The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
John King
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.
For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.
Episodes
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Dec 17, 2022 • 55min
555: Julia Koets (interviewed by Rochelle Hurt)
Rochelle Hurt interviews Julia Koets about romantic desire and loss, the villanelle form, the layouts of poetry volumes, growing up with the policing of restrictive gender norms, how research contributes to creativity, the linguistic surprises lurking in the mundane world.
Dec 3, 2022 • 1h 7min
554: Chrissy Kolaya!
On this week's program, I talk to the poet and novelist Chrissy Kolaya about the creative process, psychology, and the multitudinous tensions of being an American.
Nov 26, 2022 • 51min
553: Interview with Robert Pinsky!
Robert Pinsky discusses his memoir Jersey Breaks, and John and Mr. Pinksy compare some psychogeographic notes, as well as bragging rights.
Nov 19, 2022 • 1h 11min
552: A Celebration of Salman Rushdie and Miami Book Fair!
On this week's program, I talk to Chelsea Alice about Salman Rushdie's playful parable from 2020, "The Old Man in the Piazza," published in The New Yorker, plus I share Salman Rushdie's 2017 event from Miami Book Fair, in which he reads from his novel, The Golden House.
Nov 12, 2022 • 1h 1min
551: Elliot Ackerman!
Nov 5, 2022 • 1h 7min
550: Jonathan Ames!
On this week's show, I talk to the fiction writer and former memoirist Jonathan Ames.
Oct 31, 2022 • 1h 16min
549: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #14 (The Doom Generation)
On today's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a wild, strange, deadpan, homicidal roadtrip story that is The Doom Generation.
Oct 29, 2022 • 1h 18min
548: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #13 (Body Bags)
Jeff Shuster & John King discuss the 1993 anthology horror film, Body Bags, starring an excitable John Carpenter.
Oct 23, 2022 • 1h 20min
547: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #12 (Dead Alive)
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the 1992 Peter Jackson masterpiece of a family drama, Dead Alive.
Oct 16, 2022 • 1h 2min
546: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #11 (Delicatessen)
On #546, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the strange 1991 masterpiece from France that is Delicatessen.
