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Caleb Can't Read
by Jordan Raebel
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 research for your enjoyment and the betterment of his co-host’s education. You can check out our sources used for each episode on our Facebook Sources Page: facebook.com/calebcantread. You can also check out our Instagram where we post snapshots and trivia of each episode's author: instagram.com/calebcantread. If you have any comments, questions, or veiled threats, you can send them to [email protected]. And don't forget to visit our website at calebcantread.com!
Episodes
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Episode 94: Bram Stoker Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail Bwa ha ha or however you yourself would write a vampire laugh, it's October! And whaddya know, we have a Horror author! Join us as we go through the early life of Bram Stoker, including his early work in temperance novels, his managerial duties with a piece-of-shit actor, and of...
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Episode 93: Abu Nuwas
Send us Fan Mail TW: Pedophilia, Rape; Raise a glass and hide your kids, this poet is known for two things specifically: his drunken poetry (cleverly called "wine poetry"), and the other thing... well... yeah, it's all there in the trigger warnings. Anyway, come with us as we discuss the works of...
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Episode 92: Jules Verne Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail Sacrebleu! Join us as we go through the remainder of Jules Verne's life, including some of the most notable works from his twilight years, as well as his ever-straining relationship with his son, a failed assassination attempt from his nephew, and our general thoughts on Jackie...
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Episode 91: Jules Verne Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail TW: Alabama You ever wonder why that weird couple wears top hats and corsets with gears on 'em? Well put on your weird goggles you got from Etsy and strap yourself in to some sort of noun-powered rocket, as we explore such stories as "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", "From…
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Episode 90: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Send us Fan Mail TW: Abuse, Dead kids, Suicide, Torture Ah, yes. Here on this wonderful 4th of July weekend, as we celebrate the country's 250th birthday, Nicole and I are here to remind you-- in case you didn't know-- that America was not always such an uncontroversial place. Indeed, there was...
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Episode 89: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Send us Fan Mail When you think of Lord Tennyson, I'm sure you think of knights errant, beautiful prose, and perhaps the smell of eraser dust as you erase things over and over again and tears well up in your eyes while your teacher stands behind you and refuses to elaborate on what they mean when...
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Episode 88: Hans Christian Andersen
Send us Fan Mail TW: Child abuse; Welcome back! To Caleb Can't Read! Join us today as we go over the story of a VERY sexually repressed man. A man so repressed that he probably shouldn't be writing children's stories. But just as cockchafers couldn't stop Hans, you can't stop us from discussing…
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Episode 87: Lord Byron Pt. 3
Send us Fan Mail TW: Dead kids; We're finally here, to the ending legacy of Lord Byron! Fraught with love affairs, well-meaning missions, and neglected children-- Lord Byron is truly one of the biggest piles of shit we've covered on this show. And that's saying something. Join us as we follow our...
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Episode 86: Lord Byron Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail TW: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide; Well I'm sure you can tell from the trigger warnings, but the second part of our three-part series on Lord Byron has arrived! Find what happens when a man with questionable morals gets a shitload of cash and spends even more on credit, all...
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Episode 85: Lord Byron Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail TW: Child Abuse, Dead Kids, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture; Welcome! To Caleb Can't Read Season 7! This time we're coming in with a bang-- with our cousins! Join us in our three-part series about how such a bastard comes to be as infamous-- and yet still somehow so loved-- as...
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Episode 84: Richard Connell
Send us Fan Mail For our special 11th author on this season finale, we are looking at the short history of Richard Connell, the author of one of horror's most influential (for better or worse) stories, "The Most Dangerous Game"!
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Episode 83: John Howard Griffin
Send us Fan Mail 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 the man who lived undercover in the Deep South in the worst way possible and his resulting novel, "Black Like Me", John Howard Griffin!
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Episode 82: George Dawson
Send us Fan Mail TW: Dead kids; Been a while since we talked about lynchings, shootings, and the misjustices of America, hasn't it? Well wake up and give your kids a shot of whiskey, 'cause today we're covering one of the oldest authors to ever publish a book, the old and ever-delightful George...
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Episode 81: Walt Whitman
Send us Fan Mail 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 Like Used Motor Oil in his high school yearbook: the author of the infamous "Leaves of Grass", Walt Whitman!
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Episode 80.5: Caleb Can't Hang
Send us Fan Mail I'll reiterate it here in case you don't have the time, but basically Caleb will be taking several short hiatuses between authors 'cause he's such a busy guy. And while yes, this is technically the definition of slowing down, the podcast ain't goin' anywhere. We have several,...
