Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson

About this episode

Allister Thompson discusses his new novel and the themes of climate apocalypse in a wide-ranging conversation.

Allister Thompson returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his new novel, Birch and Jay: The Knowledge Seekers Part One. In a typically roving conversation, we get into his influences and intentions in writing about a climate apocalypse and aftermath, as well as other stuff, like bad War of the Worlds adaptations (again). This episode plays out with Why Did We Do It (The Last Ones) from Allister's tie-in EP and you can grab that along with his entire discography from Bandcamp.

People in this episode

Guest: Allister Thompson

Topics covered

• climate apocalypse
• novel writing
• influences in literature
• music
• adaptations

Keywords

• Allister Thompson
• Birch and Jay
• climate apocalypse
• novel
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bandcamp

Books & works: Birch and Jay: The Knowledge Seekers Part One, Why Did We Do It (The Last Ones)

Places: Derry & Toms

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