Book Club: Sadako Coming Out of Her Transcript to Shame Mankind
OnThe transcript of the Rite Gud Bookclub episode on Ring by Koji Suzuki. Also known as Ringu. Circletown. Round Buddy Time.
Apophany #7: The Nyad Lobby
OnThis is the closest I will get to a public anti-AI screed. Here it goes: generative artificial intelligence could never come up with Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Hollywood Africans. You would ask it to make a picture that depicts three black men thinking about…
Apophany #6: In the Shadow of Supersystems
OnI learned how to play poker younger than anybody should.
How to Interview People for Stories
OnIf you’re new to journalism or non-fiction writing, getting an interview with a subject can be daunting. I’m here to say it’s not that hard.
The Sparrow
OnFor this month’s edition of the Book Club, we discuss Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow. Joining us is Stephen Mazur.
The Sparrow (The Transcript)
OnIt’s our latest Book Club episode looking at Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow (The Transcript).
Apophany #5: Everything Brolic Melts Into Air
OnIt was a Tuesday or Wednesday a couple months ago when I opened Spotify at work. EBK Jaaybo, a rapper from Stockton, California probably best known for the song and certified heater “Boogieman”– any song where a guy brags about dropping a…
Hearing Trumpet
OnGwen C. Katz joins us to talk about The Hearing Trumpet and the true purpose of post-menopausal women (crimes and bees, obviously).
Hearing Trumpet Transcript
OnThe transcript of our Book Club episode with Gwen C. Katz on the Leonora Carrington novel The Hearing Trumpet.
The Only One—Match Game ‘76
OnEpisode 13, The Only One, in which the program gets tired of fiction entirely and decides to become a biopic: Star Trek narration.