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Ep. 18.1 - TREE OF SMOKE by Denis Johnson w/Kevin Kautzman
Jun 22, 2026
MELEE - Kenan Meral on STIGMA OF THE LIVING FLESH
Jun 15, 2026
Ep. 17.2 - The MADNESS of William H. Gass' THE TUNNEL [free version]
Jun 11, 2026
Melee - Laeth on SKETCHES OF ALICE
Jun 3, 2026
“The Man Who Would Not Die” by Harold Ward [audio recording]
May 29, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/22/26 |  Ep. 18.1 - TREE OF SMOKE by Denis Johnson w/Kevin Kautzman | Good Morning and please listen to me: TREE OF SMOKE is a Great American Novel, about war, espionage, fathers, sacrifice, depravity, and much more. The book’s central metaphor stands everywhere and nowhere, like a dark wraith unfolding itself across the modern psyche.The great Kevin Kautzman, from Art of Darkness, joined me in the tunnels beneath this remarkable book. | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 |  MELEE - Kenan Meral on STIGMA OF THE LIVING FLESH | Author Kenan Meral joined me to talk about books within books, the terror of sublimity, the reality of deepfakery, and his excellent new novel STIGMA OF THE LIVING FLESH.Follow Kenan on twitterBuy STIGMA OF THE LIVING FLESH from New Ritual Press | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![Ep. 17.2 - The MADNESS of William H. Gass' THE TUNNEL [free version] episode artwork](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6762cb338eb9af2ac1c72123/1781183649707-M4Z3G9HBCAT69GGAQRSH/tunnel_mad_square.png?format=1500w) Ep. 17.2 - The MADNESS of William H. Gass' THE TUNNEL [free version]✨ | hobby tunnelinglinguistic dimension+4 | — | THE TUNNEL | — | William H. GassTHE TUNNEL+5 | — | — | |
| 6/3/26 |  Melee - Laeth on SKETCHES OF ALICE✨ | jazzwriting+3 | Laeth | Laeth's websiteLaeth on substack+2 | — | LaethSKETCHES OF ALICE+4 | — | — | |
| 5/29/26 | ![“The Man Who Would Not Die” by Harold Ward [audio recording] episode artwork](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6762cb338eb9af2ac1c72123/1780050935448-0B5WOBB2Y1RL6ZB41L7G/man_square.png?format=1500w) “The Man Who Would Not Die” by Harold Ward [audio recording]✨ | detective fictionmystery+3 | — | The Black Mask | — | Harold WardThe Black Mask+3 | — | — | |
| 5/22/26 |  You can’t outsmart the Devil | 5/2026 Tarot Reading✨ | tarot readingmental health+3 | — | — | — | tarotself-medicating+3 | — | — | |
| 5/8/26 | ![[PREVIEW] Ep. 16.2 - The MADNESS of BUTCHER’S CROSSING by John Williams episode artwork](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6762cb338eb9af2ac1c72123/1778242764832-KOUXIO7SCI6TVS41ZI4Q/butcher_madness_square_preivew.png?format=1500w) [PREVIEW] Ep. 16.2 - The MADNESS of BUTCHER’S CROSSING by John Williams✨ | John Williamsliterature+5 | — | Yvor WintersBUTCHER’S CROSSING | — | John WilliamsBUTCHER’S CROSSING+6 | — | — | |
| 5/1/26 | ![“The Nameless Offspring” by Clark Ashton Smith [audio recording] episode artwork](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6762cb338eb9af2ac1c72123/1777638852169-0BKZSD3HFCDPM0FLKEV4/namelessofspring_square.png?format=1500w) “The Nameless Offspring” by Clark Ashton Smith [audio recording]✨ | pulp fictionWeird Tales+4 | — | The Nameless OffspringWeird Tales+1 | — | Clark Ashton SmithThe Nameless Offspring+5 | — | — | |
| 4/24/26 |  Melee - Getting Lit✨ | literary podcastingAustralian literature+3 | Matt FrestaMatthew Sini | Getting Lit PodcastNo Atheists in Plotholes+5 | — | Getting Lit Podcastliterary podcasting+4 | — | — | |
| 4/20/26 |  Melee - Paul Heron on The End of History✨ | historyphilosophy+3 | Paul Heron | Café AméricainSome Private Diagonal+1 | — | historyFukuyama+3 | — | — | |
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| 4/10/26 |  Ep. 16.1 - BUTCHER’S CROSSING by John Williams w/Lake Markham✨ | Western literatureTranscendentalism+3 | Lake Markham | BUTCHER'S CROSSING | — | BUTCHER'S CROSSINGJohn Williams+5 | — | — | |
| 4/7/26 |  Melee - David Simmons on ERADICATOR✨ | fictionnovels+3 | David Simmons | ERADICATORAMERICAN PSYCHO+2 | Baltimore | David SimmonsERADICATOR+3 | — | — | |
| 3/31/26 |  Melee - Tom Will on RHYMES✨ | poetrypoetic forms+4 | Tom Will | Farthest HeavenRHYMES | — | Tom WillRHYMES+5 | — | — | |
