About this episode

Drew and Roth chat with horror novelist Paul Tremblay about his new book, cancer survival, and Boston sports.

Drew and Roth are joined by acclaimed horror novelist Paul Tremblay! Not only does Paul have a new book out, Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep , but he’s also now a certified cancer survivor. He’s also sued OpenAI, used to teach BC calculus, and is a huge Boston sports fan. They talk about all of that, including how this Red Sox winning streak is treating Paul. Then, they open up the funbag to answer questions from real Defector readers and Distraction listeners, and Paul shares his worst dishwasher habit. Pick up Paul’s new book, Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep , now ! Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0! Stuff We Talked About Packies and scratchies Brains in jars A gas leak in the clubhouse Dishwasher heathens Does DJT believe in ghosts? Credits - Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth - Producer: Brandon Grugle, Multitude - Editor: Mischa Stanton, Multitude - Production Services & Ads: Multitude - Subscribe to Defector ! About The Show The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary…

People in this episode

Hosts: Drew Magary, David Roth

Guest: Paul Tremblay

Topics covered

• horror literature
• sports
• cancer survival
• OpenAI lawsuit
• Boston sports
• listener questions

Keywords

• Paul Tremblay
• horror novelist
• cancer survivor
• Red Sox
• listener questions
• OpenAI lawsuit
• Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Defector Media

Products: Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Places: Boston

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