Cussler Hustlers

Short episode this week, due to illness and horrible schedules. However, this is a good time talk to YOU... the PEOPLE. Or, the opposite? We want to HEAR from you! 100th Episode Mailbag questions are now open, so feel free to ask us anything or tell us anything! There's also a couple specific things we'd like to know, so... just hit play and listen, ok? It's not even three minutes long. Come on, you're not that busy. I can see the Doritos. Email us TODAY, RIGHT NOW, at ⁠[email protected]⁠Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠

It's over! We're done! We made it! All seventeen plots come to a satisfying fruition. Dirk Pitt uses his Boyscout skills to roast men alive. Giordino pulls a Jesse James. Eva Rojas becomes bored of golf. Massarde acquires a taste for doctors. Kazim doesn't know how to drive a stick shift. Abraham Lincoln's ears survive the Reconstruction. Another case of boys will be boys. Join us in a couple weeks for our mega-exclusive coverage of the hot new Hollywood Cussler film, Sahara!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

 Just when he gets out, they pull him back in... to the Sahara! The top United Nations black ops kill team escorts Pitt and Giordino back to Tebezza, with sexy results. St Julien Perlmutter busts into the story like the Kool-Aid Man. Eva Rojas hopes you won't think she's wanton. Our heroes become forklift certified. Melika dies with dignity. Kitty Mannock finished her stroll.Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

"Unfortunately, this part is really well-written". Do you like dehydration? Starvation? Exhaustion? Pastoral lithography? Then have we got an episode for YOU. Nancy shares some fun facts about mass suicide events. Topper is an assault to aerodynamics. Giordino throws in the towel. Sandecker says to never tell him the odds. Melika is going to get reprimanded at the office. Pitt finds the prettiest corpse in Africa. This episode is brought to you by Renault. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Dirk and Al bravely escape their captors... and are then almost immediately recaptured when they break into the high-security inescapable fortress of villainy. Honestly, they should have seen this coming. Sandecker convinces the President using only facts and logic. Massarde is reminded that billions of dollars won't actually protect you from a bullet. Our heroes take in an unexpected donkey show. Gunn flies first class. Ismail Yerli spots a red-breasted nuthatch. Train good, car dead. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Dirk Pitt finally runs into something he truly didn't expect and cannot handle: a villain who knows more than he does! Hala Kamil's rebound dooms the planet. Al Giordino takes one on the crotch. Sandecker has to make Sophie's Choice for dumbasses. Eva and Hopper discover the only thing worse than North African warlords... white capitalists. On the plus side, we discover a fuel-efficient automobile that's comfortable and luxurious on and off the road!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

BREAKING! A once-in-a-century weather event happened again, making recording this week logistically impossible. So, to tide everyone over, here is the REMIXED AND REMASTERED Season 1 of Cussler Hustlers, The Mediterranean Caper in its entirety! Well, not COMPLETELY in its entirety... the biggest digressions, wanderings, meanderings, off-topic diatribes and pet noises have been removed. But the sound quality has been dramatically improved, where possible. This will keep you company while you're waiting in line at the Walgreens for half a roll of toilet paper and a jug of gin, or whatever it is you Americans do with your weekends.  Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

At last, the Promise of the Premise had arrived! Major characters arrive in the desert, but unfortunately they miss out on all the searing hot cannibal-on-cannibal action. Our nominal heroes successfully complete A Science, and are immediately ensnared by the unfortunately competent military forces of a corrupt West African warlord. Pitt takes his ball and goes home. Giordino tries to add a blonde to his collection. Rudi utilizes his Treadstone training. A French billionaire is forced to accept long distance charges. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Our saga continues with... meetings! Dinner dates! Evil conferences! Sweaty detente! Political palaver! It's... it's... ok, it's kind of a lot of exposition, but we paused right before West Africa explodes into nightmarish violence absolutely not instigated by a couple of white men who don't know how to ask politely. Dirk refuses the call to action. Giordino gets black pilled. Eva is concerned about her lower GI tract. Sandecker is above the left-right paradigm. General Kazim doesn't know how to ask for a raise. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

