Caleb Can't Read
Episodes
95 episodes
Episode 89: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
When you think of Lord Tennyson, I'm sure you think of knights errant, beautiful prose, and perhaps the smell of eraser dust as you erase things over and over again and tears well up in your eyes while your teacher stands behind you and refuses...
Episode 88: Hans Christian Andersen
TW: Child abuse;Welcome back! To Caleb Can't Read! Join us today as we go over the story of a VERY sexually repressed man. A man so repressed that he probably shouldn't be writing children's stories. Bu...
Episode 87: Lord Byron Pt. 3
TW: Dead kids;We're finally here, to the ending legacy of Lord Byron! Fraught with love affairs, well-meaning missions, and neglected children-- Lord Byron is truly one of the biggest piles of shit we've covered on this show. ...
Episode 86: Lord Byron Pt. 2
TW: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide; Well I'm sure you can tell from the trigger warnings, but the second part of our three-part series on Lord Byron has arrived! Find what happens when a man with questionable morals gets ...
Episode 85: Lord Byron Pt. 1
TW: Child Abuse, Dead Kids, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture;Welcome! To Caleb Can't Read Season 7! This time we're coming in with a bang-- with our cousins! Join us in our three-part series about how such a basta...
Episode 84: Richard Connell
For our special 11th author on this season finale, we are looking at the short history of Richard Connell, the author of one of horror's most influential (for better or worse) stories, "The Most Dangerous Game"!
Episode 83: John Howard Griffin
You ever go a little too far with your good intentions? John did. And hoo boy is it a doozy. Come cringe with us as we discuss the man who lived undercover in the Deep South in the worst way possible and his resulting novel, "...
Episode 82: George Dawson
TW: Dead kids;Been a while since we talked about lynchings, shootings, and the misjustices of America, hasn't it? Well wake up and give your kids a shot of whiskey, 'cause today we're covering one of the oldest authors to ever pub...
Episode 81: Walt Whitman
Welcome! To Nicole Can't Leave! Join us as we go over the life of poetry's most closeted man, and voted Most Likely to Smell Like Used Motor Oil in his high school yearbook: the author of the infamous "Leaves of Grass", Walt Whitman...
Episode 80.5: Caleb Can't Hang
I'll reiterate it here in case you don't have the time, but basically Caleb will be taking several short hiatuses between authors 'cause he's such a busy guy. And while yes, this is technically the definition of slowing down, the...
Episode 80: Shirley Jackson
ooOOOOoowe're here to tell you frightening tales-- like those of manipulative husbands, bad adaptations, and mixing your prescriptions! We're also here to talk about the woman who has largely been considered the Queen of Horror, Shirley J...
Episode 79: Jose Rizal Pt. 3
Damn, who's that guy over there in the corner? Oh man, you say he's a doctor? And a writer? And in trouble with the Spanish government? And he bangs all the high-class ladies? And he-- oh. Oh, he says the alc...
Episode 78: Jose Rizal Pt. 2
This poor dude might've actually done less damage had he just been left the hell alone. Sure they say the pen is mightier than the sword, but Jose Rizal seemed content to let sleeping Spaniards lie once he found out how much trouble he wa...
Episode 77: Jose Rizal Pt. 1
Sometimes you gotta be the change you wanna see in the world. And sometimes, you gotta piss off a whole lot of people to do it. Join us as we talk about the early life of the Philippines' foremost national hero, Jose Rizal, as well ...
Episode 76: Federico Garcia Lorca
Hey kids, you wanna get mad about the shitty injustices of the world? You wanna hear the story of a brilliant poet whose life had to end because of how he was born? Wanna hear our perfect pronunciations of Spanish words? Then ...
Episode 75: Sun Tzu
TW: Torture;You ever have your boss ask you to make a manual of your process at work but really you know they're just trying to understand what the fuck it is you do? While we may not know the story behind the author to a great ex...
Episode 74: Nadia Anjuman
TW: Abuse;While I wouldn't call this our happiest episode, the story of Nadia Anjuman needs to be told. Her work is criminally underrepresented in the West, and we can only hope that as her message is spread, so too are her poems....
Episode 73: Percy Bysshe Shelley Pt. 2
TW: Dead kids, Suicide;When a guy like Percy comes along, history seems to revolve around them. Not in like-- a way in which important events seem to crop up around them, but in the fact that we know every little detail about this...
Episode 72: Percy Bysshe Shelley Pt. 1
It's been two years since we last talked about our Terrible Trio: Mary, Percy, and the good ol' Lord Byron. But today we continue the saga with "Mad Shelley", a poet who showed a penchant for explosives, electricity, and freaking out when...
Episode 71: Cormac McCarthy Pt. 2
Merry Christmas, you filthy animals aware of your own degradation and the wallowing of your own sins, it's the conclusion to our Cormac McCarthy series! This episode, we'll be heavily delving into the works he completed from the years 198...
Episode 70: Cormac McCarthy Pt. 1
Welcome to Season 6, cowpoke! Join us as we discuss our favorite all-time author, Cormac McCarthy! For the little we really know about his life, the least we can do is celebrate his earliest works, including "The Orchard Keeper", "O...
Episode 69: The Kama Sutra
Light up those skin-safe wax candles and slip on into the non-slip tub, for our Season 5 finale we're gettin' greased up, guffed up, and goofed up to bring you our discussion on the quintessential sex book: the "Kama Sutra"! Join us as we...
Episode 68: Charles Dickens Pt. 2
If you thought the guy was a bastard before, well, no need to change your viewpoint for this episode, I guess. We're here to find out MORE of his shitty opinions, how he felt about his weirdly-named children, the train crash that nearly k...