

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
Mentioned books

Oct 8, 2022 • 1h 17min
545: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #10 (Nightbreed)
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the belated masterpiece that is the director's cut of Clive Barker's Nightbreed.

Oct 4, 2022 • 58min
544: Ryan Rivas!
This week, I speak with my friend and colleague Ryan Rivas about his exciting, new, experimental memoir, Nextdoor in Colonialtown.

Oct 1, 2022 • 1h
543: Q&A Time!
This week, my colleagues Christopher Odom, Bethany Duvall, Jared Silvia, and I sling writing advice from Full Sail University's Fifth Annual Creative Writing Conference.

Sep 24, 2022 • 57min
542: Azar Nafisi!

Sep 19, 2022 • 58min
541: Marie Myung-Ok Lee!
This week, Samantha Nickerson speaks with novelist Marie Myung-Ok Lee about the musicality of novel-writing, and discovering the shape a novel requires despite one's intentions.

Sep 10, 2022 • 1h 10min
540: Mark Braude!
This week, I talk with historian and biographer Mark Braude about artist, model, and cabaret singer Kiki Man Ray and the art life in Paris in the 1920s.

Sep 3, 2022 • 1h 3min
539: Chelsey Clammer!
This week, I catch up with longtime friend of the show, the brilliant creative nonfiction writer, Chelsey Clammer.

Aug 28, 2022 • 59min
538: A Discussion of John Bois's "17776" with Chelsea Alice!
This week, the brilliant Chelsea Alice & I discuss John Bois's postmodern masterpiece, "17776," which is partially about what football will look like in the time of the singularity. Probably no other fiction has made such utility out of the resources and mechanics of the internet for a reading experience.

Aug 20, 2022 • 1h 12min
537: Michael Wheaton!
On #537, I speak with the writer, publisher, and podcaster Michael Wheaton

Aug 13, 2022 • 54min
536: Nona Willis Aronowitz!
This week, I speak with nonfiction writer Nona Willis Aronowitz about sex and feminism and other matters.


