1storypod
Sean Thor Conroe
A podcast about literature by Sean Thor Conroe, author of Fuccboi: https://www.amazon.com/Fuccboi-Novel-Sean-Thor-Conroe/dp/0316394912
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 19, 2025 • 1h 7min
156. Paul Was A Gooner
Gravity's Rainbow, The Tain (the Irish Iliad), Sean's Writing Desire talk with Jen Beagin, pulling up on Danielle Chelosky's reading, and whether or not the Apostle Paul was a gooner.
https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Dec 5, 2025 • 1h 4min
155. Love and Greatness
Harold finished The Man Without Qualities by Musil, Sean finished The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede and revisited Zarathustra.
Nov 18, 2025 • 32min
153. Brett Gifford (first 30)
Brett came thru on his way down to NYC from Montreal to talk about his influences and his work and his writing. Read his story Cheryl on Blast 2: https://blast2mag.substack.com/
Full hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Nov 13, 2025 • 1h 4min
152. Men of Nowhere
Clarice Lispector, The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman, Elizabeth I, Ernst Robert Curtius, Dante, and the young king Jaxon Dart.
Vico Lecture and Brett Gifford Interview incoming: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Blast 2: https://blast2mag.substack.com/
Oct 26, 2025 • 1h 5min
151. Ecclesiastes
Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe on Ecclesiastes, Jonah, Wuthering Heights, the Cuckoo King, substack ethics, automythography, and our stalker podcast.
Part 2, etc: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Oct 23, 2025 • 5min
Wuthering Heights
From episode 151, "Ecclesiastes": https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
On Ecclesiastes, Jonah, Wuthering Heights, the Cuckoo King, autofiction ethics, automythography, and my stalker podcast.
Oct 1, 2025 • 20min
150. New Royalism *Faulky's birthday* (first 20)
Sean comes down to the city to sperg out on Harold about Ovid, Vico, sacred prostitution, and the Venus mother goddess myth; Harold talks DFW, Suetonius, life in the city, and Rob Rubsam's Male Literature Vulture piece.
FULL EP: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Sep 12, 2025 • 50min
149. Combat Cameras w/ Miles Lagoze
149. Combat Cameras w/ Miles Lagoze by Sean Thor Conroe
Sep 9, 2025 • 17min
148. Secret Night Pod *preview*
The fellas convene at the Upper East Spot for one final pod: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Harold's essay: https://blast2mag.substack.com/p/abolishing-time
Aug 25, 2025 • 1h
147. Infinite Pod
Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe on David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, The Recognitions by Gaddis, The Golden Bough by James Frazier, Augustine's Confessions, Paul's epistles, syncretism, automythography, Vico, and the Mutt Readings reading Sean did in Brooklyn. Second hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
