The Getting Lit Podcast
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsReading under the influence! Casual yet stimulating talks about books while being a bit over the limit.
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Big Little, Big Series II: Brother North-Wind's Secret feat. John and Yeerk.P
April 21, 2024 01:00 - 2 hours - 95.5 MBPart 2 of our read-along of John Crowley's Little, Big. John joins me once again, and we have special guest star Yeerk (from the recent Mr Palomar episode) on the episode as well. Don't be a bitch and read this book about fairies with us! For extra content, including access to Getting Lit Podcast aftershow, Back Matter, head to http://patreon.com/gettinglit Suscribe to Yeerk's pod, Bistro Californium: https://www.patreon.com/BistroCalifornium/
*PREVIEW* Dhalgren (Rare Candy Gain of Fiction 30 feat. Matt Sini and E Rathke)
April 11, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBThis is a cross post from Rare Candy's Gain of Fiction series featuring yours truly as well as former guest Eddy Rathke, hosted by Glen and Psi from RC. We look at Samuel R. Delany's classic and very wild science fiction experimental novel, Dhalgren. To access the full episode as well as Getting Lit Podcast's aftershow, Back Matter, go to patreon.com/gettinglit. Enjoy! Follow Rare Candy: https://rarecandy.substack.com/ And Eddy: https://radicaledward.substack.com/
Grunts in Space I: Starship Troopers feat. GldPny (aka Erik Harris)
April 08, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBGldpny aka Erik joins me once more for a two-part series on classic military science fiction. First up is Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. The next episode, released in a couple of weeks, will be on Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. And over on Patreon, we talk about the film Starship Troopers, whether it is a 'failed satire' as claimed in a recent online debate, as well as abstract politics vs skin in the game life-living, and much more. To listen, go to patreon.com/gettinglit and subscr...
Don't Look Back in Kenneth Anger feat. Ryan Simón
March 25, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBRyan Simón, editor-in-chief of American Vulgaria magazine, joins me once more to talk about three films by the occultist homosexual filmmaker, Kenneth Anger. We talk Fireworks (1947), Scorpio Rising (1963), and Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969). You should be able to find all of these on YouTube. And over on the aftershow, Back Matter, we talk shit about J David Osborne, why boob-obsessed Ryan is actually a feminist, some secrets about future events we will be doing together, plus much...
Afterlife of the Death of the Author
March 18, 2024 12:00 - 57 minutes - 46.5 MBTalking about a recent online discussion about the Starship Troopers film and how people who are into the death of the author concept tend to invoke the author when expedient, as well as how the death of the author concept is used and abused these days. Subscribe to the Patreon for extra content: patreon.com/gettinglit
Big Little, Big Series I: Edgewood feat. John
March 03, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBFormer guest John joins me for the first of a six-part, monthly slow read of John Crowley's Little, Big. This quirky, beautiful novel is sizeable. So over the next six months, we will be meeting and discussing each section of the book. Read along with us. Join our cute little book club dedicated to the greatest American fantasy novel ever. This week, we talk about fantasy vs magical realism, Crowley's marginal position in American letters, genre tourists, and the horniness of the book. An...
Mr Palomar feat. Yeerk.P
February 25, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBThis episode, I'm joined by the wonderful Yeerk to chat about Italo Calvino's final novel, Mr Palomar. We talk about Yeerk's battles against people who believe in "misinformation" and "AI art", humanism, encountering the world as it is and describing it, Italo Calvino's work more generally, looking at art and literature texturally, and the sense of the numinous writers like Calvino can bring to everyday existence. And over on Back Matter on Patreon, we will be discussing the Ron Fricke non...
Gold Coast Confidential feat. Iain Ryan (PREVIEW)
February 19, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBAustralian crime writer Iain Ryan joins me live from a bar in Brunswick East to talk about his new book of Gold Coast noir, The Strip, as well as his major inspiration, James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential. We talk about the crime novel genre, hardboiled style, the difficulties in reading Ellroy, Australian culture and literature and more, until we got kicked out of the bar. This is a free preview of the episode. The full version, including our discussion after we found another bar, can be fou...
