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Episode 622: Michael Korda!

In this week’s show, John talks with prose writer Michael Korda about telling the historical stories of the poets of World War I. 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 on Continue reading
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Episode 621: Tyler Mills!

In this week’s show, John talks with Tyler Mills about her extraordinary multimedia memoir, a poetic people’s history of America’s secretive relationship to the atomic bomb. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Join Jared Silvia and other members of Energy Wheel in this upcoming writer’s retreat (May 2-5) at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. The Kerouac House is re-opening Continue reading
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584: David Lipsky!

This week, New York Times bestselling author David Lipsky discusses journalism, history, inventors, science, and the importance of storytelling to combine all of those ingredients. TEXTS 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
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Episode 579: A Roundtable Discussion of Jodi Picault’s The Storyteller, with Samantha Nickerson and Chelsea Alice

This week, Samantha Nickerson and Chelsea Alice join me on the mics to discuss a book infamously banned in Florida, Jodi Picault’s novel about the holocaust, The Storyteller. NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in Continue reading
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Episode 578: Bob Kealing!

This week journalist and cultural historian Bob Kealing returns to The Drunken Odyssey to discuss the Beatles’s two momentous visits to Florida in 1964. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in to upgrade Continue reading
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Episode 566: Ciera Horton McElroy!
Episode 566 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). This week, I speak with Ciera Horton McElroy about following through with long form fiction and her extraordinary debut, Atomic Family. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Continue reading
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