The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life episodes

October 03 726: Schloctoberfest 2026 #1: A Discussion of The War of the Worlds / Robot Monster with Jeff Shuster
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss two zeitgeist-defining 1953 science fiction films, The War of the Worldsand Robot Monster.
1 hr 5 min
September 26 725: Melissa Crowe
In 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 Society.

57 min
September 19 724: Kathy Fagan!
In 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 22nd.
1 hr 1 min
September 12 723: A Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of Gregory Corso's The Happy Birthday of Death, with Alex Gurtis!
In 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.
53 min
September 05 722: Barbara Hamby!
This week, John interviews the poet Barbara Hamby about her new collection of odes, Burn, now out with The University of Pisttsburgh Press.
56 min
July 26 721: A Secret DVD Commentary for Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (with Chad Coup)!
In 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.
1 hr 47 min
July 18 720: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath's Ariel with Rachael Tillman
In 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.
1 hr 26 min
July 11 719: A Conversation about Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985) with Shawn McKee!
A conversation many years in the making, John King and Shawn McKee reckon with the genre-bending oddity that is Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985).
58 min
July 04 718: Gilbert King, Plus Laura Lee Baher and Erik Deckers Event!
In 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.

1 hr 4 min
June 27 717: Bob Spitz!
In 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 wave's amount of material to cover.
1 hr

About The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

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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. 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.