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What does allyship look like when you’re leading a company? For Bhavesh Dayalji, it often means being honest about the challenges of balancing work and family, and choosing to show up as a husband and father first. This is a throwback episode, but Bhavesh’s reflections on leadership and allyship remain just as powerful today. Bhavesh shares how vulnerability can build trust and create cultures where people feel safe bringing their full selves to work. It’s a principle that extends to how he approaches innovation in AI. Bhavesh is the CEO of Kensho Technologies, an AI solutions provider, and also serves as Chief AI Officer at S&P Global. 1:34 Meet Bhavesh 4:46 Seeing inequality in tech 6:17 AI at Kensho and S&P Global 9:21 Lessons from the CEO seat 11:26 Why diverse voices matter in AI 15:41 Being real at work 17:43 Advice for newcomers in AI 19:43 Family and balance Links: Bhavesh Diyalji on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

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Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form interviews, writers discuss their process and the way that writing has influenced their lives. Besides this interview, each episode also features a short memoir essay from a writer about a beloved book, plus John King responds to listener’s questions and observations about the writing (and the drinking) life. For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.

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685: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath's The Colossus and Other Poems (with Rachael Tillman) 1:20:57

24 дні тому1:20:57

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Sylvia Plath is legendary for being a tragic poet mostly known for her novel, The Bell Jar . John and Rachael are fans of Plath's poetry and The Bell Jar , but hereby set out on a historical project to read Plath's work as the world would have known it first, and as she would have known it herself, without the legend imposing its darkest meanings onto every possible opportunity.…

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684: A Pop Poetry Conversation about Megan Fox's Pretty Boys are Poisonous 1:32:43

4 weeks тому1:32:43

1:32:43

This conversation with Samantha Nickerson, Brian Salmans, and Rachael Tillman will give you some idea of the mischief you are missing out on, and the pain John is putting himself through.

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683: Eugenio Negro! 51:15

5 weeks тому51:15

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This week, John speaks with the fiction writer, cartoonist , and musician Eugenio Negro about his new novel, Despair Priorities , the long term project, and figuring out what will be deeply satisfying as a writer and reader.

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682: A Discussion of Charlotte Brontë's Tales of Angria, with Sophia Ferrara 1:20:52

6 weeks тому1:20:52

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Sophia Ferrara joins John down the rabbit hole of Charlotte Brontë's early private storytelling.

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681: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burrough’s Junky (with Matt Peters)! 44:14

7 weeks тому44:14

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In this week's show, John teams up once again with his friend Matt Peters to discuss the second book of William S. Burroughs's original quartet of novels. They also discuss the recent film adapation of the same.

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680: Katharine Coldiron! 1:01:56

8 weeks тому1:01:56

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On today’s show, I speak with the essayist Katharine Coldiron about how the way we watch movies are sometimes our autobiographies, sometimes our philosophies, and sometimes our humanity.

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679: Keith Mackenzie! 1:03:08

9 weeks тому1:03:08

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On 679, John speaks with the novelist Keith MacKenzie about how to plan an unplannable thriller, and how body horror and comedy and existentialism are awfully close neighbors.

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678: Zach Zimmerman! 1:01:16

11 weeks тому1:01:16

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On 678, John speaks with recent Kerouac Project of Orlando resident Zach Zimmerman about memoir, memories, childhood, comedy, tragedy, the problems of authenticity, and other vital literary matters.

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677: A Discussion of The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt, with Rachael Tillman! 1:16:27

12 weeks тому1:16:27

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On this episode, John and Rachael discuss the poetic output of Hannah Arendt's poetry, newly translated into English in a new book from Norton, translated by Samantha Rose Hill and Genese Grill, plus Fred Lambert delivers another masterful installment of the Booze News Roundup.

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676: Skye Jackson! 56:54

13 weeks тому56:54

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On this episode, John speaks with Kerouac Project of Orlando resident Skye Jackson about how to create a poetry collection that can be read in one sitting, how to balance the concrete and imaginative abstraction, inviting the audience in, recording a poetry audiobook, ekphrastic poetry, and living in New Orleans.…

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675: Tom McAllister! 1:06:19

14 weeks тому1:06:19

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On this episode, John speaks with Tom McAllister about writing burnout, writing prompts, revision, and discovery, as well as Tom's wonderful new collection of flash memoirs, It All Felt Impossible .

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Replay: Episode 130 with Jaquira Díaz 58:48

15 weeks тому58:48

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In this week’s replay episode, John talks to author and editor Jaquira Díaz in a show dating back to 2014. Many thanks to Brian Salmons.