Grandma Ursula Tells Great Stories feat. J David Osborne
February 12, 2024 12:00 - 2 hours - 85.6 MBOn this episode, writer and podcaster J David Osborne returns to talk about several short stories by the late science fiction grandmaster, Ursula K Le Guin. We talk about cultural relativism, anthropology, how Ursula's father's work with a lost Indian influenced her, influences in general, whether we would have sex with our clones, writers folding stuff they read into their work instead of not reading, the many different answers to Omelas, girlboss adventures done right, and much more. St...
Eating In, Talking Out feat. Paul Dalla Rosa
February 05, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBThree-time guest of the pod and "Australia's Ottessa Moshfegh" Paul Dalla Rosa joins me at my house for bento takeout while we discuss Natsuo Kirino's crime novel, Out. In this book, a woman murders her husband and her workmates at a bento factory become implicated in disposing of the body. From there, an incredibly disturbing story unfurls. It was a great read, suggested by Paul. We talk the drudgery of factory work, precarity, always thinking about money, the gruesome realities of dispos...
Cigarettes and Jünger feat. Nicolas Hausdorf
January 29, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBRecording on location from the smoke-wreathed vista at Siglo in Melbourne, I am joined by writer and researcher Nicolas Hausdorf to discuss German writer Ernst Jünger's post-apocalyptic novel, Eumeswil. We talk about the novel as a metaphor for Europe in the 70s, parapolitics, Jünger's politically awkward position, his aristocratic outlook, his concept of "The Anarch," libertarianism, Victoria's Covid response, and much more.
God is Wearing Black feat. Kelby Losack
January 21, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBHoodrat noir/cyberpunk writer, Agitator podcast host, and former guest on the show, Kelby Losack, joins me to talk about his collection God is Wearing Black. A lot of writing talk, Texas, writing places, class and the publishing industry, honesty and truth in writing and more in this wide ranging discussion on Kelby's short fiction. And over on the Getting Lit Podcast's new aftershow, Back Matter, I force Kelby to undergo the 'game of connection and vulnerability' known as We're Not Really...
The Kinks Live at Matthew Fresta's House
January 06, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBSurrounded by vinyl records and cassette tapes, I joined editor of the Rango Tango zine, and former GLP guest Matthew Fresta (in his lounge room!) to talk about the very literary songwriting of British band, The Kinks. With some selections from their discography playing in the background, we talk about the way lead singer Ray Davies writes songs like short stories, the influences on the band, whether rock will ever come back, and more. This was a fun one. Matt also made up a playlist of so...
Greco-Romoeroticism feat. Stephen Zerance
January 01, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBPoet Stephen Zerance joins me to talk about Greek poet C.P. Cavafy and four greco-roman films (Sebastiane, Caligula, Alexander, and 300). We talk about homoeroticism in these kinds of films as well as in Cavafy's verse. Follow Stephen on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/stephnz Substack: https://stephenzerance.substack.com/ Buy his poetry: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07HS2YXW2/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=fcbef3af-3838-432b-8206-fa7de7875958&ref_=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1 We also have previ...
Cloud Atlas feat. Jayson Young
December 17, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBJayson Young, writer and co-host of the Mangaroos podcast, joins me to talk about David Mitchell's novel about stories, life, death, perception, rebirth, and reincarnation: Cloud Atlas. We also talk about the 2012 film version by Tom Twyker and the Wachowskis. Jayson's substack: https://jaysonyoung.substack.com/ Listen to Mangaroos: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mangaroos/id1669595294?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=lt_p
YA-face feat. Steff
December 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBOn this episode, Steff joins me to talk about R.F. Kuang's Yellowface, which we've decided is YA posing as literary fiction (probably the marketers fault). Follow Steff on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/moonandmouth Follow Steff on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonandmouth/
Sally Rooney Trilogy III: Beautiful Worlds feat. Sheila Ngoc Pham
December 03, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBTo round out the Sally Rooney trilogy, I am joined by Sydney-based writer, editor, producer Sheila Ngoc Pham to discuss Sal pal's latest novel, Beautiful World Where Are You? The theme for this episode is "generations" where we will be talking about Rooney as a "millennial" novelist, how she has or will mature, onlineness and the internet in fiction, internet dating, the place of autobiographical elements in these books, and much more. Follow Sheila on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/birdph...
