
106 episodes

Table of (Mal)Contents Aaron Armstrong, Dave Schroeder, Scarlet Hiltibidal and friends
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4.8 • 102 Ratings
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Join Aaron Armstrong, Dave Schroeder, Scarlet Hiltibidal and friends as they talk about the books they love (and many they really don't) to help you be a better reader.
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Organizing Bookshelves, Positive Boosts in Book Sales, & Purely Hypothetical Publishing Decisions
We're kicking off the new year in style—although sadly sans Scarlet—as we talk about all kinds of wild and crazy things that have happened in the last week or so.
Listen in as we discuss:
Whether or not a publisher has the right to cancel a contract and why they might
How we feel about the events of this past week
Ideas for how to organize our bookshelves
Teasers for a few upcoming items and events that we hope we can share more about in the future
A few of the books we mentioned on this episode
Big Truths Bible Storybook (available for preorder)
American Gospel by Lin Enger
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Clanlands by Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish
CSB Every Day With Jesus Daily Bible
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Planning Our Reading Plans for 2021
Just as the end of the year brings with it scores of end-of-year book lists, so too does it bring a bevy of plans for how to make this next year the best year ever! Whether it's choosing a theme word (something I'm pretty sure none of us on this show has done), planning to read the Bible 37 times in a year, or reading 1,000,000 books, we often come up with goals and plans that are entirely unrealistic, and suck the joy out of life.
So we thought we'd talk about plans that can make us happier, healthier readers.
Listen in as we discuss:
What we're thinking about in terms of how we want to be reading in 2021
How many books Scarlet's going to read this coming year
The problem with Goodreads' Reading Challenge, despite us all using it
The next big shared reading plan for the three of us
Sharing and supporting the show
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Introducing: We Wonder: Advent
Check out another show on the Area Code Network, We Wonder: Advent.
The podcast where we wonder together about the story of God. We Wonder is a contemplative devotional for children.
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The 2020 (mal)Contents Book Awards!
It's that time of year where every website, podcast, and Twitter-er is spreading holiday cheer with annual favorite book lists. And, as good friends to our listeners and lovers of books, how could we leave you all hanging without sharing our favorites of the year? And so, we present you the inaugural (mal)Contents Book Awards, with categories carefully selected to suit our… unique sensibilities. Be sure to spread the good news and congratulate all the winners by getting copies of their books using the links below.
The Categories
Books by someone we know
Hoping for Happiness by Barnabas Piper (Aaron)
A Voice Within The Flame by Henry O. Arnold (Dave)
Iron Lake by Kent Krueger (also Dave)
Sick of Me by Whitney Capps (Scarlet)
Books by someone we know and like
Echo Island by Jared Wilson (Aaron)
Hoping for Happiness by Barnabas Piper (Dave & Scarlet)
Books other people love but we gave up on
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Aaron)
North! Or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson (Dave—who stresses that this is only due to competing priorities)
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Scarlet)
Books that made us laugh out loud
So, Anyway… by John Cleese (Aaron)
Wild and Crazy Guys by Nick de Semlyn (Dave)
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (also Dave)
Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld (Scarlet)
Books that made us feel feelings
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (Aaron)
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (also Aaron)
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (Dave)
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby (also Dave)
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis (Scarlet)
Books that surprised us
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson (Aaron)
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer (Dave)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Scarlet)
Remember God by Annie F. Downs (also Scarlet)
Books with pictures
Superman: Up in the Sky by Tom King and Andy Kubert (Aaron)
The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson (Dave)
But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton (Scarlet)
Books we learned from
Range by David Epstein (Aaron)
Love Your Enemies by Arthur C. Brooks (also Aaron)
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt (Dave)
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk MD (Scarlet)
Books we haven’t finished yet but really enjoy
American Gospel by Lin Enger (Aaron)
A Promised Land by Barack Obama (also Aaron)
A Time for Mercy by John Grisham (Dave)
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (Scarlet) -
School Libraries and Mermaids in the Time of COVID-19
By popular demand, we've got a brand new bonus episode for you all this week as Abigail Armstrong returns to the show for a quick dad to big kid chat about bad parenting advice, public school, how to get books out of libraries under the COVID-19 protocols, and whether or not cursing in our writing is a good idea.
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The Art of Audiobook Narration
What makes or breaks an audiobook? Almost as important as the content itself is the narrator. These often unsung heroes of the medium are the people who keep you coming back time and again, carrying the ideas of this or that author into your ears.
One of those narrators is Henry O. Arnold (or as his family calls him, Chip). Henry is a stage actor, writer, and narrator of over 40 audiobooks, including all of John Maxwell's books, Yawning at Tigers by Drew Dyck, and Boundaries by Henry Cloud. He is also the author of a new historical fiction book, A Voice Within the Flame.
Listen in as we discuss:
How being a stage actor makes Henry a better writer
The value of biblical fiction
What it takes to read an audiobook well
How Aaron's boss is treating Aaron
And, of course, we share a little of what we're reading.
A few of the books mentioned on the show
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk MD
No One Asked For This by Cazzie David
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
The Next to Last Stand by Craig Johnson
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Sharing and supporting the show
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Customer Reviews
Great Pod
I am a fan of Scarlets book “Afraid Of All The Things” so I was excited when I found out she was a co host of a podcast. You all are so fun to listen to and have inspired me to read more. Two thumbs up! Highly recommend.
Love these guys!
Love this podcast and love hearing of their favorite books and discussions each podcast! Keep it up.
Books books and wonderful host
A woman, Canadian and a beach bum walked into a recording booth to talk about books. I enjoy the show every week.