The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

In this week’s episode, I talk to novelist Ben Gwin about postmodern satire, addiction, whether MFAs ruin or sustain writers, and for some reason I insist that he needs to write poetry,

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plus I talk to Jared Silvia about synth music, Woody Guthrie, the vagaries of how folk music gets recorded, and Jared's annual recording project every Labor Day.

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Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_334.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:40am EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk to Peter Kuper about Kafka, the remarkable art form of comic books, the indie comic book scene in the late 1980s, Spy Vs. Spy, finding your Muse when it leaves the marketplace, and so much more.

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

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NOTES

Check out Brian Turner, Jared Silvia, recordings of Elise Kusnetz, and others in a performance of The Interplanetary Acoustic Team at the Timucua White House in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, September 25th.

Check out Kyle Eagle's impeccable new jazz podcast, The Major Scale. If you search the iTunes store, you can find it there as a free download you can and should subscribe to.

Leslie Salas reviewed Peter Kuper's adaptation of The Metamorphosis for the Drunken Odyssey back in 2013.

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Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_333.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:39pm EDT

Episode 332 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Chuck Palahniuk's Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories.

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Episode 332 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

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Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:30am EDT

In this week’s episode, I host a party in honor of the 60th anniversary of the publication go my favorite Jack Kerouac work, The Dharma Bums.

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_331.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 9:55pm EDT

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Chris Lafave, Erik Deckers, and David James Poissant for a discussion of Kurt Vonnegut.

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

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NOTES

When in Indianapolis, visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library.

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If you are in Orlando, that is, the City Beautiful, this Wednesday, come celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Dharma Bums at the house where Jack wrote it.

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Here is our On the Road show from last year.

https://youtu.be/Dg_V4amBlJo

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_330.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

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