Black Ibis Social Club

Writer, flaneur, and all-around mysterious gentleman Noah Rymer aka yung_baudelaire returns to The Black Ibis Social Club this week. He joins us to chat about his recently released novel, denoument , out from Anxiety Press. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a splash of whiskey in there, and enjoy another episode of the best culture and lit podcast on Substack. Black Ibi...

Writer, Substacker, and friend of the pod Copernican joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. The three of us chat about current political trends, Tesla insanity, starting communities, natalism, and science fiction. I also tell the story of my recent insane battle with the SC DMV. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a splash of whiskey in there, and enjoy another...

We are doing things a bit different tonight and keeping it close and personal, just your handsome hosts chatting and catching up. Phisto and I decided that ever few episodes we will keep it in house and have a guestless conversation. This gives us a chance to catch up and chat about things that interest us and touch on some current events without sideswiping guests. Tonight, we talked about Animal...

Honorary member in great standing at the club Lisa Kuznak joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. She drops by to chat about her newly released novel The Ghosts of Tieros Kol . We also chat about movies, the independent fiction scene, publishing, Star Wars, and fantasy literature. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a splash of whiskey in there, and enjoy anothe...

Writer, Substacker, and friend of the pod Isaiah Evanson joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. The three of us have a great conversation about one of my favorite movies The Island, our personal faith and interest in the Orthodox Church, and a lot of the political nonsense going on in our damaged world. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a splash of whiskey in...

Writer, Substacker, and friend of the pod Koltin Scott joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. The three of us have a great conversation about the Superbowl, Videogames, culture, writing, and I go on a long rant about my adventures in the South Pacific. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a splash of whiskey in there, and enjoy another episode of the best cultur...

Playwright and co-host of The Art of Darkness podcast Kevin Kautzman joins Phisto Sobanii and me in the hallowed halls of the exclusive Black Ibis Society to discuss his upcoming play, Moderation which premiers in London this upcoming March and his work on the outstanding Art of Darkness Podcast. We chat about theater, art, culture, education, film, and the cultural vibe shift going on in the worl...

One of my favorite Substackers Uncouth Barbarian joins us on this episode where we discuss the idea of being elite, the grift associated with it, purpose in life, parenting, raising children, and many other topics. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a splash of whiskey in there, and enjoy another episode of the best culture and lit podcast on Substack. Black Ibis Social...

Writer and podcaster Terrence Gideon joins Phisto Sobanii and me in the hallowed halls of the exclusive Black Ibis Society to discuss his substack writing and book. We chat about supernatural experiences, forces that go unsensed, and our modern material disconnect from the mystical and divine. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a splash of whiskey in there, and enjoy ano...

Substack essayist Librarian of Celaeno joins The Black Ibis Social Club for the first episode of 2025. The three of us have a great conversation about Vivek’s outlook on Americnans, the meaning of education, classical education vs progressive education, how to guide the intelligent young man, and a bit on religion and spirituality. So once again, brew yourself a dark cup of coffee, maybe drip a sp...

Author and Podcaster Brad Kelly joins Alexandru Constantin and Phisto Sobanii in the digital labyrinth for a great conversation about literature, the spiritual nature of writing, Tarot cards, inspiration, and a bunch of other interesting topics. We do a little bit of chatting about driving across America, the Grand Canyon, the gravitas of old churches, Moby Dick, and of course Brad’s novel House o...

Lisa Kuznak , Phisto Sobanii , and Alexandru Constantin kick off the second season of The Deceneus Review with a great conversation about a variety of topics such as the post-election cultural vibe shift, failed cancelation attempts on Substack, teaching history to high schoolers, the disappearance of Sad Boy scenes, sex and sexuality in literature and film, and a semi-coherent rant about Millenni...

I look around, leaves are brown now, and the sky is a hazy shade of winter. This is it, the end of Season One. The Deceneus Review has gone on for 29 episodes and 1 introduction, a total of 262 hours. This means that if you enjoy our conversation, our discussions, our ideas, you can start listening right now and if you listen straight through it will take you about 10 days to listen to the whole t...