Sally Rooney Trilogy II: People of Normie Experience feat. E Rathke
November 26, 2023 14:00 - 2 hours - 84.4 MBWriter E Rathke joins me for the second part of the Sally Rooney series, where we look at Sal's second novel, Normal People. We chat about the internet and writing, commercial fiction, chick lit, Trojan-horsing fucked up shit into normal looking genres, writing craft, and much more. Follow Eddy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/radicalydde Subscribe to Eddy's Substack: https://radicaledward.substack.com/ Buy Eddy's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BCDS32BH/allbooks?ingress=0&vi...
Sally Rooney Trilogy I: Conversations with Chi Chi feat. Zach Langley Chi Chi
November 18, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBZach returns to kick off the Sally Rooney trilogy over the next few weeks. We will be looking at her books in chronological order with a different guest each week, starting with Conversations with Friends. The theme for this episode is "emotionality." We range over love, romance, sex, generational differences, online culture and more. A superb conversation with pod friends! Follow Zach on X/FKA Twitter: https://twitter.com/asukahomo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/langleychichi/ Sub...
The Woman in Memes feat. Jacques Peterson
November 12, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBThis episode, one of my faves and host of the Unpopular podcast, Jacques Peterson, returns to mansplain the Britney Spears memoir "The Woman in Me" (because I'm not going to read it). How did Spears go from a pop sensation to an online meme, dancing scarily in her house with knives and such? I really haven't followed the drama with Britney and the conservatorship, so this was educational for me. Later, we discuss three of her albums: Blackout (2007), Femme Fatale (2011), and Glory (2016). F...
Not the Full Quid feat. Ryan Simón
November 04, 2023 21:00 - 2 hours - 84 MBRyan Simón, editor-in-chief of American Vulgaria magazine returns to the show and I made him read some Aussie literature: Colleen McCullough's Tim, a sexy and heartwarming 1974 novel about a middle-aged spinster falling for her mentally challenged (yet incredibly physically beautiful) gardener. We also talked about the 1979 film adaptation of the same name starring Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie. Buy American Vulgaria here: https://americanvulgaria.com/shop/
Halloween Special: The Turn of the Screw feat. Cody LaDuke
October 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBCody LaDuke from the Cents of Life podcast joins me for a Halloween special. We're talking ghost stories, specifically Henry James' classic, The Turn of the Screw, the 1961 film version The Innocents, and the 2001 film The Others starring Nicole Kidman. Subscribe to Cents of Life: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cents-of-life/id1701292933 Follow Cody on X (FKA Twitter): https://twitter.com/cladu33
Valley of the Dolls feat. Jack Mason
October 28, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBJack Mason, host of The Perfume Nationalist podcast joins me to talk about Jacqueline Susann's 1966 novel of showbiz, sex, and substance abuse, Valley of the Dolls, as well as the 1967 film adaptation directed by Mark Robson and starring Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, and Susan Hayward, and also the 1970 film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, directed by Russ Meyer and written by film critic Roger Ebert! Subscribe to The Perfume Nationalist here: https://www.patreon.com/perfumenationalist
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 4) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
October 22, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBPart 4 of The Book of the New Sun series, looking at Volume IV: The Citadel of the Autarch. We have finally reached the end of our Gene Wolfe series, and we take a look back at the journey, a lot of writing talk, the psychological depth of Severian, Christian symbolism, whether it's a conservative book, why we can't leave genre fiction to the autists and much more. Listen to the Agitator podcast: https://www.patreon.com/agitator/ Buy Kelby's latest book: https://www.amazon.com/Mercy-Kelby...
