Backseat Authors

Thank you all SO much for listening and being a part of this crazy project!The Backseat Authors will return! Keep a weather-eye out for our next episode! It's going to be a fun one :)Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Finally! This took so long to edit that you can disregard what I say at the end about how long it will take to edit the next episode. Probably longer than a week, but not longer than this one (I hope). Keep an eye on the Bluesky account for updates :)Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

So much to cover in the description this week!This first link is Randy Feltface waving his arms and saying bats:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwz2kfTWGdsAll credit for the Hundie Dollar Giveaway theme song goes to the extremely talented Arne Parrot:https://soundcloud.com/arne-parrottThis link is the episode of Endless Thread with the fruit song at the end (skip to 21:30):https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2026/01/30/hot-fruit-takesCast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

There's now a button on rss.com to tag episodes containing AI content. Joseph would like to say that as with all episodes of Backseat Authors, this episode was produced entirely without AI.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Truly a blast from the past.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

All credit for the pre opening credits goes to the one and only John Mulaney. Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

A long form discussion about the Pope.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Joseph here, yes I know that Book 47 is titled "The Resistance". I was SO tired when we recorded, as becomes immediately evident. Also don't do online gambling.This episode was recorded on January 20, 2026. The after-credits was recorded on the evening of January 24, 2026.https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/144956/emma-lazarus-the-new-colossusCast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Aircraft carrier facts! We're back at it again doing visual gags on the podcast!Elliot seemed to have a weird intermittent audio thing that we weren't able to catch until after recording. Sometimes that's just the way it is :/Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Joseph here, I have no idea why I was being so cagey about the name of the robot comic book I've been reading. It's called Atomic Robo and it's great. Anyway, we're back on schedule this week, and we're back with our sweet, sassy, real microphones and high quality sound. Enjoy our nonsense in the highest fidelity we have!https://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicroboCast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

All the hosts, together at last! This one was a lot of fun to record. Joseph read the book on a train, and did most of the editing on another train!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Happy Holidays!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Wow! It's been a full year of Backseat Authors! Check out our Bluesky account if you want to see what we look like.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

So between last episode and this, Elliot got sick, CJ had to go on a work trip, and Joseph was just kind of vibing. It may sound like CJ recorded his audio in a hotel room on his phone and that's because he did! We were committed to getting an episode out this week! There was also a wonky audio problem for a few minutes toward the end, but luckily we were able to splice in a redundant OBS recording. Plan for problems!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

The icebreaker is back!Get your Mason Mead merch here:https://www.redbubble.com/people/The-Sketchy-Guy/explore?page=1&sortOrder=recentDue to several factors, there's a good chance we won't be putting out an episode next week. Dont' worry, if that happens we'll be back after Thanksgiving!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and Instagram

Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Joseph here, apologies for my roomy audio. I just moved to a new place and the podcast recording closet is no more. I’m working on a fix though, and I should be back next week crisp and clear. And yes, CJ does call Cassie Caffie at one point.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Did CJ loophole the entire series? Listen to find out!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Joseph voiced by: JosephI've actually never read this poem in its entirety before this. See y'all on Sunday with Episode 38!

CJ unintentionally made it sound like Cassie shot a cheetah in this book but that didn’t happen. Elliot also doesn’t think that middle-schoolers can read Hamlet. Joseph thinks this book had a message. Listen to hear more crazy takes!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Joseph is incredibly embarrassed that he was so combative in the act it out and that he's writing this in the third person. Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

October Santa voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

This is a long one! The next few weeks are pretty difficult for the three of us scheduling-wise, so we will be taking a short hiatus. Never fear! We will be back on October 19th with book 36: The Mutation!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

I don't really know how Geoguessr works, but if you want to try and find the map I made it's called "Where's That Salad?"Sorry for doing a visual game in an audio medium :( If you want to skip past it, Where's That Salad wraps up (food pun intended) at 1:10:30.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Joseph did not get a dragon :(We play a long game early on in this episode. If you want to skip it, we pick the book back up at around the 34 minute mark. Sorry about the ad, Elliot kind of just wanted to see if Joseph would read it. Joseph does not agree with a single thing in it and was mainly curious if he could read it in one take.Ygor:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FX4WrEbrkSsCast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Do Andalites sweat? Why does Visser Three like Lead Zeppelin so much? These are just some of the many questions we have this week.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

We're back and so is K.A.!Cast:CJ voiced by: The half of CJ who seems to always have the episode titleElliot voiced by: The half of Elliot not bitten by his catJoseph voiced by: The half of Joseph with a deep sultry voiceFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

"The team turns into large creatures, as they oft do." -ElliotDestroying The Old Lie: What Makes a Film Truly Anti-War:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr_Ouytl9Ws&t=33sDulce et Decorum Esthttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-estCast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

This week, CJ and Elliot do their best Creed Bratton impressions while Joseph educates all y'all about leafy delicacies. Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

This is the first ever episode we're releasing under the BUECP (Back Up Episode Contingency Plan). We'll be back next week with Book 30!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

As promised, a great bit about time machines:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKJRyexnOIAt 7 minutes in you'll learn a lot about time machines. Definitely R-rated though, you have been warned.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

We would die for this podcast. Skip to 6:35 if you want to hear what medication CJ is taking.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

In this week’s episodes we really dig deep into These Messages. If you’re seeing this episode released on time, know that it was recorded on a Thursday night, and edited frantically in three different states on Friday. Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Geoff Goldblum and Danny DeVito, together at last.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

So I understand now that "closest without going over" should only apply to most games in the event of a tie. No need to email me about that. *<]:{)Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

This book is the spookiest one we've read so far!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephDr. Flavius Splishman voiced by: Dr. Flavius SplishmanFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Who knew there were so many kinds of spaceships!? Even small ones! In this episode we open the bits jar and spill it everywhere.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

The Andalites sure are chronicled. Apologies for Elliots audio! I had to remove so much noise from his A/C unit running, so he sounds like he’s inside a tin can when he talks. I did my best, but I’m no audio engineer. I do wear Sony MDR7506 headphones so that I feel like one though.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

It's more bird boy blues as we discuss Tobias' biases and learn more about his backstory. It's out of this world!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Watch out for the ad in this episode! I mixed it a little louder than usual (:Did K.A. Applegate write Face Off? Is Nicholas Cage/John Travolta her husband? We don't know!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

CJ tries to rewrite the book in this one, but we don't let him!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Predictably, this episode is more off the rails and intense due to the content of this book. You have been warned.The thing that Elliot said to look up was, in fact, not a good thing to look up. I have saved you all from it.This is the video about the drone in a truck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqeCL80W5g&t=307sIf the link isn’t working the video title is “Will a Drone Be Pushed Backwards Inside an Accelerating Truck?” by The Action Lab Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

The saga begins! We're so young and naive in this episode!Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

In this episode, CJ sounds like a sociopath when he explains how he plays Avalon, but I promise he’s not! (He manipulated me to say that.) Also, I think the movie Elliot was talking about is called Vivarium.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Yes, the Chernobyl accident took place in April 1986, not in the 60s as we insinuated. Also, the book Elliot was talking about toward the end of the episode is “All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals” by John Conway.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

Rachel gets amnesia and learns nothing.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]

I think we might be the next Beatles.Cast:CJ voiced by: CJElliot voiced by: ElliotJoseph voiced by: JosephFollow us @backseatauthors on Bluesky and InstagramContact us at [email protected]