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.
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Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
WE MADE IT! In spite of all our end-of-summer shenanigans, doctor-prescribed drug binges and wildfires, we managed to complete our super-sized finale to Deep Six! Dirk gets a lot of civilians killed on what is still probably the best day of their life. Giordino reminds us why he isn't bothered by Dirk's homicidal urges. Loren reminds us that you are obligated to have sex with whoever rescues you. Min Koryo reminds us of why you need to keep behind the safety rail. And Sal Cashio reminds us... uhm... honestly, I have no idea, but I'm gonna miss him. #RIPElevatorJoe
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Saturday Aug 17, 2024
Saturday Aug 17, 2024
THE RESISTANCE has come together! THE RESISTANCE is composed of... uhm... all the top elites in Washington, and the NUMA paramilitary forces led by Dirk Pitt. Bougainville continues to solve all of their problems by blowing it up in the most attention-grabbing way possible. The Russians finally reveal themselves to perhaps not be the good guys. Guantanamo Bay rescues some drowning orphans. I'm not sure this book could get more 80s.
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Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Every train has gone off every rail in this episode of Deep Six! The whole 'missing President' scandal has been uncovered by the press, but fortunately the President is back! Unfortunately, the President is being remote controlled and promises to completely disarm the country. Loren finds herself the extra special guest of some hired goons, and a completely different ship full of gold explodes. Dirk turns Sal Cashio into an unguided missile and promises to leap into heroic action just as soon as he finishes his drink. How many moving parts are we going to have at the climax of this thing?!
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Saturday Aug 03, 2024
Saturday Aug 03, 2024
Your favorite cohosts are a little behind schedule and a little under the weather, but at least we still know more about health and medicine than a KGB agent! Psychopharmaceuticals abound in this tale of multicultural malpractice. Dirk kisses Loren goodbye. Some nerds get chopped. Cults are stealing television. We compare old-people injuries. This has been your Science Corner With Nancy!
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Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Saturday Jul 27, 2024
KOREANS! Sorry, sorry! It's just so exciting to finally know which country we're supposed to be angry at. Speaking as a doctor, of course. Loren goes for a jog. Dirk gets out-manned. Sandecker feeds his ulcer. Sukarov does some elementary school science. The President is in some kind of tube. LASERS!
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Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
It's a Cussler Hustlers first, folks! Your hosts Topper and Nancy made friends with another real-life podcast, The Escapist Room! They're a brother and sister podcast who review the wonderful cheesy movies of their childhoods and the modern movies that give them that same feeling.
Since they do MOVIES and we do BOOKS, we're doing TWO CROSSOVERS, the first of which is THIS ONE RIGHT HERE! All four of us read Stone of Fire by J.F. Penn, a modern globetrotting archaeology action-adventure short novel written from a female perspective! It's certainly different than the Cussler fare we've reviewed so far, but is that enough to carry one woman's struggle to rescue her sister from at least one, possibly two, MAYBE three shadowy cabals intent on global destruction?
We don't know! Listen along and maybe you'll figure it out.
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Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
RUSSIANS! Sorry, sorry! Diving into Part 2 of Deep Six, and it mostly seems like spies spying, backstabbers backstabbing, and five or six different groups that have no idea what's going on. There's a lot of Oval Office shenanigans, KGB shenanigans, Korean shipping shenanigans, and I don't think Dirk is even IN this episode. Refreshing!
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Saturday Jun 22, 2024
Saturday Jun 22, 2024
In case you can't spare the 59 seconds: there is no new episode of Cussler Hustlers this week, as cohost Topper is travelling and away from his computer. We have two episodes in the can yet to be edited, and a third episode co-produced with another podcast, so there's still plenty of goodness to come!
In the meantime, can I recommend catching up on The Magnus Protocol, Kill James Bond! or Probably Science? Yes. Yes, I can.
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
ASIANS! Sorry, sorry! We're covering Part 1 of Deep Six and... well... ASIANS! Also Russians, because we haven't seen them for a while! Pitt is dragged in several different directions at once, and half of the book is completely unrelated. Apocalyptic nerve toxin? Check! Live volcanoes? Check! Sexy bank robberies? Check! Sexy EPA administrators? Check! Something weird happens to the President? Oh, you better believe that's a check! Strap in, folks, this one is gonna be a bumpy ride!
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
What a rush! Pitt talks himself into a suicide mission, and helpfully brings along twenty other men. He crashes a plane, gets sucked underwater, blown up with a nuke, and still manages to get in some top-notch monologuing. Which body part will Al Giordino miss the most? Why is Dirk glowing? Is Smurfette Syndrome real? Find out this, and less, on the climactic episode of Pacific Vortex!
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