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 inte ...
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Join us for a conversation with Stephen King, John Mellencamp, and T Bone Burnett, co-creators of the southern gothic supernatural musical "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County." This extraordinary collaboration—13 years in the making—is a haunting tale of fraternal love, jealousy, and revenge. Our esteemed guests will talk about the inspiration behind the project and the all-star recording, with music and lyrics by Mellencamp, libretto by King, and musical direction by Burnett.
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On this episode, John speaks with the screenwriter and novelist Jennifer Manocherian about building characters, planning stories, and the discoveries made while drafting.By John King
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On this episode, John speaks with the poet Tiffany Midge about the vibrant, often overlooked roles of humor and entertainment in poetry. They also talk about James Cameron's Aliens, popular culture as metaphor, and serial killers.By John King
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On #636, John talks to Jeff Alessandrelli about his new novel, And Yet. They discusse the existentital torment of desire, the problem of overthinking the problem of overthinking, and the role of desire in literature, psychology, and history.By John King
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On this week's show, John talks to his friend Michael Wheaton about how to live in think in a media-saturated American life, which is the subject of his new book, Home Movies, available through Bunny Books.By John King
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634: A Discussion of Jewel's A Night Without Armor (with Rachael Tillman & Samantha Nickerson)
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On this week's episode, Rachel Tillman, Samantha Nickerson, and John King join the nocturnal jousting in a conversation about Jewel's A Night Without Armor. This is a taste of what will be coming to my Patreon content, once I launch a Patreon page for this podcast.By John King
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 07-17-2024 WED Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Midweek Service Date: 7/17/2024 Length: 42 min.
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 07-21-2024 6:30 PM Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/21/2024 Length: 56 min.
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On this week’s show John speaks with Todd James Pierce about Larry Watkin and his history with Walt Disney as a novelist, screenwriter, and producer. They explore the 1940s to the 1960s of Watkin’s career and the common themes present throughout his risky live-action Disney projects such as Darby O’Gill, Robin Hood, and Treasure Island.…
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632: A Discussion of Nicholson Baker's The Anthologist with Rachael Tillman!
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In this week's episode, Rachael Tillman and I break some standards of academia as we discuss the poetry insights of Paul Chowder, the narrator of Nicholson Baker's 2009 comic novel, The Anthologist.By John King
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Graduation from dust to Heavenly Host Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/14/2024 Length: 48 min.
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Replay: Episode 295 with Charles Simic & Richard Blanco!5
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On this replay episode, I talk to the late Charles Simic about James Tate, Kansas surrealism, humor in poetry, and embracing the unconscious, plus I talk to Richard Blanco about the accidents that turn us into artists, the grind of editing, and the joys of finding new forms and challenges.By John King
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07-07-2024- Phil Thompson - Why Are You a Christian
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 07-07-2024- Phil Thompson - Why Are You a Christian Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/7/2024 Length: 43 min.
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06-30-2024 - John King - Where Does the Power Come From?
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 06-30-2024 - John King - Where Does the Power Come From? Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/30/2024 Length: 43 min.
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On this week’s show John talks to Blake Sanz, author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling, about the intertwining short stories within the book and the journeys of emotional vulnerability, writing as a grad student, and wooden planks reminiscent of Theseus.By John King
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630: Juli Min, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!
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On this week's show, Samantha Nickerson talks to Juli Min about reverse-chronology narratives and the captivation of surprises in following characters over decades.By John King
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: "The Comforter" Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/23/2024 Length: 43 min.
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629: Li-Young Lee (interviewed by Chrissy Kolaya)!
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On this week’s show Chrissy Kolaya talks to Li-Young Lee about his latest collection of poems, The Invention of the Darling. Together they explore the rooms of poetry, the systems of the human imagination, and the voice of angels.
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: "Narrow Door - Limitless Horizons" Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/9/2024 Length: 44 min.
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On this week’s show, John King talks to the novelist Kent Wascom about the continuation of the Woolsack legacy in his new novel, The Great State of West Florida. We discuss the vibrantly chaos of Florida, the postmodern pulp possibilities of the western genre, and the importance of a great book cover.…
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On this week’s show, Johnj talk to the poet David McLoghlin about his newest collection of poems, Crash Centre, and history, religion, rugby, boarding school, trauma, and exiting the comforts of metaphor.By John King
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" Hasty Transactions And Painful Losses "
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: " Hasty Transactions And Painful Losses " Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/2/2024 Length: 48 min.
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05-26-2024 6:30 PM - John King - "Finding Calm in the Storm"
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 05-26-2024 6:30 PM - John King - "Finding Calm in the Storm" Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 5/26/2024 Length: 50 min.
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626: Ian Patterson, interviewed by Chelsea Alice (Redux)!
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Chelsea Alice interviewed Ian Patterson back on episode 589, but they had much more to talk about, so here is another round of frank, literary conversation, this time about translating Charles Fourier and Patterson's original poetry as well.By John King
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In this week’s show, John talks with Daniel Handler about the absurd fun of stress-testing reality, the joys of listening to Sun Ra & Prince, the efficacy of writing on ordinary writing pads, and the importance of waiting for the good stuff to come to us as writers.By John King
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After discussing World War I with Michael Korda on episode 622, this week I speak with Ann Hood about her newest novel, The Stolen Child, which features a storyline about artists during World War I. During this interview, I may have defended IHOP perhaps too strenuously. Talking with Ann was, as always, charming.…
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Replay: Episode 278 with Brittany Perham
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Thanks to Brian Salmons for bumpering this replay episode.By John King
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In this week’s show, John talks with Nicholson Baker about the potential sorrows of writing, the drive to discover joy, and the need to explore other creative endeavors besides writing.
