how to win the lottery
hosts: joey lewandowski and “shreds”
a book club, like oprah’s if oprah were two suburban guys from new jersey, or reese witherspoon’s if reese were two suburban guys from new jersey, except without the engine of fame that those two huge stars provide. but come on: oprah is not going to answer your emails. (trust us, we know.) every two weeks, a new book microscoped and surgeried by benevolent despot joey lewandowski and disgraced college professor “shreds”… with your help! here’s a guarantee: every episode ends with an arrestable crime. will it be something boring like credit card fraud or something sexy like a casino heist? listen to find out.
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episode archive
- how to win the lottery – season twelve theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s11e2 – blood meridian by cormac mccarthy
- how to win the lottery s11e1 – moby dick by herman melville
- how to win the lottery – season eleven theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s10e3 – flee by evan dara
- how to win the lottery s10e2 – radio free vermont by bill mckibben
- how to win the lottery s10e1 – the shame by makenna goodman
- how to win the lottery – season ten theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s9e13 – drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk
- how to win the lottery s9e12 – stephen markley interview (author of the deluge)
- how to win the lottery s9e11 – the deluge by stephen markley
- how to win the lottery s9e10 – the man with the compound eyes by wu ming-yi
- how to win the lottery s9e9 – jeff wood interview (author of the glacier)
- how to win the lottery s9e8 – the glacier by jeff wood
- how to win the lottery s9e7 – square wave by mark da silva
- how to win the lottery s9e6 – fever dream by samanta schweblin
- how to win the lottery s9e5 – deb olin unferth interview (author of barn 8)
- how to win the lottery s9e4 – barn 8 by deb olin unferth
- how to win the lottery s9e3 – something new under the sun by alexandra kleeman
- how to win the lottery s9e2 – the overstory by richard powers
- how to win the lottery s9e1 – land of milk and honey by c. pam zhang
- how to win the lottery – season nine theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s8e4 – first blood by david morrell
- how to win the lottery s8e3 – david connerley nahm interview (author of ancient oceans of central kentucky)
- how to win the lottery s8e2 – ancient oceans of central kentucky by david connerley nahm
- how to win the lottery s8e1 – the vine that ate the south by j.d. wilkes
- how to win the lottery – season eight theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s7e13 – ragnarok by walter simonson
- how to win the lottery s7e12 – prison pit by johnny ryan
- how to win the lottery s7e11 – kingdom come by mark waid, alex ross
- how to win the lottery s7e10 – asterios polyp by david mazzucchelli
- how to win the lottery s7e9 – this one summer by mariko tamaki, jillian tamaki
- how to win the lottery s7e8 – bitter root by david f. walker, chuck brown, sanford greene
- how to win the lottery s7e7 – ann nocenti interview (author of the seeds)
- how to win the lottery s7e6 – the seeds by ann nocenti, david aja
- how to win the lottery s7e5 – no longer human by junji ito
- how to win the lottery s7e4 – marcos martin interview (illustrator of the private eye)
- how to win the lottery s7e3 – the private eye by brian k. vaughan, marcos martin, muntsa vicente
- how to win the lottery s7e2 – gender queer by maia kobabe
- how to win the lottery s7e1 – coyote doggirl by lisa hanawalt
- how to win the lottery – understanding comics by scott mccloud + season seven theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s6e3 – sunburn by laura lippman
- how to win the lottery s6e2 – the book of unknown americans by cristina henríquez
- how to win the lottery s6e1 – fight club by chuck palahniuk
- how to win the lottery – season six theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s5e13 – infinite jest by david foster wallace
- how to win the lottery s5e12 – nightbitch by rachel yoder
- how to win the lottery s5e11 – wittgenstein’s mistress by david markson
- how to win the lottery s5e10 – crying in h mart by michelle zauner
- how to win the lottery s5e9 – steven hall interview (author of the raw shark texts)
- how to win the lottery s5e8 – the raw shark texts by steven hall
- how to win the lottery s5e7 – project hail mary by andy weir
- how to win the lottery s5e6 – blood and guts in high school by kathy acker