IT BEGINS! Sahara, the long-awaited start to the Modern Pitt Era. Not one, not two, but THREE prologues set the stage for a mystery that seems... well, not that mysterious, to be honest. They basically tell us directly who the bad guy is, and what the evil plot is, but there's so many unanswered questions floating around and it's clear Clive is having a blast. Marvel at the competent story structure! Gasp in awe at the nearly-respectful way Eva Rojas is introduced! You'll be on the edge of your seat at the accurate exploration of North African colonial history! Just ignore Zencaster's technical incompetence and strap in for a wild ride!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

A much delayed Pitt Stop this week! Nancy was originally going to host a How It's Made about adhesives, but she got pulled down a new hyperfixation during her research, so MOST of this week's episode is about Diseases That Present As Madness! Get ready to get bummed out about rare diseases, and HOPEFULLY excited for all the great advancements being made in the medical world! In an episode that's apparently all tangents, we also ramble about kismet, destiny, pregnancy and free college. Join us or else, won't you?Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

This week we take a distracted detour through the land of parallel fiction and meet Cussler Hustler's iconic new action hero! Fitzroy Scott is the scion of a billionaire tech magnate, he's the sexy man all the ladies want... and he works at the post office! When a random parcel from 200 years ago sets off his radiation detector, Fitzy is pulled into a world of tropical intrigue, deadly oligarchs and imperialist revolution! Can he think fast enough on his feet to bring the evil-doers to justice and make it to work on Monday? If you find out, let us know!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Although we start the episode discussing how best to shave your hog, this REALLY IS the explosive climax of our tenth Dirk Pitt Adventure! Just like how there's no rule that says a dog can't play basketball, there's no rules against Peace Crimes, and that conceit gets stretched to its absolute limit. Multiple nukes are detonated, and the only lasting fallout is some early retirement with benefits from some Japanese officials who might have had nothing to do with the plot at all. Al Giordino dips his beak into human trafficking. Sandecker threatens to hijack an airplane. The President has a Skype call. Dirk finally eats a salad. And thus ends the era known as 'Early Modern Pitt'. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Grab your Soup Helmets, everyone, and buckle in for some high-flying, robot-zapping, Toshie-squeezing high-octane excitement! Bombs go off, but nothing gets damaged. Dirk dogfights the Japanese military, but no-one gets hurt. And finally, the villainous villains at the heart of our story drop the hammer and NUKE AMERICA... destroying one farmer and his horse. Honestly, it's probably a good thing Dirk gets to go back underwater at the end here. He's a little out of his depth. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

The caper has been foiled, people! Everyone has been captured, all of America's plans were for naught, and now Dirk is going to be hunted for sport. But first... Welcome To The Great Kaiten Bake-Off! Your hosts, Topper and Nancy, are here to be your guides through the unnecessarily detailed world of Japanese haute cuisine and supervillain monologues.Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

We've finally got a caper, people! High-tech hijinks! The US government decides to send the COMPETENT spies into Ajima Island and Project Kaiten (after some... questionable plastic surgery), and our plucky heroes Al and Dirk are press-ganged into being a distraction, something they're uniquely qualified for. Artificial intelligence proves that it's a sound investment. Toshie proves that she's a sound investment. Dirk blows up a bunch of fish with high explosive.Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

