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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Sep 7, 2020 • 1h 5min
436: Alex Miller!
On this episode, personal essayist Alex Miller and I talk about the intimate power of the personal essay, pitches, politics, and universities in NYC. Essays by Alex Miller Read "When I Can't Progress in my Love Life, I Level Up in Video Games" over at The Washington Post. Read "Facing my Fear: I Was Always Scared of the Dark. Then PTSD Made it Even Worse" over at The Guardian. Read "Kanye Made Me Love Being Black. That's Why I Can't Vote for Him" over at The Independent. Read "Growing Up in the Shadow of Emmitt Till" over at The New York Daily News.
Aug 29, 2020 • 59min
435: Ariel Francisco!
Photo by Carlie Hoffman. On this episode, poet Ariel Francisco and I talk about Florida's wildness, Miami, Hollywood (Florida), multilingualism, Anna Nicole Smith, a sinking state, Jack Kerouac, FIU's MFA program, and many other important matters.
Aug 22, 2020 • 1h 2min
434: Nick Flynn!
Episode 434 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that's your thing). On this episode, Nick Flynn and I talk about memoirs, boundaries, and getting the writing done.
Aug 15, 2020 • 49min
433: Darin Strauss!
Darin Strauss and I discuss the utility of outlines, the utility of abandoning outlines, love, pain, stream-of-consciousness, love, Lucille Ball, Fred Trump, Coney Island, the semiotic intimacy of television, and love.
Aug 9, 2020 • 2h 20min
432: Kyle Eagle!
This week, I talk to podcaster Kyle Eagle about music and everything.
Aug 1, 2020 • 1h 21min
431: TDO After Dark #1 with Vanessa Blakeslee
In this week's show, Vanessa Blakeslee and I discuss two online pieces on the subject of sex writing, and the conversation roves from there.
Jul 25, 2020 • 1h 2min
430: Jared Silvia!
In this week's show, I talk to writer, musician, and producer Jared Silvia about the connections between music and writing, the history of synth-pop, and the role of randomness and patterns to experience.
Jul 18, 2020 • 60min
429: Lindsay Ellis!
Photo by Emily VanDerWerf. In this week's show, I talk to novelist and video essayist Lindsay Ellis about science fiction; the structure of novels; exploring character interiority; alien invasion narratives; Chomskyian linguistics; the joys of making academic arguments about pop culture outside the academy; Transformers; and author platforms. Music by Modal Plane, used with permission.
Jul 11, 2020 • 1h 32min
428: David James Poissant
In this week's show, I talk to my friend David James Poissant about novel-writing, sex scenes, The X-Men, graphic art, focus, and many other things. This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go herewhile still logged in to upgrade the account with the discount.
Jul 4, 2020 • 1h 20min
427: Bruce Janz!
In this week's show, I talk to my friend, the philosopher Bruce Janz, about how to calm our monkey brains in the time of the pandemic, and what the pandemic can teach us about life before the pandemic. NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go herewhile still logged in to upgrade the account with the discount. Learn more about Queerbomb over at its Facebook page. Check out my literary adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.
