Best Den Of Nerds Podcasts (2024)

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 71: The New OTA & the State of Snap (October 2024) [ft. Bootman & NickdaGreekGeek] 1:39:23

4h ago1:39:23

1:39:23

Glazer and Roy are joined by long standing friend of the show Bootman (@BootmanMSTZ) and NickdaGreekGeek (@NickdaGreekGeek) to discuss the state of Snap in September 2024! We now offer our show notes in a NEW form – a Google Slide deck. You can see our show notes here and follow along with the episode with all the visual pazazz while you listen! If…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 70: Ranking the We Are Venom Season [ft. Docty & RezSnapper] 2:07:31

5h ago2:07:31

2:07:31

We now offer our show notes in a NEW form – a Google Slide deck. You can see our show notes here and follow along with the episode with all the visual pazazz while you listen! If you want to check out links to everything we discuss in this week’s episode give those show notes a click! Socials: Twitter: @snapjudgecast Youtube: @snapjudgmentspod Pate…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 69: Best Deck in Marvel Snap (September 2024) [ft. Den] 1:28:34

10d ago1:28:34

1:28:34

This week Glazer and Gunny are joined by Marvel Snap Zone’s very own Den (@Den_CCG) to provide a qualitative look at the overall meta of Marvel Snap. Looking for what decks Glazer, Gunny, and Den think will score you to the top of the ladder or help you build your collection of Conquest tickets in preparation for Infinite runs? If so, this is the e…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 68: New Patch & Hela Decks (ft. Nerds of Paradise) 1:23:30

18d ago1:23:30

1:23:30

Glazer and Roy are joined by the crew from Nerds of Paradise to discuss the BIG changes to Marvel Snap this week with the patch, OTAs, and temporary updates to cards like Agatha. This week’s crew also goes over five deck lists that are new to the meta and ask: was it Hela all along? We now offer our show notes in a NEW form – a Google Slide deck. Y…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 67: Buy or Sell – 10 Takes on Marvel Snap (Devilish_Plays & Safetyblade) 2:09:48

25d ago2:09:48

2:09:48

Glazer and Gunny T are joined by Devilish_Plays and Safetyblade to discuss the OTA and Madame Web. They also “buy or sell” ten hot takes on the most important issues in Marvel Snap. Hot takes abound! We now offer our show notes in a NEW form – a Google Slide deck. You can see our show notes here and follow along with the episode with all the visual…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 66: Ranking the Amazing Spider-Man Season [ft. Dotcy & Joe] 2:21:53

1M ago2:21:53

2:21:53

Glazer is joined by GunnyT, Docty (@Docty_Snap) and Joe (@SnapDecisions53) to discuss the Amazing Spider-Man season. Is Activate living up to the hype? Is Silver Sable surprising folks? Will Madam Web change the hierarchy of power in Marvel Snap or will she flop? This episode is your one stop shop for everything the Amazing Spider-Man. We now offer…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 65: Datamines & OTA Changes with Regis Killbin & Spider-Jess 1:52:50

1M ago1:52:50

1:52:50

Glazer and Roy are joined by Regis Killbin and Spider-Jess to discuss the latest controversial OTV, Speed & Hulkling, the updated data mined cards, and a splattering of other recently datamined stuff. A very fun and insightful episode all around and one not to be missed. We now offer our show notes in a NEW form – a Google Slide deck. You can see o…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 64: Snap On This! Takes Over Snap Judgments 1:51:09

1M ago1:51:09

1:51:09

Twitter: Snap On This!! @SnapOnThisPod Lauren @LaurenWhatevs Ben @Benjamin_Roller Rie @its_just_rie Socials: Twitter: @snapjudgecast Youtube: @snapjudgmentspod Pateron: Patreon.com/SnapJudgmentsBy Snap Judgments

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 63: Top 10 Sleeper Decks in Marvel Snap (August 2024) [ft. Dubos & Jimmy Dickins] 2:33:50

