1storypod
A podcast about literature by Sean Thor Conroe, author of Fuccboi: https://www.amazon.com/Fuccboi-Novel-Sean-Thor-Conroe/dp/0316394912
Latest episodes
Jun 4, 2025 • 1h 4min
138. Happiness Forever with Adelaide Faith
Part one of our pod with Adelaide Faith, author of Happiness Forever, out now from FSG.
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May 6, 2025 • 26min
Harold read Schattenfroh
Sean returned from Japan, Harold read Schattenfroh (Deep Vellum, August 2025) by Michael Lentz, tr. Max Lawton. Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Apr 10, 2025 • 12min
134. Mating (first 11:44)
On whether art is inherently harmful or good for thdse world, Mishima and the value of going to war, Harold on Mating by Norman Rush, and which books Sean is bringing to Japan. Join the paytch for free to listen -->
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Mar 29, 2025 • 14min
133. Confessions with Thomas Thatcher (first 13:33)
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Mar 24, 2025 • 23min
132. The New Mythic Method w/ Al Jacobs *preview*
132. The New Mythic Method w/ Al Jacobs *preview* by Sean Thor Conroe
Mar 18, 2025 • 1h 8min
131. Sacred Grove with Eric Conroe
On Ezra Pound, tree girls in Ovid, Eric's writing on dance and Sean's three part Circe-Persephone-Eve essay. Recorded on full moon 3.13.25 in the yurt.
Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131-sacred-grove-124605152?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link |
Eric: https://substack.com/@ericconroewriting |
Referenced essay: https://seanthorconroe.substack.com/p/circe-persephone-eve-part-one
Mar 2, 2025 • 51min
130. Consciousness Level-up (first 50)
On Hamlet, Ulysses, the Iliad, Anna Karenina, and self-invention.
Full ep and bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Feb 20, 2025 • 34min
129. Wizened Youth w/ Diego Sanchez (first 30)
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Feb 11, 2025 • 1h 11min
128. Pod of Myself w/ Will Mountain Cox
Sean and Harold are joined by Will Mountain Cox, author of Roundabout (Relegation, 2023). They do a deep dive on Walt Whitman, the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, Harold Bloom on Hamlet, Will's history with Giancarlo DiTrapano, and why America and podcasting is gnostic.
Bonus hour and more on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Intro song by Thomas Thatcher.
Feb 7, 2025 • 55min
Lecture / reading: The Sound and the Fury #1 [p. 1-17]
Reading through all of The Sound and the Fury, explaining what’s going on, with introductory lecture-rants each week. Emphasizing the element of the novel that retells Easter weekend—that is, the gospels.
Ep 2 & more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/live-annotation-121818722?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
