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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

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

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491: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #5

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2021/10/02

On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss 2002's classic horror film, Ju-on: The Grudge.

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A TDO Update

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2021/09/27

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03:05:40

490: A Commentary on Martin Scorcese's Casino, with...

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2021/09/18

On this week's show, Patrick Jehle and I talk our way through all of Casino. This episode's a long one. Enjoy!

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489: Aimee Bender!

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2021/09/13

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.

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01:41:33

488: Mixtape #15: Sailing an Ocean of Violets in Bloom.

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2021/09/05

Enjoy.

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01:09:19

487: Todd James Pierce!

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2021/08/28

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.

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01:16:19

486: Jan Elizabeth Watson!

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2021/08/22

In this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Jan Elizabeth Watson about a great many things.

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01:07:33

485: Drew Barth!

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2021/08/14

In this week’s show, I talk to Drew Barth about comic book obsessions.

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01:05:26

484: James Tate Hill

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2021/08/07

In this week’s show, I interview fiction writer and memoirist, James Tate Hill.

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483: Tim Parks!

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2021/07/31

In this week’s show, I interview a writer I'm obsessed with, the prose writer Tim Parks. We talk about walking and its relationship to composition, plus the historical vision of Garibaldi, and the provoking contradictions of historical record.

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01:02:30

482: A Discussion of Introducing Cultural Studies,...

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2021/07/24

In this week’s show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Ziauddan Sardar and Borin Van Loon's Introducing Cultural Studies.

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01:15:43

481: Catherine Raven!

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2021/07/18

On this episode, I talk to biologist Catherine Raven about her wonderful new memoir, Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship. TEXT DISCUSSED

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480: Tanya Grae!

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2021/07/10

On this episode, I talk to the poet Tanya Grae about finding surprises in poetry, losing one's hearing at the Hollywood Sportatorium, the solitude of earning a PhD in English, and the sexual politics of American life. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES 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. Check out my literary adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the

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02:41:18

479: A Discussion of The Departed, with Will Dowd!

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2021/07/03

On this episode, I talk to writer Will Dowd about Martin Scorcese's 2006 film, The Departed.

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01:34:25

478: Tyler Gillespie!

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2021/06/26

n this week’s show, journalist & poet Tyler Gillespie & I discuss long-form journalism and the epic wildness and weirdness of Florida. Photo by Elizabeth Lynch.[/caption] TEXTS DISCUSSED Read Brandon Wolfe's essayabout Pulse. Read John King's essayabout Walt Disney World's tragic alligator incident. Learn about how Florida's governor will protect freedom at Florida universitiesby policing thought and banning race from all educational discussion. NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium

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01:46:56

477: A Summer Solstice Special with Jefff Shuster!

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2021/06/19

In this week’s show, Jeff Shuster (our glorious Curator of Schlock) kick off summer by discussing two vintage summer camp films released in a two year span, Ivan Reitman's Meatballs (1979) and Tony Maylam's The Burning (1981).

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476: Anahid Nersessian!

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2021/06/12

In this week’s show, literary scholar Anahid Nersessian & I discuss John Keats, the potential for personal observations in academic work, the sexual politics of art, theme parks, and academic institutions, the dialectic of the indeterminacy & the permanence of art, & the scope of Keats’s personae.

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475: Kathleen Rooney!

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2021/06/05

In this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Kathleen Rooney about finding the spark to begin stories, the shape for long-form narratives, and the whimsy to make discoveries along the way.

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474: Nat Segaloff & Thomas Warming!

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2021/05/29

In this week’s show, I talk to Nat Segaloff and Thomas Warming about writing for and about Hollywood.

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01:58:08

473: A Discussion of Tom Waits's "Swordfishtrombones"...

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2021/05/22

In this week’s show, I bring music blogger Stephen McClurg aboard as we talk about one of the most transformative, dramatic, atmospheric, strange, American pastoral phantasmagorical musical albums of all time, Tom Waits's Swordfishtrombones (1983).

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