Shelf Destruct

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Shelf Destruct is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Shelf Destruct, a arts show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  Adam Ross on Playworld, 1980s New York & Writing From Your Own Life

  Sep 17, 20261h 11mS1

  We sat down with Adam Ross, author of Playworld, to talk about taking ten years to write a novel, stealing from your own life without quite writing a memoir, growing up feral in 1980s New York, and why maybe not everything needs to be “content.” Along the way: child acting, literary success, jiu-jitsu, AI, DND, Odysseus, Goodreads psychos, and the idea of becoming a “life artist." This was a good one. Spotify → https://tinyurl.com/spotify-shelf-destruct Apple Podcasts → https://tinyurl.com/apple-shelf-destruct Follow us → IG: @shelfdestructpod | TT: @shelfdestructpod About Shelf Destruct A podcast where three guys ruin literature by talking about it too much. Each week, we read a classic, drink something questionable, and pretend we know what we’re talking about.

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  Episode #11

  This Is Where It Gets Uncomfortable | Playworld (Part 2) – Adam Ross

  Apr 30, 20261h 22mS1

  <p>Part 2 chopped us up. Someone get my bike. And my finger.</p><p>YouTube → https://youtu.be/MQuzsixARi0</p><p>Apple Podcasts → https://tinyurl.com/apple-shelf-destruct</p><p>Follow us → IG: @shelfdestructpod | TT: @shelfdestructpod</p><p><br></p><p>About Shelf Destruct</p><p>A podcast where three guys ruin literature by talking about it too much. Each week, we read a classic, drink something questionable, and pretend we know what we’re talking about.</p>

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  Episode #7

  A Very Complicated Coming-of-Age Tale | Playworld (Part 1) – Adam Ross

  Mar 27, 20261h 18mS1

  <p>We read Part 1 of Playworld by Adam Ross. It’s adolescence, just with a script no one bothered to explain.YouTube → https://youtu.be/4TRdmRH73lgApple Podcasts → https://tinyurl.com/apple-shelf-destructFollow us → IG: @shelfdestructpod | TT: @shelfdestructpodAbout Shelf DestructA podcast where three guys ruin literature by talking about it too much. Each week, we read a classic, drink something questionable, and pretend we know what we’re talking about.</p>

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  Episode #9

  No Country for Old Men: Why Fate Always Wins

  Feb 13, 20261h 30mS1

  <p>In this episode of Shelf Destruct, we start where we’re supposed to: with No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. What begins as a drug deal gone wrong in the Texas desert quickly becomes something colder and stranger. We talk Moss, Bell, Chigurh, and whether that coin flip is philosophy, fate, or just a man pretending he has rules.YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@ShelfDestructPodApple Podcasts → https://tinyurl.com/apple-shelf-destructFollow us → IG: @shelfdestructpod | TT: @shelfdestructpodAbout Shelf DestructA podcast where three guys ruin literature by talking about it too much. Each week, we read a classic, drink something question...

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  Episode #8

  Why This Ending Hurts So Much | James Joyce - The Dead | Episode 8

  Jan 11, 20261h 26mS1

  <p>We dive into James Joyce’s The Dead, the final and most devastating story in Dubliners. What starts as a warm, boozy holiday gathering slowly turns into one of the coldest realizations in modern literature.</p><p>A family party. Polite arguments. Long goodbyes. Snow falling softly over Ireland. And then that final left turn. </p><p>If you’ve ever looked back on your life and felt time speeding past you, The Dead already knows you. And if you’ve never read Joyce before, this is the story that proves why he still matters.</p><p><br></p><p>YouTu...

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