Twenty Days of Black Mould (Part 2) feat. Max Easton
October 16, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBPart 2 of my chat with Max Easton, this time talking about a book he introduced to me, The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio di Maria. A haunting, unsettling, uneasy book, full of weird implications, surreal and gruesome imagery and a whole lot of dread. Such fun! If you're American and want to buy Max's new book but don't want to pay for exorbitant postage, you can purchase the ebook here: https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Estate-Max-Easton-ebook/dp/B0CHK3XJYQ?ref_=ast_author_dp If you're Aus...
Twenty Days of Black Mould (Part 1) feat. Max Easton
October 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBJoining me for a two part special is novelist and friend of the pod, Max Easton. In part 1, we discuss Max's new book, Paradise Estate, a sequel to his amazing debut The Magpie Wing. In part 2, we will discuss The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria. This episode has a lot of writing talk, but we also discuss generational malaise, the horrors and the comedy of sharehousing, political dead ends, collectivism vs individuality, punk politics and aesthetics, why Matt hates anarchists, Cur...
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 3) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
September 17, 2023 08:00 - 2 hours - 84.9 MBPart 3 of The Book of the New Sun series, looking at Volume III: Sword of the Lictor. "Sword of the Lictor? I don't even know her?" - Kelby A lot of laughs in this one, ranging over Severian's horniness, the sheer amount of pulpy action and monsters, people being naked constantly, stories within stories, our favourite set pieces, and why women need to understand how horny men can get! Listen to the Agitator podcast: https://www.patreon.com/agitator/ Buy Kelby's latest book: https://www.a...
The Podcast of Disquiet, or: "Saudaddy"
September 04, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBFernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet, the Portuguese notion of saudade, Pessoa's heteronyms as opposed to pseudonyms, occultism, voice and character in writing. Why this book is one of my favourites and I haven't finished it. The story I published where I tried to express "saudade": https://overland.org.au/2022/12/fiction-quitting/
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 2) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
August 28, 2023 10:00 - 2 hours - 106 MBThe second of four parts on Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun with the Agitator guys, J David Osborne and Kelby Losack. This episode covers volume two of the series: The Claw of the Conciliator. There is SO much heat in this episode: pulpiness, literariness, the novel form vs the epic form, and what most fantasy novels are trying to do vs what Gene Wolfe is actually doing, creatures, fight scenes, characters, Severian being hornier, looking for what's problematic vs submitting to a book...
Hotel Hell feat. Matthew DeNicola
August 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBPhotographer, musician, and podcaster Matthew DeNicola joins me for a discussion on Stephen King's haunted hotel short story "1408" and an exhaustive dissection of probably my favourite reality television makeover show, Gordon Ramsay's Hotel Hell (2012-2016). Matthew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattiopattio/ Matthew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattiopattio Listen to his podcast, The Saltbox: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesaltbox
The Aynland feat. Organized Meat
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBThis episode I'm joined by Organized Meat (aka Erik) to talk about Ayn Rand's dystopian novel Anthem and Michael Bay's 2005 science fiction thriller, The Island. As mentioned in this episode, for those of you who'd like to read the books BEFORE we do an episode on them, you can take a look at the reading list for upcoming episodes posted to my substack: https://impieties.substack.com/p/getting-lit-reading-list-for-future
FIFTY
July 30, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis episode, a look back on fifty episodes, going over where I've been and where I want to take the podcast, along with some clips from three of my favourite episodes and three of your favourite episodes :)
Julia Paradise feat. Tobias McCorkell
July 23, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBMelbourne novelist Tobias McCorkell joins me for a few pints at the pub, where we discuss Australian writer Rod Jones' Julia Paradise. It's a highly evocative novel of psychosexual manipulation set in a dreamy 1920s expat Shanghai. Eroticism, Freudian psychoanalysis, how Australian writers write about other countries and how the smart ones defamiliarize their own, and more. Buy Tobias' novel here: https://tinyurl.com/29phhzzh Buy Rod Jones' novel here: https://tinyurl.com/4y5kue5m
There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Part 1) feat. J David Osborne & Kelby Losack
July 16, 2023 11:00 - 2 hours - 95 MBThis episode is the first of a four part series I am doing with J David Osborne and Kelby Losack from the Agitator podcast. Every month, we're going to go through each volume of Gene Wolfe's science fantasy epic, The Book of the New Sun. Get the book and read along with us! This first episode in the series covers Volume 1: The Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to Agitator: https://www.patreon.com/agitator/posts Buy David's latest book, Dying World, here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...