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674: Peter Kuper! 53:51

16 weeks тому53:51

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On today’s art-infused program, Drew Barth speaks with comic book legend Peter Kuper about his wonderful new book, Insectopolis, a project created during Peter’s residency at the NY Public Library, plus I briefly speak with my friend, the artist Jeff Wilfong, about his upcoming residency at the Timucua Arts Foundation here in Orlando.…

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673: A Discussion of William S. Burroughs's Junky, with Matt Peters! 1:10:10

17 weeks тому1:10:10

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This episode is a recording of the inaugural meeting of the Kerouac Project of Orlando's Book Club. Matt Peters and I discuss William S. Burroughs's debut novel, Junky , and its place in the first quartet of his transformative works. The setting for this conversation is the place where Jack Kerouac lived when On the Road came out, where he lived when writing the first draft of The Dharma Bums .…

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672: Dan Reiter Event! 57:54

18 weeks тому57:54

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Dan Reiter reads from his new book, On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories from the Space Coast , with the jazz piano accompaniment of Daniel Tenbusch, touching the bohemian spirit of Jack Kerouac, who wrote the first draft of The Darma Bums at that very venue. John and Dan share notes about the writing life, the freedom of constraints, the careers of Joan Didion, Jack Kerouac, and Hunter S. Thompson, and physical transcendence—with the occasional contribution from Dr. Truth.…

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671: Dmetri Kakmi! 1:26:43

19 weeks тому1:26:43

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On this show, John speaks with Dmetri Kakmi about holding onto the mysteries of storytelling, the setting of Australia, the wild problem of self, and his wonderful new novel, The Woman in the Well.

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670: A Discussion of the Ewoks Trilogy, with Jeff Shuster! 1:22:40

20 weeks тому1:22:40

1:22:40

After taking a year off to recover, Jeff Shuster return again for a May the 4th episode of The Drunken Odyssey, in which we discuss the seldom-discussed Ewoks trilogy. As a result, we might never have another May the 4th conversation. But the conversation was lively.

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669: Shelley Fisher Fishkin 1:03:31

21 weeks тому1:03:31

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On this show, John speaks with the literary scholar, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, who writes lucidly about classic American fiction in readable, important, and enjoyable prose. One of Dr. Fishkin's areas of expertise is Mark Twain. Her new book is Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade .…

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Replay Episode: Tessa Mellas (Episode 70, from 2013) 1:04:40

22 weeks тому1:04:40

1:04:40

While John attempts his convalence from his contempible cold, here is a replay of a classic episode from 2013 with the fiction writer Tessa Mellas.

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668: Margie Sarsfield 1:05:31

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In Margie Sarsfield’s debut novel, Beta Vulgaris , a hipster Brooklyn couple take on temporary work at a Minnesota beet farm at harvest time in order to earn extra money to help them maintain their Brooklyn lifestyle. Elise, the protagonist, who suffers from anxiety that she is no longer medicated for, notices that her fellow workers disappear, either because the work is too difficult or else other mysterious reasons. Elise’s experience becomes more anguishing when her boyfriend also disappears, and then the beets start materializing around her wherever she goes, and the beets gradually begin to speak to her.…

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667: Samantha Nickerson interviews Sally Wen Mao and Susan Mauddi Darraj 1:02:06

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On this show, correspondent Samantha Nickerson speaks with Sally Wen Mao about her story collection, Ninetails , plus Samantha speaks with Susan Mauddi Darraj about her new novel, Behind You Is The Sea .

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666: A Discussion of David Lynch's Ronnie Rocket, with Stephen McClurg! 1:34:20

25 weeks тому1:34:20

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In honor of the passing of David Lynch, John and Stephen McClurg discuss the peculiar mysteries of a screenplay for a legendary project that was never made, Ronnie Rocket .

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665: Jaydra Johnson! 1:15:27

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In this week's show, John speaks with Jaydra Johnson about her new book, Low: Notes on Art and Trash , and the tensions and connections between class perception, politics, and creation of art.

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664: Rigoberto Gonzales & Richard Blanco! 39:00

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On today’s show, I speak with the poet and editor Rigoberto Gonzales about the curation of the Library of America anthology of Latino Poetry. Then Richard Blanco reads "Como Tú," his poem that is collected in that anthology, and he and I catch up a little bit.

