Best 1storypod Podcasts (2025)

Sean returned from Japan, Harold read Schattenfroh (Deep Vellum, August 2025) by Michael Lentz, tr. Max Lawton. Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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134. Mating (first 11:44) 11:39

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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 -->https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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133. Confessions with Thomas Thatcher (first 13:33) 13:34

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https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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132. The New Mythic Method w/ Al Jacobs preview 23:24

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132. The New Mythic Method w/ Al Jacobs *preview* by Sean Thor ConroeBy Sean Thor Conroe

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131. Sacred Grove with Eric Conroe 1:08:20

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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/@ericco…

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130. Consciousness Level-up (first 50) 51:11

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On Hamlet, Ulysses, the Iliad, Anna Karenina, and self-invention.Full ep and bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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129. Wizened Youth w/ Diego Sanchez (first 30) 34:01

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https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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128. Pod of Myself w/ Will Mountain Cox 1:10:59

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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/1storypodIntro so…

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Lecture / reading: The Sound and the Fury #1 [p. 1-17] 54:44

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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…

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Overlanding Essay (OG) preview 10:50

4M ago10:50

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Free preview of this essay I posted to my substack: https://seanthorconroe.substack.com/p/overlanding-essay-original-full-versionBy Sean Thor Conroe

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127. Brutalist sentimentalism 1:02:44

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On Sean's NYT blackout in the Heavy Traffic reading write up, Sam Kriss's Fuccboi takedown, Ulysses, Hamlet, Harold's new short story, and the new movement—Baroque Brutalist Sentimentalism. Bonus hour and video: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodHarold's story: https://haroldrogers.substack.com/p/i-wonSean's audio goes a bit quiet 6-14 minutes, he…

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125. Men at Work Bonus (first 30) 1:04:44

5M ago1:04:44

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From bonus hour of ep. 125, get on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodOn popular genre fiction (Emily Henry), Time in fiction, Tristram Shandy, the Gospel According to Thomas, The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, and the Stars.Listen to or read Harold's piece on Tristram Shandy: https://haroldrogers.substack.com/p/futile-and-idle-men…

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125. Men at Work (Tristram Shandy) 11:22

5M ago11:22

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Harold read Tristram Shandy, Sean reads from The Friend by Sigrid Nunez. Also on Whitman, Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, and writing as a priestlike vocation. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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124. Winter Solstice of Our Discontent 48:58

6M ago48:58

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Merve Emre's Paradise Lost New Yorker piece, The Winter of Our Discontent by Steinbeck, Harold's Gogol piece, DFW, Tristram Shandy.https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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123. Dead Souls (first 30) 30:44

6M ago30:44

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Full ep and bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodOn the Krasznahorkai event, Dead Souls by Gogol, the Cormac article, Blood Meridian, Matthias Enard, the Gospels, and the problem of American fiction.By Sean Thor Conroe

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Sturm and Drang 5:04

6M ago5:04

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From Ep 121 *bonus*: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodOn Robert Walser, Hoderlin, Stoner by John Williams, Mike Tyson.Referenced novel at the end is Grande Sertao by João Guimarães Rosa, originally published in 1956, first translated in 1963 as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands, and being retranslated by by Alison Entrekin as Vastlands: The Cross…

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Sedrick Chisom Interview unlocked 1:18:50

7M ago1:18:50

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Painter Sedrick Chisom on growing up in Philly, Munch, America, and the history of Rome.Sedrick's new exhibit, The Villain of History for One Night Alone, up now at Pilar Corrias in London: https://www.pilarcorrias.com/exhibitions/467-sedrick-chisom-the-villain-of-history-for-one-night-alone/My piece on Sedrick forthcoming from next issue of Family…

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Sedrick Chisom on Belief 4:43

7M ago4:43

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From episode 118 with Sedrick Chisom: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sedrick-chisom-113955340Art: George The Younger, The Lord of The Equestrian Short Kings, Trotted Around on a Stolen Blighted Cavalryman's Horse, Worked To the Bone During Miasmic asscrack Hours, 2022, by Sedrick Chisom.Sedrick's new exhibition, The Villain of History for One Night …

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120. Ego Death w/ Patrick McGraw (Heavy Traffic) 1:31:21

7M ago1:31:21

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Bonus hour plus more: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypodHeavy Traffic V out now: https://heavytrafficmagazine.com/By Sean Thor Conroe

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116. Paradise lost 10:13

8M ago10:13

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Harold wrote about paradise lost: https://haroldrogers.substack.com/p/eve-is-the-devil-but-thats-goodFrom ep 116: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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I'm Like Kendrick, Matthew is like Drake 1:08:42

9M ago1:08:42

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Full 2 hours 22 minutes on the Patreon.By Sean Thor Conroe

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114. Hershey dispatch solo (Sotce 4 intro) preview 7:22

9M ago7:22

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Dispatch from Hershey / intro to new Sotce ep: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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113. Storms... 5:01

