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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-06-23

Books mentioned on Some Interesting Curses

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Even though curses aren’t real – and we go to great pains to make that clear – they are pretty interesting, especially ones you haven’t heard of before. So we dug deep and found some of the curses that don’t always hog the spotlight for this fun episode.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Incomparable Atuk

    Mordecai Richler · at 9:00

    Discussed
    “There was a script based on a book. Uh it was a 1963 satirical Canadian novel called The Incomparable Atuk by Mordecai Richler.”
    Josh Clark Some Interesting Curses 2026-06-23 Listen at 9:00
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. A Confederacy of Dunces

    John Kennedy Toole · at 15:58

    John Kennedy Toole's classic comic masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces, chronicles the misadventures of Ignatius J.

    Discussed
    “A Confederacy of Dunces. And A Confederacy of Dunces still hasn't been made. I It's a very weird curse.”
    Chuck Bryant Some Interesting Curses 2026-06-23 Listen at 15:58
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible