Wolf Podcast

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re talking about Soldiers by Marry Miller ! Mary Miller grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. She is the author of two collections of short stories, Big World (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2009), and Always Happy Hour (Liveright, 2017), as well as the novels The Last Days of California (Liveright, 201...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, we’re doing something entirely different, talking the movie Evil Dead! We’re beginning a new kind of episode where I discuss old horror movies with my good friend David Simmons, notorious hater of all things old. David is the author of some of my favorite novels, including his most recent novel Eradicator . Check out the rest of his books . Fo...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re talking about Three View of a Parking Lot by Ken Liu published at The Sunday Morning Transport . We have a wide ranging discussion about the story that leads to how contemporary society deals with political problems, the structure, shape, and purpose of cities, and what consciousness and civiliz...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, we’re back with the Beatles! It’s been a few months but we have not forgotten! We’re discussing their third album A Hard Day’s Night. In some important ways, this feels like the start to the Beatles and who they will become as a band, in part because it’s the first album where every song is written by Lennon and McCartney. We’re taking an albu...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m talking with Dan Hallagan of Kayenta Games ! He’s the designer of one of my absolute favorite games, Obsession , which is in Board Game Geek’s coveted Top 100 games ! It’s a wondrous game and a towering achievement, as he captures 19th Century literature in a boardgame. Check out his new Kickstarter campaign which will be starting soon ! I...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! For the first time in months, we don’t have a guest today! Because of that, we’re doing a very close reading of the first four paragraphs of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow . The man and the novel need no introduction, so come and dive in with us as we dig into the style of these luxurious sentences. If...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking with Sean CW Korsgaard , Army Veteran, award-winning photojournalist, and editor about his new Sword & Sorcery Magazine Battleborn ! It’s currently being crowdfunded on Indigogo, with many stretch goals promising more fiction, more issues, and on and on. We talk about his prior careers, what brought him to publishing and specificall...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! We’re talking with June Orchid Parker and the first chapter of her upcoming novella Suplex & Sorcery currently being crowdfunded! Pro wrestling mixed with sword & sorcery—what could be better? Listen to the first chapter narrated here! And help bring the project to life on backerkit right now! If you’d like...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today I’m talking with Jay Springett , writer, thinker, worldrunner , and podcaster. You can find him at his website , his Permanently Moved podcast , or on substack at Experience. Computer . Today, we’re talking about 301 episodes of his Permanently Moved podcast ! We talk about physical media, the end of an era, of an entire creative project, and w...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! We’re talking with my good friend David Simmons about his new novel Eradicator out right now from Apocalypse Party ! He’s the author of Ghosts of East Baltimore and Ghosts of West Baltimore as well as numerous short stories. He’s one of the very best. Check out his new novel and listen to us do a deep dive...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m talking with Oliver Brackenbury , the editor and publisher of New Edge Sword & Sorcery ! We’re talking about the resurgence of Sword & Sorcery as a genre, the business of publishing, the power of crowdfunding, and so much more. And here’s the cover for Bryn Hammond ’s new novella with New Edge Sword & Sorcery! If you’d like to recommend a...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re talking to Sherman Alexie about his short story Light Travels at the Highest Possible Velocity published at The Metropolitan Review ! Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, memoirist, and filmmaker. He’s published two dozen books, including The Absolutely True Diary of...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m talking with Cole Wehrle the celebrated game designer of Root , Arcs , and John Company ! He’s the Creative Director and lead game designer of Leder Games based in my home state of Minnesota, and the c-founder of Wehrlegig Games. Root is one of my all time favorite board games and one of the few board games I’ve reviewed on my newsletter ,...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m back with my cohost Kyle Muntz ! Today we’re talking to Molly Tanzer about her novelette The City of Tears ! She is the author of the Diabolist’s Library trilogy , the weird western Vermilion , an io9 and NPR “Best Book” of 2015 , and the British Fantasy Award-nominated collection, A Pretty Mouth . My Kickstarter campaign for my new sword...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m talking with Patrick Holleman of Something Classic Games ! Check out their new game Quartet . You can play the demo and wishlist their game on Steam right now ! We’re talking JRPGs. We’re talking game design. We’re talking narrative design. This was a fun and insightful episode with someone who has thought a lot about games and narrative....

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m talking with the legendary David C Smith ! A prolific writer of sword and sorcery novels, he’s back with Sometime Lofty Towers, which is currently being crowdfunded on Backerkit ! The novel is fully funded and now they’re heading towards stretchgoals. We do a deep dive on the first chapter of his new novel, discussing process, dialogue, th...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m speaking with my good friend J David Osborne , the founder of Broken River Books. We’re speaking about the marketing he’s done for his novel Gods Fare No Better and the ways he’s tried to sell this novel to audiences. Along the way we discuss a host of topics more oriented to the business side of being a novelist. Pre-order it here! Subscr...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, we’re back with Kyle Muntz to discuss Grant Wamack ’s new short story Last Ditch Effort published in Bruiser Magazine! Grant is one of my good friends in The Broken River Writers' Collective and the author of a whole mess of novels. You can check them out at his Amazon page, but definitely check out his most recent novel, The Frolicking . If y...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, Kyle Muntz is doing the episode solo! He’s discussing Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O with the great Michael Swanwick ! Michael is the award winning author of numerous books, including The Iron Dragon’s Daughter, The Dragons of Babel, and The Iron Dragon’s Mother. His short fiction has been published widely for decades, and he’s the winner of the Theodo...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Unfortunately, there was a bit of a recording issue on my side so there’s some echoing near the end of this episode. Today, we’re discussing With the Beatles by The Beatles, their second album. There’s a lot to love on this album but there’s also a lot of weaknesses. This is the first time either of us had heard the album before, which led to an inte...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story The Tugwort by Lincoln Michel ! He’s the author of Upright Beasts , a short story collection, and the novels The Body Scout and The Metallic Realms . The Metallic Realms just came out on May 13th so go pick up a copy! You can find more at his website and his newsletter Counter Craft . Along with...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, I’m talking with Johan Nohr ! He’s the artistic vision behind Mork Borg , a doommetal TTRPG that has spawned an enormous community. He’s done quite a lot of art and design for other games as well, but today we’re talking about his short story The Goblin , which is available for free on his itch page, with a physical version available here . We...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Noah’s Raven by Kij Johnson ! She’s an the author of dozens of short stories and novels, and the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Awards, along with the Theodore A Sturgeon Award, among others. Her most recent books are the short story collection The Privilege of the Happy Ending and her nov...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, we’re doing something entirely different. Rather than discuss stories or books, my good friend Bart Larsen and I are beginning our journey through the albums of the Beatles. We’ll be taking an album by album approach to highlight how the most influential band of the 20th Century developed and became what they became. We start here with their f...

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast. Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Shadows Below Seaway Trains by Ai Jiang ! She’s the author of dozens of short stories and some upcoming novels and novellas. Most recently, A Palace Near the Wind . Given the themes of the short story, we end up discussing parenthood quite a bit, along with a number of other things, including Kaz...