Episode · Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang · 2026-10-23
Books mentioned on "You Can Say Anything" (w/ Matt & Bowen)
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Matt Rogers recommended I Want to Be Famous by Bobby Finger and others, and discussed Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Bowen Yang discussed Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is a historical fiction novel that follows Abraham Lincoln in a Washington cemetery grieving his young son Willie amid a supernatural bardo of ghosts.
Discussed“We went to the opening of Lincoln at the Bardo. Lincoln at the Bardo, the novel by George Saunders. He was there with his lovely family. We got to sit at a dinner table with him.”
Where to get it
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Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is a classic novel that explores the romantic entanglements and social pressures faced by the Dashwood sisters.
Discussed“So then I saw Sense and Sensibility. Oh my God. I can't believe you've never read it. I'm not, there's a huge sort of hole in my, this is, I want to, I want to apologize.”
Where to get it
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic nineteenth-century romantic novel that explores the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy amidst themes of class, reputation, and love.
Discussed“Sense and Sensibility. You never read it. Never read it. Never saw the Ang Lee movie. Wow! Yeah. I told you this last night. Oh yeah, you did tell me this. You've never seen it. Oh God, it's so good. Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.”
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I Want to Be Famous
I Want to Be Famous by Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber is a cultural look at modern fame and the concept of celebrity status created by the hosts of the popular Who? Weekly podcast.
Recommended“I'm kind of in my, my book, my reading era. Oh, well, speaking of reading. So we're going to have, we're going to have them on next week. So this is, I want to be famous when everybody and nobody is a celebrity by Bobby Finger and Lindsay Weber”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“That's what the whole book is about. I'm going to bring this up on their episode. Should we think of a prank? We haven't done like a... Not a prank. We haven't done like a game in a while. Yeah, what should we do?”
“Honey, you've read Sense and Sensibility and I haven't. What does that have to do with anything? I'm, I'm, I'm the bottom feeder. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm unread.”