2M ago2:33:50

2:33:50

Glazer and Roy are joined by Dubos (@SantiDubos) and Jimmy Dickins discuss the top ten sleeper decks in Marvel Snap at the moment. The Glazer, Dubos, and Jimmy all submitted decks and together the crew worked out a ranked list of the top decks to experiment with on ladder and in Conquest mode if you’re looking to spice up your Marvel Snap experienc…

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All-New Snap Judgments, Episode 62: Ranking the August “Young Avengers” Season (August 2024) [ft. 6LACKDAMA & Docty] 2:22:53

2M ago2:22:53

2:22:53

Glazer is joined by GunnyT, Docty (@Docty_Snap) and 6LACKDAMA (@6LACKDAMA ) to discuss the Young Avengers season. Is Kate living up to the hype? Is Marvel Boy changing the meta? Will Speed, Hulkling, and Wiccan land as playable cards? Here is your one stop shop for everything Young Avengers. We now offer our show notes in a NEW form – a Google Slid…

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Dialog and Description in Suttree 55:14

5M ago55:14

55:14

Haha this was recorded like months ago. Please excuse the mess. More Good Writing coming on a reliably unreliable schedule. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Twitter: @goodwritingpod Email: goodwritingpodcast@gmail.com…

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Facts in Fiction in The Book of X 1:07:31

7M ago1:07:31

1:07:31

What are more tools we can use to further develop theme and the point-of-view character's worldview? In her novel The Book of X, Sarah Rose Etter regularly breaks the action with lists of facts. Find the photo of Ben that reminded Emily of Edward Cullen in the Two Dollar Radio Tattoo Club Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine Louie Zong's new a…

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Fruiting Bodies and Being Mean to a Child 58:24

1y ago58:24

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Point-of-view characters. You love them. You understand them. They still do mean things. How can you keep your reader empathizing with your point-of-view character even if they do something villainous? Also: Ben (a philosophy major) and Emily (an outdoor enthusiast) interpret the climax pretty differently. Read this short story before listening to …

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How to Write Non-Chronologically in Enjoy Me Among My Ruins 55:15

1y ago55:15

55:15

Do you have to write about a topic in the chronological order that it happened in to understand it better? No, definitely not. In fact - maybe you shouldn't? This episode, we discuss Enjoy Me Among My Ruins by Juniper Fitzgerald (2022). It's a memoir that uses 3 forms (diary entry, flash about an influential woman in her life, and essays) to explor…

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The Energy of Youth in Burn You the Fuck Alive 1:16:48

1y ago1:16:48

1:16:48

In this episode we consider what it takes to write young people in a way that feels both honest and honoring with a difficult piece of fiction by B.R. Yeager from his newest collection, Burn You the Fuck Alive. Burn You the Fuck Alive by B.R. Yeager Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow…

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Our Wives Under the Sea: How to Establish Themes When Your Point-of-View Character is Clueless 1:00:51

1+ y ago1:00:51

1:00:51

Carmen from Julia Armfield's debut novel Our Wives Under the Sea isn't necessary for the plot, but Emily got obsessed anyway (of course). In this episode, we discuss bringing side characters to life and using them to establish themes that your point-of-view character is too clueless to pick up on. Other links: B.R. Yeager (friend of the pod)'s new …

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Filoni Movie News, Captain America 4 Set Photos, & BAD Updates For Echo... 1:27:22

1+ y ago1:27:22

1:27:22

We have a lot to go over in this podcast! There's huge updates about Dave Filoni's Star Wars movie. We've also got Captain America 4 set photos! On top of all of that, we need to go over MCU Disney Plus show updates. There are good updates about Loki and BAD updates about Echo...#marvel #starwars #podcast…

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Power of Propulsion Featuring David van den Berg 1:04:23

1+ y ago1:04:23

1:04:23

Today we discuss "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" with poet David van den Berg. David's magazine - Prometheus Dreaming His new book - Love Letters from an Arsonist Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Twitter: @goodwr…

