The Getting Lit Podcast
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The Earthen Dark feat. Brad Kelly
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Kelly joins us once again to talk about and around his new novel, The Earthen Dark. We discuss why men loves holes in the ground, writing about j...
Like You Have a Choice feat. Ivan Niccolai
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Ivan Niccolai joins us to talk about his short story collection, Like You Have a Choice. We chat about growing up in a cult, Melbourne, ...
(TEASER) The Moonstone feat. Alec Mouhibian
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a preview. To get the full version of this episode and access to subscriber-only content, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLitThis we...
(TEASER) White Noise feat. Erik & Mac
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a preview. To get the full version of this episode and access to subscriber-only content, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLitThis episo...
Fake and/or Gay? feat. Amir Naaman & Pierre d'Alancaisez
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Sini is joined by Amir Naaman and Pierre d'Alancaisez, editors of the new anthology Inversion, a book of essays about the current state...
Current Thing Chats
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the essay in the Independent about the mythical David Foster Wallace "lit bro", a famous Western Australian young adult writer...
(PREVIEW) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To get all episodes, access to companion show Back Matter, and the full archive, go to https://www.patreon.com/GettingLitWe chat about Sidney Lumet...
Berserker Club feat. J David Osborne
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week, we're joined by J David Osborne to talk about his new book, Berserker Club. Set in an Oklahoma backwoods militia compoun...
Crowbar feat. Andrew Edwards
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week, we're joined by Andrew Edwards, the author of the new psychedelic noir thriller, Crowbar. We had a great conversation ra...
Belated 2025 Review
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSini and Fresta go through their best reads, watches, and listens of 2025 (mostly things they didn't cover for the show).Support th...
(PREVIEW) Demons (3 episode series) feat. Cody LaDuke
15 Jan 2026
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Send us a textHere is a sneak peek of our series on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel of revolutionary violence, Demons. All three parts are ava...
Wicked: For Good feat Josh Feye
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJosh from the Dionysian Dream joins me once more to discuss Wicked! This time, we are looking at the sequel to the 2024 movie, Wicked: F...
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said feat. Rare Candy
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is part 2 of our Philip K. Dick collaboration with the Rare Candy podcast. Head over to their feed for part 1 (https://open.spotify...
Resentment: a Comedy feat. Paul Dalla Rosa
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPaul Dalla Rosa returns to talk about Gary Indiana's fabulous pastiche of the Menendez Brothers trial, Resentment. We chat about vi...
Popular Hits of the Showa Era *TEASER*
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOn this week's episode, we dive into Ryu Murakami's Popular Hits of the Showa Era, where a group of disaffected men find thems...
Amputation feat. Bruce Wagner
03 Nov 2025
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Send us a textIn this week's episode, the legendary Bruce Wagner joins us to discuss his new novel Amputation, inspired by the 2025 Los Angeles f...
(PREVIEW) Spare Us Yet feat. Lucas Smith (Cross Post w/ New Mythologies)
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAustralian-American writer Lucas Smith joins us to discuss his collection of wonderful short fiction, Spare Us Yet. We discuss the eleme...
Shakti Matts (PREVIEW)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text*this is a PREVIEW. To listen to the full episode, go to patreon.com/GettingLitThis episode, Fresta and Sini riff on Fresta's Sydn...
The Golem feat. Brad Kelly
13 Oct 2025
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Send us a textThis week, we're looking at Gustav Meyrink's The Golem, a strange novel of occultism, Kabbalah and psychological terror in ear...
Reflections in a Golden Eye feat. Kalob Petty, Banjer Jack, & Ryan Simón
07 Oct 2025
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Send us a textThis week, a big episode discussing a slim novel. We're joined by a couple of our favourite Southerners (Kalob Petty and Banjer Jac...
Jasper Ceylon Returns feat. Aaron Barry
22 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJasper Ceylon, author of the hoax poetry journal Echolalia Review, has been unmasked as Aaron Barry. Aaron joins us to talk about what&a...
