Comedian and writer Zach Pugh joins host Joshua Turek to discuss Moby Dick, Don Delillo, Denis Johnson, being attracted to grimey literatrue, The Fort Bragg Cartel and Chris Hedges, the need for pretentiousness to return to our society among other things. Get Joshua's new poetry book "Ugly Whimsy" out April 10th! Preorder first edition now! Originally recorded Jan 2026

The Fort Bragg Cartel

Moby Dick

The Failures of Nonviolence

Underworld by Don Dellilo

Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges

Europe Central by William T Volman

Rainbow Stories by William T Volman

Jesus Son by Denis Johnson

Drag Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Long Live the Post Horn

it by stephen king

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