Book Club for Buddies

Book Club for Buddies

Jai Ashman and Simon Giacomin are two buddies that can read, but choose not to. Each week they talk shop, unwind, solve problems that they, themselves, created and have a ball. Several of them. At it's core, Book Club is a comedy podcast and absolutely no books were read in the making of it.

Episodes

March 24, 2026 55 mins

The buds get in to some stuff this week.

 

Jai tells a story from WW2 (he wasn't there, but he read about it), Simon finds new ways to make money, and Jai got farted on. There's also some pretty wild stuff about Napoleon

Get your butts over here and listen.

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Ready for another episode of the cutest podcast on earth? You got it, kid. Big time.

 

This week, the buddies talk product. Which product? Not a clue. Simon 'plays' with his split personality and Jai was in a car accident in an Uber.

 

Do good, do listen, do you. x

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March 9, 2026 61 mins

This one is late. Sincerely, we're sorry.

Simon feels sad because of hair, Jai avoids preventing a highway disaster, the buddies discover a new way to stay healthy and then they go to hell.

 

Get real amongst it, and we will catch you next Tuesday.

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February 25, 2026 48 mins

Hello, welcome and hi.

 

This week, Jai and Simon get in to their full main character eras and talk about saving the world through one of their favourite films.

 

They also get in to some stuff about sequels, baby teeth and how to get doctor money without being a doctor.

 

Get on to it.

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February 12, 2026 62 mins

This week the buddies had a few sips and got a little loose.

 

Simon got some life advice through a third party. Jai is on the cusp of becoming wealthy. Simon shares a candy from Europe. Jai finds a new hatred for golfers and also the candy from Europe. Get in to it, it's a fun one x

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January 29, 2026 34 mins

Would you be interested in breaking in to Simon's house?

Because he tells you kind of how to in this episode.

 

This ep is a beaut, it's got everything.

Well, it's got four things, but they're good.

 

There's some stuff about movies, some other stuff and Simon's theory of the one sport that every one openly talks smack on.

 

Like I said 'beaut'

 

Get on it, and we'll see you again soon.

 

-The budz

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January 4, 2026 64 mins

New Year, New Us.

It's the exact same, but we have new socks on from Christmas, so our confidence is through the roof.

 

Stop being bored at work or operating heavy machinery and listen to Jai and Simon talk nonsense for an hour. 

 

We're talking golf and sucking at it. Good shopping etiquette.  Elon Musk still sucks.

 

This is a special episode because Simon sings a thing.

Come and check it out

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December 2, 2025 51 mins

This week, the buddies take a page out of Mark Normand and Sam Morril's book and get a little wrecked before, during and after recording. It went good, which is a bad thing for their health.

 

Have a listen while Jai and Simon get into robots, Jack Doherty's arrest (haha, btw), and their sponsor challenges.

 

It's a wild one. Enjoy and tell a loved one x

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November 24, 2025 40 mins

This week, the two idiots in charge get in to some real stuff. We're talking hoaxes.

We're talking Alex Jones. We're talking whether Simon's tattoos have the ability to turn nice people in to douchebags. There's also some stuff about the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, dinosaurs, not being able to talk good, and this special episode features a distant sneeze from Simon's fiancé.

We just went viral. Get on it

    ...
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November 16, 2025 59 mins

"...man dances on roof of cop car afters losing a fight to a goose"

 

This week is a good one. So get in to it.

 

Simon forces Jai to play a (un)deadly game with zero consequences.

Jai dutch ovens himself. It's unrelated.

 

Then, they talk endgames and how to deal with seagulls stealing lunch.

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November 9, 2025 29 mins

This week Simon recounts the story of going to an Italian festival and wanting to punch two different people.

Jai tells a story of meeting a man on Venice Beach with a pet rat. 

They also get into one of the worst film ideas that is currently in production.

 

There is probably some other stuff as well, also.

 

So come get stuck and check out this bad boy.

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October 28, 2025 42 mins

There's way too many spiders in this episode. Well, there's seven, so maybe there is not enough. It's a fair bit though.

This week the buddies talk about the new season of Monster (terrible show but perfect impression to upset loved ones), Simon learns about a new powerful owl and Jai works out how he wants to go to going to prison. Hit that like button or whatever, the internet sucks.

 

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October 21, 2025 52 mins

Are you ready to rumble?  What about miniature rumble? Like a microscopic rumble?

If so, we have you covered. 

 

This week, the buddies get rowdy. Jai has returned from Japan, Simon discovered his new favourite obscure sport, Jai missed his big break, and they talk about the worst type of content to edit. Let's burn some books. Or not, whatever, we're just trying stuff out.

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October 14, 2025 37 mins

Catch up with the budz, as they get in to their genius, multi-level marketing ideas, eating on-fire pita pockets, pool failures and how Jai used to play tennis and name his little guy 'George' and then stopped doing both of those things on the same day. We're still looking for Travis.

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October 8, 2025 49 mins

This week the buddies learn everything that Meta can tell them, while being film critics and getting ready for the aliens.

 

Check it out

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October 1, 2025 44 mins

This week, the buds broaden their palates.

Getting into country gigs, getting stuck and side hustles involving butter. There’s nothing butter than this!

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September 23, 2025 53 mins

This week, the buds get down and dirty. Simon nearly passes away immediately, Jai talks about his run-in with a television thief, and they get in to the best way to shake up the video game industry, make a butt-tonne of cash and make everyone mad at the same time. Come party.

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September 17, 2025 43 mins

Another episode? You got it. This week the buds get in to all sorts of stuff, the new Superman, haircuts, a murder mystery in a town of 11 people, and the power of Emo music.

 

Come join and hit us up on socials because real-life is dumb.

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September 8, 2025 46 mins

This week the buddies get in to one of the dumbest things Jai has ever done, Simon's awful diet, the worst Jurassic Park film,  and a priest doing a loose 20 at first communion. No books this week, just like every week, so come party.

 

 

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September 1, 2025 44 mins

The buddies get all sorts of stupid talking about a real-life infinite money glitch, the best Olympics, Jai visiting a mosque and how Simon used to be a good little fat boy. Come party.

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