

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 23, 2021 • 1h 2min
495: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #8 (Repo! The Genetic Opera)
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Repo! The Genetic Opera!

Oct 19, 2021 • 44min
494: Lindsay Eillis!
On today's show, I talk to science fiction novelist Lindsay Ellis!

Oct 16, 2021 • 1h 1min
493: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #7 (The Midnight Meat Train)
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an underrated adaptation of a Clive Barker short story, the delicately-titled The Midnight Meat Train.

Oct 9, 2021 • 1h 49min
492: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #6
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an quietly beautiful independent movie from 2005 called The Devil's Rejects. Jeff & I get off track a lot.

Oct 2, 2021 • 1h 20min
491: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #5
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss 2002's classic horror film, Ju-on: The Grudge.

Sep 27, 2021 • 1min
A TDO Update

Sep 18, 2021 • 3h 6min
490: A Commentary on Martin Scorcese's Casino, with Patrick Jehle!
On this week's show, Patrick Jehle and I talk our way through all of Casino. This episode's a long one. Enjoy!

Sep 13, 2021 • 53min
489: Aimee Bender!
Photo by Mark Miller. In this week's show, I talk to fiction writer Aimee Bender about the subterranean connections that literary fiction makes between one and oneself, and between one and others; the difficult epistemology of sanity; the possibility of fiction not driven by interpersonal conflict; and other subjects of interest.

Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 42min
488: Mixtape #15: Sailing an Ocean of Violets in Bloom.
Enjoy.

Aug 28, 2021 • 1h 9min
487: Todd James Pierce!
In this week's show, I talk to Disney historian Todd James Pierce about how Covid-19 and the home streaming of entertainment might affect the future of visual storytelling, plus we discuss his current historical work on Disney Legend John Hench.


