Demise of the Podcast
280 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago -Author and musician Patrick Attaway talks about books, analyzes writing through a sophisticated literary lens, and discusses the struggles of being an aspiring writer.
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Episodes
Episode 102 - Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle Part III
December 26, 2021 17:15 - 50 minutes - 81.8 MBPatrick concludes Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, talks about guitar a really long time, and forgets how to talk.
Episode 101 - Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle Part II
December 19, 2021 01:45 - 56 minutes - 129 MBPatrick discusses Walrus Audio delay, attraction, and Vonnegut's quality prose.
Episode 100 - Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle Part I
December 12, 2021 22:08 - 58 minutes - 133 MBPatrick mildly reads Cat's Cradle and wanders while wondering.
Episode 100 - Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle
December 12, 2021 22:08 - 58 minutes - 133 MBPatrick mildly reads Cat's Cradle and wanders while wondering.
Episode 99 - Somehow Made it This Far
December 05, 2021 04:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBPatrick forgot how to read.
Episode 98 - Poetry of Sylvia Plath
November 28, 2021 02:52 - 46 minutes - 107 MBPatrick reads random poems by Sylvia Plath, talks about inspiration and motivation, and should probably put a trigger warning at the beginning of the episode.
Episode 97 - Aphra Behn's The Rover
November 20, 2021 19:18 - 1 hour - 155 MBPatrick reads and discusses a play. That's it. That's the episode.
Episode 96 - Going Down on One Knee
November 14, 2021 04:11 - 51 minutes - 118 MBPatrick reads his short story, talks about religion, Grand Theft Auto, and plays music provided by Lurking Vowel.
Episode 95 - Percival Everett's I Am Not Sidney Poitier Part III
November 08, 2021 19:40 - 1 hour - 146 MBPatrick reads more Everett, talks about blocking people on Twitter, film buffs, cafeterias, and Invisible Man.
Episode 94 - Percival Everett's I Am Not Sidney Poitier Part II (Trigger Warning)
November 02, 2021 19:33 - 47 minutes - 109 MBPatrick talks about Twitter geniuses, bad book marketing, and decides to put a trigger warning on the episode. This portion of the novel contains graphic sexual abuse.
Episode 93 - Percival Everett's I Am Not Sidney Poitier Part I
October 22, 2021 23:28 - 46 minutes - 106 MBPatrick reads another novel by Percival Everett.
Episode 93 - Percival Everett's I Am Not Sidney Poitier
October 22, 2021 23:28 - 46 minutes - 106 MBPatrick reads another novel by Percival Everett.
Episode 92 - David Sedaris's Standing By
October 18, 2021 03:45 - 47 minutes - 109 MBPatrick reads Sedaris, talks about Medicare4All, and concludes Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls.
Episode 91 - David Sedaris's A Guy Walks into a Bar Cart
October 10, 2021 00:44 - 47 minutes - 108 MBPatrick reads Sedaris, talks about jealousy, and weird people on Twitter.
Episode 90 - David Sedaris's Standing Still
October 02, 2021 19:16 - 58 minutes - 133 MBPatrick reads "Standing Still" by David Sedaris, talks about annoying people in movie theaters, and rants about COVID-19.
Episode 89 - David Sedaris's Easy Tiger
September 25, 2021 23:10 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MBPatrick reads another Sedaris essay. What more do you want to know?
Episode 88 - David Sedaris's Loggerheads
September 20, 2021 01:37 - 48 minutes - 112 MBPatrick rants about Vik Muniz, talks about death, and reads another essay by David Sedaris.
Episode 87 - David Sedaris's Dentists Without Borders and Think Differenter
September 12, 2021 23:45 - 54 minutes - 126 MBPatrick learns about periodontists, discusses paying your doctors bills, and discovers someone died.
Episode 86 - Charles Bukowski's Not Quite Bernadette
September 05, 2021 00:48 - 49 minutes - 112 MBPatrick concludes his series on Hot Water Music, talks about his thesis, and doesn't even mention cheese.
Episode 86 - Charle Bukowski's Not Quite Bernadette
September 05, 2021 00:48 - 49 minutes - 112 MBPatrick concludes his series on Hot Water Music, talks about his thesis, and doesn't even mention cheese.
Episode 85 - Charles Bukowski's Hot Lady and It's a Dirty World
August 28, 2021 19:31 - 43 minutes - 99.3 MBPatrick reads two short stories by Bukowski, does a Tom Waits impersonation, and talks about Split.
Episode 84 - Charles Bukowski's The Great Poet
August 22, 2021 23:37 - 44 minutes - 101 MBPatrick reads "The Great Poet," talks about the Eagles, discusses poetry, and rants for the last ten minutes.
Episode 83 - Charles Bukowski's Scream When You Burn
August 15, 2021 04:03 - 1 hour - 159 MBPatrick reads Bukowski and welcomes his second guest on the podcast: Mrs. Attaway.
Episode 82 - NERO: Avenging New America Part II
August 08, 2021 23:12 - 41 minutes - 95.7 MBPatrick concludes this series on NERO: Avenging New America.
Episode 81 - NERO: Avenging New America Part I
July 31, 2021 23:20 - 50 minutes - 115 MBPatrick reads his short story 2130 from the NERO series with special music provided by Lurking Vowel's new album, More Guns Less Gators.