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Episode 80: Shirley Jackson
Send us Fan Mail ooOOOOoowe're here to tell you frightening tales-- like those of manipulative husbands, bad adaptations, and mixing your prescriptions! We're also here to talk about the woman who has largely been considered the Queen of Horror, Shirley Jackson! Join us as we go over her long...
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Episode 79: Jose Rizal Pt. 3
Send us Fan Mail 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 government? And he bangs all the high-class ladies? And he-- oh. Oh, he says the alcohol wasn't free. Oh, he's making me pay for his meal. Ah. Well then…
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Episode 78: Jose Rizal Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail 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 the sword, but Jose Rizal seemed content to let sleeping Spaniards lie once he found out how much trouble he was in. Unfortunately, the people around him...
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Episode 77: Jose Rizal Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail 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. Join us as we talk about the early life of the Philippines' foremost national hero, Jose Rizal, as well as his terrible finances, his bad housemate...
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Episode 76: Federico Garcia Lorca
Send us Fan Mail Hey kids, you wanna get mad about the shitty injustices of the world? You wanna hear the story of a brilliant poet whose life had to end because of how he was born? Wanna hear our perfect pronunciations of Spanish words? Then join us this episode as we delve into the short,...
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Episode 75: Sun Tzu
Send us Fan Mail TW: Torture; You ever have your boss ask you to make a manual of your process at work but really you know they're just trying to understand what the fuck it is you do? While we may not know the story behind the author to a great extent, we fully understand the purpose of his…
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Episode 74: Nadia Anjuman
Send us Fan Mail TW: Abuse; While I wouldn't call this our happiest episode, the story of Nadia Anjuman needs to be told. Her work is criminally underrepresented in the West, and we can only hope that as her message is spread, so too are her poems.
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Episode 73: Percy Bysshe Shelley Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail TW: Dead kids, Suicide; When a guy like Percy comes along, history seems to revolve around them. Not in like-- a way in which important events seem to crop up around them, but in the fact that we know every little detail about this douchebag's life. If you like kidnapped…
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Episode 72: Percy Bysshe Shelley Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail It's been two years since we last talked about our Terrible Trio: Mary, Percy, and the good ol' Lord Byron. But today we continue the saga with "Mad Shelley", a poet who showed a penchant for explosives, electricity, and freaking out when it was most convenient. Join us as we…
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Episode 71: Cormac McCarthy Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas, you filthy animals aware of your own degradation and the wallowing of your own sins, it's the conclusion to our Cormac McCarthy series! This episode, we'll be heavily delving into the works he completed from the years 1985 onward, including "Blood Meridian", "The...
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Episode 70: Cormac McCarthy Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 6, cowpoke! Join us as we discuss our favorite all-time author, Cormac McCarthy! For the little we really know about his life, the least we can do is celebrate his earliest works, including "The Orchard Keeper", "Outer Dark", "Child of God", and "Suttree". Come...
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Episode 69: The Kama Sutra
Send us Fan Mail 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 up, and goofed up to bring you our discussion on the quintessential sex book: the "Kama Sutra"! Join us as we discuss the practices still in use today,...
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Episode 68: Charles Dickens Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail 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 find out MORE of his shitty opinions, how he felt about his weirdly-named children, the train crash that nearly killed him, and some of the greatest works...
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Episode 67: Charles Dickens Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail 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 complicit in killing... this man lived a full life all before he turned 40. Join us as we go over the major early works of Charles Dickens, including "The...
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Episode 66: Emily Dickinson
Send us Fan Mail Emily Dickinson could only be described as a Livewire within poetry. Someone who Blasted the competition out of the water. Unfortunately, her reclusive lifestyle led to her having no real fame until after her death, where her Mountain of works were finally published to universal...
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Episode 65: Philip K. Dick Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail 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 the making. Join us as we try to unravel the final years of history's most insane or prophetic writer (depending on what you believe). Time to head on...
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Episode 64: Philip K. Dick Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail TW: Rape, Suicide; Sex! Drugs! Drugs! Rock n' Roll! Drugs! Well, maybe not so much the sex and Rock n' Roll but at least we got drugs! Philip K. Dick is certainly one of those authors that you know from the hundreds of adaptations you've seen on TV, whether you're aware of it or...
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Episode 63: Jane Austen Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail 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 satire after satire that seems to go over 50% of the population's head. If she lived longer than she did, there's a good chance she would've finally told...
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Episode 62: Jane Austen Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail 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 us as we go over the early life and works of a very misunderstood lady, someone who's known today for the kind of work that she was actually making fun of...
