The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form interviews, writers discuss their process and the way that writing has influenced their lives. Besides this interview, each episode also features a short memoir essay from a writer about a beloved book, plus John King responds to listener’s questions and observations about the writing (and the drinking) life.
For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 694
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 54: Bloomsday in Orlando!
On this week’s show, I share the live Bloomsday event!
NOTES
See our kickstarter campaign to travel to Weeki Wachee Springs to interview Lu Vickers about Florida literature and the world famous Week…
Episode 53: Cheryl Strayed!
Episode 53 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
On this week’s show, I talk to Cheryl Strayed,
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Episode 52: Nathan Holic!
On this week’s show, I talk once again to Nathan Holic, who first appeared on this show all the way back on episode 1,
Plus Drew Perlmutter discusses the Cannes Film Festival,
Plus Nicholas Brown d…
Episode 47: Nerd Love, Sweet Birds of Youth, and Everything Else in the Universe (A Live Reading)
Episode 45: Richard Peabody!
On Episode 45 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, I talk to Richard Peabody, the editor of Gargoyle Magazine,
Plus Kirsten Holt reads a b…
Episode 42: Stephen Elliott and Isaac Fitzgerald!
Episode 42 is here.
This week, I talk to Stephen Elliott and Isaac Fitzgerald of The Rumpus,
plus Astrid Cooke writes about Stephen King's The Stand.
Texts Discussed
Episode 40: Tony Hoagland!
On episode 40, I talk to the poet Tony Hoagland,
Plus Bob Lamb Explains How Ernest Hemingway saved him from Rendition.
Texts Discussed
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Episode 38: Matthew Pitt!
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Matthew Pitt,
plus Pamela Skjolsvik discusses David Sedaris’s Me Talk Pretty One Day.
Texts Discussed
Ishmael Reed’s WSJ blog about Django Unchai…
Episode 37: Steve Davenport!
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Steve Davenport,
Joe Conley plums Cormac McCarthy's Child of God,
Plus I answer some mail...
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Episode 35: Philip F. Deaver
Episode 35 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available.
On this week’s show, I talk with my friend Philip F. Deaver, who happens to ha…