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163. Disciplinemaxxing
Apr 27, 2026
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162. Beginnings w/ Max Lawton (44 min)
Apr 16, 2026
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161. American Optimism
Mar 22, 2026
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What Kind of Love [BLAST 2] w/ Intro
Mar 10, 2026
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160. Fear and Tension w/ Eskor David Johnson, Part One
Mar 4, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | On Antonio Moresco's The Beginnings (1998, first English translation by Max Lawton from Deep Vellum), William T. Vollmann, and the vast maximalist novel no one can read, with translator and writer Max Lawton. Max has translated Sorokin's novels from Russian, Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz from German, and now this Moresco trilogy. Recorded Good Friday, days before Max and my pilgrimage out to Sacramento to interview Vollmann. Audio got kinda jacked up, that's my bad. Full 2.5 hour pod and video: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod . | — | ||||||
| 3/22/26 |  161. American Optimism | Don Quixote, Candide by Voltaire, Schopenhauer, William T Vollmann, Motherdying by Michael Lentz, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | ![What Kind of Love [BLAST 2] w/ Intro episode artwork](https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-yJbG5Ey1SkTMwbys-ZkJuAg-t3000x3000.jpg) What Kind of Love [BLAST 2] w/ Intro | https://open.substack.com/pub/blast2mag/p/what-kind-of-love?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web | — | ||||||
| 3/4/26 |  160. Fear and Tension w/ Eskor David Johnson, Part One | Pay As You Go (2023, McSweeney's) author Eskor David Johnson with Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe talking 100 Years of Solitude, Solibo Magnificent by Patrick Chamoiseau, Salman Rushdie, Alvaro Mutis, I, the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos, growing up in Trinidad and storms in Arkansas. | — | ||||||
| 2/24/26 |  159. PA 13 | Pneumatomonarchian Apiarism (solar eclipse Chinese new year Saturn reset pod). https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod | — | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | ![THE SIGNS AND THE SYMBOLS by Greta Schledorn [BLAST 2] w/ Intro episode artwork](https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-4XIfhCBQgc5WOzZm-FEaPZA-t3000x3000.png) THE SIGNS AND THE SYMBOLS by Greta Schledorn [BLAST 2] w/ Intro | https://open.substack.com/pub/blast2mag/p/the-signs-and-the-symbols?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web | — | ||||||
| 2/1/26 |  158. The Trouble With Men | Sean Thor Conroe and Harold Rogers on Sean's 92nd Street Y "Trouble with Men” panel, Harold's Switcheroo Christ theory, infusing our futile acts with divinity, Vico, Juan Benet, and 2666 — live from a hotel room in midtown Manhattan. #podcast #literature #books | — | ||||||
| 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 | — | ||||||
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| 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 | — | ||||||
| 8/6/25 |  BLAST 2 MANIFESTO | READ: https://blast2mag.substack.com/p/blast-2-manifesto?utm_source=activity_item BLAST2MAG@GMAIL.COM | — | ||||||
| 8/1/25 |  144 - BLAST 2 *CLIP* | FULL HOUR on Philip II, Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes, Go Down Moses by Faulkner, The Venerable Bede, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, eviction, BLAST 2 TENETS: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod HAROLD ROGERS and SEAN THOR CONROE on 31 JULY 2025 in NYC. | — | ||||||
| 7/26/25 |  Japan: Part 3 by Sean Thor Conroe (reading) | Part 3 in my trilogy about my monthlong trip to Japan for The Places Review: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168879828 Part 2: https://theplacesreview.com/p/japan-part-2-sean-thor-conroe?r=2jic0e Part 1: https://theplacesreview.com/p/japan-part-1-funeral-family-travel-history?r=2jic0e | — | ||||||
| 7/23/25 |  143. Victims w/ Andrew Boryga | Andrew Boryga came thru to talk about his novel Victim (2024). Bonus hour: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod Referenced: Malcolm Lowry, Junot Diaz, The Venerable Bede, Ernesto Quiñonez, Bolaño, Manuel Mujica Lainez. | — | ||||||
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