The 2 Best Bad Books for Bad People Podcast Episodes
1) Valley of Plenty 2: The Bounds of Reason
Welcome to the Valley of Plenty! In these green and gentle pastures, Jack explains the plots of stories from the Witcher series to Kate, who feels like she already completed her tour of duty in this p...Show More
2) Episode 49: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - But Is It Bizarre Enough?
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is an epic manga series created by Hirohiko Araki that tracks the outrageously gory punch-em-up saga of the Joestar clan. The first installment of the series, Phantom Blood, t...Show More
3) Episode 90: Best of 2025
Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2025 and make some recommendations in the world of books and beyond. The rules of engagement are simple: the hosts each choose ...Show More
4) Episode 89: Bloodstone - But What If Conan Was an Asshole?
Karl Edward Wagner's 1975 sword and sorcery epic Bloodstone is the first full-length outing for Kane, mighty-thewed protagonist of a series of short stories and novels. Jack and Kate navigate a treach...Show More
5) Episode 88: Hotel Transylvania - Lestat Would NEVER
Hotel Transylvania (1978) is the first of 25 novels and two short story collections in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s epic vampire series centering around the adventures of the Comte de Saint-Germain. Steeped...Show More
6) Episode 87: Three Hearts and Three Lions - Scary Rubbery Trolls
Poul Anderson’s 1961 novel Three Hearts and Three Lions is one of the cornerstone influences on Dungeons and Dragons: a medieval-inflected romp through creature encounters and chivalric romance, featu...Show More
7) Episode 86: The Unworthy - Is it Nunsploitation?
Agustina Bazterrica’s 2023 novel The Unworthy explores the relationship of its unnamed narrator with the repressive post-apocalyptic cult in which she finds herself. Jack and Kate embark on a harrowin...Show More
8) Episode 85: Smoke City - Everybody’s Got Their Own Apocalypse
Keith Rosson’s 2019 novel Smoke City is a supernatural character study that somehow makes the road trip adventure shared by a loose-cannon pop artist, a reluctant immortal, and a would-be ghost hunter...Show More
9) Episode 84: The Cherry Pit and The Bargain
It’s time for Jack and Kate to explore their vintage paperback piles and trade tales from the yellowed pages of the past. Jack wades through the sweltering psychosexual Southern Gothickry of Donald Ha...Show More
10) Episode 83: Rogue Moon - Sweaty Sci-Fi
Algis Budrys’s 1960 novel Rogue Moon is a masterpiece of Sweaty Sci-Fi, a freshly-patented subgenre that will be revealed during the course of this episode. Jack and Kate take a trip to the dark side ...Show More