Sleep Capricorn feat. Jack Norman
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJack Norman is the author of the new short story collection Sleep Capricorn, coming in October from Bonfire Books. Like Fresta and Sini,...
Performative Podcasting
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe talk about The Independent article about men "performatively reading", as well as Fresta's realisation that he is &quo...
Better Than Food feat. Cliff Sargent
25 Aug 2025
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Send us a textThis episode, we are joined by the best book YouTuber around, Mr Cliff Sargent. Cliff hosts the popular channel "Better Than Food,&...
Alice Munro feat. Michael Button
18 Aug 2025
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Send us a textThis week we are joined by Passage Prize winner Michael Button to discuss Alice Munro's short story cycle, Who Do You Think You Are...
Bend Sinister feat. Will Samson
04 Aug 2025
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Send us a textThis week Fresta talks to Will Samson about Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Bend Sinister and the Fall record of the same name. As Fresta and...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle feat. Bigmac McCarthy
28 Jul 2025
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Send us a textBigmac McCarthy joins Fresta (who is hosting solo this ep) to talk about Haruki Murakami’s surrealistic tome The Wind-Up Bird Chronicl...
Tempestuous feat. Zach Langley Chi Chi
18 Jul 2025
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Send us a textZach Langley Chi Chi joins us once again to talk about William Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest, as well as Julie Taymor'...
Some Recollections of St. Ives feat. David Mamet
12 Jul 2025
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Send us a textOur guest this week is David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize Winner and America's foremost playwright, known for such plays as American Buffa...
(PREVIEW) Back Matter 18: The Invited Chart Reading & The Uninvited film feat. Emmalea Russo
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a snippet from the Patreon-exclusive aftershow, Back Matter, where our guest this week, Emmalea Russo, reads Sini's astrolo...
Vivienne feat. Emmalea Russo
06 Jul 2025
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Send us a textOn this episode we talk to poet, author, and astrologer Emmalea Russo about her new novel, Vivienne. We talk about the "cancellatio...
Wake In Fright feat. Jack from Book Club from Hell
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is part two of a collaboration with Book Club From Hell, another great Australian book podcast. Head over to their feed for part on...
Back Matter 17: Sith Happens feat. Psi from Rare Candy & Cody LaDuke (PREVIEW)
22 Jun 2025
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Send us a textOn this special episode of Back Matter, Psi from Rare Candy podcast and Cody LaDuke join Sini and Fresta to discuss George Lucas' R...
Revenge of the Glittering Images feat. Lucas
22 Jun 2025
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Send us a textThis week, Sini is joined by his friend Lucas out at a bar one Saturday night to discuss Camille Paglia's book on art history and v...
Real Strivers of Salt Lake City feat. Alex
15 Jun 2025
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Send us a textReturning guest Alex speaks with us about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: what makes it so narratively compelling and different t...
The Barrow feat. Tobe Ellen
09 Jun 2025
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Send us a textMelbourne writer Tobe Ellen joins us to talk about his upcoming podcast, The Barrow, where he documents his process of co-writing a memo...
Sleep, Scroll, Repeat feat. Matthew Gasda
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week, we're talking to New York playwright and novelist Matthew Gasda about his new novel, The Sleepers, one of the best treat...
Poetic License feat. Jasper Ceylon
18 May 2025
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Send us a textThis week we're joined by the "Ern Malley of the 21st Century," Jasper Ceylon, who has pranked multiple poetry journals b...
Pure Skid Row feat. Jared Klickstein
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode, we talk to Jared Klickstein about his amazing memoir of drug addiction and homelessness, Crooked Smile. We also chat about...
How To Read
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textReading isn't dead - our attention spans have just been hijacked by phones and social media. Inspired by an essay Fresta wrote on h...
Gods Fare No Better feat. J David Osborne
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJ David Osborne joins us once more, this time to talk about his new psychedelic cyberpunk epic novel, Gods Fare No Better. We talked ab...
