Heavy Bored
By Andrew Wittstadt
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Episodes: 162
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Heavy Bored is a writing and literature podcast hosted by poet and writer Andrew Wittstadt as he speaks with guests about all things books, poetry, art, and culture. Join Heavy Bored on Patreon or Substack to get full access to book clubs, bonus interviews, Jerkshop, and more.
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#124 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 10) **PREVIEW**
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May 04, 2026 |
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Heavy Bonus: Ben Lerner Gives an Interview...
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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#123 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 9)
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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#122 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 8) **PREVIEW**
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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**UNLOCKED** #61 Fierce and Dangerous Love w/ Steven Powell
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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#121 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 7)
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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#120 Louise Glück: Poems 1962-2012 w/ Damon Moore (part 5)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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#119 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 6) **PREVIEW**
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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**UNLOCKED** #52 Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation w/ Sam Fakahany
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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#118 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 5)
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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#117 Holes in the Earth w/ Brad Kelly
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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#116 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 4) **PREVIEW**
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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#115 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 3)
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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#114 Feminine Goodness w/ Audrey Lee
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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#113 Louise Glück: Poems 1962-2012 w/ Damon Moore (part 4) **PREVIEW**
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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#112 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 2) **PREVIEW**
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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#111 John Irving's The Hotel New Hampshire w/ Erik **PREVIEW**
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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**UNLOCKED** Heavy Bored Christmas Special 2023
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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#110 Olympic Gold w/ Joe Battaglia
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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#109 The Last American Sitcom: Modern Family w/ Erik (part 1)
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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#108 AI Ethics w/ Mark Peres
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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#107 Occult Revival w/ Brad Kelly
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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#106 Dark Academia Fantasies w/ Heather Colley
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#105 Cutting Through Cataclysms w/ Stephanie Yue Duhem
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#104 Moving to the City w/ Maxine Rosaler
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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#103 American Swamp: Aaron Burr & Donald Trump w/ Dennis A. Brennan
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#102 John Irving's The Cider House Rules w/ Erik
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#101 Writing While Underage w/ Heather Ogden
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#100 Louise Glück: Poems 1962-2012 w/ Damon Moore (part 3)
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#99 Bites of Flesh w/ Aaron Barry (aka Jasper Ceylon)
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#98 Doing It for the Enjoyment w/ Claire Isenthal
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#97 John Irving's The World According to Garp w/ Erik (part 2) **PREVIEW**
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#96 John Irving's The World According to Garp w/ Erik (part 1) **PREVIEW**
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#95 Louise Glück: Poems 1962-2012 w/ Damon Moore (part 2) **PREVIEW**
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#94 Mysterious Fiction w/ Veronica Leigh
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#93 John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany w/ Erik
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#92 Tragic Comedies w/ Leslie Rasmussen
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#91 Prep School Boys w/ Thomas Cullen
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#90 Louise Glück: Poems 1962-2012 w/ Damon Moore (part 1)
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#89 Projecting the Universe w/ A.O. Wagner
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#88 Eroding Masculinity w/ Gary E Smith
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#87 Monitoring the Dream Situation w/ Ron Richard
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#86 In the Fires of Joy w/ Tara Heaton
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Heavy Bonus: Ghost Craft w/ Meg Hamand (preview)
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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#85 Midwestern Romanticism w/ Meg Hamand
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May 26, 2025 |
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#84 Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain w/ Maggie Zhu
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May 12, 2025 |
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#83 The Great Poetry Hoax w/ Jasper Ceylon
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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#82 Tom Clancy's Without Remorse w/ James Gregory
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Heavy Bonus: Dream Situations w/ Josh Mendoza (preview)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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#81 Sitting in the Sci-fi Section w/ Josh Mendoza
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Heavy Bonus: Dogs vs Cats w/ Paris Heart (preview)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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#80 Making Love Vibes w/ Paris Heart
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#79 George Oppen: New Collected Poems w/ Damon Moore
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Heavy Bonus: White Lies, Faith, and Indie Publishing w/ Becky Bell (preview)
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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#78 Telling Fibs w/ Becky Bell
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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#77 Sleep Paralysis w/ Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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JerkShop #10 | Writing Workshop Stories
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#76 Killing a Bull Moose w/ Michael Fedor
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Christmas Special 2024: It's A Jimmy Stewart Christmas w/ Erik
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Heavy Bonus: Collaborative Art w/ Sasha Saidman (preview)
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#75 Adopting Imagination w/ Sasha Saidman
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Heavy Bonus: Football Girl w/ Amy Daughters (preview)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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#74 Funny Girl w/ Amy Daughters
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Heavy Bonus: Building Schools w/ Doug Villhard (preview)
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#73 The Business of Fiction w/ Doug Villhard (preview)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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JerkShop #9 w/ Stephen Harrison (preview)
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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#72 Editing the Internet w/ Stephen Harrison
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#71 Ethical Arson w/ Nick Flynn
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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#70 Parenthood Poems (preview)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#69 Book Branding w/ James R. Gregory
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#68 William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet w/ Brendan
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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#67 Smiling Crooked w/ Jared Klickstein
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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#66 Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence w/ Yeerk
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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#65 Fictional Transplants w/ David Weill
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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#64 Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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#63 Robin Cook's Chromosome 6 w/ Rare Candy
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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#62 Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die w/ The Nani State
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May 26, 2024 |
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#61 Fierce and Dangerous Love w/ Steven Powell
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May 12, 2024 |
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Heavy Bonus: No One Buys Books (preview)
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May 05, 2024 |
