The Da Vinci Code (w/ Lauren O'Neal and Niko Bakulich)

Renowned author Dan Brown's renowned book The Da Vinci Code provides a renowned topic for renowned podcasters J. W. Friedman and Chris Collision, along with renowned guests Lauren O'Neal and Niko (from renowned podcast Sunday School Dropouts. An extremely popular book yields an extremely long episode, with enough jokes to make anyone enough of a believer to found a secret society devoted to hiding the truth about the show ... or maybe to hiding the truth about the show while pointing out that actually all of popular culture is about the show. It's all a little confused. Anyway, if your Grail is L A F F S, then this episode is for you!

Note: This is an extra-long episode because J. is not feeling well enough to edit it down to a shorter length. But it's very good and you will enjoy every minute, we promise.

Extra credit reading: Geoffrey Pullum's legendary eviscerations of Dan Brown's prose style.

 

 

Recommendations:

• National Treasure
• Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
• Complete Stories, Flannery O'Connor

Music:

• "The Rose" by Mudhoney
• "Les Invisibles" by Blue Oyster Cult
• "Catholic Dress" by Dahli Seed
• "Holy Grail" by Jay Z