Send us a text The second of four parts on Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun with the Agitator guys, J David Osborne and Kelby Losack. This episode covers volume two of the series: The Claw of the Conciliator. There is SO much heat in this episode: pulpiness, literariness, the novel form vs the epic form, and what most fantasy novels are trying to do vs what Gene Wolfe is actually doing, creatures, fight scenes, characters, Severian being hornier, looking for what's problematic vs submitting ...
Aug 28, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 53
Send us a text Photographer, musician, and podcaster Matthew DeNicola joins me for a discussion on Stephen King's haunted hotel short story "1408" and an exhaustive dissection of probably my favourite reality television makeover show, Gordon Ramsay's Hotel Hell (2012-2016). Matthew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattiopattio/ Matthew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattiopattio Listen to his podcast, The Saltbox: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesaltbox Support the show...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 52
Send us a text This episode I'm joined by Organized Meat (aka Erik) to talk about Ayn Rand's dystopian novel Anthem and Michael Bay's 2005 science fiction thriller, The Island. As mentioned in this episode, for those of you who'd like to read the books BEFORE we do an episode on them, you can take a look at the reading list for upcoming episodes posted to my substack: https://impieties.substack.com/p/getting-lit-reading-list-for-future Support the show...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 51
Send us a text This episode, a look back on fifty episodes, going over where I've been and where I want to take the podcast, along with some clips from three of my favourite episodes and three of your favourite episodes :) Support the show
Jul 30, 2023•59 min•Ep. 50
Send us a text Melbourne novelist Tobe Ellen joins me for a few pints at the pub, where we discuss Australian writer Rod Jones' Julia Paradise. It's a highly evocative novel of psychosexual manipulation set in a dreamy 1920s expat Shanghai. Eroticism, Freudian psychoanalysis, how Australian writers write about other countries and how the smart ones defamiliarize their own, and more. Buy Rod Jones' novel here: https://tinyurl.com/4y5kue5m Support the show...
Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 49
Send us a text This episode is the first of a four part series I am doing with J David Osborne and Kelby Losack from the Agitator podcast. Every month, we're going to go through each volume of Gene Wolfe's science fantasy epic, The Book of the New Sun. Get the book and read along with us! This first episode in the series covers Volume 1: The Shadow of the Torturer. Listen to Agitator: https://www.patreon.com/agitator/posts Buy David's latest book, Dying World, here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/pro...
Jul 16, 2023•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 48
Send us a text Jacques Peterson from Unpopular podcast joins me to discuss Sam Levinson's The Idol, the unhinged reaction to it online by media illiterate critics, and three films with similar vibes: Body Double (Brian de Palma 1984), Sliver (Phillip Noyce 1993), and The Voyeurs (Michael Mohan 2021). Sex, violence, erotic thrillers, degradation, eroticism, dead eyed zoomer sex negativity, Sydney Sweeney's magnificent tits and so much more is discussed. Listen to Jacques' podcast, Unpopular: http...
Jul 09, 2023•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 47
Send us a text This episode I'm recommending some new things I have read, watched, and listened to that I've loved, as well as responding to a goofy Andrew Tate tweet about reading (sorry). New things I've read: American Vulgaria Issue 2: https://americanvulgaria.com/product/magazine-issue-2/ Mercy, by Kelby Losack: https://www.amazon.com/Mercy-Kelby-Losack-ebook/dp/B0BPPHPVK7 New things I've watched: The Why Files: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhyFiles/ New things I've listened to: Deviser: http...
Jul 04, 2023•41 min•Ep. 46
Send us a text Glen Rockney, one half of the fabulous podcast, Rare Candy, joins me to talk about some of Harlan Ellison's greatest science fiction stories, including: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream ""Repent Harlequin!" said the Ticktockman," Paingod, and A Boy and His Dog (both the original novella and the movie version directed by T.Q. Jones, starring Don Johnson) Subscribe to Rare Candy and its premium feed, which includes the excellent Gain of Fiction book club: https://rarecandy.substack...