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In this week’s show, John talks with prose writer Michael Korda about telling the historical stories of the poets of World War I.
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In this week’s show, John talks with Tyler Mills about her extraordinary multimedia memoir, a poetic people’s history of America’s secretive relationship to the atomic bomb.By John King
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620: A Discussion of Asteroid City, with Jared Silvia!
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In this week’s show, John talks with Jared Silvia about the 2023 film, Asteroid City, and look at how Wes Anderson and co-writer Roman Coppola counterbalances surges of emotion with layers of artifice, which is a mixed metaphor, we know.By John King
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In this week’s show, John talks with Jessie Red Marshall about her extraordinary short story collection, Women! In! Peril! The topics discussed include how story collections are like mixtapes, how thematic unity occurs brilliantly by accident, and how the interesting questions to ask ourselves in writing fiction is often what about ourselves, as wr…
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618: A Book Discussion of Kenneth Patchen's Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, with Nick Georgoudiou!
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In this week’s show, John and Nick Georgoudiou discuss Kenneth Patchen's surreal postmodern novel, Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, before a small crowd gathered at the Kerouac Project of Orlando.By John King
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In this week’s show, John talks to Marie Mutsuki Mockett about her exquisite new novel, The Tree Doctor, which leads us to the topics of Japanese literature, The Tale of Genji, and how the ancient world is surprisingly like our own.By John King
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616: A Book Discussion of George Saunders's A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, with Rachael Tillman!
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On today's show, Rachael and I discuss George Saunders's discussion of seven short stories by Russian authors. Since Saunders's book is the result of teaching these stories in MFA craft courses over multiple decades, this book and today's discussion simulates an important part of the MFA experience, for those who wonder what that might be like. The…
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This ep. features a conversation with Pulitzer prize-winning poet Diane Seuss about her latest book of verse, Modern Poetry. With bursts of internal rhyme about thorny subjects, Modern Poetry awaits the reader with a spirit of mourning and loss and self-creation, which is, for this reader anyway, joyous.…
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Thanks to Brian Salmons for bumpering this replay episode.By John King
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614: Celeste Ng & Ben Fountain, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!
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On today’s show, Samantha Nickerson interviews the fiction writers Celeste Ng and Ben Fountain!By John King
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A new MP3 sermon from Liberty Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 02-11-2024-6:30PM - Jonh King Speaker: John King Broadcaster: Liberty Baptist Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 2/12/2024 Length: 38 min.
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613: Jamel Brinkley and M. Evelina Galang!
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On #613, Chelsea Alice speaks with Jamel Brinkley about his new short story collection Witness, plus John King speaks with M. Evelina Galang about her new short story collection, When the Hibiscus Falls. Special Thanks to Miami Book Fair.By John King
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612: A Discussion of Anaïs Nin's Little Birds, with Samantha Nickerson
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Samantha Nickerson and I delve into Anaïs Nin's posthumously published slender volume of erotica, Little Birds.By John King
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On today’s show, John King chats with poet Matt Mason about the poetic necessity of engaging with the popular culture that is part of the fabric of our American life, including rock music and obviously, obviously, the Disney phenomenon.By John King
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On today’s show, John King chats with journalist Rebecca Renner and poet Major Jackson at Miami Book Fair.By John King
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609: Meg Cabot & Kelle Groom, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!
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Today’s show features novelist Meg Cabot and memoirist Kelle Groom in conversation with TDO correspondent Samantha Nickerson, recorded during Miami Book Fair 2023.By John King
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608: Maggie Smith and Michael Cunningham!
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On today's show, John talks to the poet and memoirist Maggie Smith about the complexities of trying to merge reality with narrative structure, and discusses the same, in different ways, with the novelist Michael Cunningham!By John King
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On today’s show, John talks poet Brian Turner about learning to write the thing we need to write rather than the thing we want to write, the long conversations we have with those we love, and the processes of nature, including grief. His trio of new poetry volumes is out now from Alice James Books.By John King
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On today’s show, John talks to author, actor, and producer Felicia Day about her new audiobook masterpiece, Third Eye, which is a hysterically funny fantasy epic that deep down has heart. Nerd culture, self-discovery, and creative writing are discussed at length.By John King
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On today's show, John talks to the novelist Elle Nash about her breathtaking new novel, Deliver Me. The chief topic is how to write a strange, nearly impossible story about American poverty without wallowing or romanticizing one’s characters and finding beauty in their ability to strive to understand a maddening world.…
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604: A Discussion of William Gibson's Neuromancer, with Rachael Tillman!
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Rachael and I return to the subject of William Gibson to discuss his 1984 classic science fiction novel, Neuromancer, which is wonderful in its fusion of noir style and cyberpunk vision.By John King
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On today’s show, John talks to Mistie Watkins about her new book of flash essays, Hireath, which might be the most Florida book he's ever read.By John King
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On today’s show, John talks to best-selling author Walter Mosley about his process, especially when exploring unsettling, psychological science fiction in his new novel, Touched.By John King
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