Medea, The First Girl Boss
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week, we chat about an ancient classic, Medea by the Athenian tragedian Euripides. We also discuss Lars Von Trier's 1988 TV m...
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver feat. Agitator and Bistro Californium
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week, a triple crosspost collaboration with Agitator and Bistro Californium, where we discuss the remasters of the Legacy of Kain v...
PREVIEW: There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Omnibus Edition)
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFor full episode, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLitThis week, we have compiled all four episodes of our Book of the New Sun ser...
Keepin' It One Hundred
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe're celebrating 100 episodes of the Getting Lit Podcast by talking about a few Jorge Luis Borges stories: The Library of Babel, T...
The Magick of Ugly Portmanteaus
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week, it's a bit of a buffet!We chat about two Aleister Crowley short stories: The Drug, and The Stratagem. Before he was a fa...
Roadside Picnic and Russian N-words feat. Masha
22 Feb 2025
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Send us a textOn this episode, we chat with Masha about the Soviet science fiction novel Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.Russian nihil...
The Southern Thruway
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode we talk about Julio Cortazar's short story, The Southern Thruway, about a traffic jam that turns into a community. We ...
Vocoders Are Gay (PAYWALLED)
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFresta and Sini talk about what they've been reading, watching, playing lately. Also talk about how some internet "personaliti...
Back Matter 13: Mind Webs (FREE)
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOur discussion with the Rare Candy boys about Michael Hanson's Mind Webs continues. We talk radio, podcasting, audio dramas vs audi...
Disching It Out feat. Rare Candy
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGlen and Psi from Rare Candy podcast join us to talk about three stories from the science fiction writer, Thomas M Disch.The stories dis...
Wicked feat. Josh Feye
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJosh from The Dionysian Dream substack talks all things Wicked.The original novel, Wicked (1995) by Gregory Maguire, the stage musical (...
Civilization And Its Hitchcock Films
07 Jan 2025
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Send us a textThis week, we read Sigmund Freud's 1930 essay Civilization And Its Discontents and paired it with Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 film...
A Very Terrifier Christmas feat. Jack Mason & Ryan Simón (PREVIEW)
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFor the full two hour episode, subscribe to the Getting Lit Podcast's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLitThis week, ...
Moorcock Jerkin feat. Yeerk.P
06 Dec 2024
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Send us a textYeerk joins the show once again to talk about the first book in Michael Moorcock's Corum series, The Knight of the Swords.We range ...
Coetzee? I Don't Even Know Her!
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe talk about J.M. Coetzee's brilliantly brutal novel of post-Apartheid South Africa, Disgrace.Support the show
Let's F*ckin Grove!
26 Oct 2024
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Send us a textThis episode we chat about Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 'In A Grove' (1922) and Akira Kurosawa's adaptation, Rashomon (1950...
The Place of Dead Roads
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe New Era begins with new co-host Matt Fresta. Fresta is the editor of Rango Tango Magazine and is now the "second mic."For ...
100 Pages A Day
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA return after a long hiatus! There was a family tragedy so I took some time off. But we are back to regular programming.I'm talkin...
The Big Bukowski feat. Leah Lane and Dean Adams from Rosegarden Funeral Party
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode, I go out in Deep Ellum, Texas with post-punk/goth icons Rosegarden Funeral Party and we talk about Bukowski with lead sing...
God's Eye View
22 Jun 2024
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Send us a textA short episode on the use (or lack thereof) of the third person omniscient point of view in modern novels after recently revisiting Dic...
Big Little, Big Series III: Old Law Farm feat. John
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPart 3 in our series on John Crowley's Little, Big, covering book 3: Old Law Farm.Subscribe to Patreon for the bonus episode where ...
Grunts in Space II: The Forever War feat. GldPny
25 Apr 2024
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Send us a textGldpny aka Erik joins me for part two of the two-part series on classic military science fiction. This episode is on Joe Haldeman's...
