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Free your mind, open your heart and tune in to our dulcet tones by escaping to Jet Ski Paradise. Join comedians Amelia Navascues & Zac Hutchinson each episode, as we riff about a new book and transport you to somewhere magical. Hosted by your wildest dreams.Keep the show alive: https://www.patreon.com/jetski_paradise Follow us on Instagram: @jetskiparadise_pod
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This episode is nothing. No mics, no worries. The best moments in life are spontaneous and cut into micro clips recorded on two laptops. Everything in this episode was edited by a random freelancer on Upwork. Please send grievances to Upwork customer service centre. Why the ep? We’re on a mission. We want our single patron back. < Put link to beast…
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Halloween comes a little early this year as we talk about Argentinian author Agustina Bazterrica’s novel, “Tender is the Flesh”. A vulgar story translated from Spanish, set in a dystopian world where cannibalism is normalised, this nasty book asks the question “what if humans were animals, man?!” Crazy stuff. We also talk about how Zac went to a ba…
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s is not just a song by the incredible band Deep Blue Something, it’s also a book by Truman Capote (and a movie with some very strong character choices!!). This week, we talked about the differences between the book "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the iconic film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn, how writers are pathological lia…
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When the world seems its darkest, a light will shine from the depths. That light is Jim Carrey’s memoir, Memoirs & Misinformation. A highly anticipated and semi-realistic autobiography by Jim Carrey (and Dana Vachon), this turbulent magnum opus of a tortured artist’s soul chronicles a SCATHING critique of celebrity culture, consumerism and toxic lo…
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Are you a weak little worm looking to get jacked? Have you ever had a mental breakdown in the self-help aisle of a Dymocks? If so, this is the episode for you. Yukio Mishima was the OG Jordan Peterson of 1960s Japan. With an anti-communist samurai spirit, his manifesto “Sun & Steel” has been used by wimps and muscle dude-bros for decades. In this e…
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Thou shalt listen to this ep and be amazed. We’re back after Zac had a little brain surgery to talk about the funny and religious work of Christian Femcel, Flannery O’Connor. Wise Blood is a tale about losing your religion, being a freak, and how becoming a loud atheist makes people hate you. Amelia also talks about the best day of her life: watchi…
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Welcome to the first episode of your spiritual awakening. Free your mind, open your heart and tune in to a weekly podcast by Amelia Navascues and Zac Hutchinson where we discuss a new book and transport you to somewhere magical. For our inaugural episode, we will be talking about Thomas Pynchon’s “The Crying of Lot 49”: a must-read piece of experim…
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Zac and Amelia are back and talking about Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei’s memoir, '1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows'. Sit down with your main homies as we discuss China’s cultural revolution and Tasmania’s iconic strip clubs. Keep the show alive: https://www.patreon.com/jetski_paradise Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/jetskiparadise_pod/…
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Lexapro. Drop some Panadol Forte and sink into your couch for the ultimate escape from reality cos we talkin’ My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. Live out your dumb fantasy of becoming a fashionable NYC socialite committing to a drug-induced coma as we talk artists using cum as paint, shamans and…
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