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Conceptual Constraint in Having and Being Had by Eula Biss 55:54

1+ y ago55:54

55:54

Emily has Ben read sections from Eula Biss's Having and Being Had this week because she knows he loves to think about capitalism. How can you come up with rules to how you write about a topic? Eula Biss sets out with constraints that make her essays both dreamlike and punchy. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay…

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Getting the Story through Creeped-Out Characters in The Haunting of Hill House 59:59

1+ y ago59:59

59:59

Happy (belated) Halloween, Good Writing subscribers! In today's episode, we discuss Shirley Jackson's 1959 gothic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House. What makes this "psychological ghost story" work so well? Subjectivity. The characters tell us their subjection version of the events, which leaves the reader to fill in the gaps with maximum spo…

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When Everyone is Everyone Else in Frank Herbert’s Dune 53:31

2+ y ago53:31

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Dune is a weird book. Some might even say, a bad book. Emily does on this episode, and so does Ben (sort of). Herbert’s prose style is definitely stilted, but what Ben and Emily get into on this episode is the absolutely strange choice he’s made to write the entire thing in third person omniscient, and they try to figure out how thinking works in f…

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Therapy in Fiction and Milk Fed by Melissa Broder 54:36

2+ y ago54:36

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We love insights and character motivation on this podcast! 😤 But we also like scenes that move the story forward. This week, we discuss the hilarious Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (2021) and how she introduces a therapist character who feels realistic while still creating all of the insights that we expect when a character goes to therapy. A link we p…

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Hallucinating the Image with Gary J. Shipley 53:42

2+ y ago53:42

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In this episode of the Good Writing Podcast, Ben and Emily discuss what it means to write an image that by no right can actually be seen. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Twitter: @goodwritingpod Email: goodwritingpod…

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The Prompt-isode: 6 Months Review 45:24

2+ y ago45:24

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It's been 6 months of podcasting! Ben and Emily review some of their favorite prompts and exercises from the past 25 episodes of the Good Writing Podcast. Listen to the full episodes clipped here: Brett Biebel - On Compactness, Objects and Perfection with Josephine Rowe How to Write with Yourself as the Subject - Megan Boyle’s Liveblog Real Setting…

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The Ethics of Writing with Melissa Febos 1:02:24

2+ y ago1:02:24

1:02:24

This episode of the Good Writing Podcast deals with the ethics that the writer must grapple with when writing, especially when that writing deals with people from the so-called real world with the help of Melissa Febos' parables. "A Big Shitty Party" by Melissa Febos. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out cra…

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Fictionalizing the Real with Jorge Luis Borges 50:51

2+ y ago50:51

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Borges often looked to his work as an essayist and literary critic when looking for inspiration for his fiction, be it in the form of using that fiction to better understand writing or taking on the forms of non-fiction directly. While the first of these is inevitably touched upon in this episode, we focus more directly on the formal effort of "Pie…

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The Fellowship of the Ring and Getting Your Reader to Buy In 58:09

2+ y ago58:09

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Emily picked up The Fellowship of the Ring and bought in hard. What makes the whimsical and meandering opening work so well? Ben and Emily also discuss listener mail and workshop peer pet peeves. Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benj…

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John Trefry - Spacetime Surgery and Thick Description with Claude Simon 1:00:34

2+ y ago1:00:34

1:00:34

Author and editor John Trefry joins us to discuss (among many other things) the ways in which language itself has aesthetic value, the unknowable contours of spacetime, why writing without emotion can lead you to interesting places, and death metal. Read John's writing on the Neutral Spaces blog. Visit Inside the Castle here. The Amityville films o…

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Brett Biebel - On Compactness, Objects and Perfection with Josephine Rowe 51:08

2+ y ago51:08

51:08

Today on the Good Writing Podcast we are joined by flash fiction author Brett Bieble. Topics discussed include the ways in which flash fiction approaches "perfection," the advantages of brevity, the ways that stories utilize objects, and comma patrol. Josephine Rowe's "The Vending Machine at the End of the World" Brett's Twitter Brett's story "Big …

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5x10 in the Den: The 2010s 1:11:55

2+ y ago1:11:55

1:11:55

Mocktails, Tony Pinhiero of Sunset Beach Oysters, Sustainability.

