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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Episodes
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Neither fire, nor sleet, nor dental surgery, nor more technical issues shall keep the podcasters from their duties! Dana fights back against the matriarchy, Seagram fights back against his ticking biological clock, and Dirk fights back against gravity. Amazingly, he has the most success! This episode is brought to you by Wet Steel.
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Our "parenting witty banter" got gross enough that some of the audio just refused to record. In spite of that, we dive into a segment that is all about Men Doing Manly Things, and Women Apologizing For Their Pathetic Feminine Frailty. Nancy has... some thoughts. Join us!
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Nothing robs a magical mystery of its power like answers. James Cameron might have ruined the mystique around the Titanic, but Clive Cussler is here to make sure no-one gets any satisfying answers before he's ready. This week's question: what is the sound of one nation SCREAMING? Also, special musical guest Engelbert Humperdinck!
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
In this episode, we find the only thing hotter than a Byzanium reactor: Nancy's husband! Fortunately, he uses his James Bond powers for good, so we can focus on Dirk Pitt: Thunder God. And good urinal etiquette.
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Sexy secretaries, child brides, mooching war widows, microfiche (ask your parents), and the question on everyone's lips: WHO IS DIRK PITT?! We rope in the Russians, the French, and the Philippines, and just gloss over all the massacres to keep the plot moving.
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Time travel, crying women, whiny liberal feminists, rule-breaking Presidents and shadowy government organizations? The latest Dirk Pitt novel has a disturbing lack of Dirk Pitt so far, but there's plenty of other stuff for us to speculate wildly about!
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
In the gripping finale of Clive Cussler's second book, the entire plot is recapped multiple times for both the characters and the readers, and most of the action happens off-screen with other people. HOWEVER... we get QUITE the dramatic setpiece for the climactic showdown. Also, Dirk Pitt is a furry, and QUITE tolerant of some... unexpected developments!
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
The timely news coverage you've come to expect is in full effect this week! Also several dives into history... 1933 and 1973, to be specific. Was Clive Cussler an early high-tech Communist, or a patriotic neoliberal? Probably the second, but it's fun to imagine!
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Columbo is BACK! Also Dirk Pitt, but it's harder to get excited about that. Don't let his outfit fool you: this episode is CHOCK FULL of manliness. Fairly bursting with it. One boat does indeed burst with it. Fortunately it's full of henchmen, so everything's fine.
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Carpeted boats, carpeted bathrooms, carpeted women. In the age of upholstery, our hosts try to figure out of Clive knows how sexist he's being, or if he's making an incisive statement about masculine culture? Pull out your centerfold pinups of Cannery Weekly for this one!