Cussler Hustlers
Two strangers, American and Canadian, go through EVERY Clive Cussler novel, from a (hopefully) modern progressive viewpoint. They also get off on tangents and talk about BETTER books, but there’s so much to love with these nerdy macho time capsules.
Episodes
Jul 5, 2026
Jul 5, 2026
57 min
Better late than never, right? Our 100th Episode Spectacular kicks off by being a full day late, mostly because we didn't want to take attention away from America's 250th Birthday. They need all the help they can get right now. Kinda like Sexy Doctor Shannon and The Evil Miller Doppelganger! Dirk Pitt pulls a Mel Gibson on some South American mercenaries. Al blames Dirk for a shark attack. Shannon needs a director's commentary for having her life saved. Tupac Amaru had to go and make this personal. Undercover Agent Gaskill needs a woman's touch.
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Jun 6, 2026
Jun 6, 2026
59 min
Book Twelve! Episode One! The book I kinda had in mind when we started this whole dang podcast. The book I re-read half a dozen times. The book that seemed the absolute pinnacle of action and adventure for me. Will it hold up on a modern re-read? So far... kinda! Our heroine is a voluptuous blonde professor with impulse control problems! Al operates the transporter for the away team! Dirk gets sucked down a slimy doom hole! Communist revolutionaries have their good name abused by colonial capitalism! The bad guy is defeated already! ... wait, what?
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May 23, 2026
May 23, 2026
45 min
CAUTION: This episode contains 0% of your Daily Dirk Allowance. In spite of that, Nancy and Topper sit down ostensibly to talk about remote obscure islands, but the story of so many of them was intensely repetitive (Europeans showed up and fucked its shit). So, we start talking cars, and how much we hate them. There are some bright spots, though! Fan mail and LGBTQIA2S+ ahoy!
A BETTER podcast just wouldn't have released this episode, but you get what you pay for.
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May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
2 min
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.
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Apr 25, 2026
Apr 25, 2026
1hr 21 min
Hi, howareya? It's Sahara: The Podcast Episode Of The Film Of The Movie Of The Book! Nancy and Topper have a lot of confused, delighted, ambivalent opinions about this hundred-million-dollar epic adventure. On the one hand, they managed to compress nearly every single plot point from a very large book into a movie... but somehow leaving out Abraham Lincoln is a step too far. On the other hand, this film is much too long, and still seems rushed to a deranged degree. On the third hand, the first half holds together REALLY well... so maybe Clive Cussler's on-set meddling was actually helping? Everyone on camera had a blast, and everyone on microphone can't wait to rant about it!
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Apr 12, 2026
Apr 12, 2026
1hr 8 min
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!
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Mar 28, 2026
Mar 28, 2026
55 min
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.
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Mar 14, 2026
Mar 14, 2026
48 min
"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.
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Feb 28, 2026
Feb 28, 2026
50 min
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.
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Feb 14, 2026
Feb 14, 2026
45 min
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!
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