The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
729: Schloctobertfest 2026 #4: A Discussion of Machine Gun Kelly, with Jeff Shuster!
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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
Hosted by John King · arts · EN · 739 episodes
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About this Podcast:
Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form interviews, writers discuss their process and the way that writing has influenced their lives. Besides this interview, each episode also features a short memoir essay from a writer about a beloved book, plus John King responds to listener's questions and observations about the writing (and the drinking) life.For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.
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Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion.
Who hosts The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life?
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life is hosted by John King. The show has published 739 episodes to date.
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Recent episodes include "729: Schloctobertfest 2026 #4: A Discussion of Machine Gun Kelly, with Jeff Shuster!" (24 October 2026, 68 minutes), "728: Schloctoberfest 2026 #3: A Discussion of Kiss Me Deadly, with Jeff Shuster!" (17 October 2026, 65 minutes), and "726: Schloctoberfest 2026 #1: A Discussion of The War of the Worlds / Robot Monster with Jeff Shuster" (3 October 2026, 65 minutes).
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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 65 minutes across 739 episodes.
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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
728: Schloctoberfest 2026 #3: A Discussion of Kiss Me Deadly, with Jeff Shuster!
Oct 17, 20261h 5mOn this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a movie that is either schlock or a masterpiece or a schlock masterpiece. Kiss Me Deadly might be the nuttiest film of the 1950s, one that seems to have influenced Quentin...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
726: Schloctoberfest 2026 #1: A Discussion of The War of the Worlds / Robot Monster with Jeff Shuster
Oct 3, 20261h 5mOn this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss two zeitgeist-defining 1953 science fiction films, The War of the Worlds and Robot Monster .
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
725: Melissa Crowe
Sep 26, 202657 minIn this week's episode, John speaks with Melissa Crowe about her latest collection of poetry, Abider , now out with The University of Pittsburgh Press. For excellent tattoos in the Orlando area, check out The Tattooed...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
724: Kathy Fagan!
Sep 19, 20261 hourIn this week's show, John speaks with Kathy Fagan about bathos, pop culture, and of course mortality. Her newest poetry volume, The Unbecoming, becomes on Tuesday September 22 nd .
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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
723: A Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of Gregory Corso's The Happy Birthday of Death, with Alex Gurtis!
Sep 12, 202652 minIn this week's episode, John and Alex Gurtis dive deeper into Gregory Corso's poetry as part of The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club.
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
722: Barbara Hamby!
Sep 5, 202655 minThis week, John interviews the poet Barbara Hamby about her new collection of odes, Burn , now out with The University of Pisttsburgh Press.
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
721: A Secret DVD Commentary for Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (with Chad Coup)!
Jul 26, 20261h 47mIn this week's episode, John King and Chad Coup discuss all of Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive , DVD Commentary style. This is a secret, so don't tell anyone.
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
720: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath's Ariel with Rachael Tillman
Jul 18, 20261h 26mIn this week's episode, John King and Rachael McKee embark on a fourth installment of Sylvia Plathery to discuss the restored edition of Ariel and Other Poems .
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
719: A Conversation about Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985) with Shawn McKee!
Jul 11, 202657 minA conversation many years in the making, John King and Shawn McKee reckon with the genre-bending oddity that is Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985).
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
718: Gilbert King, Plus Laura Lee Baher and Erik Deckers Event!
Jul 4, 20261h 4mIn this week's episode, John interviews the Pulitzer Prize-wining justice journalist and researcher Gilbert King, plus TDO proudly shares a dual book-launch event for Laura Lee Bahr and Erik Deckers.
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
717: Bob Spitz!
Jun 27, 20261 hourIn this week's episode, John interviews music journalist and biographer Bob Spitz about the massive sixty-year career of The Rolling Stones, how the music moves us, and the process of creating a good book with a tidal...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
716: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch (with Matt Peters)!
Jun 20, 20261h 12mOn this show, John and Matt Peters continue The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough's Naked Lunch .
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
715: Henry Hughes!
Jun 13, 202659 minIn this week's episode, John speaks with the poet Henry Hughes about poetry, fishing, patience, creativity, Charles Bukowski, and other matters of literary interest.
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
714: Lara Egger!
Jun 6, 202659 minIn this week's episode, John speaks with the poet Lara Egger about her new book, Flop Era . Other topics covered: the jostling of syntax, the long learning curve of becoming a writer, and how constraints point us...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
713: Dave Housley!
Apr 25, 202657 minS0<p>In this week's episode, John speaks with fiction writer and editor Dave Housley about the joys of using writing prompts, the problem-solving of writing meaningfully improbable stories inspired by pop culture, and the...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
713: Dave Housley!
Apr 25, 202657 minIn this week's episode, John speaks with fiction writer and editor Dave Housley about the joys of using writing prompts, the problem-solving of writing meaningfully improbable stories inspired by pop culture, and the...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
712: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, with Rachael Tillman!
Apr 18, 20261h 12mIn this week's show, Rachael Tillman and I discuss The Bell Ja r, in part 3 of our series on Sylvia Plath. If you are keen, check out the previous installments: episodes 685 ( The Colossus and Other Poems ) and 693...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
712: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, with Rachael Tillman!
Apr 18, 20261h 12mS0<p>In this week's show, Rachael Tillman and I discuss The Bell Jar, in part 3 of our series on Sylvia Plath.</p> <p>If you are keen, check out the previous installments: episodes 685 (The Colossus and Other Poems) and...
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
711: A Discussion of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, with Sophia Ferrara!
Apr 11, 202654 minS0<p>Sophia Ferrara returns to the secret HQ of TDO to chat about the pleasure-filled dystopia of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, while John freaks out about the novel's structure or lack thereof.</p>
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