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Paul K hosts WAKE ISLAND, a arts show with 42 episodes published.
Roddy Bottum is a co-founder and keyboardist of Faith No More, one of the most singular and important bands of my lifetime. I'll never forget how mesmerized and spooked out I was by Angel Dust — how it made everything el
Wake Island is back. It’s been a long hiatus, a lot of life changes and transitions... the usual upheavals that seem to have hit everyone over the last year or so. We’re kicking things off with past guest of the show , J
Written by David Leo Rice and Paul K This is the final entry in our Substack project, which set out to explore the energy, sickness, and imagery of 2025. If you enjoyed this entry, feel free to go back and read our previ
Derek McCormack is a small town pervert and the author of The Well-Dressed Wound and Castle F*ggot, both published by Semiotext(e). His most recent book is Judy Blame's Obituary. This collection brings together for the f
Daddy’s back. ROOM TEMPERATURE, haunted houses, video games, childhood memories, publishing with an indie press, supportive teachers, Flunker, and more Dennis Cooper's Blog. FLUNKER, six fictions, 124 pp., c/o Amphetamin
In this episode with Steve Finbow, we tease out the point at which a body ceases to be considered a person and chart the development of trauma over time, tracing the fine line between disgust and desire. We get into the
From the critically acclaimed author dubbed “one of today’s finest practitioners of nonfiction” ( The New York Times Book Review ), a breathless true crime tale of sex, religion, and murder in the deep South. Mike and De
Christopher Zeischegg is a writer and filmmaker who spent eight years working in the adult industry as performer, Danny Wylde. He is the author of The Magician , Body to Job , The Wolves that Live in Skin and Space , and
Last year, David Peak released "The World Below," a midwestern gothic tale intertwining two rival families whose animosity sparks amidst a ritualistic occult murder mystery, amplified by heroic doses of LSD. Published by
Every city has that motel. The motel on the edge of town, the mythical place you dare not go. Logan Berry goes there. In this episode, we calibrate a magical framework for understanding the world through a seance Logan c
“The omnicidal will to constitute an infinite decision implies one of two things: either to kill the unfinished, or to let the unfinished kill.” In the second part of our conversation with Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh, we delv
"Every storyteller harbours a secret desire to be the one who tells the last story, just as every maniac wishes to inscribe the last fateful madness on earth." In this episode with Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh we walk with ver
Enter the Amity-verse with Wake Island. In this episode we get into channeling dark energy from the media vortex surrounding America’s most infamous haunted house in Amityville, Long Island. In addition we also talk abou
Jarett Kobek is a Turkish-American writer living in California. His novel I HATE THE INTERNET was an international bestseller, translated into nine languages, and published in twelve countries. His other books include: A
James Pogue is a journalist and essayist. His first book is called Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West . James recently wrote an article for Vanity Fair called Inside the New Right and it’s not only a great pie
Lindsay Lerman is a writer and translator. Her new novel, WHAT ARE YOU (CLASH Books) is out now. Her first book I'm From Nowhere was published in 2019. Her essays, short stories, and poetry have been published in The Los
Adam Lehrer is a writer and an artist living in New York. He is the founder and co-host of the System of Systems podcast, and the founder and curator of the Safety Propaganda collaborative media platform. Communions is A
Will American fantasies of purifying violence dissolve upon contact with reality or will the illusion break into civil war? Find out on this eps w/ Stephen Marche author of The Next Civil War: Dispatches from
We speak to Dr Dylan Mulvin , Assistant Professor in LSE Department of Media and Communications, about his book Proxies: The Cultural Work of Standing In , which examines the ways in which proxies shape our liv
JUSTIN KEENAN is a writer and narrative designer on Disco Elysium which is a groundbreaking open world role playing game. In it, you’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city block to ca
James Pogue
Dr. · JP Enterprises
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Stephen Marche
author of The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future
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Erik Davis
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Catherine Liu
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David Leo Rice
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Patrick McGrath
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