Episode

  • #598: Schloctoberfest 2023 #3 (Phenomena)

    #598: Schloctoberfest 2023 #3 (Phenomena)

    On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Dario Argento’s strange, mid-eighties masterpiece, Phenomena. MOVIE DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase at no additional cost to… Continue reading

  • #597: Schloctoberfest 2023 #2 (Videodrome)

    #597: Schloctoberfest 2023 #2 (Videodrome)

    On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I get turned around discussing David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983). Movie Discussed NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase at no additional cost… Continue reading

  • #596: Schloctoberfest 2023 #1 (The Hand)

    #596: Schloctoberfest 2023 #1 (The Hand)

    On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Michael Caine’s brilliant acting and deranged hair as they appeared in Oliver Stone’s directorial debut, The Hand (1981). TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted… Continue reading

  • #595: Rebecca Makkai (interviewed by Chelsea Alice)!

    #595: Rebecca Makkai (interviewed by Chelsea Alice)!

    On today’s show, Chelsea Alice and Rebecca Makkai talk about diversity in novels, breaking genre conventions, student-teacher relationships, and how motherhood is represented in literature. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small… Continue reading

  • #594: Jack Houghteling!

    #594: Jack Houghteling!

    On this week’s show, I talk to novelist Jack Houghteling about Modernism, football, and the literary value of gangster movies, among other important topics. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission… Continue reading

  • #593: Ryler Dustin!

    #593: Ryler Dustin!

    On today’s show, I speak with the poet Ryler Dustin about creating new forms of sanctification and representing rural landscapes with familiarity without fetishizing or satirizing the setting. We probably digressed into a discussion of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. TEXT DISCUSSED Episode 593 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature… Continue reading

  • #592: Dan Lauer!

    #592: Dan Lauer!

    On today’s show, I speak with Dan Lauer about memoirs, Spalding Gray, depression, the glorious bygone culture of video stores, the less glorious culture of Hollywood, and other matters of dark interest. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Go here to buy or listen to Dan Lauer’s Post Meridiem. Episode 592 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast… Continue reading

  • #591: Greg Proops

    #591: Greg Proops

    On today’s show, I speak with comedian Greg Proops about his new comedy album, French Drug Deal, the way time passes when sober and writing scripts and novels, the perfection of Charlotte Rampling, and other keen matters of interest to think-o-philes. TEXTS DISCUSSED Greg is on tour with the Whose Line crew. Check out their… Continue reading

  • #590: Melanie Farmer!

    #590: Melanie Farmer!

    On today’s show, I speak with creative non-fiction writer Melanie Farmer about memoir, Brazilian jiu jitsu, the relationship between one’s family and one’s public, the Hurtson-Wright prize, and other matters to interest. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so… Continue reading

  • #589: Ian Patterson interviewed by Chelsea Alice

    #589: Ian Patterson interviewed by Chelsea Alice

    On today’s show, Chelsea Alice interviews Ian Patterson, who translated Finding Lost Time, the final volume of Penguin’s new edition of Proust’s novel cycle, In Search of Lost Time. NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted… Continue reading

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