The Worst Writer in the World
Meet Rufus & Howard. Rufus is an English teacher with a degree in literature. Howard is an unemployed idiot. One of them spent their entire childhood writing stories and scripts. Unfortunately, it was Howard.
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Worst Writer - George Spooner & the Woman who Loved a Horse, Part 17 (opens the original)
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Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do. ------------- If you'd like immediate access to our huge back catalogue of exclusive podcasts, videos and live streams (and to support the continuation of this ad-free show) - join the gang for as little as $2 at manbuycow.com We'll be very happy t
Worst Writer - George Spooner & the Woman who Loved a Horse, Part 16 (opens the original)
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Ten years ago, Young(ish) Howard began writing a novel about a subject he knows well - life for rich people in the 1930s. Now we get to read his thrilling tale of witchcraft, murder, and stalking - and meet George Spooner: the parvenu with nowt to do.
Worst Writer - The Odyssey by Homer, Part 4 (opens the original)
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The final part of the series in which we tell the complete story of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey - in our own words, and hopefully capturing the excitement, adventure, and utterly ridiculous humour of this foundational and often misrepresented work. The Trojan war is over. Now, Odysseus (the strategic genius who came up with the big-horse-full-of-men plan) just has to get home to Ithaca. How difficult can it be...?
Worst Writer - The Odyssey by Homer, Part 3 (opens the original)
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The third of a four-part series in which we tell the complete story of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey - in our own words, and hopefully capturing the excitement, adventure, and utterly ridiculous humour of this foundational and often misrepresented work. The Trojan war is over. Now, Odysseus (the strategic genius who came up with the big-horse-full-of-men plan) just has to get home to Ithaca. How difficult can it be...?
Worst Writer - The Odyssey by Homer, Part 2 (opens the original)
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The second of a four-part series in which we tell the complete story of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey - in our own words, and hopefully capturing the excitement, adventure, and utterly ridiculous humour of this foundational and often misrepresented work. The Trojan war is over. Now, Odysseus (the strategic genius who came up with the big-horse-full-of-men plan) just has to get home to Ithaca. How difficult can it be...?
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