Obscure with Michael Ian Black
Hosted by Michael Ian Black · Misfit Toys
4.9from 1,882 ratings
- 363
- Episodes
- 127
- Transcribed
- 1,882
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About 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 knows Season 4: American Tragedy. Also a potential title of this podcast Support this show and access bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack (https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack)
- Publisher
- Misfit Toys
- Category
- arts · comedy
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 22 May 2018
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
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127 of 363 episodes have a transcript.
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S4 Episode 158 - Epilogue
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We look at little Russell running off to the ice cream parlor, a shiny dime in his hand, his clear, sweet voice singing out hymns only moments before he's seven or eight years old. Not yet. quite of the world, not yet of the secular world, I would say, but how long until that dime becomes a quarter, becomes a dollar as he goes out into the world to seek his fortune? How long before he notices those looks on the passersby's faces, those looks of pity or anger or condemnation? How long Until the world of the profane intrudes upon his own innocence. And how will he navigate when he is confronted with temptation? […]
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