The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life Podcast
1) 598: Descartes a Kant!
On this episode, John interviews the rock band Descartes a Kant about the creation of exciting twenty-first century theatrical rock and roll. Listen to & buy DAK's music over at Band Camp.
2) 697: Todd James Pierce!
Here John speaks with his friend Todd James Pierce about his research process, his work on Disney artist Mary Blair, and Todd's wonderful new book, Making Mary Poppins, now out with Norton.
3) Episode 696: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burroughs's Interzone (with Matt Peters)!
On this show, John and Matt Peters continue The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough's third fiction manuscript, Interzone, the cliff before one arrives at Naked Lunch.
4) 695: Loose Lips December 2025!
The Drunken Odyssey commandeered the Loose Lips oratory series during the tidings of yule and whatnot on December 2, 2025. The readers included Fred Lambert, Rachael Tillman and her deadly horsemen S...Show More
5) 694: Anne Waldman!
In this week's show, John interviews the poet Anne Waldman about her extraordinary new work, Mesopotopia.
6) 693: Emily Van Duyne
Emily Van Duyne discusses her remarkable tome of scholarship on Sylvia Plath, including a literary history of how Plath's legacy has been shaped. Emily also guides Rachael and John's attempts to de-Hu...Show More
7) 692: November 22, 2025 (Fire x Fire x Fire with Dianne Turgeon Richardson and Tod Caviness!)
John concocted a daft poetry game for friends with a body of work substantial enough to withstand randomization of theme and topic 'til our drunken voices and ears escape beyond the hurly-burly of th...Show More
692: November 22, 2025 (Fire x Fire x Fire with Dianne Turgeon Richardson and Tod Caviness!)
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8) 691: AJ Rodriguez!
On this week's show, John speaks with fiction writer A.J. Rodriguez, the June-July 2025 Kerouac Project of Orlando resident.
9) 690: Ivonne Lamazares!
On this week's show, John speaks with Ivonne Lamazares about her new novel, The Tilting House.
10) 689: Schloctoberfest 2025 #4: A Discussion of Night of the Living Dead, with Jeff Shuster
At the end of Schloctoberfest 2025, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the 1968 horror masterpiece Night of the Living Dead because how could we not? Our foray into 1960s black and white films is now ended.