On this interesting episode recorded two days prior to the American election Ahnaf Ibn Qais , Phisto Sobanii , and Alexandru Constantin (oh hey thats me) chat about the political, economic, and cultural, state of the West. This weeks guest, Ahnaf Ibn Qais has some interesting ideas you can read on his substack and listen to on his own podcast or the many other podcasts he graciously engages with....

Dr. Monzo , writer of the excellent Substack After the Hour of Decision, joined me in the digital studio for a wonderful conversation about everything from the state of Substack, the philosophy of Nick Land, Mark Fisher and Byung Chul Han, to the cultural stagnation visible in such popular works pop entertainment like the videogame Starfield. I’ve personally been looking forward to sitting down, d...

The Pilum Press crew, Founding Editor Swing Thoughts and Roundabouts and star author of Shagduk and Ursula of Ulm JB Jackson join Phisto Sobanii and myself for a great conversation about small press publishing, music, culture, literature, and the art of writing. This might be one of the more insightful conversations about these topics on the podcast to date. We also chat about Jacksons Shagduk and...

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of aural intellectual stimulation. Next stop, The Deceneus Review! Lisa Kuznak joins me for a special Halloween episode where we chat about everything terrifying. We go over the themes of horror, discuss our favorite supernatural novels and film, and go in depth about ideas such as M...

Inspired by Librarian of Celaeno ’s recent post The Librarian of Celaeno’s Top 20 Book Recommendations , I decided to pull out my journals and make my own list. This episode opens up with a discussion about Low Brow, High Brow, and Middle Brow literature. The six novels I chose to recommend are High Middle Brow and one of them even overlaps with Librarian’s choices. This is not a list of the great...

Sudana Krasniqi joins me and the always irreverent Phisto Sobanii Ah. E for an epic East Coast vs West Coast conversation. We spit magnificent about the experience of being a young immigrant from Eastern Europe growing up in Los Angeles and New York. The vibe difference between the metropolitan dense New York and the widespread and much chiller vibes of Los Angeles. Sudana talks about here recent...

My boy Alexander Hellene , the honorable first guest and first Greek to grace this esteemed digital gathering comes back for a casual chat about all sorts of stuff that popped into my mind. We ended up talking about videogames, growing up, Total Recall, why modern movies and so much fiction sucks, and a bunch of other stuff I’ve already forgotten. Like always I had a great time and now you get to...

On another fantastic episode of everyone’s favorite podcast author and Substacker Caleb Caudell joins me and Phisto Sobanii to talk about his new novel Hardly Working, his upcoming reading in New York, and a lot of other topics that interest us and came up during our relaxed conversation. So, grab yourself a black cup of coffee and join us for this excellent conversation. Once again I want to enco...

Well, here we are, the 20th episode of The Deceneus Review. I couldn’t have done it without all of my great guests, permanent squatters, and fantastic listeners. This project of having an open forum discussion about topics that interest me in the same way I used to have in my younger coffee shop days is coming along even better than I imagined. Thank you for all the support and know that I have so...

I was going to write an essay on this subject but for some reason I just don’t have the energy and drive to sit down and write but I did get some new recording equipment so I decided to record a short episode updating everyone on my return from North Carolina, a quick review of Honor Levys book, and my opinion on the Geston meme debate that has come to the shores of Substackistan. The Deceneus Rev...

On another beautiful afternoon in South Carolina Phisto Sobanii and I are joined by Isaiah Evanson for another episode of the most interesting podcast on Substack. This time we go off on a bit of a side conversation about the state of decay that seem to permeate our society. A sort of cultural enshitification of everything around us, a plastic cheapening. The Deceneus Reviewis a listener-supported...

After making it through a wet and windy hurricane I return to hosting Substack most cyberpsycosis inducing podcast with my ever present unofficially official perma-guest Phisto Sobanii . We return to Cyberpunk and talk about Asian influences on the genre, but first we talk about the weather, hurricane and typhoon weather, earthquakes, and a bit about reading. I also discuss the Japanese culture fr...