Just In Case We Die

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"!).

05/03/2026

"When a reader falls in love with a book, it leaves its essence inside him." --Salman Rushdie

T minus 7 hours, 12 minutes.

05/03/2026

T minus 11.75 hours until "Knife."

Happy Salman Rushdie Day to those who celebrate!

04/30/2026

We may have a contender for the best book we've ever discussed on this podcast.

Rebecca picked something really, really special.

Once upon a time, Aaron recommended a novel he had recently completed to Rebecca, citing it as his favorite novel of 2021. Already familiar with the work of Mr. Doerr, Rebecca jumped right in, desp…

04/16/2026

This month, the cast discusses being in the same room with an award-winning novelist and Aaron is forced to publicly apologize to an oft-cited literary buzzkiller. Also, Neil Gaiman is gross and the banning of his books from broadcast begins now!

The newest bonus is now available!

Last year, for the bonus material in April, Just In Case We Die celebrated National Library Week with a lively discussion about some of the unique things libraries are doing all around the wor…

03/27/2026

Rodney vetoed an obscure Cuban novel and swapped it for this beautiful, beautiful work of art.

The newest episode is live!

Back in January, the random number generator gave us #1, 167. This number corresponded to a Cuban novel by Guillermo Cabrera Infante entitled Three Trapped Tigers. None of the cast had heard of it.…