Foreign, Domestic & Forbidden
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Weltschmerz -- the Holiday Episode
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the last time in 2023, Lobo and Trash talk about books and ideas, and about what they enjoyed most this past year. And, of course, they have New Y...
Of Families and Parenticides -- a conversation with Jane Dykema
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Jane Dykema is back in the studio and together with Lobo and Trash, she unpacks the different kinds of families we have, dreams about Toni Morr...
Our Bookshelves Part 2
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last episode, Lobo and Trash never got around to talking about the books on their shelves, so that's what they're doing this week. And they di...
Our Bookshelves
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do we order or select books? How do we read, keep, and move them? When do we sell them off? And episode that is about living with books and writin...
Reading Dostoevsky at the Dinner Table -- a conversation with director, critic, and writer John Wilkins
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lobo, Trash, and guest John Wilkins take on the controversy surrounding Oliver Anthony's son "Rich Men North of Richmond,&qu...
Opening the Darkness -- a conversation with Mauricio Montiel Figueiras
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash invite Mauricio Montiel Figueiras into the dark shadows and recesses of our world to discuss the occult in fiction, film, po...
When Hammett Met Shelley -- a conversation with Gillian Conoley and Domenic Stansberry
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash welcome poet Gillian Conoley and crime writer Domenic Stansberry in the studio. Together they talk about writing habits, pol...
New York State of Mind -- a conversation with writer and translator Guillermo Manning
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Lobo is back from a trip to NYC, and he and Trash have invited Guillermo Manning to talk about the city in literature, film, and beyond. Imm...
If You Want to Do It, You Do It Every Day -- a conversation with artist Richard Lang
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Tim is talking to artist Richard Lang about his work with plastic he has been collecting on Kehoe Beach for twenty-five years. Together the...
You Never Get to the Bottom of a Word -- a conversation with poet and translator Denise Newman
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief break, Lobo and Trash are back in the studio and welcoming poet and translator Denise Newman. They discuss how poetry can change our per...
Looking for adventure in whatever comes our way -- adventure novels new and old
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's summer and time to dust off the adventure genre. From Morte D'Arthur and Don Quixote to King Solomon's Mones and The Hunger Games, Lo...
Centuries of Literary Scandals -- a conversation with author Jonas Rocket
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jonas Rocket is back in the booth and together with Lobo and Trash he revisits some of the most extraordinary literary scandals of the past...
Stories to Enjoy Before Leaving the Planet -- recommendation, recommendations, recommendations
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash explore a tantalizing variety of stories, from the foreign and exotic, to the domestic and familiar, to the forbidden and ta...
Never Lost in Translation -- a conversation with writer, editor, and translator Elisa Wouk Almino
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Elisa Wouk Almino joins Lobo and Trash and talks about her experience as a Brazilian who has lived outside of Brazil most of her life; abou...
An Act of God or an Act of the Devil -- a conversation with Mauricio Montiel Figueiras
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Mauricio Montiel Figueiras is back in the studio, and an episode that we thought would focus on movies turns into a chat about death, life, Luc...
Of Bodies and Minds -- a conversation about the many ways we feel and think
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash dive into the wonderland of literature dealing with afflictions of the body and the mind. From Madame Bovary to Jenny Odell,...
This Pain or That? -- a conversation about the many ways we (make ourselves) suffer
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash talk about physical pain vs. moral pain? Which of the two is tougher and how do we overcome them (if at all)? Trash is turni...
How AI exposes our blandness -- a conversation with author Meg Howrey
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Author, dancer, and actress Meg Howrey stops by for a visit and talks about her new book "They're Going to Love You," the mysterious Blythe doll, and ...
Of Plumbers and Dentists -- who gets to narrate novels?
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash talk about narrators, who they are, why they are what they are, and what they would like to read less and more of. Hir...
The Stories My Grandmother Told Me -- a conversation with writer Liliana Blum
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, short story writer and novelist Liliana Blum is visiting and talks to Lobo and Trash about first loves, second first loves, and many more l...
Pinocchio, William Gibson, and World Peace -- what we loved in 2022 and hope to see in 2023
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and friend of the pod Naief Yehya returns to the studio and together with Lobo and Trash discusses the best books and movies of 2022 and the co...
GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAL -- the episode about football (we won't call it soccer)
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ball is round, the world and gods are too, and so we give in to our sporty instincts and talk about football, Qatar, sports fiction, and when you ...
Merry Anniversary -- Reminiscing (a little) and recommending (a lot) as FDF turns one.
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week is super special, because Lobo and Trash celebrate FDF's one-year anniversary! And to kick off the holidays, they recommend everything from ...
The Thing That You Did Not Become -- a conversation with filmmaker and writer Andrew J. Smith
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash welcome Andrew J. Smith to talk about literary crushes, lives and careers pursued and abandoned, wearing black, and growing ...
