About this podcast
Casual yet stimulating talks about books and media.
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Episodes
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- The Deer Park feat. DX Aminal · 1 h 49 minThis week, Fresta is joined by Australian musician and writer Dan Stewart (aka DX Aminal) to discuss Norman Mailer’s novel The Deer Park and the Fall song of the same name. Other…
- Can’t Get No Nativity in Black feat. Brad Elmore · 1 h 52 minThis week, Sini has a wonderful, wide-ranging chat with writer/director Brad Elmore. They talk about his experiences making films, both more mainstream and indie, pursuing a…
- Jesus’ Son & John the Rock feat. Bigmac McCarthy · 1 h 42 minThis week, Fresta is solo hosting again, and is joined by M A C ⭐️ to talk about his short story “John the Rock”, published on Rare Candy. They also discuss Denis Johnson’s short…
- Beach Reads feat. Isaac Beach · 2 h 2 minThis week, Sini goes to the pub with writer and literary critic Isaac Beach to talk about a range of things. Everything from the state of literature, the Ausnaissance on…
- Louis C.K. Wrote a Novel feat. Ryan Simón · 2 h 18 minFresta is joined by returning guest Ryan Simón (EIC of American Vulgaria and Ristuko) to discuss comedian Louis C.K.’s debut novel, Ingram, a picaresque of surprising literary…
- Atrocities feat. Felix McNamara · 1 h 46 minFelix McNamara joins us to discuss his epic poem, Atrocities, which is assembled from the discursive rubble of the 21st century to build something new. We talk about a lot of…
- Crazy Like a Fox · 1 h 15 minThis week, we’re talking about D.H. Lawrence’s The Fox, a brilliant, taut novella about two women in post-war England trying to make a go of it on a farm, who are menaced by a…
- The Everlasting feat. Lewis Woolston · 1 h 23 minThis week, we’re joined by Lewis Woolston, author of the short story collections The Last Free Man, Remembering the Dead, and the topic of our discussion in this episode—The…
- Remembering Babylon · 1 h 19 minThis week, we discuss the recently departed Australian author, David Malouf. Specifically, his book Remembering Babylon, a strange novel that starts out with a castaway British…
- Getting LARPed feat. Russell Walter · 1 h 36 minThis week, we’re joined by Substack essayist, thinker, and fellow Australian Russell Walter who is also host of The Chudstack Review podcast. We talk about his essay on why…
- The Final Word on "Literary Men" feat. Glen Rockney, J David Osborne, & Kelby Losack · 2 h 15 minLast year, Sini uploaded an episode to the paid feed of his personal Substack podcast, New Mythologies, discussing the oft-mentioned "literary man." Joining him? Glen from Rare…
- **UNLOCKED** Laurus feat. Stevan · 1 h 31 minTo celebrate Easter, we have unlocked our paid episode on Eugene Vodolazkin's Laurus. To access the full archive of episodes and special Back Matter aftershows, got to…
- The Earthen Dark feat. Brad Kelly · 1 h 25 minBrad Kelly joins us once again to talk about and around his new novel, The Earthen Dark. We discuss why men loves holes in the ground, writing about jobs, why humans are so…
- Like You Have a Choice feat. Ivan Niccolai · 1 h 41 minThis episode, Ivan Niccolai joins us to talk about his short story collection, Like You Have a Choice. We chat about growing up in a cult, Melbourne, wogs, luxury beliefs, the…
- (TEASER) The Moonstone feat. Alec Mouhibian · 15 minThis is a preview. To get the full version of this episode and access to subscriber-only content, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit This week, we're covering what T.S…
- (TEASER) White Noise feat. Erik & Mac · 22 minThis is a preview. To get the full version of this episode and access to subscriber-only content, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit This episode, we are joined by former…
- Fake and/or Gay? feat. Amir Naaman & Pierre d'Alancaisez · 1 h 50 minThis week, Sini is joined by Amir Naaman and Pierre d'Alancaisez, editors of the new anthology Inversion, a book of essays about the current state of the homosexual. We talk…
- Current Thing Chats · 1 h 21 minWe talk about the essay in the Independent about the mythical David Foster Wallace "lit bro", a famous Western Australian young adult writer getting charged with young non-adult…
- (PREVIEW) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead · 3 minTo get all episodes, access to companion show Back Matter, and the full archive, go to https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit We chat about Sidney Lumet's last film, Before the Devil…
- Berserker Club feat. J David Osborne · 2 h 4 minSend us a text This week, we're joined by J David Osborne to talk about his new book, Berserker Club. Set in an Oklahoma backwoods militia compound, the novel is one crazy mutant…
