Episode 424: Ronan Ryan!

June 13, 2020

Episode 424: Ronan Ryan!

Episode 424 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).

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In this week’s show, I talk to novelist Ronan Ryan about the dramatic uses of gallows humor, how loss teaches us about our priorities, how elusive reality is, and how to match style to story.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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NOTES

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One response to “Episode 424: Ronan Ryan!”

D J Rout

June 15, 2020 at 12:03 am

If I’d known it was The Drunken Odyssey’s birthday I’d’ve baked a cake. I couldn’t have sent it, but it’s the thought that counts, right? And I don’t know how to use my oven, so I would’ve bought the cake, and eaten it for you, alone, because of the COVID. Then I would’ve let the cake sit there so the ol’ blood sugar didn’t go up, and I don’t like cake much anyway, so I’d’ve opened a palatable merlot and celebrated that way – the best way.
I havn’t listened since the start, but from when I started, The Drunken Odyssey has brought me interesting, sometimes humorous, sometimes moving interviews and discussions every week, which is still pretty rare in podcast land.
Being mindful of what Todd Pierce said, may I wish you another twelve years, followed by a pleasant retirement with wine and writing. And more ‘Get Shrekked’ for us.
Happy Birthday!

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