Book Club: A Comedy Show

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Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC's best comedians, read the books so you don't have to. Live show hosted monthly at Union Hall in Brooklyn.

Episodes

  1. 02/24/2019

    Nancy Drew and the Clue in the Diary w/Nore Davis, Joe Zimmerman, Rebecca O'Neal, and Jen Spyra

    Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall. Book Club decides to take it easy for once, so we read a children’s book: Nancy Drew and the Clue in the Diary. Discussion topics include: how rich is Nancy? Is Ned actually hot? And why the hell is everyone so mean to Bess? With: Jen Spyra, Nore Davis, Joe Zimmerman, Rebecca O’Neal and your lovely hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson https://good-orbit.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Book-Club-nancy-drew-audiogram.mp4 Live sound and recording by Harry Scott. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning. Recorded live January 27, 2018 at Union Hall. Poster Art by Will McPhail

    1h 22m

  2. 08/04/2018

    What Happened by Hillary Clinton w/Dylan Marron, Halcyon Person, Steven Markow, Catherine Cohen

    Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall. This episode is WHAT HAPPENED by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Listen and laugh with us, or Blythe sobbing while reading this book on a plane will be all for naught! We had some sizzling possibly political comedy by: Dylan Marron (Conversations With People Who Hate Me) Halcyon Person (Nickelodeon) Steven Markow (New Yorker, Turner Masters Memory Hospital) Catherine Cohen as Hillary ♥ and your lovely hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson ♥ Part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival Live sound and recording by Gary O’Keefe. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning. Artwork by Will McPhail

    52 min

  3. 04/13/2018

    Wuthering Heights w/Catherine Cohen

    Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall. This month’s book Colin, Blythe and guest Catherine Cohen discuss Emily Brontë’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS. It’s a classic of Western literature, and every single person in it sucks. Live sound and recording by Daniel Evanko. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning. Artwork by Will McPhail

    47 min

  4. 11/11/2017

    The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood w/Fran Hoepfner, Monica Heisey, and Harris Mayersohn

    Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall. This month’s book was: The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. This month’s guests were:  Fran Hoepfner, Monica Heisey, and Harris Mayersohn. Live sound and recording by Chris Medrano. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning. Artwork by Will McPhail

    56 min
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Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC's best comedians, read the books so you don't have to. Live show hosted monthly at Union Hall in Brooklyn.

Information

  • Creator
    Good Orbit
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2019
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2020 Good Orbit
  • Show Website
    Book Club: A Comedy Show