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In this week's show, John talks to opera director Yuval Sharon about the past and perhaps future rebirths of opera, while advocating for the relevanc…
1 year, 7 months ago
647: Billy Collins!
On this week's show, John King talks to the two-time former poet laureate Billy Collins about his latest collection, Water, Water, and how, if the wi…
1 year, 7 months ago
646: Charles Bock!
On #646, John talks to Charles Bock about his extraordinary new memoir, how to make grief readable, the everyday struggles of writing and publishing,…
1 year, 7 months ago
645: Schloctoberfest 2024 #4 (A Discussion of Pink Flamingos & Desperate Living with Jeff Shuster)
On #645, Jeff Shuster and John King delve into two miraculously trashy John Waters films from the 1970s, Pink Flamingos (1972) and Desperate Living (…
1 year, 7 months ago
644: Schloctoberfest 2024 #3 (A Discussion of Eraserhead with Jeff Shutter)
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I delve into David Lynch's first film feature, Eraserhead. We consider the existential threat of re-animated ch…
1 year, 7 months ago
643: Schloctoberfest 2024 #2 (A Discussion of THX 1138 with Jeff Shuster)!
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I delve into George Lucas's debut film feature, a science fiction epic that isn't the one you are thinking of. …
1 year, 8 months ago
642: Schloctoberfest 24.1: A Discussion of David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future with Jeff Shuster!
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the existential provocations of two films called Crimes of the Future, both created by David Cronenbe…
1 year, 8 months ago
641: Catching Up with Samantha Nickerson!
On #641, John and Samantha Nickerson catch up and discuss Miami Book Fair, Celebrity Poetry, the comic mask, and the acting careers of James Franco, …
1 year, 8 months ago
Replay: Episode 537: Michael Wheaton (2022)!
In this week's replay episode, John talks with the writer, publisher, and podcaster, Michael Wheaton (from 2022).
Thanks to Brian Salmons!
1 year, 8 months ago
640: Alex Gurtis!
On #640, John talks about poetry and bookselling and MFA programs and AWP conferences and Florida literature with Alex Gurtis, whose latest chapbook,…
1 year, 9 months ago