The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

On today's show, legendary scholars Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar discuss the history of feminism and women's studies, and the turns of current events that make activism more necessary than ever.

On today's show, I discuss the power of Stephen Crane with novelist Paul Auster. Photo by by Spencer Ostrander.[/caption]

Back from the dead, I discuss Beckett, Kafka, wry sardonic world-weariness, & other matters of interest with fiction writer & memoirist Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.

On today's show, I discuss Florida journalism, the tragic side of Florida Man, iguana hunters, bespoke mermaid tales, and other topics of great interest with Craig Pittman. TEXTS DISCUSSED  

On #497, I discuss poetry, literary magazines, and The Miami Book Fair with editors Lenny Dellarocca and Michael Mackin O'Mara, of The South Florida Poetry Journal.

On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the sensitive contribution to cinema that is Tokyo Gore Police . TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in to upgrade the account with the discount. Check out my literary adventure novel,  Guy Psycho and the Ziggur...

On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Repo! The Genetic Opera!

On today's show, I talk to science fiction novelist Lindsay Ellis!

On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an underrated adaptation of a Clive Barker short story, the delicately-titled The Midnight Meat Train .

On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an quietly beautiful independent movie from 2005 called The Devil's Rejects. Jeff & I get off track a lot.

On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss 2002's classic horror film, Ju-on: The Grudge.

On this week's show, Patrick Jehle and I talk our way through all of Casino. This episode's a long one. Enjoy!

Photo by Mark Miller. In this week's show, I talk to fiction writer Aimee Bender about the subterranean connections that literary fiction makes between one and oneself, and between one and others; the difficult epistemology of sanity; the possibility of fiction not driven by interpersonal conflict; and other subjects of interest.

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In this week's show, I talk to Disney historian Todd James Pierce about how Covid-19 and the home streaming of entertainment might affect the future of visual storytelling, plus we discuss his current historical work on Disney Legend John Hench.

In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Jan Elizabeth Watson about a great many things.  

In this week's show, I talk to Drew Barth about comic book obsessions.

In this week's show, I interview fiction writer and memoirist, James Tate Hill.

In this week's show, I interview a writer I'm obsessed with, the prose writer Tim Parks. We talk about walking and its relationship to composition, plus the historical vision of Garibaldi, and the provoking contradictions of historical record.

In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Ziauddan Sardar and Borin Van Loon's Introducing Cultural Studies.

On this episode, I talk to biologist Catherine Raven about her wonderful new memoir, Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship . TEXT DISCUSSED  

On this episode, I talk to the poet Tanya Grae about finding surprises in poetry, losing one's hearing at the Hollywood Sportatorium, the solitude of earning a PhD in English, and the sexual politics of American life. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in to...

On this episode, I talk to writer Will Dowd about Martin Scorcese's 2006 film, The Departed.