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Obscure with Michael Ian Black

It's a book club, but funny!Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights.Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work.Season 2: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's alive, and it's just a big buddy. Also, more accent work.Season 3: Wuthering Heights. It's a love story? Who knowsSeason 4: American Tragedy. Also a potential t...

S4 Episode 33 - With a Norman Wain Anecdote Enclosed

31 mins; March 26, 2024

S4 Episode 32 - The 60 Year Old Bellhop

33 mins; March 19, 2024

S4 Episode 31 - A Bowl Filled With Vicodin

33 mins; March 12, 2024

S4 Episode 30 - Boxcar Clyde

33 mins; March 05, 2024

S4 Episode 29 - I Don't Care About the GD Boat Launch

36 mins; February 27, 2024

S4 Episode 28 - Fykkn Wykeagy

32 mins; February 20, 2024

S4 Episode 27 - What a Mook

34 mins; February 13, 2024

S4 Episode 26 - Hit and Run!

33 mins; February 07, 2024

S4 Episode 25 - Incessant Pouting and Jibber-Jabbering

31 mins; January 30, 2024

S4 Episode 24 - Hortense Curves

34 mins; January 23, 2024

S4 Episode 23 - A Flock of Crows

28 mins; January 16, 2024

S4 Episode 22 - Some Kind of F'ed Up Gift of the Magi Situation

34 mins; January 09, 2024

S4 Episode 21 - A User, An Abuser, Perhaps One Day A Boozer

31 mins; December 26, 2023

S4 Episode 20 - A Little S&M

34 mins; December 19, 2023

S4 Episode 19 - Getting Lucky

36 mins; December 12, 2023

S4 Episode 18 - God Damn, Can't Anything Work Out

37 mins; December 05, 2023

S4 Episode 17 - Panic! At the Taco Bell

35 mins; November 28, 2023

S4 Episode 16 - She Might, Ultimately, Favor Him

33 mins; November 21, 2023

S4 Episode 15 - An International Tragedy

36 mins; November 14, 2023

S4 Episode 14 - The Bean

40 mins; November 07, 2023

S4 Episode 13 - Tay-Tay!!!

35 mins; October 31, 2023

S4 Episode 12 - A Terrifying Bit of Extravagance

26 mins; October 24, 2023

S4 Episode 11 - A Peach of A Lookin' Girl

41 mins; October 17, 2023

S4 Episode 10 - Sex is Bad

27 mins; October 10, 2023

S4 Episode 9 - The Hop Bench

40 mins; October 03, 2023

S4 Episode 8 - Boston Garters at the Haberdashers

43 mins; September 26, 2023

S4 Episode 7 - Clean Under Your Fingernails and Behind Your Ears

33 mins; September 19, 2023

S4 Episode 6 - Everything's Up To Date in Kansas City

37 mins; September 12, 2023

S4 Episode 5 - In Defiance of God and Woman

40 mins; September 05, 2023

S4 Episode 4 - Esta Busta Move

43 mins; August 29, 2023

S4 Episode 3 - Mostly About Eating

38 mins; August 22, 2023

S4 Episode 2 - Dioramas in His Head

42 mins; August 15, 2023

S4 Episode 1 - Our American Journey Begins

46 mins; August 08, 2023

S3 Episode 67 - A Wrap-Up

31 mins; April 25, 2023

S3 Episode 66 - Racing to Beat the Edibles

51 mins; April 18, 2023

S3 Episode 65 - I Mean, What Is He, An Ion?!? (Good one, Michael)

45 mins; April 11, 2023

S3 Episode 64 - When I Call You Stupid, I Don't Mean Anything

35 mins; April 04, 2023

S3 Episode 63 - What the Hell Are We Doing Here?

32 mins; March 28, 2023

S3 Episode 62 - Arrivederci

29 mins; March 21, 2023

S3 Episode 61 - Aspects of Abstracted Silence

29 mins; March 14, 2023

S3 Episode 60 - Zillah, What a Pillah

33 mins; March 07, 2023

S3 Episode 59 - Like Being Colorblind

21 mins; February 28, 2023

S3 Episode 58 - Up, Up, and Away

31 mins; February 21, 2023

S3 Episode 57 - Chestnuts on Window Sills

31 mins; February 14, 2023

S3 Episode 56 - James Dean, Why're You Being Such a Dick?

33 mins; February 07, 2023

S3 Episode 55 - It's the guns, stupid

32 mins; January 31, 2023

S3 Episode 54 - At long last, "Wuthering Heights" the song

32 mins; January 24, 2023

S3 Episode 53 - Tainted Love

29 mins; January 17, 2023

S3 Episode 52 - Happy New Year

30 mins; January 10, 2023

S3 Episode 51 - Two Devils at Play

32 mins; January 03, 2023

S3 Episode 50 - You Can't Alter What You've Done

31 mins; December 20, 2022

S3 Episode 49 - A Miami Mystery

36 mins; December 13, 2022

S3 Episode 48 - Dickheads

31 mins; December 06, 2022

S3 Episode 47 - Doin' The Robot

32 mins; November 29, 2022

S3 Episode 46 - Strongman

32 mins; November 22, 2022

S3 Episode 45 - Buried Child

29 mins; November 15, 2022

S3 Episode 44 - 90% of Everything

29 mins; November 08, 2022

S3 Episode 43 - Supine

33 mins; November 01, 2022

S3 Episode 42 - Rude Bred Kin

31 mins; October 25, 2022

S3 Episode 41 - On the Road to Penistone Crag

38 mins; October 18, 2022

S3 Episode 40 - Molto Bene! (Non sto bene)

33 mins; October 11, 2022

S3 Episode 39 - An Elegant Term

32 mins; October 04, 2022

S3 Episode 38 - Treasure is f'ing awesome

28 mins; September 27, 2022

S3 Episode 37 - Buonasera

31 mins; September 20, 2022

S3 Episode 36 - Magic Time!

31 mins; September 13, 2022

S3 Episode 35 - The Tell-Tale Hearts

28 mins; September 06, 2022

S3 Episode 34 - An Act of Civil Disobedience

31 mins; August 30, 2022

S3 Episode 33 - Postcard from Edinburgh

19 mins; August 23, 2022

S3 Episode 32 - Goofus and Gallant

25 mins; August 16, 2022

S3 Episode 31 - Happy Birthday, Emily

32 mins; August 09, 2022

S3 Episode 30 - Name. That. Virus!

29 mins; August 02, 2022

S3 Episode 29 - Taking an Epistle

32 mins; July 26, 2022

S3 Episode 28 - A Whole Other Reality

28 mins; July 19, 2022

S3 Episode 27 - Damn You, Society!

31 mins; July 13, 2022

S3 Episode 26 - Madness & Mania

30 mins; July 05, 2022

S3 Episode 25 - La Bella Vita!

30 mins; June 28, 2022

S3 Episode 24 - At My Breakers Point

34 mins; June 21, 2022

S3 Episode 23 - Train Garage

36 mins; June 14, 2022

S3 Episode 22 - Repeal the 2nd Amendment

34 mins; June 07, 2022

S3 Episode 21 - And Then Comes Heathcliff

31 mins; May 31, 2022

S3 Episode 20 - Not A Great Couple

30 mins; May 24, 2022

S3 Episode 19 - Scalawags, One and All

29 mins; May 17, 2022

S3 Episode 18 - We'll Do It Live!

29 mins; May 10, 2022

S3 Episode 17 - New Pants!

39 mins; May 03, 2022

S3 Episode 16 - Sincerely, Michael Ian Black

31 mins; April 26, 2022

S3 Episode 15 - This Episode is NOT An Ad for Diet Coke

34 mins; April 19, 2022

S3 Episode 14 - Now What?

32 mins; April 12, 2022

S3 Episode 13 - Our Own Huckleberry Finn

27 mins; April 05, 2022

S3 Episode 12 - Dirty Boy

29 mins; March 29, 2022

S3 Episode 11 - The Wife Who Shall Not Be Named

33 mins; March 22, 2022

S3 Episode 10 - The Wife Who Shall Not Be Named

31 mins; March 15, 2022

A Stern Motherf'er

28 mins; March 08, 2022

S3 Episode 8 - Injury and Incident

27 mins; March 01, 2022

S3 Episode 7 - An Old Pot of Coffee

30 mins; February 22, 2022

S3 Episode 6 - A Little Hitlerian Coiffery

32 mins; February 15, 2022

S3 Episode 5 - A Heavy-Headed Cudgel

32 mins; February 08, 2022

S3 Episode 4 - The Woman With Too Many Names

35 mins; February 01, 2022

S3 Episode 3 - Christmas Complaints

32 mins; January 25, 2022

S3 Episode 2 - A Heap of Dead Rabbits

29 mins; January 18, 2022

S3 Episode 1 - ...And Just Like That

33 mins; January 11, 2022

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