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Episode 61: William S. Burroughs Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail TW: Pedophilia; Jesus Christ this guy. For some of you, this will for sure be a sad goodbye, as we delve into the remaining years of William S. Burroughs and his works, including his magnum opus, "Naked Lunch". For those of us with a disgust for beatniks, it couldn't come soon...
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Episode 60: William S. Burroughs Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail TW: Child Abuse, Pedophilia; Now have we dealt with some real pieces of shit here on Caleb Can't Read? Boy have we. Conmen, torturers, literal Nazis... But William S. Burroughs is a special kind of bastard. Come join us as delve into perhaps the most infamous writer of the Beat...
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Episode 59: Francois Rabelais
Send us Fan Mail 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 place, Francois Rabelais would be the PeePee PooPoo Man. (The 'P' symbol on his chest stands for 'hoPe'.) Since Chaucer's invention of words used on Caleb...
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Episode 58: Roald Dahl Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail 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 was problematic? A bit creepy with his erotica and kind of shitty to his kids? That he said some problematic things and was a hypocrite when it came to…
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Episode 57: Roald Dahl Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail TW: Child Abuse, Dead Kids; To those of you familiar with Roald Dahl's life, you may remember his beginnings as a severely abused child, an ace fighter pilot, and a sexual secret agent. To those of you who are unfamiliar with Roald Dahl... well... we have some surprises for you....
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Episode 56: Rudyard Kipling Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail TW: Dead Kids; Welcome, you bunch of animals! Come delve into the heyday of Rudyard Kipling, from his surprisingly non-racist classic "The Jungle Book", to his questionable masterpiece "Kim", and alllll the way through his problematic hit "The White Man's Burden". For a man who...
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Episode 55: Rudyard Kipling Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail Ah, Kipling. A brilliant poet. A wonderful storyteller. A hell of a racist. Join us as we discuss the early life of English literature's most troubling slur creator!
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Episode 54: Jose Saramago Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail Kept you waiting? Well we've been dealing with a lot of illnesses lately, which oddly enough is the theme for this episode and Jose Saramago's remaining works. Come join us as we delve into his remaining catalogue, such as "Blindness", "Death With Interruptions", and "The Gospel...
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Episode 53: Jose Saramago Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail TW: Child abuse; For what would have been his 100th birthday, we are presenting you with the early life of Jose Saramago, arguably (by me-- I argue this--) Portugal's best writer. Join us as we delve into his shitty childhood, his bizarre family, and his early works which would...
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Outtakes
Send us Fan Mail 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 we actually get to the source material, based solely on the fact that one of us hated how we opened the episode, and were quicker at pressing the 'stop'...
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Trailer
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the show, folks!
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Episode 52: Sylvia Plath
Send us Fan Mail TW: Abuse, Dead Kids, Suicide; For our Season 4 finale, we bring to you a lot of sad. For real, there's like 3 different people who die by their own hand in this. But anyway, Sylvia Plath has become an authority in the poetry world since her passing, and her brilliance is…
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Episode 51: Nostradamus
Send us Fan Mail 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 about it. Come listen to us discuss the bullshit prophecies of one of the most infamous conmen, Nostradamus!
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Episode 50: Helen Keller
Send us Fan Mail TW: Alabama; It's our 50th episode! And to celebrate, we're going over the sad sad tale of Helen Keller, most well-known for overcoming her blind and deaf disabilities to become a prolific author and Socialist activist, and not as well-known for her weird religion and once flying…
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Episode 49: Louis Braille
Send us Fan Mail Come join us as we discuss the life of Louis Braille, the man who invented a system for the blind to read while he was only 15! And also sharing a bathroom with 120 other men. Yes, the 1800's were a pooey time, especially if you were blind before Braille, which we'll also talk...
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Episode 48: Roberto Bolano
Send us Fan Mail TW: Torture; Welcome to perhaps the most pretentious Latin American writer there ever was, Roberto Bolano! Come learn the backstory of the man who witnessed more than one atrocity in several countries, paving the way for him to create the two novels that one hipster chick was...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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 research for your enjoyment and the betterment of his co-host’s education. You can check out our sources used for each episode on our Facebook Sources Page: facebook.com/calebcantread. You can also check out our Instagram where we post snapshots and trivia of each episode's author: instagram.com/calebcantread. If you have any comments, questions, or veiled threats, you can send them to [email protected]. And don't forget to visit our website at calebcantread.com!
HOSTED BY
Jordan Raebel
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