Best Kelby Losack Podcasts (2024)

Jack Mason is the host of The Perfume Nationalist, a continuing radio soap opera in which art and culture, high and low, are discussed through the historical lens of fragrance. On this episode, we discuss embracing fragrance as an art form and consciously engaging with scent. We also talk the pitfalls of minimalist literature, which fragrances we'r…

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Ozu Pt. 1 - The Silent Era (1927 - 1936) 1:01:25

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I love Ozu. I tell you why for an hour in this first third of my 8pl8s: Ozu trilogy, covering the director's silent film era (1927 - 1936). SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR BORN, BUT... FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ 8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/

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BRAZOS: On Writing What You Know with Justin Carter 1:03:43

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patreon.com/agitator Buy BRAZOS from Belle Point Press: https://bellepointpress.com/products/brazos Keep up with Justin Carter: https://juscarts.com/ Discussed: Justin and Kelby's experiences and feelings of Brazoria County, Texas; poetry vs prose; "Not Meth"; escaping academia; sports journalism; fatherhood; devil possession and harvesting grave d…

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LIVES OF THE MONSTER DOGS with David Simmons 1:14:20

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David Simmons and Kelby Losack are chopping it up about LIVES OF THE MONSTER DOGS by Kirsten Bakis. What separates humans from other animals? What is our purpose here? What is "alternative literature"? You read any good books lately? All this and more, on this episode of Agitator. patreon.com/agitator Learn more about the Broken River crew: brokenr…

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Pho2 w/ Ryan Simón & Matt Gomes 1:01:32

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THE SEQUEL!!! Check out part 1 here Ryan Simón, the creator of American Vulgaria magazine, and Matt Gomes, a photographer and musician join me for a SECOND trip thru pics, Infinite Jest tattoos, Tanner Masseth's Surveillance film, and so much more... SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR PHOTO-READY FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ 8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.c…

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Episode 85 ft. Matthew J Donovan and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix 1:43:59

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On today's MAS I talk with guests Matthew J. Donovan of the Neoliberal Hell podcast and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix the frontwoman of the metal band Liturgy.

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Pics w/ Ryan Simón & Matt Gomes 1:01:10

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Ryan Simón, the creator of American Vulgaria magazine, and Matt Gomes, a photographer and musician join me for a trip through the history and the state of photography in the modern age. SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR PHOTO-READY FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ 8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS ELLE NASH? 1:05:18

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On book tours, US vs UK publishing, Larry Correia vs The Great Gatsby, editing, bred from experience vs bred from institution, and how to measure artistic value. Buy Deliver Me in the US: https://www.unnamedpress.com/books/book?title=Deliver+Me And in the UK: https://www.vervebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php?&isbn=9780857308610 Follow Elle on IG and X @sad…

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SCAVENGERS REIGN with Grant Wamack 1:00:51

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Grant Wamack is the Wonderland award nominated author of MELANCHOLY’S FINEST, BLACK GYPSIES, and GOD’S LEFTOVERS. He pulls tarot cards, practices jiu jitsu, and smokes weed in Los Angeles. Follow his come-up at https://grantwamack.substack.com/ [[This episode is brought to you by Experience.Computer, slow radio about high tech. A podcast about apha…

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83 - Terrorizers ft. Fred Barrett 2:01:05

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Fred Barrett makes his third appearance on MAS to discuss Edward Yang's 1986 film Terrorizers and the Taiwanese New Wave.

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Type O Negative w/Thom 2:13:44

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Thom from UnironicZyzzPosting joins me for a slow, deep & hard-dive into the history and discography of one of America's most misunderstood bands, Type O Negative. With hints of addiction, religion, and of course, Zyzz. --- Chapters: 0:00 - Origins (1989–1991) 11:14 - Slow, Deep and Hard and The Origin of the Feces (1991-1992) 26:15 - Bloody Kisses…

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Unlocked - The Shinjuku Love Story ft. The Marvelous! Podcast 1:36:13

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From the vaults of the MAS Patreon, here's an unlocked episode about the 1987 film The Shinjuku Love Story featuring Nicole and Stu of Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema podcast.

