#38 - Bryan Callen

Joseph Campbell wrote this book about why peyote came into existence, discussing its significance to Native Americans during a time of cultural loss.

Conan was like this freak warrior. Always. And it was always an epic. There were awesome stories. And he always learned something at the end of the book, which was that steel makes right.

The speaker mentions reading 'The Strain' and expresses disappointment with its ending despite a strong start involving a vampire on a plane.

He, in his book On Writing, said no. He believed that regardless if he had been sober, he would have had the same imaginative mind.

The book discusses a village in Italy called Rosetto, where people cook with lard and are overweight, yet none die of heart disease due to their strong community support.

Nick Kent, who is a rock journalist, wrote a book called The Dark Stuff that I read a while ago about rock and rollers.

There's this Zen poet that wrote a really cool poetic book called One Continuous Mistake. And that's what she calls life. Life is one continuous mistake.

Stephen King was talking about how he doesn't remember writing Cujo because he was so drunk and high.

Sam Shepard, the great writer, wrote about characters in California, saying it's a place where people come to reinvent themselves.

How many guys have told you stinky pussy stories and you've been captivated like it was a goddamn Stephen King book?

The speaker mentions the book while discussing the unique humor and truthfulness of Boston culture.

It was called Dead Doctors, Tell No Tales or something like that. It was all about minerals.

I had like 300 issues of just the amazing Spider-Man and I had every single McFarlane.

Dude, I used to read his real books. So did I. Everything Robert E. Howard.