Episode 81: NERO Avenging New America Part I
July 31, 2021 23:20 - 50 minutes - 115 MBPatrick reads his short story 2130 from the NERO series with special music provided by Lurking Vowel's new album, More Guns Less Gators.
Episode 80 - Wet Water by WB Welch
July 25, 2021 03:13 - 39 minutes - 89.3 MBPatrick delves into the poetry collection Wet Water by WB Welch.
Episode 79 - WB Welch
July 17, 2021 23:52 - 41 minutes - 95.1 MBAfter 79 episodes, Patrick interviews his first guest, WB Welch. They discuss her new novella, Rose's Gold, as well as poetry, cupcakes, and the grueling editing process.
Episode 78 - Patrick
July 10, 2021 20:29 - 1 hour - 141 MBPatrick concludes reading Disease of Ambition with the short story about some guy also named Patrick.
Episode 77 - Ellen
July 05, 2021 03:53 - 57 minutes - 131 MBPatrick continues covering Disease of Ambition by reading "Ellen," discusses promoting books on social media, and admits his past flaws.
Episode 76 - Jessi
June 26, 2021 18:37 - 42 minutes - 97.8 MBPatrick reads his short story "Jessi" from Disease of Ambition, gives a shout out to WB Welch, and drinks a Vitamin Water Zero.
Episode 75 - Toxic Literature Part II
June 20, 2021 02:15 - 47 minutes - 109 MBPatrick reads from his new book, discusses indie authors like Katy B Sweet, and rants about self-publishing sites.
Episode 74 - Toxic Literature Part I
June 12, 2021 22:11 - 54 minutes - 125 MBPatrick reads "Lester" and "Path to Venom."
Episode 73 - Erasure by Percival Everett Part IV
June 05, 2021 01:28 - 49 minutes - 113 MBPatrick finishes Erasure, talks about his unprofessional podcast, and the disappointments authors face.
Episode 72 - Erasure by Percival Everett Part III
May 28, 2021 15:47 - 48 minutes - 112 MBPatrick continues Erasure by Percival Everett, talks about supporting authors, and the toxic positivity of Twitter.
Episode 71 - Erasure by Percival Everett Part II
May 22, 2021 14:58 - 48 minutes - 110 MBPatrick continues reading and analyzing Erasure, discusses the publishing industry, and talks about a very unfamous author.
Episode 70 - Erasure by Percival Everett Part I
May 15, 2021 18:12 - 1 hour - 138 MBPatrick delves into Percival Everett's novel Erasure, goes on a rant about academic spending, and discusses racial identity.
Episode 69 - She Calls Me Daddy
May 11, 2021 23:32 - 52 minutes - 121 MBPatrick reads his current short story project while discussing the writing process, character development, and using parents as inspiration.
Episode 68 - illusion/delusion
May 01, 2021 17:52 - 46 minutes - 106 MBPatrick reads and discusses poetry from his new collection, illusion/delusion.
Episode 67 - Demise of the Trinity Retrospective
April 25, 2021 02:59 - 43 minutes - 101 MBPatrick revisits his first novel, Demise of the Trinity.
Episode 66 - Percival Everett's The Fix
April 19, 2021 23:53 - 48 minutes - 111 MBPatrick rants about Goodreads, Twitter, and reads Percival Everett's The Fix. He also refers to Everett as "Sherman Alexie" a few times.
Episode 65 - Charles Bukowski's You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
April 11, 2021 20:23 - 41 minutes - 95.6 MBIn this unique episode, Patrick debuts songs from his new album while reading/discussing Bukowski's poems.
Episode 64 - The Fallen Cain
April 03, 2021 00:16 - 28 minutes - 66.1 MBPatrick reads and discusses his new short story, The Fallen Cain.
Episode 63 - Surviving New America Part 5
March 27, 2021 23:08 - 45 minutes - 105 MBPatrick cracks jokes about politics on Twitter before delving into Surviving New America.
Episode 62 - Surviving New America Part 4 & The Goose, The Middleman, The Idolmaker, and Gomer Pyle.
March 21, 2021 05:32 - 1 hour - 232 MBPatrick reads a single chapter from Surviving New America as a follow up to the last episode but really delves into The Goose, The Middleman, The Idolmaker, and Gomer Pyle by Clay Jones.
Episode 61 - Surviving New America Part 3
March 13, 2021 22:13 - 37 minutes - 85.7 MBPatrick reads and discusses three chapters from Surviving New America.
Episode 60 - Surviving New America Part 2
March 07, 2021 02:11 - 47 minutes - 108 MBPatrick reads three chapters from his new novel and discusses the troubles of promoting novels on social media.
Episode 59 - Surviving New America Part 1
February 27, 2021 22:23 - 33 minutes - 77.3 MBPatrick Attaway reads from his new novel, Surviving New America. Episode includes the first two chapters "Serra" and "Holner." This novel contains adult language and violent scenes.
Episode 58 - Percival Everett's The Appropriation of Cultures (Trigger Warning)
February 21, 2021 02:24 - 53 minutes - 123 MBPatrick reads and discusses "The Appropriation of Cultures" from Damned if I Do. Episode contains many references to racism, the Confederate flag, and classism.