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Esteban Rodriguez - Writing About Stuff You Hate with Thomas Pynchon 59:08

2+ y ago59:08

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Texas poet Esteban Rodriguez joins us to discuss an excerpt from Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 (1965). We talk about writing about stuff you hate and combining long and short sentence lengths for realism and momentum. Esteban recommends The Folly by Ivan Vladislavic (2015), An Explanation of the Birds by António Lobo Antunes (translated by …

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J.P. Hurley - Lost in Memories with Philip Roth 59:57

2+ y ago59:57

59:57

John-Paul Hurley joins us to discuss an excerpt from Sabbath’s Theater by Philip Roth. How can writers make the readers feel lost in memories? We also discuss unlikeable protagonists. Other links from this week: Follow J.P. Hurley on Twitter here Hear about how a fantasy writer raised $31M on Kickstarter to self-publish four books on the Print Run …

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Talking Star Wars Past, Present, & Future w/ Star Wars Meg 1:20:00

2+ y ago1:20:00

1:20:00

Star Wars Meg is a YouTuber, and she covers Star Wars news in a unique way. I sat down with her to talk about the brand and the future of the franchise.

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How to Write with Yourself as the Subject - Megan Boyle’s Liveblog 58:16

2+ y ago58:16

58:16

We always bring ourselves with us wherever we go, even into our writing. Even if we think that writing is about something completely other to ourselves, it is impossible for that wherever to escape whoever we are. Megan Boyle takes this to the farthest extent in her autofiction piece Liveblog in which she attempted to write down every single thing …

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Alien Literary Magazine - How to Make Your Submissions Stand Out 1:10:02

2+ y ago1:10:02

1:10:02

The co-editors in chief of Alien Literary Magazine join us to talk about two of their favorite pieces from a recent issue. We talk about the magazine’s reading process and two elements of craft that made these submissions stand out: momentum and juxtaposition. “Pilgrimage” by Brett Biebel in Alien Literary Magazine “Rave” by Esteban Rodriguez in Al…

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What Makes a Story Feel Complete? Chekhov, George Saunders, and Occasion for Story 1:07:23

2+ y ago1:07:23

1:07:23

Emily has Ben read an Anton Chekhov short story about a sad lady’s sad day and discuss occasion for story. Why is this the day that you tune into your character’s life? How can we as writers make a story feel complete? On the way, Ben and Emily get derailed by a difference of opinion sparked by George Saunders’s analysis of the story. Should you co…

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5x10 in the Den: ABE RYBECK UNCUT BONUS 1:00:25

2+ y ago1:00:25

1:00:25

Unedited interview with artist, activist, playwright and organizational consultant Abe Rybeck. Please support The Theatre Offensive at www.thetheateroffensive.org

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Writing Whatever you Want, Whenever you Want with Richard Brautigan 1:02:50

2+ y ago1:02:50

1:02:50

We discuss Richard Brautigan’s novel Trout Fishing in America and the way he seems to have no interest in following any sort of rule when he’s writing. The phrase “Trout Fishing in America” can be anything; a character, a place, the phrase itself, or maybe even something more, something spiritual. Ben and Emily talk about why that’s cool and why it…

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When the Narrator Won’t Admit It with Sofia Samatar 52:02

2+ y ago52:02

52:02

How can we make sure our readers pick up on key information when our narrator is cagey or not willing to admit the full truth? We look at how a master, Sofia Samatar, does it in her short story "Walkdog." It has both a reluctant narrator ("Emilybait") and a weird form ("Benbait"). We also discuss the "line" between "literary fiction" and "science f…

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Talking MCU, DC, & Star Wars Content w/ Supes 1:09:02

2+ y ago1:09:02

1:09:02

Matt Ramos aka Supes, is a content creator that massed a massive following! I talked to him about his come up, great moments he's had in his career, AND about our most anticipated nerdy projects!

