Pulp Today w/ David Avallone
What is pulp fiction? Glad you asked! David Avallone -- son of prolific author Michael Avallone and a writer himself -- invites you on a tour through the liveliest and most popular storytelling… from the Trojan War to the 21st Century. Special guests include actor James Urbaniak (The Venture Brothers), writer David F. Walker (The Life of Frederick Douglass, Luke Cage) and actor Mageina Tovah (Spider-man 2, The Magicians.)
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Episode 33: Tales of the Frightened, Part Two!
THE HAND OF FATE! Are you one of the Frightened? The second of three episodes from Michael Avallone’s Tales of the Frightened collection. Today, I'm reading one of my favorites: Dad's take on the old…
Mon 06 Sep 2021
Episode 32: Tales of the Frightened, Part One!
Are you one of the Frightened? Here’s the first of three horror-themed episodes for Pulp Today, reading from Dad's Tales of the Frightened stories. Today, I talk about Dad's many horror novels, and t…
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Episode 31: Star Wars, Mandalorians, and me!
A Pulp Today first... David Avallone reads some of his own writing, from his very first professional gig in 1989: writing Star Wars stories for the Role Playing Game, and one story in particular that…
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Episode 30: I Am Legend
Last summer, I thought it was a good time to talk about the late, great Richard Matheson, who brought us everything from half your favorite Twilight Zone episodes to The Incredible Shrinking Man, and…
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Episode 29: The Masque of the Red Death
Last summer was… dark. And the episodes I recorded at that time? Whew. Dark. In this one, I talk about how allegory is a beautiful thing. Sometimes... it can be chilling. There's no way Edgar Allan P…
Mon 09 Aug 2021
Episode 28: KONG!
It’s the thrill of a lifetime! In today's exciting episode, we talk about my favorite movie when I was a kid, novelizations, paperbacks that fall apart in your hand, complicated copyrights, and enthu…
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Episode 27: The Spider! With Andrew Pepoy!
In this episode, me and my friend Andrew Pepoy -- an amazing cartoonist and comics creator -- talk about my dad's favorite pulp character... THE SPIDER! (Originally recorded last year, we also talk …
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Episode 26: To Hell and Back
This episode of Pulp Today is slightly different. This book is pulp NON-fiction... the combat autobiography of Audie Murphy: TO HELL AND BACK. In 2021, I’m sure we can all sympathize with the title. …
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Episode 25: Pulp Today GOES APE!
I started this series with one of Dad's books, and in this age of Apocalypse it seemed appropriate to read BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES, one of the finest novelizations of all time. I’m biased, of …
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Episode 24: The First Ever Pulp Adventure
I do a little reading from what I'm calling the first pulp novel ever... sex, violence, adultery, jealousy, murder, longing, Gods and monsters. Dive into the wine-dark sea at rosy-fingered dawn, and …
Mon 28 Jun 2021
Episode 23: Dorothy Parker and Emily Edwards
I'm joined by my friend Emily Edwards, host of the amazing F**kbois of Lit podcast, to talk about Dorothy Parker, whose work always appeared on very nice paper... but who had a secret love of Pulp in…
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Episode 22: A Little Something Romantic, From Ed Noon
Back to basics: I read a few pages of THE VIOLENT VIRGIN, which -- despite that title -- is one of the more romantic Ed Noon novels by Michael Avallone. This one is dad’s tribute to THE MALTESE FALCO…
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Episode 21: Sex, Murder and Actuarial Tables... in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Only James M. Cain could make insurance policies sexy and violent... but he does just that. Give a listen. And ask yourself... is this the most drunk Avallone ever was while recording one of these?
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Mon 07 Jun 2021
Episode 20: David F. Walker reads Donald Goines
Note: this episode contains some adult language in the book excerpt. When I started adding guests to PULP TODAY, I knew I wanted to talk to David F. Walker: an exceptional writer, a thoughtful human …
Mon 31 May 2021
Episode 19: History of the Pulps, Part Three
The final chapter of my conversation with acclaimed literary historian JESS NEVINS. In part three, we talk about how the Pulps influence the pop culture of today, "ideasplosions," emotion over logic,…
Mon 24 May 2021
Episode 18: History of the Pulps, Part Two
Continuing my conversation about pulp history with acclaimed pop culture historian JESS NEVINS. In part two, we talk about Pulps around the world, sweat mags, the atomization of culture... and what k…
Mon 17 May 2021
Episode 17: History of the Pulps, Part One
Acclaimed pop culture historian JESS NEVINS educates me about all things pulp... in a wide-ranging conversation that I'll be splitting into multiple episodes. Here we start off with the origins of th…
Mon 10 May 2021
Episode 16: You Can’t Win Part Two, With Salt Chunk Mary
Another reading from the 1926 true crime memoir YOU CAN'T WIN, and an indelible character out of hobo legend, Salt Chunk Mary.
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Mon 03 May 2021
Episode 15: You Can’t Win Part One, and Mother’s Day
Today's book is the amazing crime memoir YOU CAN'T WIN, from 1926. And in its way, this reading of the first chapter is all about the importance of Mothers… so this one was originally recorded for Mo…
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Episode 14: What’s Up, Doc?
The first great hero of the 1930s pulps: some words of mine, Doc’s first few pages, a fan letter and words to live by. The Man of Bronze, my friends.
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Mon 19 Apr 2021
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