For the first time ever on the podcast a PHD joins Mike and Bob Fingerman! Professor Schittschau is a man of science, but he also likes cutting loose and cracking people up. And there's nothing he likes ...
2021-01-28 22:25:31 +0000 UTC View PostYes, the creators of the fanfic are growing very clever indeed; can Conor and Mike keep pace?!
2021-01-26 15:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This was far and away our most popular meme contest, and it was very hard to choose a winner. But congrats to these two! The tweet (by Trys) was the audience pick and Lionel Hutz (by Michael Mordenga) was the judges! Congratulations!
Ernest Cline's runaway best seller continues to disgust and annoy us, even as it approaches the home stretch. In this episode we wrap up the seemingly endless John Hughes quest by meeting an actual John Hughes NPC (not actually John Hughes). Then we're off to Halcydonia, where we all try to prete...
2021-01-20 22:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post
We've read enough of Cline's latest that it's time to see your finest RP2 memes. If you've participated before, you know the drill. If not, here's how it works:
1. Create a Ready Player Two meme
2. Post a link to it in the comments
3. Come back and vote on your favorites!
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2021-01-16 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first Meet The Authors segment of 2021, Conor, Mike, and Bob are joined by Milt Foggerdam, a prolific author with a unique housing ARRangement. He's written biographies, fiction, non-f...
2021-01-13 22:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostWe've been buried under a tidal wave of great fanfic for this book so now it's Mike's turn to grill Conor on five tricky entries. Can he top Mike's impressive and frankly unexpected 4/5 in this week's episode? Tune in and find out!
2021-01-09 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostConor states with confidence that this episode contains a chapter that is the dumbest and therefore the greatest of any that has been covered by 372 Pages!
The editor has taken her hand off the tiller and what we're getting now is pure, uncut Cline. That means level-by-lev...
2021-01-07 19:19:48 +0000 UTC View PostMike knows that Germany did not exist in Handel's lifetime, but if you have any questions or concerns please send them to Conor at his personal email.
2021-01-04 03:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a Christmas miracle! Way back when we hit 500 patreon supporters, we decided to write a collective book together. Now Mike and I have spent the past couple weeks recording chapters of it here and there when we had spare time. And now, seven months and over 200 more Patreon supporters later, ...
2020-12-24 13:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this segment, Conor & Bob speak to Beauregard Bonne Volonté, who as a child appeared in the notorious film Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny. An experience that evidently shaped the rest of his life,...
2020-12-22 22:45:24 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised, here is Mike quizzing Conor on some BONUS Real or Fanfic. Includes the full read of the excerpt they duplicated in this week's episode.
2020-12-18 15:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter countless pages of Worldbuilding and freeing child slaves when our hero felt like it, Ernest Cline finally lets some things happen in this section. The action kicks off when a Gunter and a Sharter listen to a Morissey song in silence and it doesn't let up from there! By the time we're done,...
2020-12-16 18:06:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hacky's Back! Legendary Hollywood director Bud "Hacky" Hackman has had a storied career behind the camera directing legends such as Erik Estrada, the car from Knight Rider, and a series of fil...
2020-12-07 16:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostHad an issue with this the first time around, so let's try it again! We got so much fan fic for this episode of Ready Player Two, that Mike also ran a segment for Conor. Let's see how he did!
2020-12-05 22:19:24 +0000 UTC View Post
"Congrats" to this lucky listener. Email 372pages@gmail.com or send us a Patreon message with your address and Conor will send you his copy of Midnight Sun. Also shout out to Maxim in the targeted ad on the right!
Bonus "Fanfic or Real" coming later today!
2020-12-05 15:31:04 +0000 UTC View PostSo much to cover:
Hey everybody, Conor here. Realized there was one more thing we had to do regarding Midnight Sun. So listen and find out what!
2020-12-01 21:04:20 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome and thank you to all of our new supporters! The unspeakable collection of phrases and things that is RP2 may have brought you here, but we hope you'll stick around and check out all the past Patreon stuff that we've done over the course of its run! There's bonus eps, interviews, rants fro...
2020-11-25 15:09:56 +0000 UTC View PostReady Player Two? Let me ask that again; Ready Player Two?! I don't think you are!!
But Conor and Mike are ready. Having only an evening to read the first few chapters, here are some questions addressed:
On the eve of Ready Player Two, I thought it would be fun to revisit my notes from our very first episode. I created this on 9/1/17. Main observations:
1. Wow, I take a lot more notes now! A lot more specific quotes copied and pasted from the book.
2. No DSOTWs or emails! It's much mo...
2020-11-23 23:17:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The big day is tomorrow! Ready Player Two comes out. Our plan is to quickly delve into the first chapter, maybe a bit longer, and do a "first look" ep tomorrow, since it's a holiday week. Then we'll be back with a longer one next week. But we decided to make a bingo card if you're unable to resis...
2020-11-23 18:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, this may be the final episode of Midnight Sun but Alice has looked into the future and Mike and Conor are still reading it in every possibility but this one.
We won't spoil anything about the episode itself but stay tuned to the very end and help us (and 372 listener Josh who ...
2020-11-12 21:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode, the delightful <?> children's author / taxidermist Sally Chabner! A big thanks to Valerie Breiman for facilitating the introduction!
2020-11-10 15:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Phil hears from an assistant coach of the Sidewinders that there may be a backup shortstop position opening up! So Renee and he may drive back to Phoenix!!!!!!!!
Also, the tireless and cunning James the Tracker is making plans to watch his collection of VHS tapes ...
2020-10-29 17:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The stars align and Mike, Conor, AND cartoonist Bob Fingerman are all here to interview an under the radar author! Today it's Gary Getterman, who has written the guidebook "Yoga For The Emotionally Fragi...
2020-10-22 21:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
How em dash HOW em dash is this book not about Charlie hauling in a world record white perch, or at the very least the story of him getting a treble hook buried into his thigh? Why not page after page of Carlisle being tutored in Courtly Italian by some foppish vampire with a hi...
2020-10-15 17:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Congrats to our winners! "The Cullens blend in" was the audience pick and Winnie the Pooh and "Midnight Beer Run" were judges' favorites. Please email 372pages@gmail.com or patreon message to claim your token prize!!
Here's a gallery of all the great submissions: 2020-10-13 15:21:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Comic book fans, meet Biff Powe! Over the years he's compiled a massive tome cataloging the myriad continuity errors that have been made by the boneheads at Marvel Comics. He's even expanded his love of ...
2020-10-08 21:08:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt may be hard to believe when you look at the amount of pages remaining, but we are past the halfway mark of Midnight Sun! That means we've all had time to internalize the book's quirks and it's MEME TIME, BABY!
Here's how it works:
1. Post your image links as comments
2....
2020-10-04 15:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post