Jun 18, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 45
Send us a text Matthew Fresta, editor of the fabulous zine, Rango Tango, joins me to talk about Cormac McCarthy's novel of grim depravity in the American West, Blood Meridian, as well as the films Bone Tomahawk (S. Craig Zahler, 2015) and Mad Dog Morgan (Phillipe Mora, 1976). Buy Rango Tango zine, here: https://cowardpunchrecords.com.au/ Follow Matthew on twitter: https://twitter.com/newfacenhell or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cowardpunchrecords Support the show...
May 21, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 44
Send us a text Sam from The Third Place , an excellent videogames podcast, joins me to discuss Hideo Kojima and his wonderful book of influences, inspirations, memetics and...genetics (?), The Creative Gene. Listen to The Third Place here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-third-place/id1643088847 Support the show...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 43
Send us a text Musician Erik Harris joins me to talk about Alfred Bester's classic science fiction novel of revenge, redemption, and transcendence, The Stars My Destination (sometimes known as Tiger! Tiger!). Electronic music, creative individualism, Bester's influential but troubled place within the science fiction genre, why science fiction is great, the layers to Bester's work, freedom, religion, sex, violence, evil and lots more interesting shit is discussed. Follow Erik on Instagram: https:...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 42
Send us a text Josh, formerly of the Evil Thespian podcast, and currently of The Dionysian Dream, joins me for his third appearance on the pod! We're talking about Baz Luhrmann's sumptuous, vital, and very theatrical "Red Curtain" Trilogy: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001). Subscribe to The Dionysian Dream here: https://thedionysiandream.substack.com/ Support the show...
Apr 23, 2023•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 41
Send us a text This episode, Ryan Simón , editor of the fabulous magazine, American Vulgaria, joins me to talk about Philip K Dick's mind-bending science fiction masterpiece, Ubik . Arty sleaze, "pick me straights," beauty and art and reading as the way out of Current Thingism, making a magazine an aesthetic object, bubbles of irreality, Gnosticism, Dick's constant destruction of his own narrative, what Ubik means, science fiction tropes, crazy sci fi fashions, and much more discussed on the lon...
Apr 17, 2023•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 40
Send us a text This episode I talk about two of my favourite Biblical adaptations: Jesus Christ Superstar and The Prince of Egypt. Australian 1992 cast of Jesus Christ Superstar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea9mtQ1RM8I Support me on Patreon. At the moment, it's just the archive, but we will be launching an aftershow soon: https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit Support the show...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 39
Send us a text Poet Andrew Ketcham joins me for a deep dive into celebrity poetry books, specifically Lana Del Rey's Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass and Jewel's A Night Without Armor. Support the show
Apr 08, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 38
Send us a text The lovely Alex ( https://twitter.com/fraunichts ) was in town and we went to the National Gallery of Victoria's Alexander McQueen exhibit , then got drunk on gin while we talked about McQueen's influential, shockingly violent, and sex-drenched work. We also discuss the wonderfully unpretentious and sometimes cheeky Channel 4 documentary, McQueen and I . Support the show...
Mar 27, 2023•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 37
Send us a text This episode Matt invites six guests for a series of one on one segments. Each has brought along something old and something new to discuss that they're passionate about. Guests include: Paul Dalla Rosa (buy his collection here ) River Page ( Pirate Wires) Max Easton (buy The Magpie Wing here ) Miss Unity ( https://www.missunity.net/ ) Sheila Ngoc Pham Zach Langley Chi Chi ( I'm So Popular podcast ) Support the show...