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Clip from ep 113: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodSean and Harold discuss Vico's New Science (1744). Harold started a substack: https://haroldrogers.substack.com/By Sean Thor Conroe

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Olivia Kan-Sperling on Sally Rooney preview 5:56

10M ago5:56

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Ep 112 - Fan Fictions w/ Olivia Kan-Sperling: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112-fan-fictions-109775024?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkParis Review assistant editor and Island Time author Olivia Kan-Sperling on Sally Rooney, Chris Kraus, fan fiction, and this n+1 essay she wrote: htt…

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Andrew Martin on Lorin Stein, Backlash, Why I'm So Hated (pause) 10:00

10M ago10:00

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Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/posts/company-we-keep-101792415Andrew's new story in this month's Harper's: https://harpers.org/archive/2024/08/lovefool-andrew-martin/Early Work: https://www.andrewmartinauthor.com/work/earlyworkFuccboi: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-thor-conroe/fuccboi/9780316394918/…

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111. Cold Visions w/ Harold Rogers 1:02:21

10M ago1:02:21

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Sean and Harold talk The Aeneid, Borges's Essays and Non-Fictions, The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus and Dante.Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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110. Tantrums w/ Sean Kilpatrick 18:22

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Author of Tantrums and Ritual and Anatomy Courses (w/ Blake Butler) and foremost alt lit historian Sean Kilpatrick comes on the pod to talk literature.Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/1storypod |Sean Kilpatrick: https://anorexicchlorinesextoymuseum.blogspot.com/Intro song: '7 years' by T$: https://soundcloud.com/thomas55350/7-years…

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On Sam Pink, Scheming, and Slander (draft) 26:29

11M ago26:29

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Read the final draft: https://seanthorconroe.substack.com/p/on-sam-pink-scheming-and-slanderBy Sean Thor Conroe

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109. I'm Like Dante Fr, Part 3 10:00

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Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/1storypod |Event this Saturday, 7/13, in Philly: https://www.instagram.com/american_grammar/?hl=en |Tropicalia by Harold Rogers: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tropicalia/Harold-Rogers/9781668013878 |VIdeo clip: https://youtu.be/Jh3D0k16T90By Sean Thor Conroe

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108. Sotce 3 (w/ intro) 1:46:55

11M ago1:46:55

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Very rare free ep for Independence Day. Intro (14 min) on vulnerability, whether books should instruct, Dante.1 hour 33 min convo with Sotce on "selling out," materialism, internet hate.Sotce 1: https://soundcloud.com/1storypod/sotce-51524-1107-pm?si=394d8537a27745cb8bf06dbc805dd162&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing |…

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107. Honor Levy (first 30 min) 31:13

12M ago31:13

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Full 4-hour ep: https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-first-pod-w-106641402?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkHonor Levy's first book MY FIRST BOOK out now.Sean Thor Conroe wrote the novel FUCCBOI.Related: Ep. 58 with the late great editor and publisher Giancarlo DiTrapano (1/2021): https:/…

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106. I'm Like Dante Fr, Part 2 clip 5:55

12M ago5:55

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Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodPart Two in Sean and Harold's Dante series.Harold's novel Tropicalia out in paperback Tuesday: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8SjgFVO1M5/?hl=en&img_index=1By Sean Thor Conroe

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105. Yung Bratz w/ Gabriel Smith (first hour) 1:00:23

12M ago1:00:23

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Full 2 hours: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodGabriel Smith wrote Brat, out now from Penguin.Sean Thor Conroe wrote the novel Fuccboi.By Sean Thor Conroe

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104. The Bastard w/ Harold Rogers 12:45

12M ago12:45

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Harold rants about Sally Rooney, courage, and La Batarde by Violette Leduc (1964, Dalkey): https://www.patreon.com/1storypodTropicalia out in paperback 6/25: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tropicalia/Harold-Rogers/9781668013885Sean Thor Conroe wrote Fuccboi.By Sean Thor Conroe

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103. Stephanie LaCava (first 33 min) 33:55

1y ago33:55

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Stephanie LaCava wrote Superrationals (Semiotexte, 2020), I Fear My Pain Interests You (Verso, 2022), and is the founder of Small Press.Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodStephanie: https://www.instagram.com/stephanielacava/Sean Thor Conroe wrote the novel Fuccboi: https://www.instagram.com/seanthorconroe/?hl=enIntro song by Thomas Thatcher:…

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102. Jataka Tales w/ Sotce 36:44

1y ago36:44

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Part one of 2.5 hour podcast with Sotce on The Jataka Tales: https://www.patreon.com/1storypodSotce is a spiritual influencer and writer and artist: https://www.instagram.com/sotce/Sean Thor Conroe is an American writer: https://www.instagram.com/seanthorconroe/By Sean Thor Conroe

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101. I'm Like Dante Fr clip 9:48

1y ago9:48

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Why is Odysseus in Hell?From Patreon Ascension Sunday ep on Dante's Inferno, Vita Nuova by Dante, Dante: Poet of the Secular World (1929) by Erich Auerbach, and The Obscene Bird of the Night (1973) by Jose Donoso.https://www.patreon.com/posts/im-like-dante-fr-104208398?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm…