- how to win the lottery s5e5 – memory by donald e. westlake
- how to win the lottery s5e4 – speedboat by renata adler
- how to win the lottery s5e3 – eileen by ottessa moshfegh
- how to win the lottery s5e2 – underworld by don delillo
- how to win the lottery s5e1 – the zone of interest by martin amis
- how to win the lottery – season five theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s4e3 – a confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole
- how to win the lottery s4e2 – all the king’s men by robert penn warren
- how to win the lottery s4e1 – the moviegoer by walker percy
- how to win the lottery – season four theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s3e24 – fake accounts by lauren oyler
- how to win the lottery s3e23 – we had to remove this post by hanna bervoets
- how to win the lottery s3e22 – neuromancer by william gibson
- how to win the lottery s3e21 – things have gotten worse since we last spoke by eric larocca
- how to win the lottery s3e20 – allie rowbottom interview (author of aesthetica)
- how to win the lottery s3e19 – aesthetica by allie rowbottom
- how to win the lottery s3e18 – no one is talking about this by patricia lockwood
- how to win the lottery s3e17 – snow crash by neal stephenson
- how to win the lottery s3e16 – 17776 by jon bois
- how to win the lottery s3e15 – megan boyle interview (author of liveblog)
- how to win the lottery s3e14 – liveblog by megan boyle
- how to win the lottery s3e13 – the novelist by jordan castro
- how to win the lottery s3e12 – fernando sdrigotti interview (author of shitstorm)
- how to win the lottery s3e11 – shitstorm by fernando sdrigotti
- how to win the lottery s3e10 – b.r. yeager interview (author of amygdalatropolis)
- how to win the lottery s3e9 – amygdalatropolis by b.r. yeager
- how to win the lottery s3e8 – darcie wilder interview (author of literally show me a healthy person)
- how to win the lottery s3e7 – literally show me a healthy person by darcie wilder
- how to win the lottery s3e6 – adam levin interview (author of the instructions and mount chicago)
- how to win the lottery s3e5 – mount chicago by adam levin
- how to win the lottery s3e4 – katie runde interview (author of the shore)
- how to win the lottery s3e3 – the shore by katie runde
- how to win the lottery s3e2 – beth morgan interview (author of a touch of jen)
- how to win the lottery s3e1 – a touch of jen by beth morgan
- how to win the lottery – season three theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery s2e18 – bud smith interview (author of teenager)
- how to win the lottery s2e17 – teenager by bud smith
- how to win the lottery s2e16 – either/or by elif batuman
- how to win the lottery s2e15 – the idiot by elif batuman
- how to win the lottery s2e14 – the instructions by adam levin
- how to win the lottery s2e13 – real life by brandon taylor
- how to win the lottery s2e12 – college novel by blake middleton (+ author interview)
- how to win the lottery s2e11 – sweet days of discipline by fleur jaeggy
- how to win the lottery s2 bonus – devil house by john darnielle
- how to win the lottery s2e10 – the secret history by donna tartt
- how to win the lottery s2e9 – loner by teddy wayne
- how to win the lottery s2e8 – end zone by don delillo
- how to win the lottery s2e7 – giles goat-boy by john barth
- how to win the lottery s2e6 – my education by susan choi
- how to win the lottery s2e5 – the virgins by pamela erens
- how to win the lottery s2e4 – the nickel boys by colson whitehead
- how to win the lottery s2e3 – the art of fielding by chad harbach
- how to win the lottery s2e2 – prep by curtis sittenfeld
- how to win the lottery s2e1 – the bell jar by sylvia plath
- how to win the lottery – season two theme and reading list
- how to win the lottery #010 – never let me go by kazuo ishiguro
- how to win the lottery #009 – open city by teju cole
- how to win the lottery #008 – ducks, newburyport by lucy ellmann
- how to win the lottery #007 – any man by amber tamblyn
- how to win the lottery #006 – colorless tsukuru tazaki and his years of pilgrimage by haruki murakami
- how to win the lottery #005 – a prayer for owen meany by john irving
- how to win the lottery #004 – memories of my father watching tv by curtis white
- how to win the lottery #003 – you shall know our velocity! (previously re-titled as sacrament) by dave eggers
- how to win the lottery #002 – pizza girl by jean kyoung frazier
- how to win the lottery #001 – death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh
- introducing how to win the lottery