Episode 459: Nicklaus Rupert!

February 14, 2021

Episode 459: Nicklaus Rupert!

Episode 459 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).

In this week’s episode, Nicklaus Rupert and I discuss the PhD in Creative Writing, the creative and professional benefits of working for a literary magazine, how working in a cinema house can turn one into a storytelling curmudgeon, and the responsibilities of using the trope of Floridian tackiness.

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One response to “Episode 459: Nicklaus Rupert!”

D J Rout

February 15, 2021 at 8:30 pm

Nice stuff from Nicklaus Rupert in this episode, and some of the stories in his collection sound interesting in a post-Palahniuk way – meaning I’ll need some convincing to actually buy the book. I think he’ll get a lot of sales out of the multitude of people doing MFA’s out there. It’s getting so we need a broad-based degree above a doctorate to reflect the rarefied air of the highly educated, since there are so many Master’s degrees out there, and PhD’s, and an undergraduate degree might as well be a GED for all that you get out of it for the effort you put in.

The highlight of the episode is how Geoff Benge’s accent has changed in four years or so and how it is continuing to change. I note that the lower vowels have become more American, but the higher ones retain that ‘schwaness’ that distinguishes Kiwis from the rest of us. Worth the listen just for that, folks.

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