You're Wrong About The Idol feat. Jacques Peterson
July 09, 2023 14:00 - 2 hours - 86.6 MBJacques Peterson from Unpopular podcast joins me to discuss Sam Levinson's The Idol, the unhinged reaction to it online by media illiterate critics, and three films with similar vibes: Body Double (Brian de Palma 1984), Sliver (Phillip Noyce 1993), and The Voyeurs (Michael Mohan 2021). Sex, violence, erotic thrillers, degradation, eroticism, dead eyed zoomer sex negativity, Sydney Sweeney's magnificent tits and so much more is discussed. Listen to Jacques' podcast, Unpopular: https://podca...
New Things
July 04, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBThis episode I'm recommending some new things I have read, watched, and listened to that I've loved, as well as responding to a goofy Andrew Tate tweet about reading (sorry). New things I've read: American Vulgaria Issue 2: https://americanvulgaria.com/product/magazine-issue-2/ Mercy, by Kelby Losack: https://www.amazon.com/Mercy-Kelby-Losack-ebook/dp/B0BPPHPVK7 New things I've watched: The Why Files: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhyFiles/ New things I've listened to: Deviser: https://podc...
I Have No Takes And I Must Podcast feat. Glen Rockney
June 18, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 82.9 MBGlen Rockney, one half of the fabulous podcast, Rare Candy, joins me to talk about some of Harlan Ellison's greatest science fiction stories, including: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream ""Repent Harlequin!" said the Ticktockman," Paingod, and A Boy and His Dog (both the original novella and the movie version directed by T.Q. Jones, starring Don Johnson) Subscribe to Rare Candy and its premium feed, which includes the excellent Gain of Fiction book club: https://rarecandy.substack.com/...
Blood, Bone, & Mad Dogs feat. Matthew Fresta
May 21, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBMatthew Fresta, editor of the fabulous zine, Rango Tango, joins me to talk about Cormac McCarthy's novel of grim depravity in the American West, Blood Meridian, as well as the films Bone Tomahawk (S. Craig Zahler, 2015) and Mad Dog Morgan (Phillipe Mora, 1976). Buy Rango Tango zine, here: https://cowardpunchrecords.com.au/ Follow Matthew on twitter: https://twitter.com/newfacenhell or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cowardpunchrecords
Hideo Kojima's Creative Genes feat. Sam from The Third Place
May 14, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBSam from The Third Place, an excellent videogames podcast, joins me to discuss Hideo Kojima and his wonderful book of influences, inspirations, memetics and...genetics (?), The Creative Gene. Listen to The Third Place here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-third-place/id1643088847
The Stars My Destination feat. Erik Harris
April 30, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 72 MBMusician Erik Harris joins me to talk about Alfred Bester's classic science fiction novel of revenge, redemption, and transcendence, The Stars My Destination (sometimes known as Tiger! Tiger!). Electronic music, creative individualism, Bester's influential but troubled place within the science fiction genre, why science fiction is great, the layers to Bester's work, freedom, religion, sex, violence, evil and lots more interesting shit is discussed. Follow Erik on Instagram: https://www.ins...