And suddenly... a FAX arrives! Terrible, horrible, no-good very-bad fates await most of the secondary characters in this episode, which I feel is a nice way to cull the chaff and keep Dirk focused! In the middle of it, though, Dirk has to fly to West Germany and relieve a former Nazi tank-driving farmer of his accidental Nazi loot. And maybe a fighter jet. And a painting. Really, it all seems a little convenient. How many more episodes until we get some SICK robot sword-fighting action? Who knows! We sure don't!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Dirk and Al start recruiting their Avengers Super Team. The Pitt family tree expands to include one of the men who helped create the atomic bomb. What's better, sushi or sausage pizza? Who's the real sidepiece, Dirk or Loren? How many classic cars does it take to make every woman on the planet horny? And perhaps most importantly, the final essential piece of the Cussler Formula has finally appeared... Cussler Himself! We hit the brakes on the racism this episode, so we can hit the gas of ACTION!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Longer episode time! Dirk finally allows himself to feel emotion, then decides to make it his whole personality. A woman dares to have a secret, and must be punished accordingly. Japanese far-right ultra-nationalists decide to try American-style diplomacy. Clive predicts the Department of Homeland Security, except in his utopia they're understaffed and underfunded. Also, check out Nancy on Dork Forest with Jackie Kashian this week!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Short episode this week, folks! Nancy caught the plague, and following the plot of a Cussler novel was too physically and mentally taxing (we've all been there, right?) Dirk Pitt goes for a leisurely Sunday drive at the bottom of the ocean. Giordino rages at the heavens and rends his clothes asunder. Flandecker eats a cigar. The full might of the US Government manages to figure out which country tried to nuke them (the choices being Japan and Finland). Nancy makes a timely Cab Calloway reference. It's all here!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

It's Hot Dirk Summer as we dive into a new book! We dive into the extreme action with not one, but TWO different atomic weapons (though to be fair, only one of them goes off). Submarine disasters? You bet! Secret underwater lairs? And how! Prolonged digressions into the quantum existence of the female protagonist's breasts? I mean, it wouldn't be a Cussler book without it! Dirk faces death with a stoic grin, while Giordino rends his garments and wails at the cosmic unfairness of losing his heterosexual lifemate. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

International Terrorism: It's everywhere you want to be! It's certainly anywhere DIRK goes! Seriously, they should have a global travel warning permanently attached to Dirk Pitt, like he's Vash the Stampede or something. America speedruns the false flag attacks, the migrant caravans, the extrajudicial killings, and the anti-democratic foreign meddling, because that's what heroes do. Oh, and Dirk has creaky old man sex. ¡Qué padre!Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

VIOLENCE! Oh baby, the promise of the premise is finally paying off! Dirk gets blown up by a grenade, but fortunately he was near a filing cabinet, so he's fine. Everybody gets shot, but our heroes are wearing bullet-attracting vests. Rudi gets sent on an important mission, and manages to succeed by being racist. And Ammar... well... I don't think I'm allowed to say what happens to him in this description. It might get the episode banned. Join us, won't you?Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

More terrorists! More special forces! And finally, VIOLENCE! ...almost! We're so, so close to the violence, everyone. Please don't go. Dirk schools the best of the best of the best about icebergs. Hala makes some terrible, terrible relationship choices. Yazid and Topiltzin are betrayed by their 23 And Me results. Ultra-high-altitude covert reconnaissance flights are the ideal location for self-love. Will Ammar get away with it, or will he be foiled by those pesky kids? Find out! Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

