Ranked #1
Episode 1: Tell That to Peter Fonda
Episode 1: Tell That to Peter Fonda
This site is, for now, anonymous. I am a writer and teacher living in the American Midwest. This is a story of mental il... Read more
15 Jan 2021
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13mins
Ranked #2
Episode 2: You're a Writer, Tell Me the Story (plus Planet of the Apes)
Episode 2: You're a Writer, Tell Me the Story (plus Planet of the Apes)
A family tragedy is one thing--in this case the death of my sister in 1975, when she was seven, of a brain tumor. How th... Read more
16 Jan 2021
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7mins
Ranked #3
Episode 3: That Woman (plus Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Episode 3: That Woman (plus Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
A screaming lecture a la Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? And why did we continue to take it? Why were we silent?
17 Jan 2021
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11mins
Ranked #4
Episode 4: You are Going to Be Judged (plus punk & Billy Graham)
Episode 4: You are Going to Be Judged (plus punk & Billy Graham)
An audio clip from a 2009 phone call that shakes the writer's sense of who he is. Plus punk, Billy Graham, and a whisper... Read more
22 Jan 2021
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13mins
Ranked #5
Episode 5: You Don't Owe Me One F-ing Penny if it Goes Big
Episode 5: You Don't Owe Me One F-ing Penny if it Goes Big
How, as a writer, I kept trying to create in the blast furnace of my Mom's attacks on my work.
9 Feb 2021
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12mins
Ranked #6
Episode 6: The Archangel of Punk
Episode 6: The Archangel of Punk
Was I the archangel of punk? According to my mom I was, and there was hell to pay. The full audio of my mother appears f... Read more
28 Feb 2021
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9mins
Ranked #7
Episode 7: I Am Clint Eastwood
Episode 7: I Am Clint Eastwood
Was the Clint Eastwood reference threat of violence real?
21 Mar 2021
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10mins
Ranked #8
Episode 8: Beyond Interpretation: Julia Kristeva as Balm
Episode 8: Beyond Interpretation: Julia Kristeva as Balm
At a time when no other framework for understanding my mother makes sense, the philosopher Julia Kristeva steps in to he... Read more
10 Apr 2021
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12mins