A Halloween Special with Jessica Anthony and Jane Dykema
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ready for four spooky stories? Returning guests Jane Dykema and Jessica Anthony join Lobo and Trash to tell real-life scary tales! Join them for an ho...
Digressions and Delusions -- an episode that is all about making sense
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash take a look at their reading lists, reading habits, at old treasures and new releases, and at teaching the apocalypse. And t...
A Way of Living Ahead of Time -- a conversation with Naief Yehya
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fiction writer, essayist, and journalist, Naief Yehya joins Lobo and trash for a conversation about nostalgia, mix-tapes, marketing, vintage modes of ...
I'd seen a ghost, but the ghost was me -- a conversation with Eric B. Martin
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Lobo and Trash welcome novelist Eric B. Martin to the show and talk about coming back, coming home, revisiting the past, jumping on and off ...
The Way You Feel When You're Drinking Too Many Nights in a Row
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash talk to author Jane Dykema about K-Dramas and grieving, romance and genre writing and reading, having a baby during the pand...
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be -- a conversation about a bit of everything
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's Episode 20, and Lobo and Trash take the opportunity to talk about secret colonies, watches, NPR, podcasting, climate change, authoritarian regime...
I'd Like to Start to Have Some Dinner Parties -- a conversation with author Jasmin Darznik
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's all about Bohemia and Bohemians. Iranian-born writer Jasmin Darznik talks with Lobo and Trash about her latest book and where and how t...
One person's apocalypse is another person's Switzerland -- a conversation with author David Lida
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A meeting in Mexico City went bust, but after delays caused by travel, Covid, and food poisoning, Lobo and Trash finally welcome David Lida to the sho...
nobody, not even the rain -- an episode that is all about love
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo and Trash record this episode before Joaquin takes off for Mexico City, and they talk about love in literature. From Octavio Paz to Julien Gracq,...
Don't Touch That Wallpaper! or Books We Don't Read -- a discussion with Jason Ockert
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With today's guest Jason Ockert, Lobo and Trash discuss the books they won't touch and why. From deadly wallpaper to inscrutable classics, and from gr...
I’m Now Nostalgic For That Film -- Movie Adaptations of Literary Works
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo and Trash almost meet in person but then Covid nixes their plan. Over coffee, they talk about adaptations of short stories, novels, and plays, an...
To Be a Young, Radical Poet -- The Books of Summer!
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo and Trash pick their books for the plane, the train, the beach, and the cocktail lounge. They discuss the future of the adventure book, the fate ...
Cooking and Writing
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's summer, which means it's time for family gatherings, garden parties, and outside dinners, so this week, Lobo and Trash talk about cooking and how...
Something New Will Be Built -- a conversation with Jeff Parker
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode almost didn't happen because on the day of the recording, Joaquin's house was broken into. He and Tim talk with author, translator, and e...
Guilty Pleasures
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo and Trash come together to talk about the things they like too much for their own good! They discuss the different kinds of guilt they feel when ...
We Write With Such Despair Sometimes
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo and Trash welcome writer Aimee Phan this week. The three talk about Asian Americans making their voices heard, the refugee crisis in Ukraine and ...
Enter Jessica Anthony!
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo and Trash welcome author Jessica Anthony (The Convalescent, Enter the Aardvark) to discuss who is allowed to write what, the hot topic of autofic...
War and Fiction
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lobo and Trash lock themselves in a hotel room in Northern California to record this episode. They talk about the war in Ukraine, and what we can lear...
A Trip to Helsinki!
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author Antti Tuomainen joins us for a conversation about poetry, Finnish customs, Nordic Noir, dialects, what it's like to executive prod...
Beards!!!
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim and Joaquin are sporting facial hair and muse about masculinity, masculine writers, masculine books and what "masculine" might even mean in 2022. ...
Fiction to the Rescue
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash welcome best-selling author and former PEN-International President Jennifer Clement to chat about the state of fiction, how ...
Books that Changed and Saved Our Lives
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lobo and Trash welcome their first very special guest, the Mexican poet, novelist, and essayist Mauricio Montiel Figueiras. Together they t...
The Things We Cannot Say
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year to all our listeners! It’s 2022, and Lobo and Trash discuss Gothic and erotic literature, the role literature plays in our lives, and...
Dark Literature for the Dark Days of the Year
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for the holidays, Lobo and Trash sort through some books that are best devoured during the time between the years. From dysfunctional fam...
Current and Rediscovered Books
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode, writers Joaquin Lobo and Tim Trash sit down to talk about the books they're reading and the ones they have recently redisco...
Trailer
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trailer for the upcoming Foreign, Domestic, and Forbidden, a podcast about books and ideas with Joaquin Lobo and Tim Trash.