I'll Find Myself When I'm Dead
A Podcast About the Literary Essay
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 90 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
S2E1 - Bad Idea Essays
To kick off Season 2, we discuss what essayistic things we’ve been up to over the summer--including our spinoff podcast--before moving on to the “Bad Idea Essay,” a term coined (we think) by S1E3 gue…
01:02:01 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
S1E10 - I'm Your Huckleberry
For our tenth episode extravaganza, we discuss Val Kilmer's memoir I'm Your Huckleberry (and other parts of the Kilmer corpus, including his poetry, art, and music), the movie Tombstone and related t…
01:32:58 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
S1E9 - Best American Podcasts
In Episode 9, we discuss podcasts: whether they're essays, our favorites, and how they relate to creative nonfiction. Also we drink the best beer in the world, possibly start yet another podcast, and…
01:26:58 |
Thu 28 May 2020
S1E8 - Best American Essays 2003, Part 2
In Part 2 of our episode about the Best American Essays 2003, we discuss Adam Gopnik's essay "Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli" and André Aciman's "Lavender," as well as the 2003 Billboard charts, imaginary …
00:51:22 |
Thu 21 May 2020
S1E7 - Best American Essays 2003, Part 1
This week’s episode is a slew of firsts: a five-essay, four-microphone, three-guest, two-part show we recorded (mostly) outside on Elena’s patio. In Part 1, your co-hosts welcome regular guests David…
01:07:32 |
Thu 14 May 2020
S1E6 - J.D. Daniels' "Letter From Majorca"
In Episode 6, we discuss J.D. Daniels' essay "Letter from Majorca," from Best American Essays 2013, and the concept of negation. Also the first essays we ever wrote, a literary cocktail from old San …
01:14:50 |
Thu 07 May 2020
S1E5 - Daum, Didion, and Essays about Leaving NYC
In Episode 5, we discuss recent essay-adjacent events including a major loss in the literary world, Meghan Daum's essay about leaving NYC during quarantine, and the tradition of essays about leaving …
01:31:29 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
S1E4 - Joy & Death in the Cascadia Subduction Zone
In this episode, we discuss Zadie Smith's essay "Joy" and the Mount Eerie song "Real Death." But our conversation quickly goes off the rails after David serves his latest literary cocktail, the Casca…
01:41:35 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
S1E3 - Ander Monson
In episode 3, we welcome the essayist, professor, and creative community-builder Ander Monson, who talked with us about his new book of essays, the movie Tron, his bygone app the Memoirizer, and much…
01:18:52 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
S1E2 - What Isn't an Essay?
In Episode 2, special guests Arlo, Bonnie, and David help us answer the question: What isn't a literary essay? Also featuring a literary cocktail, our first Blind Item, a profane joke about bears, an…
01:13:24 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
S1E1 - March Badness final
Episode Notes
On the first episode of I'll Find Myself When I'm Dead, we welcome our former MFA student, Zoe Bossiere, to discuss her matchup with Elena in the finals of March Badness, the annual ess…
01:06:04 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
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