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Shelby Oaks (2024) Review (Spoiler-free!) 27:04

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Initial thoughts / Spoiler-free review of Chris Stuckmann's highly anticipated feature film debut Shelby Oaks (2024), a 3am post-Fantasia premiere ramble. SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR OHIO FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ 8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/

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HOW TO ACTUALLY CURE WRITER’S BLOCK: J. David Osborne Returns 1:08:25

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Our boy JDO has resurrected to share the sauce on how he’s found the ultimate cure for writer’s block. We also give a syllabic breakdown on what’s coming up for Agitator: more craft talk, getting into the nuts and bolts of publishing and printing and marketing books. We also talk about the value of a niche audience and the dangers of networking wit…

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82 - MAXXXINE ft. LowRes Wunderbred 2:34:04

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LowRes Wunderbred from MOVIES // A PODCAST ABOUT THE ACT OF CINEMA returns to MAS to discuss Ti's West's MAXXXINE.

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John Wayne w/ Kelby Losack 1:01:23

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John Wayning it up with new friend of the show Kelby Losack of the Agitator pod & Broken River book collective SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR WESTERN FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ 8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/

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CROOKED SMILE: On Addiction, Homelessness, & Hope with Jared Klickstein 1:21:53

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Jared Klickstein was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1989 to heroin-addicted parents. He spent his teenage years outside of Oakland, California after being adopted by his aunt and uncle. He attended UC Santa Cruz where he got addicted to heroin himself, dropped out, and spent nearly ten years chronically homeless and addicted around the country. A…

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81 - Yorgos Lanthimos ft. DC 1:30:01

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DC (Darius Csiky) of 8pl8s is back again! Last time we discussed the work of Sean Baker in a MAS/8pl8s double podcast crossover. This time we're doing ANOTHER MAS/8pl8s double podcast crossover on the films of Yorgos Lanthimos. In part one we go through the Lanthimos canon from 1995-2015 on MAS. When you're done listening to this episode, head over…

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Yorgos Lanthimossover w/ Ryan Jackson of Mutual Aberration Society 1:38:37

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In what critics are calling the Horizon: An American Saga of film-pod crossovers, I am once again teaming up with Ryan Jackson of M.A.S. for a director deep dive. This week, we're going deep into the second half of Yorgos Lanthimos' filmography. We're in a great place mentally!! Films discussed in this ep: -The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) -The …

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VIOLENT FACULTIES: On Humanity, God, & the Authentic Narrator with Charlene Elsby 1:14:03

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Charlene Elsby is a philosophy doctor and former professor whose books include Hexis, Affect, Psychros, Agyny, Musos, Letters to Jenny Just After She Died, Bedlam, The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty, and Violent Faculties. Her essays have appeared in Bustle Books and the LA Review of Books. https://charleneelsby.com/ Using her torture porn/mad scientist p…

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AMERICAN VULGARIA / IKU: Running an Indie Print Magazine + A Review of Sci-fi Smut [ft. Ryan Simón] 1:24:02

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Ryan Simón is the one-man factory behind the avant-garde Americana sleaze/arts and culture mag American Vulgaria. We talk about his inspiration for starting the magazine, what direction it's heading in now, and we get into the nuts and bolts of printing and designing magazines and books that stand on their own as gorgeous works of art. More on AMER…

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80 - Butcher, Baker, Poverty Porn Maker? ft. DC 1:30:18

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MAS has returned! On this episode, I have back on DC (Darius Csiky) of 8pl8s to discuss the work of Sean Baker in a MAS/8pl8s double podcast crossover. This is part two of our Sean Baker discussion. To listen to us discuss the first half of Baker's filmography listen to part one over at 8pl8s right now.…

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Baker CROSSOVERspective w/ Ryan Jackson of Mutual Aberration Society 1:04:06

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LISTEN TO PART 2 HERE (Mutual Aberration Society) On this legendary crossover episode, I go through EVERY feature film directed by Sean Baker with screenwriter/filmmaker Ryan Jackson. This first half, featuring Four Letter Words (2000), Take Out (2004), Prince of Broadway (2008), and Starlet (2012), was posted on the 8pl8s feed. The second half, fe…

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Izumi Suzuki's Hit Parade of Tears (ft. Jay Springett) [EP. 150 // Ghost in the Tome #8] 52:11

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Writer, podcaster, and strategist (and musician, and inventor of solarpunk) Jay Springett joins Kelby for this AGITATOR Z FINALE. Everything changes beyond this point, and what a way to end an era. We're talking Izumi Suzuki's incredible bizarro short story collection Hit Parade of Tears. Keep up with Jay: https://www.thejaymo.net/ Buy Hit Parade o…