The Lady Flamborough pulls a David Copperfield out of Uruguay and flees to the Antarctic! You don't need to be suspicious of anyone with a gun as a political conference, because clearly they're SUPPOSED to be there! Dirk has some off-screen couch loving while his dad's being press-ganged into an elite terrorist organization! Mexico prepares to invade the United States! This book is BONKERS... and yet, it all still just feels like scene-setting and tension-building. It's all anticipation, no release! Your hosts are going to blow a gasket if this doesn't lead to World War Three! Join us, won't you?Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Things are really picking up the pace (finally!) Al and Dirk trade pithy one liners while terrorizing a world leader. A car chase leads to an 80's wacky sex romp movie. Topiltzin is more, and somehow less, than he seems. Two thirds of the named characters all end up on the same luxury liner in Uruguay. Legions of unnamed goons get merked like lambs to the slaughter. American foreign policy continues to be "Let's offer to murder someone. Politically." Perhaps most importantly, Nancy can't see the Podcat this episode, and she may never recover. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Mister Dirk Goes On Holiday! We think he deserves a little bit of a break, don't you? Cussler sure does, because we spend almost the entire episode hanging out with the movers and shakers in the American government, the various evil Egyptian terrorists, and setting up the next big setpiece: a cruise ship in Uruguay! OF COURSE! It's so obvious! Finally, though, Dirk makes a comeback and immediately loses his true love: this book's Sexy Car. Things are FINALLY starting to speed up, though, and we are absolutely here for it. Until we're not. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Our wettest episode ever! Also a day late, due to catastrophic computer failure. We get more American intrigue, in the form of several high-level government briefings that would probably work fine as tweets in 2025. We get lots of backstory about the Library of Alexandria, from a bonus character we'll probably never see again. We get Dirk being a petulant child about having to answer to the Pentagon. Also, we learn one of the most important rules about labor rights: don't fire spies on bad terms. Something that absolutely isn't happening in a certain American country right now. Cough. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

The scope of our story expands to TWO countries trying to overthrow themselves, and America! Why would they do that? Who knows! What are their methods? Vague and mysterious! Are they religious fundamentalists? Of course, that was the only kind of bad guy you had in the 80s! Other than filthy Commies, of course, and... oh, they're here, too. Would you look at that! Dirk attempts some high speed archaeology. A diplomat realizes why it's sometimes good to remain polite. Giordino has one job on this boat, it's STUPID but he's going to do it! Oh, and a woman gets to be right for a few minutes. -Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Shorter episode this week, due to technical difficulties and being busy adults with many important things to do. Probably a good place to stop, though, since we get into a LOT of Mexican and Egyptian intrigue next week and have to introduce like ten new characters (Cussler Mexico and Egypt. Any relation to actual countries is purely coincidental). This week, Dirk asks out three extremely attractive women with head trauma, and cleverly deduces that the plane crash victims didn't die in a plane crash because... uhm... reasons. Good ones. Shut up. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Full disclosure: we apologize for starting a new Clive Cussler book during these troubled times. A shocking plane crash, crazy discourse about Greenland, unrest in Israel, declaring war on Mexico? We expect these sorts of things in real life, NOT in a Dirk Pitt adventure! The producers responsible for this tragic lapse in oversight have been sacked. In the meantime, please try to enjoy this episode and focus on all the sexy, sexy archaeology. We're sorry.-Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

It's a future episode... literally! Cohost Topper takes a break from Cussler to tell you about some of the other books he enjoys, namely the Zoey Ashe trilogy from Jason Pargin! He's not just good at picking titles for books, he's pretty good at the actual books themselves. This episode is largely spoiler free, because Cohost Nancy hasn't read them yet (and after this episode, she just might!) Also, Editing Topper would like to apologize for the lateness. We mention a few reasons in the episode, but there's also a new 25% tariff on podcasts, so it's 25% later than usual. Write your congressperson if you have a problem with that. #zoeyashe #zoeyashetrilogy #jasonpargin #jdate #davidwong #cusslerhustlers #clivecussler #dirkpitt #bookreview #bookpodcast #booktok #bookstagrammer #action #adventure #spotify #podbean Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

We did it! In our traditional mad dash for the finish line, we throw the astronauts aside and dive headlong into Russia's cruel oppression of Cuba, and America's magnanimous generosity in restoring Cuban independence! You read that right! Also, there's some side plot involving a boat called the "Cy.... clops?" and some golden statue. I dunno, didn't seem to have much to do with the rest of the book. Nancy is freezing. California is burning. Topper is balding. Spend some of your valuable, finite time with the Cussler Hustlers. This episode is brought to you by the Remembering Them Podcast. Patreon: https://patreon.com/RememberingThemPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rememberingthempodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rememberingthempodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rememberingthempodcast?lang=en YouTube: www.youtube.com/@rememberingthempodcast

