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166 - Buddy of the Year
Jun 21, 2026
Unknown duration
165. Philandering Bums
Jun 10, 2026
1h 06m 34s
164. Humility and Courage
May 24, 2026
1h 02m 28s
JANISSARY by Eric Olguin Conroe [BLAST 2]
May 22, 2026
13m 32s
163. Disciplinemaxxing
Apr 27, 2026
1h 05m 05s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/26 | ![]() 166 - Buddy of the Year | THE WALK BOOK by Sean out MONDAY from Little Engines (at littleengines.shop, starting NOON EASTERN tomorrow, 6.22.26), COME UNDONE by Eddie Huang OUT NOW, Sean finished his Tale of Genji essay, Harold QUESTIONS EVERYTHING. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | ![]() 165. Philandering Bums✨ | literaturetheater+3 | Harold Rogers | Death of a SalesmanVertigo+1 | New York City | Death of a SalesmanVertigo+6 | — | 1h 06m 34s | |
| 5/24/26 | ![]() 164. Humility and Courage✨ | humilitycourage+3 | — | Notes from UndergroundFathers and Crows+1 | — | humilitycourage+5 | — | 1h 02m 28s | |
| 5/22/26 | ![]() JANISSARY by Eric Olguin Conroe [BLAST 2]✨ | literaturestorytelling+3 | Eric Olguin Conroe | 1storypodPatreon+1 | — | JANISSARYEric Olguin Conroe+3 | — | 13m 32s | |
| 4/27/26 | ![]() 163. Disciplinemaxxing✨ | literaturephilosophy+3 | — | A Table For FortuneEurope Central+4 | — | disciplineliterature+5 | — | 1h 05m 05s | |
| 4/16/26 | ![]() 162. Beginnings w/ Max Lawton (44 min)✨ | translationliterature+3 | Max Lawton | Deep VellumThe Beginnings+1 | — | translationAntonio Moresco+6 | — | 43m 59s | |
| 3/22/26 | ![]() 161. American Optimism✨ | literaturephilosophy+3 | — | Don QuixoteCandide+2 | — | optimismliterature+6 | — | 1h 07m 24s | |
| 3/10/26 | ![]() What Kind of Love [BLAST 2] w/ Intro✨ | loverelationships+3 | — | — | — | loverelationships+3 | — | 22m 10s | |
| 3/4/26 | ![]() 160. Fear and Tension w/ Eskor David Johnson, Part One✨ | literatureCaribbean culture+4 | Eskor David Johnson | 100 Years of SolitudeSolibo Magnificent+1 | — | Eskor David Johnson100 Years of Solitude+6 | — | 1h 17m 39s | |
| 2/24/26 | ![]() 159. PA 13✨ | pneumatomonarchian apiarismsolar eclipse+3 | — | Patreon | — | pneumatomonarchianapiarism+3 | — | 1h 01m 54s | |
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| 2/13/26 | ![]() THE SIGNS AND THE SYMBOLS by Greta Schledorn [BLAST 2] w/ Intro✨ | signssymbols+3 | Greta Schledorn | 1storypod | — | signssymbols+3 | — | 7m 45s | |
| 2/1/26 | ![]() 158. The Trouble With Men✨ | literaturephilosophy+3 | Harold Rogers | 92nd Street YSwitcheroo Christ+1 | — | Trouble with Menliterature+5 | — | 1h 04m 20s | |
| 1/23/26 | ![]() 157. Switcheroo Christ (Intro) | FULL HOUR: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, Rebellion in the Backlands by Euclides da Cunha, The Grail Legend by Emma Jung, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and 2666. | — | ||||||
| 12/19/25 | ![]() 156. Paul Was A Gooner | Gravity's Rainbow, The Tain (the Irish Iliad), Sean's Writing Desire talk with Jen Beagin, pulling up on Danielle Chelosky's reading, and whether or not the Apostle Paul was a gooner. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 12/5/25 | ![]() 155. Love and Greatness | Harold finished The Man Without Qualities by Musil, Sean finished The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede and revisited Zarathustra. | — | ||||||
| 11/18/25 | ![]() 153. Brett Gifford (first 30) | Brett came thru on his way down to NYC from Montreal to talk about his influences and his work and his writing. Read his story Cheryl on Blast 2: https://blast2mag.substack.com/ Full hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 11/13/25 | ![]() 152. Men of Nowhere | Clarice Lispector, The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman, Elizabeth I, Ernst Robert Curtius, Dante, and the young king Jaxon Dart. Vico Lecture and Brett Gifford Interview incoming: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Blast 2: https://blast2mag.substack.com/ | — | ||||||
| 10/26/25 | ![]() 151. Ecclesiastes | Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe on Ecclesiastes, Jonah, Wuthering Heights, the Cuckoo King, substack ethics, automythography, and our stalker podcast. Part 2, etc: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 10/23/25 | ![]() Wuthering Heights | From episode 151, "Ecclesiastes": https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod On Ecclesiastes, Jonah, Wuthering Heights, the Cuckoo King, autofiction ethics, automythography, and my stalker podcast. | — | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | ![]() 150. New Royalism *Faulky's birthday* (first 20) | Sean comes down to the city to sperg out on Harold about Ovid, Vico, sacred prostitution, and the Venus mother goddess myth; Harold talks DFW, Suetonius, life in the city, and Rob Rubsam's Male Literature Vulture piece. FULL EP: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 9/12/25 | ![]() 149. Combat Cameras w/ Miles Lagoze | 149. Combat Cameras w/ Miles Lagoze by Sean Thor Conroe | — | ||||||
| 9/9/25 | ![]() 148. Secret Night Pod *preview* | The fellas convene at the Upper East Spot for one final pod: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Harold's essay: https://blast2mag.substack.com/p/abolishing-time | — | ||||||
| 8/25/25 | ![]() 147. Infinite Pod | Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe on David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, The Recognitions by Gaddis, The Golden Bough by James Frazier, Augustine's Confessions, Paul's epistles, syncretism, automythography, Vico, and the Mutt Readings reading Sean did in Brooklyn. Second hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 8/15/25 | ![]() 146. 88 Portal w/ Martine Syms | 8/8 portal Aquarius full moon pod with goated artist and filmmaker Martine Syms, director the excellent 2022 film African Desperate. On Anne Carson, Sappho, Simone Weil, Julian of Norwich, mysticism, and kicking it in Paris at the Nike conference. PART 2: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Sean Thor Conroe wrote the novel Fuccboi. | — | ||||||
| 8/8/25 | ![]() 145. SCHATTENFROH w/ Max Lawton | Max Lawton stopped by to talk translating Schattenfroh, out this month from Deep Vellum . Third hour incoming: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
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