Demise of the Podcast

Episode 63 - Surviving New America Part 5 27.03.2021 45:43 ↓

Patrick 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. 21.03.2021 1:41:21 ↓

Patrick 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 13.03.2021 37:27 ↓

Patrick reads and discusses three chapters from Surviving New America.

Episode 60 - Surviving New America Part 2 07.03.2021 47:01 ↓

Patrick reads three chapters from his new novel and discusses the troubles of promoting novels on social media.

Episode 59 - Surviving New America Part 1 27.02.2021 33:46 ↓

Patrick 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) 21.02.2021 53:45 ↓

Patrick reads and discusses "The Appropriation of Cultures" from Damned if I Do. Episode contains many references to racism, the Confederate flag, and classism. 

Episode 57 - A Painter 13.02.2021 1:44:22 ↓

In the longest episode of the podcast yet, Patrick reads his novella "A Painter" in its entirety. You can find this novella in Staring at Nirvana. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7LRQMCR

Episode 56 - Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor 07.02.2021 59:59 ↓

Patrick reads and discusses Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People."

Episode 55 - A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor 31.01.2021 56:23 ↓

Patrick reads and analyzes Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

Episode 54 - David Sedaris's "Plague of Tics" and "I Like Guys" (Trigger Warning) 24.01.2021 1:07:48 ↓

Trigger Warning: Patrick reads Plague of Tics and I Like Guys. Plague of Tics contains numerous instances of obsessive compulsive behavior and I Like Guys contains instances of homophobia. 

Episode 53 - David Sedaris's "The Ship Shape" and "The Change in Me" 17.01.2021 1:03:33 ↓

Patrick reads two essays from Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, discusses his prostate, and rambles about childhood.

Episode 52 - David Sedaris's "See You Again Yesterday" and "Picka Pocketoni" 11.01.2021 39:45 ↓

Patrick reads and discusses two essays from David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day.

Episode 51 - David Sedaris's "Keeping Up" and "This Old House" 02.01.2021 1:08:08 ↓

Patrick reads two essays from When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, and talks about Twitter and the fallacy of believing in the internet.

Episode 50 - Demise of the Podcast 26.12.2020 55:56 ↓

Patrick celebrates the end of 2020 and fiftieth episode of Demise of the Podcast by not reading anything. 

Episode 49 - American Psycho Part IV 21.12.2020 45:03 ↓

Patrick concludes reading and discussing American Psycho.

Episode 48 - American Psycho Part III 12.12.2020 40:13 ↓

Patrick gets more in-depth with Bateman, Evelyn, and masculinity.

Episode 47 - American Psycho Part II 08.12.2020 39:38 ↓

Patrick discusses the chapters on Genesis, Whitney Houston, and Huey Lewis.

Episode 46 - Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho Part I 28.11.2020 52:26 ↓

Patrick commences reading and analyzing Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho.

Episode 45 - Spoiled Rice 21.11.2020 39:54 ↓

Patrick reads poetry from his latest poetry collection, Spoiled Rice. 

Episode 44 - The Rules of Attraction Part IV 14.11.2020 43:59 ↓

Patrick concludes The Rules of Attraction, rants about Twitter, and answers questions.

Episode 43 - The Rules of Attraction Part III 07.11.2020 35:34 ↓

Yeah, there's going to be a part IV.

Episode 42 - The Rules of Attraction Part II 03.11.2020 55:22 ↓

Patrick Attaway continues his analysis and reading of Bret Easton Ellis's The Rules of Attraction, answers random questions, and reads Grimm's Cinderella.

Episode 41 - The Rules of Attraction Part I 25.10.2020 34:05 ↓

Patrick Attaway launches into Bret Easton Ellis's second novel, The Rules of Attraction.

Episode 40 - Less Than Zero Part III 18.10.2020 27:20 ↓

Patrick concludes Bret Easton Ellis's debut.

Episode 39 - Less Than Zero Part II 03.10.2020 37:50 ↓

Patrick dives right into Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis.