enjoy yourself some violent children, because it's fiction, so it's ok.

EP07 - Space Beers

One of Octavia Butler's early masterpieces, it's toxic relationship drama set in a sci-fi world, it's sci-fi set in the past!! Nothing makes sense, except throwing back a couple so it all makes sense. Join us as we go into Wild Seed.

EP 06 - Wild & Stormy

Did Nick kill Amy? Will the gang sing a song this week? Will they ever drink anything other than Evan Williams?? Find out the answers to these and other questions you never asked as we take a crack at Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl.

EP 05 - Corpse Reviver No. 2

50 Shades of Grey fans beware, we say some unkind things, but it was the booze talking, we swear. That and a healthy dose of undying hatred.

EP 04 - You've Been a Bad Boy, Rob Roy

We drink and drive (METAPHORICALLY!) our way through the iconic counterculture 'novel' On the Road as we close out our Sad White Boys theme.

EP 03 - Road Beers

How great is The Great Gatsby? Do we even answer that question? Who knows, but it sure is a great pretext for a drink.

EP 02 - Sham Pain for My Real Friends

Welcome to Checked Out! In the hopes that you've probably already read it, for our first episode we dive into one of the most commonly taught books in the American education system: Catcher in the Rye. No phonies allowed.

EP 01 - Rye So Serious, It's Only a Manhattan

A little taste of what's to come when Kait, Josh, and Seth get together and drink their way through talking about a book.

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We read, we drink, we review. Read along, drink along, do both or neither, we don't care.

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