Lost in the Library Podcast

Mr. Vernacular Spectacular (Davis Peck) and Fil Deptula sit down to chat about Carl Sandburg, aka the People's Poet. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula and the Book Mac Daddy, Noah MacGillivray, sit down to discuss Arthur Rimbaud - a famous 19th century French poet who gave up his craft at the age of 20. Listen and learn about this young rapscallion's writing journey, his tumultuous love affair, and what caused him to end his brief writing career. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions...

It's a multi-generational, family affair on this book episode. Fil Deptula is joined by his brother, Jacek "the White Rhino" Deptula, as well as Babcia and little baby Quinn, to discuss the lore of how the Three Musketeers was written, the historical context important to the book, and to diverge and talk briefly about French rugby. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you list...

Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to talk about the legacy of Stieg Larsson. We discuss his commitment to making sure everyone has a better life, the consistency of his belief system he held his entire life, his travels to Africa, the greatest work he did while in Sweden and in Great Britain, the writing of the Millennium series, and the aftermath of his estate. Please like, comment, and follow the...

We are off to Paris (the authentic one) to discuss the French Romantic writer and playwright Alexander Dumas (père), Fil Deptula sits down with his brother, Jacek, go over how sugarcane, a couple of Napoleon Bonapartes, and a half dozen revolutions all deeply affected his life and work. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreo...

Thanks, all, for following listening. The support and listenership has been stellar. This is an episode I recorded long ago in preparation to needing a week off. I (Fil Deptula) sit with Davis Peck and peruse dirty love letters of famous authors.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast lostinthel...

On the conclusion of this epic trilogy, Fil Deptula sits down with Mr. Vernacular Spectacular, Davis Peck, to discuss how one of the greatest influences of the Beat generation got his first publications, how his life was changed because of the people who helped propagate him as a symbol, and the shenanigans he pulled in his Golden Years. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discu...

In the second part of this unhinged trilogy, Fil Deptula sits down with Davis Peck to discuss one of the key influential and largely forgotten figures of the Beat Generation. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his rampant drug use, his criminal behavior, and the introduction to the most famous Beat writers. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you l...

Fil Deptula sits down with Davis Peck to discuss one of the key influential and largely forgotten figures of the Beat Generation. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his early, dysfunctional family life, his early sexual experiences, and his introduction to drugs. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: pa...

Fil Deptula is rejoined by his friend formally known as Claire to discuss the life and works of America's most influential, avant-garde poet.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula is joined by his friend formally known as Claire to discuss the life and works of America's most influential, avant-garde poet.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Lost in the Library gets lost in the history of its first episode about a library - the famous Haskell Free Library & Opera House, located in Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec. Kingdom resident Theresa Keller joins Fil Deptula to discuss how this community developed, the construction and purpose of the library, its significance in US-Canada border relations, and how its unique place i...

Rogelio Zimbron returns as he and host Fil Deptula discuss the rise and eventual fall of Philip K Dick in all of its fishy, pink-beamed glory. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Rogelio Zimbron joins Fil Deptula to discuss the early life and works of one of Science Fiction's most unique authors. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to discuss Cormac McCarthy and his later works while living in the American Southwest.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to discuss Cormac McCarthy and his early works while living in Tennessee.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula is joined by Mr. Vernacular Spectacular, Davis Peck, to review the book that launched the self-help genre. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Davis Peck and Andy Lenz join host Fil Deptula to discuss how Dale Carnegie won all of his friends. lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula sits down with Theresa Keller to discuss themes and scenes of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Julia Cabe joins Fil Deptula to talk about one of the most successful authors of all time.  lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com   @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

For our first book episode, Fil Deptula sits down with his brother, Jacek, to discuss the history, context, and content of the first book of the greatest Polish-language trilogy: With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz. lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

This week on Lost in the Library, Fil Deptula sits down with Sam Gautier to talk about one of America's lost Lost Generation writers - John Dos Passos lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

On this episode, I sit down with Andrew Kenney, Zach Perreault, and Kevin Hanlon to talk about the life, work, and influence of Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt.  lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

In Lost in the Library's preambular episode, host Fil Deptula and his friend and guest, Rogelio Zimbron, discuss the life and work of Isaac Babel. lostinthelibrarypodcast@gmail.com @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack