Storyological

By E.G. Cosh & Chris Kammerud

Storyological is a podcast in love with stories. Every episode, writers E.G. Cosh and Chris Kammerud choose a pair of short stories and discuss something of how they work and why they matter and what ... more

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The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.

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July 05, 2019 Storyological - ON THE WAY TO WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT

In which we discuss, among other things, the end and beginning of this thing we call Storyological.
Thanks for listening, readers.
Happy reading.
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35min
March 08, 2019Storyological 4.01 - INFINITE SNOW PLOWS AND THE PERFECT UNRECKONING
In which we discuss,
1. "Sweet on the Tongue" by Roxane Gay, Ayiti, 2017 (read online in LitHub)

2. "Parakeets" by Kevin Brockemeier, View from the Seventh Layer (read online in Granta)

Along with, among other things...
That one book, Grief Works by Julia Samuel
That one film, Take This Waltz
And that other film, The Abyss
Also, Safety Not Guaranteed and I’m a Cyborg but That's Okay
A discussion from the episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer called "Lie to Me" (a YouTube clip of that discussion)
That one bookstore Pages of Hackney, a most excellent indie bookstore in London which you should visit
A poem quoted in Before Sunrise by W.H. Auden, “As I Walked Out One Evening”
An interview with Kevin Brockmeier did with Chris for The Yalobusha Review
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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February 15, 2019Storyological - HOLIDAY SPECIAL, VOL. 6
In which we discuss Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang

along with among other things:
Pauline Kael and her book, Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Lethal Weapon series
Breaking the Fourth Wall and the French New Wave by Tiffany Chan
That one comedy starring Val Kilmer from before, Top Secret! (trailer)
Hot Shots, Part Deux!
The sad sack hero. For example. Arthur Dent. Bridge Jones. Any number of noir detectives.
People who care more than than they have the capability with which to deal
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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11min
February 04, 2019Storyological - HOLIDAY SPECIAL, VOL. 5
In which we discuss the classic holiday film, In Bruges,

along with among other things
The Belcourt Cinema in Nashville
Pride and Prejudice and Assassins (a not real thing unfortunately)
The entirely arbitrary but important seeming distinction between cruelty and meanness
Titles beginning with prepositions
The planes of Star Wars
That one episode of Storyological Past in which we talked about the Daphne du Maurier story, “Don’t Look Now.”
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Love as a recognition of one’s own failings and someone else’s possibility
Our interview with Amal El-Mohtar
Innsbruck, a city not in Germany so much as Austria
Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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17min
December 31, 2018Storyological 3.13 - THE WORLD IS OUR SLUSH PILE, VOL. 3: LOOK OUT REALITY, HERE WE COME!
In which we discuss, among other things, such things as these
Episodes of Storyological Past
Storyological 3.01 - Lick It Justin Bieber, in which we talked about “Report on the Thing” by Clarice Lispector and “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian
Storyological 3.11 - The Triumph of Uncertainty, in which we discussed the book Mixed-race Superman by Will Harris
Storyological 3.07 - Wrestling with a Hippo, in which we discussed Jenny Zhang's “The Empty, The Empty, The Empty”
Storyological 3.04 - On the Nature of Things Related to Rivers and Sitcom Pornos, in which we crossed over with Electric Literature and discussed Banana Yoshimoto's “Strange Tale from Down by the River.”
Storyological 3.09 - Stranger Things 2, in which we crossed over with Strange Horizons and discussed “Directions” by Judy Budnitz and “Fisherman” by Nalo Hopkinson
Storyological 2.04 - That Daniela Romo Moment, in which we discussed “The Boy Who Never Cried for Me” by Julia Delgado
Ephemera
Sorry to Bother You
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Mandy, that one film starring Nicholas Cage
That one Japanese Breakfast gig what Chris went to see and wrote a review of which you can read here.
Elizabeth Bowen
Marc Maron and his podcast WTF, in particular this one interview with Jason Reitman and a bit about aiming towards true
Fred Armisen
Atlanta, which Chris wrote about here.
Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer
Philip Roth, on reality outpacing fiction
That one thing Kafka said
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
I Love Lucy
Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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26min
December 11, 2018Storyological 3.12 - ON DEATH AND ZOOEY DESCHANEL
In which we discuss,
1. "When We Were Happy We Had Other Names" by Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 2018.