Big Little, Big Series II: Brother North-Wind's Secret feat. John and Yeerk.P
21 Apr 2024
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Send us a textPart 2 of our read-along of John Crowley's Little, Big. John joins me once again, and we have special guest star Yeerk (from the re...
*PREVIEW* Dhalgren (Rare Candy Gain of Fiction 30 feat. Matt Sini and E Rathke)
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a cross post from Rare Candy's Gain of Fiction series featuring yours truly as well as former guest Eddy Rathke, hosted by ...
Grunts in Space I: Starship Troopers feat. GldPny (aka Erik Harris)
08 Apr 2024
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Send us a textGldpny aka Erik joins me once more for a two-part series on classic military science fiction. First up is Robert Heinlein's Starshi...
Don't Look Back in Kenneth Anger feat. Ryan Simón
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRyan Simón, editor-in-chief of American Vulgaria magazine, joins me once more to talk about three films by the occultist homosexual fil...
Afterlife of the Death of the Author
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTalking about a recent online discussion about the Starship Troopers film and how people who are into the death of the author concept te...
Big Little, Big Series I: Edgewood feat. John
03 Mar 2024
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Send us a textFormer guest John joins me for the first of a six-part, monthly slow read of John Crowley's Little, Big.This quirky, beautiful nove...
Mr Palomar feat. Yeerk.P
25 Feb 2024
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Send us a textThis episode, I'm joined by the wonderful Yeerk to chat about Italo Calvino's final novel, Mr Palomar.We talk about Yeerk&apos...
Gold Coast Confidential feat. Iain Ryan (PREVIEW)
19 Feb 2024
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Send us a textAustralian crime writer Iain Ryan joins me live from a bar in Brunswick East to talk about his new book of Gold Coast noir, The Strip, a...
Grandma Ursula Tells Great Stories feat. J David Osborne
12 Feb 2024
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Send us a textOn this episode, writer and podcaster J David Osborne returns to talk about several short stories by the late science fiction grandmaste...
Eating In, Talking Out feat. Paul Dalla Rosa
05 Feb 2024
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Send us a textThree-time guest of the pod and "Australia's Ottessa Moshfegh" Paul Dalla Rosa joins me at my house for bento takeout whi...
Cigarettes and Jünger feat. Nicolas Hausdorf
29 Jan 2024
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Send us a textRecording on location from the smoke-wreathed vista at Siglo in Melbourne, I am joined by writer and researcher Nicolas Hausdorf to disc...
God is Wearing Black feat. Kelby Losack
21 Jan 2024
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Send us a textHoodrat noir/cyberpunk writer, Agitator podcast host, and former guest on the show, Kelby Losack, joins me to talk about his collection ...
The Kinks Live at Matthew Fresta's House
06 Jan 2024
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Send us a textSurrounded by vinyl records and cassette tapes, I joined editor of the Rango Tango zine, and former GLP guest Matthew Fresta (in his lou...
Greco-Romoeroticism feat. Stephen Zerance
01 Jan 2024
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Send us a textPoet Stephen Zerance joins me to talk about Greek poet C.P. Cavafy and four greco-roman films (Sebastiane, Caligula, Alexander, and 300)...
Cloud Atlas feat. Jayson Young
17 Dec 2023
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Send us a textJayson Young, writer and co-host of the Mangaroos podcast, joins me to talk about David Mitchell's novel about stories, life, death...
YA-face feat. Steff
11 Dec 2023
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Send us a textOn this episode, Steff joins me to talk about R.F. Kuang's Yellowface, which we've decided is YA posing as literary fiction (p...
Sally Rooney Trilogy III: Beautiful Worlds feat. Sheila Ngoc Pham
03 Dec 2023
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Send us a textTo round out the Sally Rooney trilogy, I am joined by Sydney-based writer, editor, producer Sheila Ngoc Pham to discuss Sal pal's l...