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The Entire World in a Single Sentence: Unpacking Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season 57:45

2+ y ago57:45

57:45

Sentence length can be used to pull the reader into the text, and a long sentence can force them to stay there. Fernanda Melchor’s Hurrican Season presents the reader with a seemingly impenetrable block of text that keeps their eyes locked the page, even whenthey might want to turn away. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor The Faggots & Their Frie…

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B.R. Yeager - How Second Person Allows us to Reach Past the Edges of a Text 50:42

2+ y ago50:42

50:42

The Good Writing podcast gets its mind blown by the author of Pearl Death, Negative Space, and Amygdalatropolis; B.R. Yeager! We discuss Blake Butler’s 2014 novel 300,000,000 and how it uses a single page to break down the barriers between book and reader, author and audience, and maybe even reality and fiction 300,000,000 by Blake Butler (2014). B…

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5x10 in the Den: The 2000s 1:19:15

2+ y ago1:19:15

1:19:15

The Whiskey Flower, Kanye's Workout Plan, Fondue, Artist & Activist Abe Rybeck.

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Talking Star Wars Fandom & Culture War w/ Drunk3p0 1:39:09

2+ y ago1:39:09

1:39:09

Drunk3p0 is a YouTuber and streamer, and his story of getting into internet content shows a side of the Star Wars fan war that many don't know about. I sat down with Jay and talked about his story of getting into YouTube, how he found the Fandom Menace and Geeks and Gamers, and what it's been like since he began. We get into Culture War ideas and t…

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Talking Amazon's LOTR Show "Rings of Power" w/ Nerd of the Rings 1:29:17

2+ y ago1:29:17

1:29:17

Nerd of the Rings is one of the biggest and best Lord of the Rings YouTubers on the planet. I sat down with him to pick his brain about the Amazon show Rings of Power. We talk about how this is the most expensive television show ever created, if the show can reach Game of Thrones levels of success, and how the lore of the books could play out in th…

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Cherri Buijk - Why Is Historical Fiction So Hard? 55:12

2+ y ago55:12

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The Good Writing podcast welcomes its first guest, short story writer and fellow MFA friend Cherri Buijk, to discuss historical fiction. What makes historical fiction feel authentic? We discuss freewriting about the parts of history that you can’t wrap your head around and resisting the temptation to moralize. A Mercy by Toni Morrison (2008) Toni M…

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Irreverent Protagonists and Gideon the Ninth 58:52

2+ y ago58:52

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We all love a witty protagonist with quips. But how can a writer stay true to an ironic voice while still getting the characters and readers to care about the story? We discuss Gideon the Ninth, a fantasy debut novel about lesbian necromancers in space with a hilarious and irreverent point-of-view character. Ben and Emily also share two of their wi…

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5x10 in the Den: The 1990s 57:53

2+ y ago57:53

57:53

The White Russian, The Cosmopolitan, Dressings of the Legendary Grendel's Salad Bar

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What in the World is World Building? A Discussion of B.R. Yeager’s Pearl Death and Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun 1:00:31

3y ago1:00:31

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While we often think of the plot of our stories as their bedrock, I (Ben) actually think it is the world in which they take place. Without the world, there is nothing to motivate the story from the outside, there is no context in which the story takes place. In this episode, we discuss what it is that allows for something as large as the entire wor…

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What Is a Literary Magazine, and How Do I Submit? (Also The Bell Jar Part 2) 1:07:55

3y ago1:07:55

1:07:55

The world of literature is difficult one to navigate, especially for those just starting out. A strange cornerstone of becoming part of the literary world is the literary magazine, a place where new writing is published without the need of being placed into the format of the book. Writers often find the submission process difficult and discouraging…

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