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

528: A Discussion of Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends, with Rachael Tillman!

Jun 18, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
MFA - Bladed Blooms Day
02:12 • 3min
3
The Druccanodyssey Interview of the Day
04:50 • 2min
4
Is This Her Debut Novel?
06:27 • 2min
5
The Impossibility of Understanding Another Human Being
08:12 • 2min
6
Sally Rooney - Francis and Melissa
10:12 • 2min
7
Sally Rooney's a D-Lister?
11:52 • 2min
8
Interviews Are Like Booby Traps
13:39 • 2min
9
Interviews
15:22 • 2min
10
Interviews Are Fun, Not Homework
17:25 • 2min
11
Isn't Everyone in Suffragal in Grad School?
19:08 • 2min
12
Is This Really the Apotheosis?
20:49 • 2min
13
Bobby and Francis Are Still Processing the World
22:24 • 2min
14
I've Never Been Tempted. Oh, It's Again
23:58 • 3min
15
How to Love Someone and Love a Parent
26:35 • 2min
16
Is Anyone Communicating?
28:18 • 2min
17
Book Review - What Are You Thinking?
29:56 • 2min
18
Are You in a Sally Rooney Novel?
31:29 • 2min
19
Are You Divorcing Nick?
33:08 • 2min
20
The Drunken Out of Sea
34:45 • 2min
21
The Custom of the Country by Edith Warren
36:45 • 2min
22
The Constructive Life of a Woman
38:55 • 2min
23
Francis and the Ukulele, Is That a Good Idea?
40:27 • 2min
24
The Practicalities of Being a Writer
42:01 • 2min
25
Is It a Bad Thing to Write a Story About a Teenager?
43:40 • 2min
26
I Want to Celebrate My Friends
45:27 • 2min
27
I Love the Way My Cat Looks at Me
47:25 • 2min
28
Are You a Man in Your 20s?
49:09 • 2min
29
You Have to Be Cool and You Can't Be Sensimental
50:49 • 2min
30
How to Date a High Schooler
52:31 • 2min
31
The Gap Between High School and College
54:08 • 1min
32
What Do You Think of the Ending?
55:38 • 2min
33
Is This the Best Ending of the Girls?
57:11 • 2min
34
Is That What You Fucking Want?
58:44 • 2min
35
I'm Out. I Can't Do It.
01:00:35 • 2min
36
No Sex in the City
01:02:10 • 2min
37
The Impossibility of Saying What You Want
01:03:54 • 2min
38
Melissa and Nick Are Getting a Divorce
01:05:28 • 2min
39
How Are They Doing Now?
01:07:01 • 2min
40
Evolver Die - I'm Spiritually Dead
01:08:48 • 2min
41
I've Had to Evolve, I'm Not Bad Ones
01:10:24 • 1min
42
The Train Spotter by Irvine Wallach - Book Review
01:11:53 • 2min
43
I Like Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
01:13:31 • 2min
44
Adam Driver and the Sally Rooney Novel
01:15:03 • 2min
45
Why Would You Make That Change?
01:16:41 • 2min
46
Is There a Voiceover in the IRC?
01:18:13 • 2min
47
The Power Couple
01:19:45 • 2min
48
Film Review: Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
01:21:39 • 2min
49
I Can't Read My Body Language, I'm Here. I'll Just Be My Little Husband
01:23:19 • 2min
50
Beautiful World War Are You by Sally Rooney
01:25:00 • 2min
51
The Drunken Odyssey With John King
01:26:41 • 3min