Behind the Red Curtain feat. Josh
April 23, 2023 14:00 - 2 hours - 87.4 MBJosh, formerly of the Evil Thespian podcast, and currently of The Dionysian Dream, joins me for his third appearance on the pod! We're talking about Baz Luhrmann's sumptuous, vital, and very theatrical "Red Curtain" Trilogy: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001). Subscribe to The Dionysian Dream here: https://thedionysiandream.substack.com/
You Need to Be Dick-maxxing feat. Ryan Simón
April 17, 2023 14:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBThis episode, Ryan Simón, editor of the fabulous magazine, American Vulgaria, joins me to talk about Philip K Dick's mind-bending science fiction masterpiece, Ubik. Arty sleaze, "pick me straights," beauty and art and reading as the way out of Current Thingism, making a magazine an aesthetic object, bubbles of irreality, Gnosticism, Dick's constant destruction of his own narrative, what Ubik means, science fiction tropes, crazy sci fi fashions, and much more discussed on the longest episode...
Everything's Alright When You Believe
April 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBThis episode I talk about two of my favourite Biblical adaptations: Jesus Christ Superstar and The Prince of Egypt. Australian 1992 cast of Jesus Christ Superstar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea9mtQ1RM8I Support me on Patreon. At the moment, it's just the archive, but we will be launching an aftershow soon: https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit
Bent Backwards Over the Celebrity Poetry feat. Andrew Ketcham
April 08, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBPoet Andrew Ketcham joins me for a deep dive into celebrity poetry books, specifically Lana Del Rey's Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass and Jewel's A Night Without Armor.
Alexander McQueen feat. Alex
March 27, 2023 13:00 - 2 hours - 90.6 MBThe lovely Alex (https://twitter.com/fraunichts) was in town and we went to the National Gallery of Victoria's Alexander McQueen exhibit, then got drunk on gin while we talked about McQueen's influential, shockingly violent, and sex-drenched work. We also discuss the wonderfully unpretentious and sometimes cheeky Channel 4 documentary, McQueen and I.
McQueen feat. Alex
March 27, 2023 13:00 - 2 hours - 90.6 MBThe lovely Alex (https://twitter.com/fraunichts) was in town and we went to the National Gallery of Victoria's Alexander McQueen exhibit, then got drunk on gin while we talked about McQueen's influential, shockingly violent, and sex-drenched work. We also discuss the wonderfully unpretentious and sometimes cheeky Channel 4 documentary, McQueen and I.
Passions Old & New feat. Various Guests
March 21, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours - 123 MBThis episode Matt invites six guests for a series of one on one segments. Each has brought along something old and something new to discuss that they're passionate about. Guests include: Paul Dalla Rosa (buy his collection here) River Page (Pirate Wires) Max Easton (buy The Magpie Wing here) Miss Unity (https://www.missunity.net/) Sheila Ngoc Pham Zach Langley Chi Chi (I'm So Popular podcast)
Camera Lucida/La Jetée
March 11, 2023 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBMatt talks about some old polaroids that made him cry, Roland Barthes' book on photography, Camera Lucida, and Chris Marker's 1962 science fiction still image film, La Jetée.
Everything That Rises Must Converge feat. Young Dean
March 02, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBMatt is joined by Dallas songwriter, poet, multi-instrumentalist, Young Dean to talk Flannery O'Connor's short stories Everything That Rises Must Converge and The Partridge Festival, as well as Dean's songwriting process, influences, and his new album, Terror on Vacation (https://open.spotify.com/album/6Sv1LICDiPLZUqWbxtSEb8?si=e-fi-T-uRrCHbjZ1jLchOQ) Dean's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yearningprison Dean's insta: https://www.instagram.com/y0ung.dean/
Science Fiction Summer
February 19, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBMatt is recording LIVE from the poolside, tanning and talking about the books he's read this summer. Summer romances, Roald Dahl vs sensitivity readers, American Psycho's censorship in Australia, Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories, Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life, and J David Osborne's new cyberpunk novel, Dying World.