Mar 21, 2023•3 hr•Ep. 36
Send us a text Matt talks about some old polaroids that made him cry, Roland Barthes' book on photography, Camera Lucida, and Chris Marker's 1962 science fiction still image film, La Jetée. Support the show
Mar 11, 2023•48 min•Ep. 35
Send us a text Matt is joined by Dallas songwriter, poet, multi-instrumentalist, Young Dean to talk Flannery O'Connor's short stories Everything That Rises Must Converge and The Partridge Festival, as well as Dean's songwriting process, influences, and his new album, Terror on Vacation ( https://open.spotify.com/album/6Sv1LICDiPLZUqWbxtSEb8?si=e-fi-T-uRrCHbjZ1jLchOQ ) Dean's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yearningprison Dean's insta: https://www.instagram.com/y0ung.dean/ Support the show...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 34
Send us a text Matt is recording LIVE from the poolside, tanning and talking about the books he's read this summer. Summer romances, Roald Dahl vs sensitivity readers, American Psycho's censorship in Australia, Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories, Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life , and J David Osborne's new cyberpunk novel, Dying World . This is a preview. For full episodes and complete access to the back catalogue, and the bonus show, Back Matter, feel free to subscribe at https://www.patreon.com...
Feb 19, 2023•53 min•Ep. 33
Send us a text Writer, producer, and radiomaker, Sheila Ngoc Pham joins Reuben and Matt to discuss Kay Dick's dystopian "sequence of unease", They . Nonconformity, enemies of art, Western Sydney, identity politics in writing, and much more. Follow Sheila on Twitter: https://twitter.com/birdpham Read Sheila's essay on the Western Sydney writing scene: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/western-sydney-is-dead-long-live-western-sydney/ Support the show...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 32
Send us a text Nick from Tokyo ( https://twitter.com/NickFromTokyo ) joins us to discuss Sayaka Murata's 2018 novel, Convenience Store Woman, and Juzo Itami's 1996 film, Supermarket Woman. Support the show
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 31
Send us a text Poet and writer Andrew Ketcham joins us to talk about YA literature as well as the 2011 film starring Charlize Theron, Young Adult. Read Andrew's latest poem here: https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/horse-girl Matt has also started a substack. You can read the first essay here: https://impieties.substack.com/ Support the show...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 30
Send us a text Weeaboo princess, drag icon, and enfant terrible podcaster Zach Langley Chi Chi returns to talk Bruce Wagner's novel of sex, death, and celebrity, Dead Stars, as well as David Cronenberg's 2014 film, Maps to the Stars. Subscribe to Zach's podcast, I'm So Popular: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-so-popular/id1523827234 Support the show...
Jul 28, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 29
Send us a text Using the anonymous messaging app, NGL, we asked our listeners for questions. And boy did we get some! Everything from Reuben's PhD, plagiarism scandals, past guest hotness levels, and much more! Support the show
Jul 10, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 28
Send us a text Reuben and Rio speak with Rio's friend Liam about Australian writer Max Easton's The Magpie Wing. Order here: https://giramondopublishing.com/books/the-magpie-wing/ ...or anywhere you order your books. Support the show
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 27
Send us a text Returning guest Paul Dalla Rosa takes us on a tour around some of his favourite places to eat and drink while we talk about his new collection, An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life, out now from Allen and Unwin in Australia and Serpent's Tail in the UK. We also chat about many other things, and we revel in the fact that this is the first time all three of us have recorded together outside of Zoom! Buy Paul's book here: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/popular-fiction...
Jun 03, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 26
Send us a text Josh and Maddie from the amazing Evil Thespian podcast join us to discuss Oscar Wilde's one act play, Salome, and Wilde, the 1997 biopic directed by Brian Gilbert starring Stephen Fry and Jude Law. Subscribe to Evil Thespian here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evil-thespian/id1562330987 . Support the show...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 25
Send us a text The wonderful Angela Nagle joins us to talk about Robert Hughes' fantastic study of modern art, The Shock of the New. Subscribe to Angela's substack: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Buy Angela's book, Kill All Normies: https://www.amazon.com/Kill-All-Normies-Culture-Alt-Right/dp/1785355430 Support the show...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 24
