Foreign, Domestic & Forbidden

This week, Lobo and Trash take a look at their reading lists, reading habits, at old treasures and new releases, and at teaching the apocalypse. And they have a long list of reading recommendations!!! Annie Ernaux: The Possession Emmanuel Carrere: Yoga Orhan Pamuk: The naive and the sentimental novelist Orhan Pamuk: Nights of Plague Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens....

Fiction writer, essayist, and journalist, Naief Yehya joins Lobo and trash for a conversation about nostalgia, mix-tapes, marketing, vintage modes of consumption, cyborgs, AI, sentient computers, drones, pornography, and the supernatural. Welcome to the old future, the new future, and our strange spot in-between the two! Naief Yehya Hong Sang-soo Mark Fisher -- The Weird and the Eerie Stanley Kubr...

This week Lobo and Trash welcome novelist Eric B. Martin to the show and talk about coming back, coming home, revisiting the past, jumping on and off trains, experiencing cities by bike, and trying to make do with as little space as possible. And as always, they make lots of recommendations. Octavio Paz -- The Labyrinth of Solitude Joan Didion -- Goodbye to All That Han Il Kwan Korean restaurant K...

This week, Lobo and Trash talk to author Jane Dykema about K-Dramas and grieving, romance and genre writing and reading, having a baby during the pandemic, and personal mind-loops. And of course, the three are recommending things to read, watch, and eat! (If you hit the Wonstein link, you can get a crash course in K-drama romance). Crash Landing on You Wonstein -- Your Existence Peter Straub -- Ju...

It's Episode 20, and Lobo and Trash take the opportunity to talk about secret colonies, watches, NPR, podcasting, climate change, authoritarian regimes, enforcing age limits, and, of course, the future. House of the Dragon Soylent Green Logan's Run Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter The Grey Nato Two Broke Watch Snobs Concha Asi Como Suena

This week it's all about Bohemia and Bohemians. Iranian-born writer Jasmin Darznik talks with Lobo and Trash about her latest book and where and how to find one's own wilderness. Jasmin Darznik Ambrose Bierce -- The Devil's Dictionary Jasmin Darznik -- The Bohemians Rebecca Solnit -- Recollections of My Nonexistence Gertrude Stein -- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

A meeting in Mexico City went bust, but after delays caused by travel, Covid, and food poisoning, Lobo and Trash finally welcome David Lida to the show and the three talk about cities of the apocalypse, writing in a foreign language, and the joys of living in crowded places.  David Lida François Truffaut -- The Bride Wore Black Huatulco McFlurry

Lobo and Trash record this episode before Joaquin takes off for Mexico City, and they talk about love in literature. From Octavio Paz to Julien Gracq, and from Wim Wenders to an insistent postman, they cross continents and centuries to bring you love! Graham Greene -- The End of the Affair James Cain -- The Postman Always Rings Twice Julien Gracq -- Balcony in the Forest Wim Wenders -- Wings of De...

With today's guest Jason Ockert , Lobo and Trash discuss the books they won't touch and why. From deadly wallpaper to inscrutable classics, and from gratuitous violence to too-long tomes, they dive into what makes a book unreadable. 1. Shadows from the Walls of Death documentary:  https://vimeo.com/525589368 2. Weird Short Stories for Strange Times: https://lithub.com/weird-short-story-writer...

Lobo and Trash almost meet in person but then Covid nixes their plan. Over coffee, they talk about adaptations of short stories, novels, and plays, and why they work (and why not). From Murakami to Ibsen and from Cortazar to Wilson, they dive into their favorite film versions. Fences (Film) -- https://g.co/kgs/63CwZ6 Play by August Wilson -- https://g.co/kgs/PcJjGC Ensayo de un crimen, by Rodolfo...

Lobo and Trash pick their books for the plane, the train, the beach, and the cocktail lounge. They discuss the future of the adventure book, the fate of the road novel, and mourn the loss of a certain decade in Mexico City. Carlos Gamerro -- The Islands Edgar Allen Poe -- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Jules Verne -- The Sphinx of the Ice Fields Eileen Chang -- Naked Earth Robert...

