Episodes

Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
#81: Why Your Work Is Stuck In The Slush Pile
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Caleb starts the episode talking about his new writing routine and what he's currently reading. Then we get into a discussion about submitting work to publications and why your work might get rejected or why you can't seem to get out of the slush pile.
We end things with some ranting about licensing and how it leads to the limiting of artistic output.
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Friday Jun 04, 2021
A Murakami Minute: FPS Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Friday Jun 04, 2021
We discuss Haruki Murakami's short story, Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova, from Murakami's collection First Person Singular. We talk a bit about music and the benefits of writing while listening to certain music.

Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
DBS #44: DPW Short Story Collection
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
We open the podcast with some sad news, then we talk about the respect we feel various kinds of artists should get for their work. The topic of today's episode is the planning of our upcoming DPW Short Story Collection!
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Friday May 28, 2021
A Murakami Minute: FPS On A Stone Pillow
Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
We continue our dive into Haruki Murakami's newest short story collection, First Person Singular, and discuss the second story in the collection titled "On A Stone Pillow." In this episode, we talk about memory, nostalgia, and all those forgotten slivers of life that come back to us at the most random of times.

Tuesday May 25, 2021
IRC #8: Jerusalem Is Canceled
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Welp, we have some news for you. As you know, Alan Moore's Jerusalem is a challenging book. This is why we chose it for our Inebriated Reading Challenge. Unfortunately, life can be even more challenging. This is why we have chosen to cancel this particular IRC series. But fear not! We do discuss the book one last time before we ride off into the hazy sunset.
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Friday May 21, 2021
A Murakami Minute: FPS Cream
Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
With this new series, we will be exploring the works of legendary Japanese author, Haruki Murakami. We are starting things off by reading his newest short story collection, First Person Singular. In this episode, we are discussing the first story in the collection called "Cream."

Tuesday May 18, 2021
#80: Forgotten And Future Classic Books
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
We start the cold open off with an announcement! Then we spend the first half of the episode talking about forgotten books that were once considered classics but are now bargain bin books.
The second half of the episode is about what modern books and authors might be considered classic literature in 100 or more years in the future.
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Tuesday May 11, 2021
DBS #43: Books, Writing, And Japanese Fiction
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
During the cold open, Spencer gives us his mini-review of Stephen and Owen King's co-written novel, Sleeping Beauties. After that, we get into a mix of reading and writing talk.
We discuss some words we avoid using in our writing, and then the conversation morphs into narration styles and storytelling techniques that bug us. We end things by talking about what we want to read next for the podcast and get into a conversation about Japanese authors.
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Tuesday May 04, 2021
#79: Drinking With Hemingway
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
In this episode, we discuss the new Ken Burns PBS documentary on Ernest Hemingway. We cover some of the wild parts of his life, what made him the writer (and drinker) he was, and what we could take away from his writing style.
We also go over his writing process and how he compares to that of Hunter S. Thompson.
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
DBS #42: Cyberpunk And Porn
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
This episode is 100% NSFW and also, it's probably not our best. We start off harmless enough by discussing dumb TikTok trends and whatnot.
Eventually, we do get into the supposed topic at hand and talk about some awesome cyberpunk books. But we get derailed numerous times talking about how stupid we find certain porn genres/tropes to be. In fact, we struggle to stay on topic for most of the episode, which is why it's a Drunken Bullshit Episode!