2. "Don't Look Now" by Daphne du Maurier, Not After Midnight, 1971.

along with, among other things...
Gandalf's magical walking stick, a reddit discussion
Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz discussing British slang, Youtube
That one episode of Storyological where we discussed Stuart Dybek's story, "Pet Milk"
The Human Stain by Philip Roth, a review
The Artist's Way, thought over many years after its publication
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, a blog by litbitch about it (also, recently, a Netflix thing)
That one other Daphne du Maurier short story, "The Birds"
Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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34min
November 27, 2018Storyological 3.11 - THE TRIUMPH OF UNCERTAINTY
In which we discuss,
Mixed-Race Superman by Will Harris, Peninsula Press, 2018.
along with, among other things...
Inception, that one film by the super dreamy Christopher Nolan
The notion of the bildunsgroman
Crash Course: Literature
The Photographer's Gallery
What it means to be British according to Emma's mum
Superheroes and how knowing yourself involves hiding behind a mask
That one speech from Sense8
Marc Maron’s, WTF
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our [Patreon page][13] where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider [leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts][14]. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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27min
November 13, 2018Storyological 3.10 - DOROTHY PARKER WAS HERE
In which we discuss,
1. “Dusk Before the Fireworks" by Dorothy Parker

2. "Big Blonde" by Dorothy Parker (read online)

along with, among other things...
Shelf Heroes: Volume H, an issue of that indie film magazine in which E.G. and Chris both appear.
Commercials for country time lemonade
An overabundance of perspective
Mike Birbiglia
The quotable Dorothy Parker
Curtis Sittenfeld, You Think It, I’ll Say It (we discussed her story, “Vox Clamantis in Deserto,” previously on the podcast here, in episode 3x07.)
Stories of just two people talking
Before Sunrise
"Hills Like Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway (read online)
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates (read online)
The mysteries of Isaac Asimov
The theatrics of Anna Karenina, as directed by Joe Wright
Hannibal
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
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41min
October 28, 2018Storyological 3.09 - STRANGER THINGS 2
In which, along with a new intro discussion, we pull from our archives discussions of,
1. "Directions" by Judy Budnitz, Flying Leap (read online in strange horizons)

2. "Fisherman" by Nalo Hopkinson, Skin Folk (read online in strange horizons)
along with, among other things
Aimee Bender
That one story by Aimee Bender with a family in a house and weird stuff happens “Americca”; not to be confused with Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
That one story by Aimee Bender where the dad has a hole in his stomach “Marzipan.”
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
In the uncharted backwaters…
That one setting for photography—HDR, which is actually not high-dynamic-resolution but, of course, HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGING.Silly words.
The importance of CHORUSES, as explained by Chuck Pahlianuk
Edgar Allen Poe and his SINGLE EFFECT
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
“The Fuzzy Genre Set” by Sessily Watt
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39min
September 18, 2018Storyological 3.08 - A CINDERELLA STORY
In which we discuss,
1. “Gerd, the Girl with Too Many Arms” by Zachary Doss, Paper Darts, 2016 (read online).

2. “The Thankless Child” by Daniel Mallory Ortberg, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, 2018.

along with, among other things…
The stories of Aimee Bender
Dolly Parton and her “Coat of Many Colors” (video)
Star wars, myth, and fairy tales
Linear regression and the function of stories
Disney’s Cinderella (video)
That one interview we did with Alyssa Wong
Magical trees and bushes and Cinderella
Naomi Novik’s, Spinning Silver
Hegemony, one definition of
Magic vacuum cleaners (I couldn’t find a link for this but rest assured we do talk about it)
Fairy tale logic is, among other things, a poem by A.E. Stallings
Also. Also.
If you enjoyed this episode, two things.
1) Check out our Patreon page where you can support us in our mission to talk about all of the things about all of the stories. Any pledge gets you access to our patron-only feed wherein stuff. Also. If you pledge $3 a month, you can get Chris' monthly newsletter in which he reviews, more or less, everything.
2) Consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more readers find their way to our sound space. Which is cool.
Thanks for listening.
Happy reading.
...more
30min

FAQs about Storyological:

How many episodes does Storyological have?

The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.