The Workers Club
Join the Workers Club a weekly discussion on books from the world of professional wrestling. A smart podcast for dumb people. A dumb podcast for smart people.
We encourage listeners to purchase the books we cover and take the ride with us. We discuss somewhere around 50 pages an episode.
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Episodes
184 episodes
184 - The Mark Inside (Total Nonstop Agony by Vince Russo Part 4)
The Workers continue their discussion of Vince Russo's Total Nonstop Agony. This week, Russo gets ousted from TNA and is on the hunt for marks to work for him but also hates marks, shares what he's a mark for, and just to be clear he's no...
183 - Jesus Take the Wheel of My PT Cruiser (Total Nonstop Agony by Vince Russo Part 3)
The Workers continue their discussion of Vince Russo's Total Nonstop Agony. This week there's a lot of crying and praying, we discuss Russo's singular psychology as he leaves TNA, his turbulent food franchise adventure, and Russo's petty ...
182 - Is Eric Bischoff in the Room With Us? (Total Nonstop Agony by Vince Russo Part 2)
The Workers continue their discussion of Vince Russo's Total Nonstop Agony. This week we examine all of Vince Russo's quirks and peccadillos as he builds his case against Eric Bischoff. You think you're better than Vince Russo?!&nbs...
181 - Defining a Liar (Total Nonstop Agony by Vince Russo Part 1)
The Workers begin their discussion of Vince Russo's Total Nonstop Agony. This week, David Shoemaker's Hulk Hogan book, Vince Russo's writing process, Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan enter TNA, Bischoff buries Russo, Daffney's lockbox match, ...
180 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Workers announce the next pro wrestling book and continue their movie summer series. This week, a Wilson favorite One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Trevor's New Years Eve Party, and general gushing for the movie.
179 - Amadeus (1984)
It's still hot, still summer, still talking movies. This week The Workers discuss Amadeus. F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Milos Forman, Jeffrey Jones (Yikes), Roy Dotrice, are you a Salieri or a Mozart? Naturally there's also t...
178 - The Nice Guys (2016)
The summer of movie talk continues - The Workers discuss Shane Black's The Nice Guys...It's a winding conversation on a variety of topics. Next week, Trevor's favorite movie - Amadeus.
177 - The Odyssey of Culture War Outrage
Two episodes this week? Fun stuff. Wilson saw The Odyssey and gives a general review and then we get into the online hub bub surrounding the movie. Why are these HOGS and CHUDS mad? Is it manufactured? To what end?...
176 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
3 count 'em THREE (3) years of The Workers Club! Times have been tough no doubt about it but here we are talking about one of Wilson's favorite movies Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang! Wilson thinks about the future of the podcast,...
175 - La La Land (2016)
The Workers Club are still on a break from pro wrestling books and continue their summer movie series. This week it's Damien Chazelle's La La Land. Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, the year 2016, musicals, youtube food reviews are discusse...
174 - Mulholland Drive (2001)
The Workers continue their summer movie series and discuss David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. This episode gets goon heavy while also discussing David Lynch and what we do and don't like about being Lynchian.
173 - Synecdoche, New York (2008)
The Workers continue their movie discussions with Charlie Kaufman's movie Synecdoche, New York. Where do you stand on an artist being meta or up their own ass? A lot of David Lynch talk.
172 - Happiness (1998)
The Workers need a cleanse from fake fighting books. It's a summer movie series. It's time to talk about pictures! Real cinema! We start with Todd Solondz's Happiness.
171 - We Are Shells (The Transfer by Sean Oliver Part 6)
The Workers finish Sean Oliver's The Transfer. Do all the plots come together? No, no they do not. Are we ready for this to be over? Yes, very much. Is it the worst book we've read so far? Probably. The...
170 - Liberal Arts (2012)
The Workers gather to discuss the movie Liberal Arts directed and written by Josh Radnor. We cover it all Josh Radnor's career, dating and age gaps, how much should one love college, the Zibby of it all, Allison Janney, and Zac Efron as a...
169 - Detective Uncle Bubba Solve This Mystery! (The Transfer by Sean Oliver Part 5)
The Workers are back with news on folks we've covered. Hulk Hogan's death is a never-ending mystery, who defended Paul Levesque from MVP's insults? Should Mick Foley wrestle and was Jesse Ventura a SEAL? Then we continue our d...
168 - You Must Think I'm Loco (The Transfer by Sean Oliver Part 4)
The Workers are going through it as they continue their discussion of Sean Oliver's The Transfer. So many plots, so many characters, so much telling and a few dumb sentences. It's enough to make Trevor tap. We're halfway throu...
167 - Beyond the Mat (1999)
RIP Barry Blaustein - Wilson and Larry watch the documentary that every wrestling fan of a certain age had to see...a documentary forever seared in our memories - Beyond the Mat.
166 - Carrots & Caramel (The Transfer by Sean Oliver Part 3)
We continue our discussion of The Transfer against everyone's wishes. Sean Oliver's choices are discussed as well as Gen Z Friends, manosphere podcasts, and more! The word of the day is transgressive. MaMMa Mia!Buy the ...
165 - What Kind of Man Are Ya? (The Transfer by Sean Oliver Part 2)
The Workers get back to discussing Sean Oliver's The Transfer. We meet The Basement Man and The Ground Man, the main character Laine is having an affair. The book breaks Larry and he'd like to TRANSFER to a new book, Trevor can only...
164 - It's a WWE World & We're Just Living in It
The Workers take an immediate break from Sean Oliver's book to talk not watching Wrestlemania, read and discuss the Linda McMahon New Yorker article and then top it off by watching the WWE segments of Netflix's Kill Tony Mania.
163 - Kill the Irishman (2011)
Larry and Wilson discuss a film that is very important to Larry. We discuss Kill the Irishman. Recorded in late spring/early summer of 2024. Enjoy!
162 - Frank (2014)
Larry and Wilson discuss the movie Frank. This was recorded in February of 2024! Enjoy.