| 3/25/26 |  Melee - Grant Wamack on THE SCARECROWS WILL WATCH OVER US✨ | folk horrortarot+3 | Grant Wamack | psychic hotlineTHE SCARECROWS WILL WATCH OVER US | Wisconsin | Grant WamackTHE SCARECROWS WILL WATCH OVER US+6 | — | — | |
| 3/18/26 | Ep. 15.1 - Ishmael Reed's MUMBO JUMBO w/Glen Rockney (PREMIUM)✨ | literaturenovel analysis+3 | Glen Rockney | Rare CandyMUMBO JUMBO | — | Ishmael ReedMUMBO JUMBO+5 | — | — | |
| 3/18/26 |  Ep. 15.2 - The MADNESS of Ishmael Reed’s MUMBO JUMBO✨ | hoodooliterature+4 | — | MUMBO JUMBOCorpus Hermeticum+2 | — | Ishmael ReedMUMBO JUMBO+5 | — | — | |
| 3/9/26 | ![“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane [audio recording] episode artwork](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6762cb338eb9af2ac1c72123/1773053937271-MP8G6EUE9LQMHZD91543/OpenBoat_square.png?format=1500w) “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane [audio recording] | "The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). First published in 1898, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat; | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 |  Ep. 14.2 - The MADNESS of Dino Buzzati’s THE STRONGHOLD | [PREVIEW} Down into the labyrinth of THE STRONGHOLD: the curious history of NYRB Classics, theories of literary time, the significance of the barbarian, the dream of Great Tartaria, and much more. Subscribe for full access to this episode, the growing Madness archive, and early access to all guest episodes.. | — | ||||||
| 2/24/26 |  Melee - Ken Layne on DESERT ORACLE RADIO | The legendary Ken Layne joins me to talk about how he found the desert, what’s going on with UFOs, our Eldritch Republic, the role of the folklorist, and much, much more.Follow Ken. | — | ||||||
| 2/19/26 |  Ep. 14.1 - Dino Buzzati’s THE STRONGHOLD w/Jack BC | The ever-insightful Jack BC joined me to discuss a paradoxical little masterpiece: THE STRONGHOLD by Dino Buzzati. To some, better known as THE TARTARIAN STEPPE. It’s a homage to Kafka, a beautiful bit of existentialism, and a torturous confrontation with the nature of time in the lives we live.Check out Jack on his great podcast BOOKCLUB FROM HELL. | — | ||||||
| 2/16/26 |  Melee - Iain Ryan on THE CASINO | Iain Ryan is the author of 8 books. His latest, THE CASINO, is a pulse-pounding crime story about police corruption in Queensland in the 1980s. He joined me to talk about the writing of this book, his overall Gold Coast Quartet--of which this book is just one part, the uneasy appeal of the 1980s, and much, much more.Buy THE CASINOFollow Iain | — | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  Melee - Matt Cardin on WRITING AT THE WELLSPRING | Matt Cardin is the author or editor of 12 books and ranks among the very finest of contemporary writers of Weird fiction and cosmic horror, as well as one of the most consistently interesting contributors to substack. His most recent book, WRITING AT THE WELLSPRING, is a spiritual guide for creative work and a manual for cultivating your relationship with your own daemon muse. | — | ||||||
| 2/2/26 |  Melee - Frank Kidd on MEDICINE WOMAN | Author and podcaster Frank Kidd joined me to discuss his page-turning Western/frontier novel MEDICINE WOMAN (winner of Ian Barr’s Indie of the Year 2025), what makes a genre, why the Western still matters, and what makes America Weird.Buy MEDICINE WOMAN.Follow Frank on twitter. | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![[PREVIEW] Ep. 13.2 - The MADNESS of Cormac McCarthy’s THE CROSSING episode artwork](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6762cb338eb9af2ac1c72123/1769430440730-8JDK5F7J457CV3LGIIEI/crossing_madness_square_preview.jpg?format=1500w) [PREVIEW] Ep. 13.2 - The MADNESS of Cormac McCarthy’s THE CROSSING | A preview of the MADNESS presentation on Cormac McCarthy’s THE CROSSING. Here talking about the very, very strange relationship between man, wolf, and the other world. For access to the full thing, subscribe via substack or patreon. latest book: CROWBAR | — | ||||||
| 1/19/26 |  Melee - Audrey Lee on UTTER GOODNESS | UTTER GOODNESS is UTTERly GOOD. The writer Audrey Lee joined me to talk about her exciting new collection of short stories, out now via Farthest Heaven, comprehending America, STONER, and the state of confessional writing.Buy UTTER GOODNESS | — | ||||||
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