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
553: Interview with Robert Pinsky!
Robert Pinsky discusses his memoir Jersey Breaks, and John and Mr. Pinksy compare some psychogeographic notes, as well as bragging rights.
552: A Celebration of Salman Rushdie and Miami Book Fair!
On this week’s program, I talk to Chelsea Alice about Salman Rushdie’s playful parable from 2020, “The Old Man in the Piazza,” published in The New Yorker, plus I share Salman Rushdie’s 2017 event fr…
550: Jonathan Ames!
On this week's show, I talk to the fiction writer and former memoirist Jonathan Ames.
549: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #14 (The Doom Generation)
On today's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a wild, strange, deadpan, homicidal roadtrip story that is The Doom Generation.
548: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #13 (Body Bags)
Jeff Shuster & John King discuss the 1993 anthology horror film, Body Bags, starring an excitable John Carpenter.
547: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #12 (Dead Alive)
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the 1992 Peter Jackson masterpiece of a family drama, Dead Alive.
546: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #11 (Delicatessen)
On #546, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the strange 1991 masterpiece from France that is Delicatessen.
545: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #10 (Nightbreed)
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the belated masterpiece that is the director's cut of Clive Barker's Nightbreed.
544: Ryan Rivas!
This week, I speak with my friend and colleague Ryan Rivas about his exciting, new, experimental memoir, Nextdoor in Colonialtown.
543: Q&A Time!
This week, my colleagues Christopher Odom, Bethany Duvall, Jared Silvia, and I sling writing advice from Full Sail University's Fifth Annual Creative Writing Conference.
541: Marie Myung-Ok Lee!
This week, Samantha Nickerson speaks with novelist Marie Myung-Ok Lee about the musicality of novel-writing, and discovering the shape a novel requires despite one's intentions.
540: Mark Braude!
This week, I talk with historian and biographer Mark Braude about artist, model, and cabaret singer Kiki Man Ray and the art life in Paris in the 1920s.
539: Chelsey Clammer!
This week, I catch up with longtime friend of the show, the brilliant creative nonfiction writer, Chelsey Clammer.
538: A Discussion of John Bois's "17776" with Chelsea Alice!
This week, the brilliant Chelsea Alice & I discuss John Bois's postmodern masterpiece, "17776," which is partially about what football will look like in the time of the singularity. Probably no other…
537: Michael Wheaton!
On #537, I speak with the writer, publisher, and podcaster Michael Wheaton
536: Nona Willis Aronowitz!
This week, I speak with nonfiction writer Nona Willis Aronowitz about sex and feminism and other matters.
535: A Discussion of Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, with Rachael Tillman!
This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, a long overdue read for both of us.
534: Rachel Kolman!
This week, I speak with Rachel Kolman about her immersion in creative non-fiction and her writing life after her UCF MFA.