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100. Solar Eclipse Faulkner Pod w/ Harold Rogers 1:11:11

1y ago1:11:11

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Solar eclipse eve (April 7) centennial ep with Harold on The Sound and the Fury, Madame Bovary, the Book of Samuel and the Gospels.Intro correction: Faulkner was born 1897, not 1899.Read Tropicalia, which Rivka Galchen called "Intense, tender, and wise": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tropicalia/Harold-Rogers/9781668013878Fuccboi: https://w…

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99. Greedy Love w/ Little Tank teaser 3:34

1y ago3:34

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Full 1 hr 44 min phone pod w/ Little Tank, formerly known as Savage Chkild (cf. pp 103-107 of Fuccboi): https://www.patreon.com/posts/99-greedy-love-w-102304701?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link |Little Tank is the author, most recently, of Russian Summer."Misanthropy comes of an all …

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98. The Company We Keep w/ Andrew Martin 1:25:22

1y ago1:25:22

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Andrew Martin (Early Work, Cool For America) and Sean Thor Conroe on Mary McCarthy's 1942 novel The Company She Keeps.Video: https://youtu.be/0ZSj8HaaoK8 |Bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/posts/company-we-keep-101792415?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link |Mary McCarthy essay: https:…

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96. Everything is Totally Fine w/ Zac Smith 1:32:08

1y ago1:32:08

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Zac Smith and Sean Thor Conroe discuss Zac's book Everything Is Totally Fine (Muumuu House, 2022). Video: https://youtu.be/T3fq2DNPLiMPart 2 (audio & video): https://www.patreon.com/1storypodEverything is Totally Fine: https://muumuuhouse.com/zacsmith.htmlIntro song: '7 years' by Thomas Thatcher: https://soundcloud.com/thomas55350/7-years?in=thomas…

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95. Harold Rogers on Mathias Enard (Zone, Compass, Gravediggers) 1:38:03

1y ago1:38:03

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Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe on Mathias Enard's novels: Zone (2008), Compass (2015), and The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild (2021). Video: https://youtu.be/cED8XUaQ_lwPart 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gravediggers-w-100391153?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link…

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94. Harsh Grandfather w/ Geoff Rickly 51:54

1y ago51:54

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Author and Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly and Sean Thor Conroe discuss addiction, Geoff’s book Someone Who Isn’t Me (2023), recovery, and whether or not they are Hitler/the devil.Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwH9454ajsg |Part 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/harsh-w-geoff-pt-99940174?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campa…

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93. Hbd Houellebecq w/ Dean Kissick 1:49:03

1+ y ago1:49:03

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With art and culture writer Dean Kissick on The Map and the Territory (2010). From the evening of February 26, 2024, Houellebecq's 68th birthday (unintentionally), happy birthday Houellebecq.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US62aRuKD3E | patreon.com/1storypodBy Sean Thor Conroe

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92. Alphabetical Gospels (first 17) 17:02

1+ y ago17:02

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Solo walking pod to and around the pond in central park on the Gospels, Alphabetical Diaries, and The Annual Banquet of the Gravedigger's Guild.https://www.patreon.com/posts/alphabetical-2-98982729?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkBy Sean Thor Conroe

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91. Graham Irvin 1:05:33

1+ y ago1:05:33

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Ep. 91 - This Podcast is a Gun. With Liver Mush (2021) and I Have A Gun (3/2024) author Graham Irvin.FULL 2 HRS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-podcast-is-97758663?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkLiver Mush: https://backpatiopress.bigcartel.com/product/liver-mush-by-graham-irvin-…

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90. Pluto in Aquarius (solo) 38:48

1+ y ago38:48

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Solo walking pod along the east river on 1.21.24 at 4:44 pm.FULL HOUR: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pluto-in-solo-96947744Pluto in Aquarius (0:00); X-R-A-Y Magazine (10:00); “Smoking a cig and day drinking in the park” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6uv7Fpo727U&t=925s (15:55); the Podcast isn’t dead / blurbs (27:22); galleys (29:00).…

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89. Magic Girdle w/ Harold Rogers 1:03:00

1+ y ago1:03:00

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Literature discussion with Harold Rogers (author of Tropicalia) and Sean Thor Conroe (Fuccboi) on The Third Reich (1989) by Bolaño (00:14), St. Thomas Aquinas (7 min), Father Antonio Vieira (12 min), Katt Williams (17 min), Septology by Jon Fosse (27 min), Agora Agora (89 chapters - 31 min), The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer (33 min), and…

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88. A Day at the Zoo PREVIEW 5:07

1+ y ago5:07

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Full hour: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88-nye-bonus-day-95604677?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkPossibly my favorite podcast ep ever. With Harold Rogers. Read his novel Tropicalia. Works/writers mentioned: Grimmish by Michael Winkler, Simone Weil, The Possibility of an Island, Mul…