Just In Case We Die

08/03/2026

Rebecca really does a pretty good job of handpicking novels for the discussion. So far, she's three for three in finding novels that all three members of the cast can enjoy. This one might be her best one yet . . .

After years of writing poetry Chilean author Roberto Bolaño made the decision to secure more financial security for his family by making the transition into scribing novels. His first novel, La pis…

07/15/2026

Aaron, Rodney, and Rebecca are here--yet again--begging someone to tell them how novels as bland and lifeless as this one make their way onto a list of "essential" reads.

Someday, they'll randomly draw a book worth reading again. Someday.

The folks here at Just In Case We Die have decided that all a novelist has to do to earn a spot on the list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is to pen a book about identity chasing. From …

06/26/2026

If you have listened to this episode already, you will understand why it took three days to post the episode's uploading to Facebook.

We've been . . . um . . . very busy.

The discussion of "James" is live!

June is almost over and you have probably noticed that the fine folks at Just In Case We Die haven’t posted any new material. This month, there was supposed to be a discussion of The Romantic…

05/29/2026

For a list of books that are far more palatable and far less tedious than "Memoirs of Hadrian", go to the Internet and find any list with the titles of books on it.

Seriously.

Any list will do.

The critical blurb on the cover of book #776 on our curated list states that The Memoirs of Hadrian is “singularly beautiful”, which is a really interesting opinion since the cast of Ju…

05/07/2026

"How do you defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized."
-- Salman Rushdie

The newest episode, in which Aaron, Rodney, and Rebecca, discuss the experience of attending a Salman Rushdie Q & A is available now!

On Sunday, May 3, 2026, The Davis Theatre in Chicago had a single screening of Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, a new film by Academy-Award-winning director Alex Gibney, as part of th…

05/04/2026

The cast of this podcast is a bit emotional tonight and we need to let what we're thinking and feeling marinate for a bit before we can be anywhere close to articulate. We will let this photo speak for itself and promise that we will be posting our bonus material before the end of the week.

05/03/2026

Holy s**t.

They gave us signed copies of the book.

05/03/2026

We are standing outside the theatre which will soon be admitting us to be IN THE SAME ROOM WITH SALMAN RUSHDIE!!

T minus 1 hour!

05/03/2026

"If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.

To read a 600-page novel and then say that it has deeply offended you: well, you have done a lot of work to be offended." -- Salman Rushdie

T minus 90 minutes before "Knife".

05/03/2026

T minus 3.25 hours until "Knife."

In the meantime, we visited a comic book shop, a record store, and The American Writer's Museum. This is a really nice museum (and they have a digitized copy of the original scroll of "On the Road"!).