Happy New Year! We very nearly managed to get this episode out on time, and that's our gift to YOU, the listener! Three separate plots crash together at the fourteenth hour: space shuttles invading Cuba, communists invading Cuba, and America invading Cuba! Which invasion will succeed? Will Dirk Pitt finally get called up to the major leagues? Will Jessie ever find some clothes? Will we ever see Secret Agent Santa Claus again? Find out! ... or don't. I'm a podcast, not your mother. - Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

We're back! We're jacked! Nancy's microphone sounds great and mine's being weird! But we cover an ENTIRE SECTION of this dang book for once, with a record low number of tangents. Dirk enjoys his Caribbean cruise. The Inner Core enjoys the smell of mall peanuts. Helga spends a couple decades at the pool, plotting her revenge. The Russians fight The Moon Men, and of course America comes out on top. Nancy fights off the legions of Podcast Mimes. And so it turns out the real treasure were the pronouns we made along the way. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Fiddle-dee-dee, that will require a public apology! Just a brief update on the state of Cussler Hustlers, temporary delays, future plans and new projects from your FAVORITE hosts (and Topper!) This one is longer than sixty seconds, so we hope it will tide you over until our pre-Christmas Cyclops Spectacular. Hail Krampus!

It's the Communist Torture Spectacular this week! EVERYONE gets tortured... except Dirk Pitt, who merely engages in multiple battles of wit (some of which leave him urinating fun rainbow colors, but that's neither here nor there). He also goes for a healthy, bracing constitutional to take in the crisp sea air. Really, this might be his best vacation ever. This episode was brought to you by REPAER. - Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Today, Nancy and Topper penetrate your defences with our fat observations on Clive Cussler's Cyclops! The action is ramping up on three fronts: a Cuban military outpost, a secretive Washington cabal of science billionaires, and THE MOOOOOON! We spend a truly unfortunate amount of time talking about television through the ages, the proper way to carry your Man Bride across the threshold, and the history of [redacted]. We're also still blissfully in the episodes recorded BEFORE the election, so if you need some escapism, Sandecker also screams at the President!

We here at Cussler Hustler Enterprises would like to apologize for the poor taste exhibited in this section of the book, where a hurricane gains unprecedented speed and power in the middle of the Caribbean. Those responsible for misusing the weather weapons have been sacked. In the meantime, please enjoy this episode where we laugh at dangly body parts, admire Secret Agent Santa Claus, and wonder where all the tarmac naps have gone. Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Act One of Cyclops is... talking. And meetings. And discussions. And conversations. And research. And exposition. And-... well, let's just say not a lot HAPPENS. But don't worry, this is actually a good thing! Clive is front-loading the boring stuff, and keeping it fairly swift and breezy, because the action is about to get bonkers. Secret Agent Santa takes on the Moon Men. Russia loses their own Moon Men. Cuba seems to have acquired some Ready To Eat Moon Men. Remember when America was excited about the moon? Cussler Hustlers Remembers!

NEW SEASON! New shenanigans! New treasure! New intrigue! When the book opened with a zeppelin disaster, both Nancy and Topper regressed to their childhoods and got lost in the inflatable nostalgia. There's a billionaire colony on the moon, a super-sized Russian moon lander, a bunch of frozen mystery corpses, and a sunken coal ship that might have the key to all of it. Drunk morticians, autism-coded detectives, and a formerly-brainwashed President are sure to make this a caper to remember! Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

It's a beach episode! Nancy and Topper kick back and revisit the six books that have brought us to the dizzying heights of podcast greatness: Mediterranean Caper, Iceberg!, Raise the Titanic!, Vixen-03, Night Probe!, and Pacific Vortex. We get a couple things wrong, we're shocked by what DOES stick around a year or more later, and we give everything an objective scientific rating that will no doubt stand the test of time and be referenced in many a scientific journal. ALSO, an important announcement at the start: for various creative and mental health reasons, we will be reverting to an every-two-week schedule. This will give me the time and space to put more effort into the episodes, as well as pursue other creative endeavors. We pass the time savings on to YOU! - Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

