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Caleb Can't Read
Caleb Can’t Read is a podcast where you can learn all about the major works, themes, and lives of some of your favorite (or most hated) authors along with Caleb Terrence, being taught the subject of each episode for the first time by his friend, Jordan Raebel, who spent countless hours doing researc...
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Episode 87: Lord Byron Pt. 3
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TW: Dead kids;
We're finally here, to the ending legacy of Lord Byron! Fraught with love affairs, well-meaning miss...
Episode 86: Lord Byron Pt. 2
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TW: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide;
Well I'm sure you can tell from the trigger warnings, but the second part o...
Episode 85: Lord Byron Pt. 1
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TW: Child Abuse, Dead Kids, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture;
Welcome! To Caleb Can't Read Season 7! This...
Episode 84: Richard Connell
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For our special 11th author on this season finale, we are looking at the short history of Richard Connell, the author of one of h...
Episode 83: John Howard Griffin
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You ever go a little too far with your good intentions? John did. And hoo boy is it a doozy. Come cringe with us as we discuss...
Episode 82: George Dawson
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TW: Dead kids;
Been a while since we talked about lynchings, shootings, and the misjustices of America, hasn't it? ...
Episode 81: Walt Whitman
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Welcome! To Nicole Can't Leave! Join us as we go over the life of poetry's most closeted man, and voted Most Likely to Smell Li...
Episode 80.5: Caleb Can't Hang
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I'll reiterate it here in case you don't have the time, but basically Caleb will be taking several short hiatuses between authors...
Episode 80: Shirley Jackson
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ooOOOOoowe're here to tell you frightening tales-- like those of manipulative husbands, bad adaptations, and mixing your prescrip...
Episode 79: Jose Rizal Pt. 3
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Damn, who's that guy over there in the corner? Oh man, you say he's a doctor? And a writer? And in trouble with the Spanish go...
Episode 78: Jose Rizal Pt. 2
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This poor dude might've actually done less damage had he just been left the hell alone. Sure they say the pen is mightier than t...
Episode 77: Jose Rizal Pt. 1
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Sometimes you gotta be the change you wanna see in the world. And sometimes, you gotta piss off a whole lot of people to do it. ...
Episode 76: Federico Garcia Lorca
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Hey kids, you wanna get mad about the shitty injustices of the world? You wanna hear the story of a brilliant poet whose life ha...
Episode 75: Sun Tzu
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TW: Torture;
You ever have your boss ask you to make a manual of your process at work but really you know they're ju...
Episode 74: Nadia Anjuman
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TW: Abuse;
While I wouldn't call this our happiest episode, the story of Nadia Anjuman needs to be told. Her work i...
Episode 73: Percy Bysshe Shelley Pt. 2
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TW: Dead kids, Suicide;
When a guy like Percy comes along, history seems to revolve around them. Not in like-- a wa...
Episode 72: Percy Bysshe Shelley Pt. 1
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It's been two years since we last talked about our Terrible Trio: Mary, Percy, and the good ol' Lord Byron. But today we continu...
Episode 71: Cormac McCarthy Pt. 2
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Merry Christmas, you filthy animals aware of your own degradation and the wallowing of your own sins, it's the conclusion to our...
Episode 70: Cormac McCarthy Pt. 1
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Welcome to Season 6, cowpoke! Join us as we discuss our favorite all-time author, Cormac McCarthy! For the little we really kno...
Episode 69: The Kama Sutra
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Light up those skin-safe wax candles and slip on into the non-slip tub, for our Season 5 finale we're gettin' greased up, guffed...
Episode 68: Charles Dickens Pt. 2
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If you thought the guy was a bastard before, well, no need to change your viewpoint for this episode, I guess. We're here to fin...
Episode 67: Charles Dickens Pt. 1
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My lord did this guy get up to some shit. Between the terrorist bird, the woman he tried to drown, the man he was sort of compli...
Episode 66: Emily Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson could only be described as a Livewire within poetry. Someone who Blasted the competition out of the water. Unfo...
Episode 65: Philip K. Dick Pt. 2
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What a long road it's been. And that road is filled with androids dressed as Romans looking to kill you in a plot 2000 years in...
Episode 64: Philip K. Dick Pt. 1
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TW: Rape, Suicide;
Sex! Drugs! Drugs! Rock n' Roll! Drugs! Well, maybe not so much the sex and Rock n' Roll but...
Episode 63: Jane Austen Pt. 2
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You know how to piss off a fanbase? Tell them the truth. Join us as we go into the rest of Jane Austen's life, as she produces...
Episode 62: Jane Austen Pt. 1
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Miss us? Don't answer that it'll make me sad. Well we took an impromptu mid-season break by mistake but we're back! Come join...
Episode 61: William S. Burroughs Pt. 2
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TW: Pedophilia;
Jesus Christ this guy. For some of you, this will for sure be a sad goodbye, as we delve into the r...
Episode 60: William S. Burroughs Pt. 1
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TW: Child Abuse, Pedophilia;
Now have we dealt with some real pieces of shit here on Caleb Can't Read? Boy have we....
Episode 59: Francois Rabelais
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If there were ever a superhero that could drown a man in piss and make you question why you ever called on them in the first plac...
Episode 58: Roald Dahl Pt. 2
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For a man such as Roald Dahl, author of "The BFG", "Matilda", and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox", what can you say about him? That he w...
Episode 57: Roald Dahl Pt. 1
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TW: Child Abuse, Dead Kids;
To those of you familiar with Roald Dahl's life, you may remember his beginnings as a se...
Episode 56: Rudyard Kipling Pt. 2
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TW: Dead Kids;
Welcome, you bunch of animals! Come delve into the heyday of Rudyard Kipling, from his surprisingly...
Episode 55: Rudyard Kipling Pt. 1
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Ah, Kipling. A brilliant poet. A wonderful storyteller. A hell of a racist. Join us as we discuss the early life of English l...
Episode 54: Jose Saramago Pt. 2
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Kept you waiting? Well we've been dealing with a lot of illnesses lately, which oddly enough is the theme for this episode and J...
Episode 53: Jose Saramago Pt. 1
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TW: Child abuse;
For what would have been his 100th birthday, we are presenting you with the early life of Jo...
Outtakes
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Look, we are not experts. I swear to God, if ever we did a live show, people would have to sit through a good 20 minutes before...
Episode 52: Sylvia Plath
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TW: Abuse, Dead Kids, Suicide;
For our Season 4 finale, we bring to you a lot of sad. For real, there's like 3 diff...
Episode 51: Nostradamus
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Bet you didn't see this one coming! Huh?! Haha, yeah... Anyway, this guy's a fuckin' fraud, and we're here to tell you all abo...