The Cluttered Desk

Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks
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We all have a cluttered desk. It's a space that holds what we want to read, watch, and think about. Join the hosts of The Cluttered Desk—Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks—as they talk literature, film, comic books, politics, critical theory, theology, and anything else that might tickle their fancy. The Cluttered Desk Podcast is produced and recorded in Bristol, Virginia, with music by Test Dream.

  1. 1 FEB

    S16E1: Capitalist Realism Vol. 2

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin continue their discussion of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Enjoy! *** Coda: Winter Sangria Sparkling Water (Andrew) Topo Chico (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Colin's recommendation: Slaughter on 10th Avenue by Mick Ronson ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** If you need podcast editing help, consider contacting our new editor, Zach! You can find him on Twitter @Pruettisms Also, find Zach's podcast work here: @satnightdivepod, @youcantdisappod, and @timeknifepod *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes and Spotify.

    1h 29m

  2. 31/12/2025

    S15E12: The Simpsons Movie (2007)

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In our annual Simpsons episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the 2007 movie, The Simpsons Movie. Enjoy! *** The Coda: Great Lakes Brewing Company's Christmas Ale (Andrew) and Topo Chico (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Listen to audiobooks through Spotify Colin's recommendation: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and The Simpsons episode "Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

    1h 24m

  3. 13/12/2025

    S15E11: Capitalist Realism Vol. 1

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin begin their book study of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Enjoy! *** Coda: Bell's Christmas Ale (Andrew) Strawberry Peach LaCroix (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Night in the Woods  Colin's recommendation: Lux by Rosalía and Bones and All (2022) ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** If you need podcast editing help, consider contacting our new editor, Zach! You can find him on Twitter @Pruettisms Also, find Zach's podcast work here: @satnightdivepod, @youcantdisappod, and @timeknifepod *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes and Spotify.

    1h 11m

  4. 16/11/2025

    S15E10: On Frank X Walker's "Amazin' Grace"

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss Andrew's recent conference presentation on Frank X Walker's poem "Amazin' Grace." Enjoy! *** Coda: MI P1LSNER (Andrew) La Croix Limoncello (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Colin's recommendation: Three Days of Condor (1975) and Taylor Lorenz on Taylor Swift's potential conservative turn  ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** If you need podcast editing help, consider contacting our new editor, Zach! You can find him on Twitter @Pruettisms Also, find Zach's podcast work here: @satnightdivepod, @youcantdisappod, and @timeknifepod *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes and Spotify.

    1h 13m

  5. 16/10/2025

    S15E9: The Lord of the CHUDS

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the far-right's fascination with The Lord of the Rings. Enjoy? Who knows. *** Coda: Miller Lite (Andrew) Cherry Limeade Waterloo (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Susanna Clarke's novel, Piranesi Colin's recommendation: The journalist, Taylor Lorenz ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** If you need podcast editing help, consider contacting our new editor, Zach! You can find him on Twitter @Pruettisms Also, find Zach's podcast work here: @satnightdivepod, @youcantdisappod, and @timeknifepod *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes and Spotify.

    1h 9m

  6. 06/09/2025

    S15E8: Superman but with they/them pronouns

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss James Gunn's Superman (2025) and the conservative media response to it. Enjoy!  *** Coda: Clawhammer from Highland Brewing Company (Andrew) Water (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman and Supergods Colin's recommendation: Todd McGowan's new book, Pure Excess: Capitalism and the Commodity ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes and Spotify.

    1h 15m

  7. 04/08/2025

    S15E7: Everything but a dinosaur w/Betsy Cooper

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Betsy Cooper joins Andrew and Colin to discuss the new Jurassic Park movie, Jurassic World Rebirth. Enjoy!  *** Coda: Sierra Nevada Summerfest (Andrew), Tennessee Hills Blackberry Sage Craft Cocktail (Betsy), and Tangerine LaCroix (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Deprivation (2019) Colin's recommendation: Clever Girl by Hannah McGregor and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle Betsy's recommendation: Squid Game Season 3 ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes and Spotify.

    1h 11m

  8. 05/07/2025

    S15E6: Debate Me, Bucko!

    Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the destructive nature of the Jubilee debate format as well as the Jordan Peterson Jubilee debate. Enjoy!  *** Here's a link to the Peterson debate. *** Coda: Andrew had the Oberon Ale from Bell's Brewing Company, and Colin had Jim's Organic Coffee. *** Andrew's recommendation: The Bear (Season 4) and Eugene Thacker's Horror of Philosophy Colin's recommendation: Alex O'Connor's work online ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheCDPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecdpodcast Andrew is on Twitter @AndrewPatrickH1 (Twitter non grata) Colin is on Twitter @ColinAshleyCox *** We want to thank Test Dream for supplying The Cluttered Desk's theme music. You can find Test Dream at any of these locations: Website: testdream.bandcamp.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/testdream Twitter: @testdream *** Our entire catalogue is available through iTunes and Spotify.

    1h 24m
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We all have a cluttered desk. It's a space that holds what we want to read, watch, and think about. Join the hosts of The Cluttered Desk—Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks—as they talk literature, film, comic books, politics, critical theory, theology, and anything else that might tickle their fancy. The Cluttered Desk Podcast is produced and recorded in Bristol, Virginia, with music by Test Dream.

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  • Creator
    Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    260
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    ©️ 2023, Colin Cox
  • Show Website
    The Cluttered Desk