WE MADE IT! In spite of all our end-of-summer shenanigans, doctor-prescribed drug binges and wildfires, we managed to complete our super-sized finale to Deep Six! Dirk gets a lot of civilians killed on what is still probably the best day of their life. Giordino reminds us why he isn't bothered by Dirk's homicidal urges. Loren reminds us that you are obligated to have sex with whoever rescues you. Min Koryo reminds us of why you need to keep behind the safety rail. And Sal Cashio reminds us... uhm... honestly, I have no idea, but I'm gonna miss him. #RIPElevatorJoe - Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

THE RESISTANCE has come together! THE RESISTANCE is composed of... uhm... all the top elites in Washington, and the NUMA paramilitary forces led by Dirk Pitt. Bougainville continues to solve all of their problems by blowing it up in the most attention-grabbing way possible. The Russians finally reveal themselves to perhaps not be the good guys. Guantanamo Bay rescues some drowning orphans. I'm not sure this book could get more 80s.

Every train has gone off every rail in this episode of Deep Six! The whole 'missing President' scandal has been uncovered by the press, but fortunately the President is back! Unfortunately, the President is being remote controlled and promises to completely disarm the country. Loren finds herself the extra special guest of some hired goons, and a completely different ship full of gold explodes. Dirk turns Sal Cashio into an unguided missile and promises to leap into heroic action just as soon as he finishes his drink. How many moving parts are we going to have at the climax of this thing?! - Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Your favorite cohosts are a little behind schedule and a little under the weather, but at least we still know more about health and medicine than a KGB agent! Psychopharmaceuticals abound in this tale of multicultural malpractice. Dirk kisses Loren goodbye. Some nerds get chopped. Cults are stealing television. We compare old-people injuries. This has been your Science Corner With Nancy! - Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Cussler-Hustlers/100094911757286/ Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social⁠ Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

KOREANS! Sorry, sorry! It's just so exciting to finally know which country we're supposed to be angry at. Speaking as a doctor, of course. Loren goes for a jog. Dirk gets out-manned. Sandecker feeds his ulcer. Sukarov does some elementary school science. The President is in some kind of tube. LASERS!

It's a Cussler Hustlers first, folks! Your hosts Topper and Nancy made friends with another real-life podcast, The Escapist Room! They're a brother and sister podcast who review the cheesy movies of their childhoods and the modern movies that give them that same feeling. Since they do MOVIES and we do BOOKS, we're doing TWO CROSSOVERS, the first of which is THIS ONE RIGHT HERE! All four of us read Stone of Fire by J.F. Penn, a modern globetrotting archaeology action-adventure short novel written from a female perspective! It's certainly different than the Cussler fare we've reviewed so far, but is that enough to carry one woman's struggle to rescue her sister from at least one, possibly two, MAYBE three shadowy cabals intent on global destruction? We don't know! Listen along and maybe you'll figure it out. The Escapist Room Podcast: https://www.escapistroommoviepod.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CusslerHustlers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CusslerHustlers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094911757286 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cusslerhustlers.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@CusslerHustlers Email: [email protected]

RUSSIANS! Sorry, sorry! Diving into Part 2 of Deep Six, and it mostly seems like spies spying, backstabbers backstabbing, and five or six different groups that have no idea what's going on. There's a lot of Oval Office shenanigans, KGB shenanigans, Korean shipping shenanigans, and I don't think Dirk is even IN this episode. Refreshing!

In case you can't spare the 59 seconds: there is no new episode of Cussler Hustlers this week, as cohost Topper is travelling and away from his computer. We have two episodes in the can yet to be edited, and a third episode co-produced with another podcast, so there's still plenty of goodness to come! In the meantime, can I recommend catching up on The Magnus Protocol, Kill James Bond! or Probably Science? Yes. Yes, I can.