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Episode 728: Schloctoberfest 2026 #3: A Discussion of Kiss Me Deadly, with Jeff Shuster!
Episode 728 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a movie that is either schlock or a masterpiece or a schlock masterpiece. Kiss Me Deadly… Continue reading
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Episode 727: Schloctoberfest 2026 #2: A Discussion of Creature from the Black Lagoon & Godzilla, with Jeff Shuster!
Episode 727 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss two zeitgeist-defining 1954 horror films, Creature from the Black Lagoons and Godzilla. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On November 5th, I… Continue reading
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Episode 726: Schloctoberfest 2026 #1: A Discussion of The War of the Worlds / Robot Monster with Jeff Shuster
Episode 726 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss two zeitgeist-defining 1953 science fiction films, The War of the Worlds and Robot Monster. TEXTS DISCUSSED… Continue reading
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Episode 725: Melissa Crowe!
Episode 725 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John speaks with Melissa Crowe about her latest collection of poetry, Abider, now out with The University of Pittsburgh Press. TEXT… Continue reading
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Episode 724: Kathy Fagan!
Episode 724 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John speaks with Kathy Fagan about bathos, pop culture, and of course mortality. Her newest poetry volume, The Unbecoming, becomes on… Continue reading
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Episode 723: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of Gregory Corso’s The Happy Birthday of Death (with Alex Gurtis)!
Episode 723 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John and Alex Gurtis dive deeper into Gregory Corso’s poetry as part of The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club. TEXTS… Continue reading
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Episode 722: Barbara Hamby!
Episode 722 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King interviews Barbara Hamby about the array of odes in her wonderful new poetry collection, Burn. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES To… Continue reading
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Episode 721: A Secret DVD Commentary of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, with Chad Coup!
Episode 721 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Chad Coup discuss all of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, DVD Commentary style. NOTES To hear John and Jaroslav Kalfař discuss… Continue reading
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Episode 720: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath’s Ariel, with Rachael Tillman!
Episode 720 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Rachael McKee embark on a fourth installment of Sylvia Plathery to discuss the restored edition of Ariel and… Continue reading
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Episode 719: A Conversation about Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) with Shawn McKee!
Episode 719 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Shawn McKee dig down into the mysteries of taste and the effect a lot of nudity can have… Continue reading
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