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#60 Anne Sexton: The Complete Poems w/ Sarah Fletcher (part 1)
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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#59 Sharon Olds' Odes
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Heavy Bonus: Jan-March 2024 Reading Roundup (preview)
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Heavy Movies: True Detective 1-4 (part 2)
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Heavy Movies: True Detective 1-4 (part 1)
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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#58 Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities (preview)
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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JerkShop #8 KDP and Self-Publishing w/ Matt Wall (preview)
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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#57 Charles Bukowski's The Pleasures of the Damned w/ Matt Wall
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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*UNLOCKED* Louise Bogan's The Blue Estuaries
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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JerkShop #7 w/ Sarah Fletcher (preview)
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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#56 Berryman Posting w/ Sarah Fletcher
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Heavy Movies: The Sound of Hysteria (preview)
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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#55 poetry episode? (preview)
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Heavy Bonus Nov/Dec 2023 Reading Roundup (preview)
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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#54 Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter w/ Melly
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Heavy Bored Christmas Special (preview)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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#53 Ada Limon's The Hurting Kind
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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JerkShop #6 w/ Sam Fakahany | Writing Workshop Stories
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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#52 Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation w/ Sam Fakahany
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Heavy Bonus #7 October 2023 Reading Roundup (preview)
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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#51 Frank Bidart's Star Dust (preview)
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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JerkShop #5 w/ Valerie Lute | Writing Workshop Stories
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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#50 Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms w/ Valerie Lute
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Heavy Bonus #6 Horror Movie Round Up October 2023 (preview)
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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#49 Mary Oliver's House of Light
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Heavy Bonus #5 Listener Emails 10/14/2023 (preview)
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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#48 Melancholic America w/ Caleb Caudell
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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JerkShop #4 w/ Erik | Writing Workshop Stories
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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#47 Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe w/ Erik
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Heavy Bonus #3 Listener Emails (preview)
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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#46 Louise Glück’s The Wild Iris
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Heavy Bonus #2 August 2023 Reading Roundup (preview)
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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#45 Ian Fleming's Casino Royale w/ The Nani State
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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JerkShop #3 w/ Matt Wall | Writing Workshop Stories
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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#44 Poetic Anarchy w/ Matt Wall (preview)
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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JerkShop #2 w/ Cassandra | Writing Workshop Stories
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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#43 Richard Siken's Crush w/ Cassandra
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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#42 Cormac McCarthy's Cities of the Plain (preview)
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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#41 Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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#40 Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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*UNLOCKED* #31 William Faulkner's As I lay Dying
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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JerkShop #1 | Writing Workshop Stories
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May 28, 2023 |
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#39 Gary Snyder's Turtle Island
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May 21, 2023 |
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#38 Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five
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May 07, 2023 |
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#37 Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems (part 4)
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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#36 Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems (part 3)
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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#35 Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems (part 2)
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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#34 Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems (part 1)
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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#33 F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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#32 Olena Kalytiak Davis And Her Soul Out of Nothing
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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#31 William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (preview)
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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#30 Lana Del Rey's Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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#29 Artistic Visions w/ Lee Matalone
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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#28 Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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#27 Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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#26 Zoje Stage's Baby Teeth
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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#25 Carl Phillips Coin of the Realm
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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#24 Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Heavy Bonus #1 Listener Q&A 09/29/22 (free sample)
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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#23 Nick Flynn's The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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#22 James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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#21 Heather Christle's The Trees, The Trees
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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#20 Herman Melville's Moby Dick
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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*UNLOCKED* #10 Ben Lerner's The Hatred of Poetry
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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#19 Jonathan Culler's Theory of the Lyric
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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#18 Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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#17 Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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#16 Stephenie Meyer's New Moon
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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#15 Stephenie Meyer's Twilight
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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#14 The Essential W. S. Merwin
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May 22, 2022 |
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#13 John O'Hara's BUtterfield 8 (free sample)
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May 08, 2022 |
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#12 Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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#11 Iceberg Slim's Pimp (free sample)
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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#10 Ben Lerner's The Hatred of Poetry (free sample)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#9 Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#8 Louise Bogan's The Blue Estuaries (free sample)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#7 Joy Williams' The Quick and the Dead
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#6 The Complete John Keats
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#5 Stephen King's The Shining
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#4 Brigit Pegeen Kelly's The Orchard
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#3 Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#2 Harold Bloom's The Art of Reading Poetry
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#1 Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth
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Mar 31, 2022 |