The Getting Lit Podcast

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Casual yet stimulating talks about books and media.

  1. 12/23/2025

    Wicked: For Good feat Josh Feye

    Send us a text Josh from the Dionysian Dream joins me once more to discuss Wicked! This time, we are looking at the sequel to the 2024 movie, Wicked: For Good. We chat about the film, the changes between the stage show and the movie version, the new songs, and why Wicked isn't just for the girls and gays. Follow Josh on X: https://x.com/tragic_fruit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tragic_fruit/ Substack: https://thedionysiandream.substack.com/ Music: Wicked - No Good Deed (Cynthia Erivo and Idina Menzel remix), Pure Re-imagination Support the show

    1h 11m

  2. 12/15/2025

    Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said feat. Rare Candy

    Send us a text This is part 2 of our Philip K. Dick collaboration with the Rare Candy podcast. Head over to their feed for part 1 (https://open.spotify.com/show/2cXVcvC3G13PGUuYMVLGZb), where we cover The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965), before joining us here for the continuation of "Dick Week" as we discuss Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974). In this novel, Jason Taverner, a genetically engineered celebrity talk-show host, wakes up one morning to discover he has been erased from the world. His identification records vanish, no one recognises him, and in a hyper-surveilled police-state America—where IDs are everything—this is effectively a death sentence. This noirish typically Dickian story goes in unexpected places. Just like this discussion! Also, as an extra treat for our paid subscribers, we have a mini-episode on Patreon where we horse around with Glen and Psi. Go to patreon.com/gettinglit to listen. Support the show

    1h 59m

  3. 12/05/2025

    Resentment: a Comedy feat. Paul Dalla Rosa

    Send us a text Paul Dalla Rosa returns to talk about Gary Indiana's fabulous pastiche of the Menendez Brothers trial, Resentment. We chat about vicious gay wit, the media circus around the trial, comparing the mediatised social life of television and the internet, Indiana's distinctive style, and much more. Go to the Patreon for a continuation of this discussion on Back Matter, where we talk about Ryan Murphy's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story: https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit Buy Paul's book here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Exciting-Vivid-Inner-Life/dp/1800810121 Music:  We're Living in Violent Times, The Barracudas Who Shot Ya? The Notorious B.I.G. Support the show

    1h 30m

  4. 11/19/2025

    Popular Hits of the Showa Era *TEASER*

    Send us a text On this week's episode, we dive into Ryu Murakami's Popular Hits of the Showa Era, where a group of disaffected men find themselves in an absurdly violent war with a rival society of older women (Oba-sans) after a deadly encounter. We talk about the book's mix of ultra-violence, satirical humor, escalating absurdity, and much more! This a teaser. For the full episode, and access to our complete archive and bonus content, subscribe at patreon.com/gettinglit Support the show

    3 min

  5. 11/03/2025

    Amputation feat. Bruce Wagner

    Send us a text In this week's episode, the legendary Bruce Wagner joins us to discuss his new novel Amputation, inspired by the 2025 Los Angeles fires. The conversation moves from the book’s genesis in anger at bureaucratic incompetence to Wagner’s reflections on art, rage, and the sacred. We discuss how indignation can be transformed into creative energy without devolving into polemic, his long-standing use of real public figures in fiction, and his resistance to censorship and “cultural bureaucrats.” The discussion broadens into questions of artistic integrity, nihilism, and compassion; the corrosion of civic responsibility; and how modern fame, selfhood, and delusion intertwine. We also meditate on impermanence, artificial intelligence, and the dissolution of self in art, positioning AI as both a creative threat and a spiritual mirror. And much more. Join us for one of our favorite episodes ever! Buy Amputation here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1648211615?&tag=skyhorsepub-20 Music: Because We Built It, John Maus He Stopped Loving Her Today, George Jones Support the show

    1h 38m

  6. 10/27/2025

    (PREVIEW) Spare Us Yet feat. Lucas Smith (Cross Post w/ New Mythologies)

    Send us a text Australian-American writer Lucas Smith joins us to discuss his collection of wonderful short fiction, Spare Us Yet. We discuss the elements of faith in his fiction, the pandemic, lockdowns, literary culture in Australia, as well as his experience running an independent publishing company, Bonfire Books. This is a special crossover event with Sini's New Mythologies Substack, which you should check out: https://newmythologies.substack.com/ If you'd like full episodes of the Getting Lit Podcast, and access to the full archive and aftershows, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit Buy Spare Us Yet: https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/store/p159/Spare_Us_Yet_and_Other_Stories%2C_by_Lucas_Smith.html Follow Lucas on Substack: https://lucassmith.substack.com/ Follow Bonfire Books on X: https://x.com/BooksBonfire Music: Celtic Ballad, The Saints Support the show

    14 min

  7. 10/20/2025

    Shakti Matts (PREVIEW)

    Send us a text *this is a PREVIEW. To listen to the full episode, go to patreon.com/GettingLit This episode, Fresta and Sini riff on Fresta's Sydney trip, thrift shop book finds, Bret Easton Ellis, the fantastic Australian crime show Mr Inbetween, ABC Radio National's Top 100 books of the 21st Century, and much more. To find out why this episode has this title, you will have to wait until the end. Support the show

    5 min

  8. 10/13/2025

    The Golem feat. Brad Kelly

    Send us a text This week, we're looking at Gustav Meyrink's The Golem, a strange novel of occultism, Kabbalah and psychological terror in early 20th century Prague's Jewish ghetto. Joining us on this journey is none other than Brad Kelly, host of the wonderful Method and Madness podcast. Follow Brad on X: https://x.com/bradkelly?lang=en Method and Madness pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AQR8tram18P2PBYdhKiQN Music: Danse Macabre, Op. 40, R. 171, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Support the show

    2h 5m
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Casual yet stimulating talks about books and media.

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  • Creator
    Getting Lit
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    134
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2025 The Getting Lit Podcast
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