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Deep State Expressionism, Centrist Propaganda, and Park Chan-wook's The Sympathizer (ft. Ryan Jackson) 2:07:44

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I'ma just do long titles now to save time coming up with descriptions. Listen to Mutual Aberration Society: Mutual Aberration Society | Podcast on Spotify This was an early release episode for paid subscribers of Agitator: patreon.com/agitatorBy J David Osborne & Kelby Losack

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Blood Beat Confidential (ft. Jacob Everett) 1:31:02

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Jacob Everett, founder and editor-in-chief of the low life/high strangeness lit mag and indie press Apocalypse Confidential, joins Kelby to discuss the no-budget 1983 murder drone film Blood Beat. This episode's a deep dive into the inner workings of successfully running an independent press with some glimpses into the future of both APCON and Brok…

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Ghostwriting JDO's Posthumous Epic (ft. E Rathke and David Simmons) 1:31:55

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Broken River boas E Rathke and David Simmons join Kelby in the Agitator booth to figure out how we're going to piece together our fallen brother JDO's unfinished magnum opus about a fence salesman who can control tornadoes. But first! You know we're getting wild, talmbout Call of Duty lobbies back in the day, how quickly things get racist and how c…

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maybe cut all of this out w/ Nik Oldershaw 40:00

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Criterion vs Tubi vs Archive dot org, Eraserhead, beautiful asian women, Robin Williams, bad John Cassavetes plot summaries, and a bunch of horrible tea-spilling & gossip, volcel Spike Lee etc etc with our favorite Chicago comic Nik Oldershaw! SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR HOLLYWOOD FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/…

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79 - Kubrick Lamar ft. Ryan ANTIART 2:56:15

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What is it? The BRAIDS?

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78 - Revolution+1 ft. Fred Barrett 1:40:11

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MAS is back like it never left. Fred Barrett returns to the podcast to discuss the film Revoluiton+1 and the revolutionary underground cinema of Masao Adachi. You can follow Fred on twitter @ https://twitter.com/fred_beretta and read/submit to his Substack https://fredbarrett.substack.com/ here.

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Hemingway's Nippon w/ Zach Langley Chi Chi 1:09:37

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zach langley chi chi is an American drag queen in Japan and the host of the I'M SO POPULAR podcast ------------ SHARE THE SHOW WITH ALL YOUR JAPANESE FRIENDS & RATE 5 STARS ~ 8pl8s IG: https://www.instagram.com/8pl8s/

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100% Morocco w/ Dark Margaritaville aka The Memes Of Saturn 57:03

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liminal intl newport ft. Dark Marg / Memes of Saturn pour yourself a grape fanta & light up a grape swisher sweet... audio heaven! Inventive purple digital artist Dark Marg / Memes of Saturn comes on to discuss Poor Things, edging trailers, Morocco smokes, liminal airports, while his home slides!! What a terrific display of stability!! SHARE THE SH…

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76 - The Best Horror of 2023 ft. the //Movies Podcast 2:17:54

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It's the first episode of 2024. So I decided to kick it off by discussing my top 10 horror films of 2023 with LowRes and Hans from Movies a Podcast About The Act of Cinema.

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75 - Venus ft. Evan Dean Shelton 2:28:54

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Jaume Balaguero's Venus is one of the best horror films of 2023 but not many people are talking about it. So I invited writer, musician, and podcaster Evan Dean Shelton on to spread the gospel of Venus.

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74 - When Evil Lurks ft. David Simmons 2:51:19

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Writer and Baltimore native David Simmons is back to talk about When Evil Lurks. The Argentine horror film from the director of Terrified that's now on Shudder. Toward the end of the episode, we also get into a discussion of B.R. Yeager's novel Negative Space.

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73 - OB4 MAS: The Kerberos Trilogy 58:43

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In today's episode of MAS, I discuss Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos trilogy.

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72 - Music ft. Fred Barrett 2:04:14

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My guest for this week's MAS is writer Fred Barrett. Fred and I talk about Yasuzō Masumura's 1972 "penis envy opus" MUSIC. MUSIC is truly insane cinema. Fred is truly a great guest. This episode is an instant banger.

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71 - Curse of the Dog God ft. Sick on Cinema 2:13:46

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MAS is back! I'm kicking off season 4 with some special guests. Matt and Jon of the Sick on Cinema podcast join me to talk about Curse of the Dog God, a 1977 film from the director of Lady Snowblood and the Female Prisoner Scorpion series (Shunya Ito).

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