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663: A Discussion of Bill Knott's Corpse and Beans, with Rachael Tillman. 1:04:18

28 weeks тому1:04:18

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0On #633, Rachael Tillman and I discuss the surreal paradoxes and sullen joys of Bill Knott's debut collection of poetry, The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans , which was recently reprinted by Black Ocean Press.

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662: Rufi Thorpe & Susan Minot (Interviewed by Samantha Nickerson) 1:00:58

29 weeks тому1:00:58

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On today’s episode, Samantha Nickerson speaks with fiction writer Rufi Thorpe about her striking novel Margo's Got Money Problems . In this episode, you learn about more than just Margo's money problems. Samantha and Rufi discuss Only Fans, wrestling, creating characters, and motherhood’s thorny identity. Samantha then speaks to Susan My-Nutt about erotic obsession, alienation, hyper-thinking, and the presentation of dialogue without quotation marks as they appear in her new novel, Don’t Be a Stranger .…

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661: Kathy Fish! 1:12:07

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In this episode, John interviews the notable flash fiction writer Kathy Fish about the anxious nuances of that medium and genre. Is flash fiction just a very short story, with all the rules of fiction at work? Or is flash fiction a less traditional, immersive fictional happening that takes somewhere between the length of a flash of lightning and the length of time needed to smoke a cigarette? The complicated answer is yes and yes in this delightful conversation recorded at The Kerouac Project of Orlando.…

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

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660: A Discussion About John D. MacDonald, with Andrew Gulli and Maynard MacDonald 54:30

31 weeks тому54:30

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In this episode, John discusses the career of crime novelist John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) in light of a new posthumous short story, “The Accomplice.” In this interview, John speaks with with Andrew Gulli, editor of The Strand Magazine about the rigors and ethos of editing and publishing and MacDonald’s son and literary executor Maynard about propagating a great writer’s legacy without compromising that writer’s standards despite the lucrative promise of a classic literary character like Travis McGee.…

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659: Duy Đoàn! 1:02:12

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In 659, John talks to poet Duy Đoàn about his latest collection, Zombie Vomit Mad Libs , the poetic provocations of horror films, and experimenting with erasure and fragmentation.

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Replay: Episode 99: Kseniya Melnik (2014)! 1:20:19

33 weeks тому1:20:19

1:20:19

In this week’s replay episode, John talks with fellow classmate, the fiction writer Kseniya Melnik.

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658: Denise Duhamel! 1:06:14

34 weeks тому1:06:14

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In this week's show, John talks to the delightful poet Denise Duhamel about the nuts and bolts of poetry, the construction of themed collections, Barbie, and other matters of literary interest.

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657: Daniel Handler, Griffin Dunne, and Ridley Pearson! 1:14:24

35 weeks тому1:14:24

1:14:24

This week’s show collects three interviews with prose writers Daniel Handler, Griffin Dunne, and Ridley Pearson in joyful, fun conversations conducted last November at Miami Book Fair.

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

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656: Fire by Fire by Fire with Dianne Turgeon Richardson and Tod Caviness! 1:49:08

36 weeks тому1:49:08

1:49:08

John convenes with Loose Lips hosts Dianne Turgeon Richardson for a poetry game in which three friends draw themed cards and read original poems somehow connected to those themes. Alcohol was consumed, too.

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655: Steve Chang! 1:20:56

37 weeks тому1:20:56

1:20:56

On this week's show, John talks to recent Kerouac Project resident Steve Chang about writing humor with vulnerability, complicating the absurdity of the world through grounded fiction, editing fiction for Okay, Donkey , and other literary urgencies.

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654: David Kirby, Traci Brimhall, & Robert Pinsky 1:02:09

38 weeks тому1:02:09

1:02:09

This week’s show collects three interviews with poets David Kirby, Traci Brimhall, and Robert Pinsky in joyful, fun conversations conducted last November at Miami Book Fair.

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653: Dobby Gibson, interviewed by Chrissy Kolaya! 45:38

39 weeks тому45:38

45:38

On this week’s show Chrissy Kolaya talks to Dobby Gibson about his latest poetry volume, Hold Everything , now out with Graywolf Press.

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652: Jonathan Lethem! 58:37

40 weeks тому58:37

58:37

In this week’s show, John speaks with Jonathan Lethem about the pull of Brooklyn and obsession, the craft of guiding the reader through unusual storytelling, and bold balancing acts as storytellers.

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651: The Drunken Odyssey Takes Over Loose Lips for December 2024! 1:27:18

41 weeks тому1:27:18

1:27:18

This episode features a Drunken Odyssey takeover of Orlando's longest-running, and also only, current-events inspired reading series.

