The Klunatics Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Just Extra: Heat Wave Burnin' In My Heart
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In preparation for the release of Heat Wave, the explosive finale to The Extraordinaries series, author TJ Klune turns the tables on the Klunatics Pod...
Just Extra: TJ Klune & Kirt Graves Discuss Green Creek/Brothersong (IG Live)
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of **Brothersong**'s release in paperback and ebook, author TJ Klune and audiobook narrator Kirt Graves reflect on the Green Creek series. ...
Episode 19: The Final Word
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of our first season of The Klunatics Podcast. An interview with TJ Klune about his landmark year. The Klunatics Podcast is produced ...
Episode 18: Klunatics in the Wild
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the very first episode of this podcast, we’ve been discussing the intense personal relationships that can be created over the internet. The Klu...
Episode 17: Pack Pack Pack
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re only a few episodes away from the end of the first season of The Klunatics Podcast. And there’s a topic we’ve been tip-toeing around in mo...
Lovesong Part II
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
**SPOILER ALERT:** The short story Lovesong, presented here in audio, contains spoilers for *Wolfsong*, *Ravensong*, and *Heartsong*. The complete ...
Episode 16: Villainsong
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re doing something new. We gathered a group of Klunatics to have a round table discussion of TJ Klune’s antagonists. Are they evil? ...
Episode 15: Let Boys Be Feminine
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the course of creating this podcast, the producers have worked hard not to put an editorial spin on many of the topics we discuss. We took inspirat...
Just Extra: Michael Lesley is Extraordinary
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some narrators are extraordinary, and Michael Lesley is one of them. Michael joins Kirt for a chat about what it was like to narrate *The Extraordinar...
Just Extra: Make Your Library Queer AF
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some episodes are extraordinary. Some are just extra. Inspired by an early conversation for the podcast, Kirt talks to a local librarian about advocat...
Episode 14: Queer #OwnVoices
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2016, author Corinne Duyvis created the hashtag #OwnVoices. Her goal was to be able to find and recommend kidlit books with diverse chara...
Episode 13: What Happens When We Read-Along
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to delve into the read-alongs. For those who aren’t members of the Klunatics Facebook Group, read-alongs are a virtual...
Episode 12: Arting Artists Who Art
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode dedicated to TJ's fans who are inspired by his words to create their own works of art, we talk to a variety of artists who draw,...
Episode 11: Writing Writers Who Write
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the next two episodes, we’re going to be highlighting the art and artists who have been inspired by TJ Klune to create works of their own. We’...
Episode 10: "Cuz My Dumb Brain" (A Spoilerific Q&A with TJ Klune)
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Kirt is joined by TJ Klune to answer questions submitted in the Klunatics Facebook group. Be warned, there are many spoilers for TJ's books...
Episode 9: The Ink Beneath My Skin
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to love something so much that you'd etch it on your skin? We find out as we talk to Klunatics who have paid tribute to TJ's work in...
Episode 8: Humor, Heart & Surprise Fisting
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From a hornless gay unicorn, to a were-pomeranian, to three elderly women in a vespa gang who are either sisters or in a polyamorous lesbian relations...
Just Extra: The Best of the Rest
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some episodes are extraordinary. Some are just extra. Enjoy a few of the best parts of Kirt's conversations with Klunatics that didn't make it into Ep...
Episode 7: Klunatics' World of Color
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TJ Klune has made his literary world unabashedly queer. As we discussed in the last episode, he values representation of all sexual orientations in hi...
Episode 6: The Importance of Being Gus
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Klunatics dive into the topic of asexuality. The Klunatics Podcast is produced by Susannah Frigo, Luis Garcia, Angela Noll Mohn, Sita Rajasingh...
Episode 5: The Long and Winding Road of Queer Literature
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re going back in time to examine what queer literature looked like in its infancy, how that affected the people who read it, and how it’s evolv...
Episode 4: Narrator Round Table
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Lesley, Sean Crisden, Greg Tremblay, Daniel Henning, and Kirt Graves discuss TJ Klune, audiobook narration, and offer some advice for aspiring...
Episode 3: Alpha/Beta
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What it takes to be one of TJ's beta readers: the process, the pain, the privilege. The Klunatics Podcast is produced by Susannah Frigo, Luis Garci...
Episode 2: Klunespeak
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We examine the language and culture of the Kluniverse. If you want to learn more about the language of the Klunatics, we’ve created a database ju...
Virtual Launch Party
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TJ Klune hosts a virtual launch party for *The House in the Cerulean Sea*, featuring a live reading, fan Q&A, and at least one gay gasp. (Recorded Mar...
The House in the Cerulean Sea
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TJ Klune releases his next novel, *The House in the Cerulean Sea*, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17. And due to very real concern for public safety in ligh...
Episode 1: How To Be A Klunatic
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of The Klunatics Podcast, host Kirt Graves talks to the administrators of the Klunatics Facebook group, and TJ Klune himself, abo...
Blasphemy!
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
*Blasphemy!* A TJ Klune Short Story When he sees Satan stuck in a rut, God provides a little divine intervention, suggesting the Devil get back to...
Feralsong
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
*Feralsong* is a short story in the Green Creek series that should be enjoyed after *Heartsong* and before *Brothersong* (coming in 2020). **For the b...
TJ Klune
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
[TJ Klune](http://www.tjklunebooks.com/) shares some stories from his childhood, what comes next for his career, and more information about wolves tha...
Greg Tremblay
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Narrator of TJ Klune's upcoming *The Bones Beneath My Skin*, [Greg Tremblay](https://gregtremblay.com/), is officially welcomed into the Klunatic fami...
Michael Lesley
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The narrator of TJ Klune's Tales from Verania and At First Sight series, [Michael Lesley](http://www.michaellesley.com/), gives us some insight on wha...
Derrick McClain
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The narrator of TJ Klune's *How to be a Normal Person* and *Olive Juice*, [Derrick McClain](http://www.voiceofderrick.com/), tells us about his childh...
Lovesong Part 2
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
**SPOILER ALERT:** The short story Lovesong, presented here in audio, contains spoilers for *Wolfsong* and *Ravensong*. The complete text of Loveso...
Lovesong Part 1
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
**SPOILER ALERT:** The short story Lovesong, presented here in audio, contains spoilers for *Wolfsong* and *Ravensong*. The complete text of Loveso...
Lovesong Trailer
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Klunatics are in for a surprise. On October 19, the short story Lovesong will be released in audio right here on the Lovesong podcast. But wait, there...