Podcast Episodes
Back to Search639: An Introduction without an Interview, Plus Fred Lambert with the Booze News Roundup!
On today's show, John talks about NaNoRiMo's new AI policy, the lameness of relatability as a value, and Elmore Leonard's 10 rules for writing, plus Fred Lambert shares a booze news roundup!
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
638: Jennifer Maonocherian!
On this episode, John speaks with the screenwriter and novelist Jennifer Manocherian about building characters, planning stories, and the discoveries made while drafting.
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
637: Tiffany Midge!
On this episode, John speaks with the poet Tiffany Midge about the vibrant, often overlooked roles of humor and entertainment in poetry. They also talk about James Cameron's Aliens, popular culture a…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
636: Jeff Alessandrelli
On #636, John talks to Jeff Alessandrelli about his new novel, And Yet. They discusse the existentital torment of desire, the problem of overthinking the problem of overthinking, and the role of desi…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
635: Michael Wheaton!
On this week's show, John talks to his friend Michael Wheaton about how to live in think in a media-saturated American life, which is the subject of his new book, Home Movies, available through Bunn…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
634: A Discussion of Jewel's A Night Without Armor (with Rachael Tillman & Samantha Nickerson)
On this week's episode, Rachel Tillman, Samantha Nickerson, and John King join the nocturnal jousting in a conversation about Jewel's A Night Without Armor. This is a taste of what will be coming to …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
633: Todd James Pierce!
On this week's show John speaks with Todd James Pierce about Larry Watkin and his history with Walt Disney as a novelist, screenwriter, and producer. They explore the 1940s to the 1960s of Watkin's c…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
632: A Discussion of Nicholson Baker's The Anthologist with Rachael Tillman!
In this week's episode, Rachael Tillman and I break some standards of academia as we discuss the poetry insights of Paul Chowder, the narrator of Nicholson Baker's 2009 comic novel, The Anthologist.
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Replay: Episode 295 with Charles Simic & Richard Blanco!
On this replay episode, I talk to the late Charles Simic about James Tate, Kansas surrealism, humor in poetry, and embracing the unconscious, plus I talk to Richard Blanco about the accidents that tu…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
631: Blake Sanz!
On this week's show John talks to Blake Sanz, author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling, about the intertwining short stories within the book and the journeys of emotional vulnerability, writing as …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago