27 episodes
The Moon Under Water: A Pubcast with Kelly Daniels and Steve Jones Kelly Daniels with Steve Jones
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- Society & Culture
Pull up a barstool and join us in George Orwell's favorite pub.
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"You Can't Burgulate a Forgotten, Empty House," and Other Nuggets of Wisdom from Denis Johnson's "Work"
The fellas take it on the road, the I-80 to be precise, over yonder to Iowa City's The Vine Tavern, the very setting (in a way) of the episode's subject story. More importantly, they actually TURN DOWN, while recording, an offer of FREE BOOZE, in the form of scary and confusing giant syringes full of alcohol-infused gelatin.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1988/11/14/work
https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/the-terrifying-car-crash-that-inspired-a-masterpiece -
Fear and Loathing at the Riverview Roadhouse
The fellas don Hawaiian shirts and dive into the repulsively appealing world of Hunter S. Thompson and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo: Destination, the Las Vegas of the mind. Serious consideration of the legacy of Gonzo Journalism is cut with generalized shenanigans, including Kelly trying to drop in a dirty joke he read on the internet, to awkward effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas_(film)
https://www.britannica.com/topic/gonzo-journalism
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"Cowardice Is the Most Terrible of Vices": On Orwell's 1984 and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
Jones wants to take us there, to Orwell's dark opus. Daniels--the self-affirmed Orwell scholar--can't get past chapter one. Instead, he tries to save face by bringing in his own favorite novel of authoritarian dystopia. Stalin sits at the head of the table in both novels, and we're all reminded of what can happen when individuals surrender their power to orthodoxy.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/22/the-ministry-of-truth-by-dorian-lynskey-review-a-biography-of-george-orwells-1984
https://fernwehtun.com/2018/12/12/manuscripts-dont-burn/ -
The Problem with Netflix's 3 Body Problem (the Book is Fine)
The fellas hate on the video version of the trippy and cool sci-fi novel. Also, the Cultural Revolution was worse than you thought.
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The Pubcast's Greatest Guest of All Time: The Poet, Sarah Kain Gutowski
A poet, a tech guy, and a fiction writer walk into a bar. They have a great time, and so will you if you pull up a stool and join in. Also, switching from PBR to a craft IPA has consequences.
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College is Awesome: Richard Linklater's Unsung Gem, Everybody Wants Some
Kelly, an unabashed Linklater fanboy, has long been dismayed by the critical and popular invisibility Everybody Wants Some, the best college party movie you've never heard of. Steve took a watch and emerged a fan. This film has it all: drinking, pot smoking, sex, cars, baseball, male bonding, purpose of life philosophical musings, romance, the never-ending search for identity, and finally, love.
Also, a pub crawl came wandering into the episode, so you might want to check this one out on YouTube.