It's summer, which means it's time for family gatherings, garden parties, and outside dinners, so this week, Lobo and Trash talk about cooking and how it relates to and reflects on writing. And they detour into bad ideas, bad writing, stacks of unpublished novels, and gender politics. As always, they have some cool recommendations! Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth The Cursed (TV) Ideal Notebooks

This episode almost didn't happen because on the day of the recording, Joaquin's house was broken into. He and Tim talk with author, translator, and editor Jeff Parker about Ukrainian literature, travels through Russia, and the need to find your own language. And as always, they have recommendations! Where Bears Roam the Streets -- Jeff Parker Grey Bees -- Andrey Kurkov The Book of Disquiet -- Fer...

Lobo and Trash come together to talk about the things they like too much for their own good! They discuss the different kinds of guilt they feel when indulging in certain foods, books, and movies, and they express their love for certain drinks. If you'd like to send us your guilty pleasure, you can do so at trashandlobo@gmail.com Breat Easton Ellis -- The Informers Ross MacDonald Takashi Miike The...

Lobo and Trash welcome writer Aimee Phan this week. The three talk about Asian Americans making their voices heard, the refugee crisis in Ukraine and beyond, the non-visual thrill of books, naked faces at the tail end (?) of the pandemic, being mortal, and defying death through writing.  Michelle Yeoh -- Everything Everywhere All at Once Andrey Kurkov -- Penguin Lost Viet Thanh Nguyen -- The...

Lobo and Trash welcome author Jessica Anthony ( The Convalescent , Enter the Aardvark ) to discuss who is allowed to write what, the hot topic of autofiction, writing what you want to find out about, writing during the pandemic, and much more! T. C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain Karl Ove Knausgaard, My Struggle Zadie Smith, "Fascinated to Presume " Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt Alexander Chee, Edin...

Lobo and Trash lock themselves in a hotel room in Northern California to record this episode. They talk about the war in Ukraine, and what we can learn (or not) from fiction about the suffering fighting inflicts on people, from Hemingway to Elie Wiesel, from Remarque to Bolano and Jennifer Clement. What place does writing occupy in a world that is under attack by strongmen and autocrats? FDF recom...

Best-selling author Antti Tuomainen joins us for a conversation about poetry, Finnish customs, Nordic Noir, dialects, what it's like to executive produce a movie, and about mushrooms and mathematics! And as always, we have our FDF -- Try at Your Own Risk recommendations! Antti Tuomainen Elmore Leonard Carl Hiaasen Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Helsinki Academic Bookstore, Helsinki Labskaus

Tim and Joaquin are sporting facial hair and muse about masculinity, masculine writers, masculine books and what "masculine" might even mean in 2022. As always, you can reach us at trashandlobo@gmail.com or you can follow us on Instagram @foreigndomesticforbidden Graham Greene -- The End of the Affair Henry Miller -- Tropic of Cancer Emmanuel Carrère -- The Adversary Pola Oloixarac -- Dark Constel...

This week, Lobo and Trash welcome best-selling author and former PEN-International President Jennifer Clement to chat about the state of fiction, how books can influence society, and what it takes to bring about change. Please join us to listen to her talk about her research, her books, and the movie adaptation of Prayers for the Stolen. Show Notes: Jennifer Clement Prayers for the Stolen Jorge Lu...

This week, Lobo and Trash welcome their first very special guest, the Mexican poet, novelist, and essayist Mauricio Montiel Figueiras. Together they talk about memories of 2021, the MFA debate, and about the books that have influenced their writing and helped them navigate difficult stretches in their lives.  Mauricio Montiel Figueiras THE NEW YORK TRILOGY by Paul Auster ; VERTIGO by W. G. Se...

Happy New Year to all our listeners! It’s 2022, and Lobo and Trash discuss Gothic and erotic literature, the role literature plays in our lives, and the future of this planet. And they recommend some more items for the FDF list – try at your own risk! Marquis de Sade https://www.amazon.com/Marquis-de-Sade/e/B004MPDPZG?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1640638993&sr=8-2 Theodore Dreiser, Sister Car...

Just in time for the holidays, Lobo and Trash sort through some books that are best devoured during the time between the years. From dysfunctional families to wartime crimes, from black magic to immigrants vying to become American, and from matricide to composing poems in one’s head, they cover the dark literature best consumed in cozy environs and with the lights left burning. Happy Holidays to a...

In this inaugural episode, writers Joaquin Lobo and Tim Trash sit down to talk about the books they're reading and the ones they have recently rediscovered. They discuss the difficulties of dealing with past classics, of writing when the future certainly seems uncertain, and of reading when expectations turn apocalyptic.

Trailer for the upcoming Foreign, Domestic, and Forbidden, a podcast about books and ideas with Joaquin Lobo and Tim Trash.