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650: C. Michelle Lindley! 55:59

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In this week’s show, John speaks with debut novelist C. Michelle Lindley's, whose The Nude is a page-turning literary meditation on the madness of the commerce of art and labor and relationships and all sorts of things.

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649: Ezza Ahmed! 56:56

43 weeks тому56:56

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On #649, John speaks with recent writer-in-residence at the Kerouac Project of Orlando, the poet Ezza Ahmed.

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648: Yuval Sharon! 45:37

44 weeks тому45:37

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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 relevance of this provocative art form. Yuval's new book, A New Philosophy of Opera , is lucid, persuasive, passionate, and fun.

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647: Billy Collins! 47:50

45 weeks тому47:50

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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 window doesn't open up for the composition of poetry, once should strive to find a trampoline in the woods, and how one can learn from the poetic breakers of decorum.…

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646: Charles Bock! 56:09

46 weeks тому56:09

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On #646, John talks to Charles Bock about his extraordinary new memoir, how to make grief readable, the everyday struggles of writing and publishing, and the sacred perfection of the film of The Princess Bride .

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645: Schloctoberfest 2024 #4 (A Discussion of Pink Flamingos & Desperate Living with Jeff Shuster) 1:10:10

47 weeks тому1:10:10

1:10:10

On #645, Jeff Shuster and John King delve into two miraculously trashy John Waters films from the 1970s, Pink Flamingos (1972) and Desperate Living (1977), to cap off our annual Schloctoberfesting.

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644: Schloctoberfest 2024 #3 (A Discussion of Eraserhead with Jeff Shutter) 1:08:25

48 weeks тому1:08:25

1:08:25

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 chickens, hyper-sexual surrealism, and other important matters.

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643: Schloctoberfest 2024 #2 (A Discussion of THX 1138 with Jeff Shuster)! 1:07:37

49 weeks тому1:07:37

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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. This early '70s work helps us understand what was once called The New Hollywood, and how George Lucas's strengths and weaknesses are on display in this memorable movie.…

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642: Schloctoberfest 24.1: A Discussion of David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future with Jeff Shuster! 1:14:07

50 weeks тому1:14:07

1:14:07

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 Cronenberg.

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641: Catching Up with Samantha Nickerson! 55:34

51 weeks тому55:34

55:34

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, Jack Nicholson, and Robin Williams in a totally linear conversation.

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Replay: Episode 537: Michael Wheaton (2022)! 1:13:18

1 year тому1:13:18

1:13:18

In this week's replay episode, John talks with the writer, publisher, and podcaster, Michael Wheaton (from 2022). Thanks to Brian Salmons!

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640: Alex Gurtis! 56:34

1 year тому56:34

56:34

On #640, John talks about poetry and bookselling and MFA programs and AWP conferences and Florida literature with Alex Gurtis, whose latest chapbook, When the Ocean Comes to Me , is now out with Bottlecap Press .

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639: An Introduction without an Interview, Plus Fred Lambert with the Booze News Roundup! 44:53

1 year тому44:53

44:53

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!

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638: Jennifer Maonocherian! 47:16

1 year тому47:16

47:16

On this episode, John speaks with the screenwriter and novelist Jennifer Manocherian about building characters, planning stories, and the discoveries made while drafting.

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637: Tiffany Midge! 1:08:38

1 year тому1:08:38

1:08:38

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 as metaphor, and serial killers.

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636: Jeff Alessandrelli 52:21

1 year тому52:21

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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 desire in literature, psychology, and history.

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635: Michael Wheaton! 1:19:56

1 year тому1:19:56

1:19:56

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 Bunny Books .

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634: A Discussion of Jewel's A Night Without Armor (with Rachael Tillman & Samantha Nickerson) 1:17:08

1 year тому1:17:08

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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 my Patreon content, once I launch a Patreon page for this podcast.

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633: Todd James Pierce! 1:00:05

1 year тому1:00:05

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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 career and the common themes present throughout his risky live-action Disney projects such as Darby O’Gill , Robin Hood , and Treasure Island .…

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632: A Discussion of Nicholson Baker's The Anthologist with Rachael Tillman! 1:30:40

1 year тому1:30:40

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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 .

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Replay: Episode 295 with Charles Simic & Richard Blanco! 52:47

1 year тому52:47

52:47

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 turn us into artists, the grind of editing, and the joys of finding new forms and challenges.

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631: Blake Sanz! 1:12:28

1 year тому1:12:28