The KYD team get together once again to discuss acclaimed Japanese author Sayaka Murata’s experimental, compelling and disturbing new novel Earthlings, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori and published by Granta.

We also compare notes on Voxdocs, a series of eight short films created by Australian performing artists during lockdown funded by Shark Island Institute and the Documentary Australia Foundation, in association with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age.

Content warning: This episode contains frank descriptions and discussions of a sexual nature, as well as strong language and adult themes, so it might not be suitable for all listeners. This episode also contains spoilers for Earthlings.

Our theme song is Broke for Free’s ‘Something Elated’. This episode was produced by Hayley May Bracken.

Further Reading and Culture Picks:

Sayaka Murata’s short story ‘A Clean Marriage’

Sayaka Murata and Ginny Tapley Takemori in conversation for Japan Society NYC.

Lauren Carroll Harris on the arts crisis and ‘internalised funding agency speak’

The 40-Year-Old Version 

Kylie Minogue, Disco 

Róisín Murphy, Róisín Machine

Samanta Schweblin, Little Eyes

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