The Carver-Verse

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Updated 01/09/2025

May 10

***SPECIAL*** Interview with Kristin Hersh

Something a little different this week as Will links up with former co-host SJ Watson for a special episode of Let's Get Lit where they interview musician Kristin Hersh about what it is to live a creative life. They share a drink whilst talking about the trials of the music industry machine, taking your kids on the road, and being shot at. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 10

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49 min
10/01/2025

Waiting on the World to Change.

He's back! And he's been thinking about stuff. In the first episode of a new season, Will talks about stupidity. He considers the best way to gain a following and build an audience, and whether it's really worth it to lean to one side or be controversial for the sake of it. How do we get from the place we are at now, to the place that we really want to be? And why are smart people are so annoyingly stupid? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10/01/2025

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22 min
10/05/2025 · Bonus

***SPECIAL*** Interview with Brendan Patricks

Something a little different this week as Will links up with former co-host SJ Watson for a special episode of Let's Get Lit where they interview actor Brendan Patricks about what it is to live a creative life. They share a drink whilst talking about craft, struggles, magic and the joys of working at Blockbuster Video. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10/05/2025 · Bonus

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49 min
08/03/2023

I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY

You can be the hardest working, most talented, charismatic, connected writer out there. You could have a killer idea for a story. It doesn't matter. There's one other thing that you are going to need that you can't learn. Luck. Will Carver and SJ Watson discuss luck - in all its forms: good, bad, non-existent - and how it has played a part in their careers so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

08/03/2023

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43 min
01/21/2025

Escaping from Halvemaansteeg Police Station.

This week, with a little help from Martin Luther King Jr, Will talks about love driving out hate, and how that can sometimes be the same as cutting off somebody's penis. Houdini, Ibsen and Agatha Christie get a mention, along with a story about the late Alan Rickman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

01/21/2025

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16 min
05/19/2025

The Boy Who Always Died

Will inadvertently plugs his new book, Kill Them With Kindness, while discussing the pandemic, his fear of death, and love for Warren Zeavon and Nick Cave. He also shares the opening chapter to a half-novel he wrote years ago about a boy who dies for one day every year on his birthday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05/19/2025

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26 min
02/09/2025

No-one doubted that he pulled the trigger.

Will is frustrated by laziness and inaccuracy. This week, he talks about intelligence and context. You can't just jump onto a hashtag or a trend without thinking about it, without looking into what it means and what it stands for. There is always some context. There's a story behind that hashtag. There's a book or a song or a scientific study. What does it mean to be intelligent? And should we all live of grid in a cabin like Ted Kaczynski? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

02/09/2025

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18 min
04/29/2025

No static at all.

In part two of this episode, Will delves a little deeper into those buzzwords mentioned in part one. How they are misused. How they are there to help us understand things rather than make them our identity. There's talk of mental health and art and resilience and adapting ourselves to the world. If you find certain subjects triggering, this isn't the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

04/29/2025

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22 min
10/18/2023

LOSE YOURSELF

This week we get a little more serious and talk about failure. Weirdly, Steve has a lot more to discuss... How do we fail? Why do we fail? Is it always a way to learn? Can writing save us? All of these questions will be answered along with more probing insights by Sandra from Kidderminster. We also try recording remotely, rather than in the snazzy Soho podcast studio. There is also a discussion about Murakami but it went on too long and was edited out. Get involved with the discussion by finding us on Twitter/X @GetLitPodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10/18/2023

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58 min
04/04/2025 · Bonus

Tempus Fugit

Some bonus content as Will reads the first short story he ever had published, TEMPUS FUGIT. (With a little history of how the story was discovered and a bad review of one of his books.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

04/04/2025 · Bonus

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