Sally Rooney Trilogy II: People of Normie Experience feat. E Rathke
26 Nov 2023
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Send us a textWriter E Rathke joins me for the second part of the Sally Rooney series, where we look at Sal's second novel, Normal People.We chat...
Sally Rooney Trilogy I: Conversations with Chi Chi feat. Zach Langley Chi Chi
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textZach returns to kick off the Sally Rooney trilogy over the next few weeks. We will be looking at her books in chronological order with a...
The Woman in Memes feat. Jacques Peterson
12 Nov 2023
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Send us a textThis episode, one of my faves and host of the Unpopular podcast, Jacques Peterson, returns to mansplain the Britney Spears memoir "...
Not the Full Quid feat. Ryan Simón
04 Nov 2023
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Send us a textRyan Simón, editor-in-chief of American Vulgaria magazine returns to the show and I made him read some Aussie literature: Colleen McCul...
Halloween Special: The Turn of the Screw feat. Cody LaDuke
30 Oct 2023
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Send us a textCody LaDuke from the Cents of Life podcast joins me for a Halloween special. We're talking ghost stories, specifically Henry James&...
Valley of the Dolls feat. Jack Mason
28 Oct 2023
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Send us a textJack Mason, host of The Perfume Nationalist podcast joins me to talk about Jacqueline Susann's 1966 novel of showbiz, sex, and subs...
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 4) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
22 Oct 2023
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Send us a textPart 4 of The Book of the New Sun series, looking at Volume IV: The Citadel of the Autarch.We have finally reached the end of our Gene W...
Twenty Days of Black Mould (Part 2) feat. Max Easton
16 Oct 2023
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Send us a textPart 2 of my chat with Max Easton, this time talking about a book he introduced to me, The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio di Maria. A h...
Twenty Days of Black Mould (Part 1) feat. Max Easton
08 Oct 2023
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Send us a textJoining me for a two part special is novelist and friend of the pod, Max Easton. In part 1, we discuss Max's new book, Paradise E...
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 3) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPart 3 of The Book of the New Sun series, looking at Volume III: Sword of the Lictor."Sword of the Lictor? I don't even know h...
The Podcast of Disquiet, or: "Saudaddy"
04 Sep 2023
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Send us a textFernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet, the Portuguese notion of saudade, Pessoa's heteronyms as opposed to pseudonyms, occult...
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 2) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
28 Aug 2023
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Send us a textThe second of four parts on Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun with the Agitator guys, J David Osborne and Kelby Losack.This epis...
Hotel Hell feat. Matthew DeNicola
21 Aug 2023
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Send us a textPhotographer, musician, and podcaster Matthew DeNicola joins me for a discussion on Stephen King's haunted hotel short story "...
The Aynland feat. Organized Meat
14 Aug 2023
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Send us a textThis episode I'm joined by Organized Meat (aka Erik) to talk about Ayn Rand's dystopian novel Anthem and Michael Bay's 20...
FIFTY
30 Jul 2023
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Send us a textThis episode, a look back on fifty episodes, going over where I've been and where I want to take the podcast, along with some clips...
Julia Paradise feat. Tobe Ellen
23 Jul 2023
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Send us a textMelbourne novelist Tobe Ellen joins me for a few pints at the pub, where we discuss Australian writer Rod Jones' Julia Paradise. It...
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 1) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is the first of a four part series I am doing with J David Osborne and Kelby Losack from the Agitator podcast. Every month,...
You're Wrong About The Idol feat. Jacques Peterson
09 Jul 2023
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Send us a textJacques Peterson from Unpopular podcast joins me to discuss Sam Levinson's The Idol, the unhinged reaction to it online by media il...
New Things
04 Jul 2023
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Send us a textThis episode I'm recommending some new things I have read, watched, and listened to that I've loved, as well as responding to ...
I Have No Takes And I Must Podcast feat. Glen Rockney
18 Jun 2023
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Send us a textGlen Rockney, one half of the fabulous podcast, Rare Candy, joins me to talk about some of Harlan Ellison's greatest science fictio...