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Malarkey Public Radio is a podcast about indie literature and underground writers. We've got interviews, readings, rants, and bunch of other stuff. We will never interview Franzen or Joyce Carol Oates.

Alan Good

  • Jun 1, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 1h 7m AVG DURATION
  • 18 EPISODES


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You Think Being a Poet Is Bad!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 63:05


A conversation with writer/musician/comic artist Sarah Allen Reed. It's a fun one. Check out Sarah's work: RADIO SHOWS - https://theforestatnight.comhttp://www.identitynullradio.comWEBSITE https://sarahallenreed.comDIAMETRIC/OTHER BOOKS -https://blackwork.orgPATREON https://patreon.com/sarahallenreed

Painful Dick Stories

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 79:36


Jason, Alan, and Travis open up about some painful experiences in their lives. Plus some recommended reading and a book giveaway.If you like this podcast and would like to help us keep it going check out our patreon.

Edward Abbey's White Claw

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 70:04


The Malarkey Boys talking with John Yohe, writer, teacher, fire lookout, and fiction editor for Deep Wild Journal. 

Without Baseball There Is Only Spite and Confusion

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 83:56


After a bit of a hiatus, Malarkey Public Radio is back with Travis and Alan talking to the great Monica Wang and the equally great Yousef Allouzi. It's a fun one, that's all the description you really need.By the way if you like our podcast we have a patreon.

Indecisive and Hobbled by Grief

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 71:46


It's Travis and Alan. We remember Charles Portis and read highlights from Michael Bloomberg's zine.

The Time Traveler's Wife Guy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 75:19


MPR is back and in this episode Travis and Alan talk to a couple writer/editors about running litmags and being mad at scammers. Hannah Grieco is a writer and the editor of a new litmag called Porcupine Literary. Michelle Carrigan is a writer and the editor of Taco Bell Quarterly. Soundtrack by Wall of Voodoo, Travis, and Les Hurlements d'Leo.And here's how to support Malarkey Public Radio on Patreon.

Going for the Money

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 56:41


TJ Butler reads "The Well Man" and Alan talks money and litmags with Steven Genise of Cascadia Magazine.Speaking of money, we have a patreon.Soundtrack by Wall of Voodoo and Frank Zappa . . .

Popular Podcast w/ Sharp Title

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 63:55


Talking to poet upfromsumdirt about love, publishing, politics, and his excellent new collection, Deifying a Total Darkness, out now from Harry Tankoos Books.Follow @upfromsumdirt on Twitter or find him online at upfromsumdirt.com.As ever, listeners can keep this podcast going by supporting the MPR Patreon. Soundtrack provided by The Minutemen and Bad Brains.

You Have to Make Your Own Alternatives to Climb

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 79:45


Travis and Alan talk to Zac Smith, author of 50 Barn Poems, about barns, poetry, indie lit, and finding time to write. And Timothy Boudreau reads his story "Little Sister, Why Haven't We Heard from You?"As ever we are grateful for our patreon supporters. If you can't contribute in that way but want to support indie podcasts and indie lit, just leaving a rating and sharing the link is always a big help. Thanks!

Good at Words

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 67:56


Jason and Alan talk anti-presses with Mathilda Cullen and Joseph Rathgeber, the geniuses behind marlskarx and Radical Paper Press. Follow @mathildork and @stolenpaper on twitter. And of course if you like the podcast here's how you can help keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/malarkeypublicradio.

Outnumbered by Poets

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 66:03


Travis and Alan talk to poets Kyla Houbolt and Stuart Buck about their books. Kyla and Stu read some poems and we yell at the Paris Review and fight about Evelyn Waugh. Plus tips for parents who forget to move the elf on the shelf while the kids are sleeping. For those of you who are on Twitter, please follow @luaz_poet and @stuartmbuck. And you know if you like this podcast you can show us some love on patreon.

Notes from Adjunct Hell

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 94:32


Alan talks with Derek Tokaz and Aditya Desai about the adjunctimacation of America. Warning: this episode's kind of depressing.

Punching Rich Kids Who Deserve It

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 65:01


Travis is back and we talk about corruption in publishing, why we love the CIA, and punching Donald Trump Jr. Plus highlights from the @MalarkeyBooks pun challenge.

A Malarkey Reading Series: Vol. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 33:47


Readings by Shannon McLeod, Jared Povanda, Eileen Winn, Abigail Stewart, and Caroljean Gavin. And a friendly plug for our online course on identifying grifts!

A Malarkey Reading Series: Vol. 1

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 47:51


We're joined by Shannon Frost Greenstein, Jill Bergantz Carley, and Rachel King, who are brave and gracious enough to read their work in front of the entire internet.

Zuckerberg's Punchable Face

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2019 70:51


Well, friends, Travis wasn't able to join us for this episode but Alan sat down with Holly Salvatore, a poet, artist, and farmer whose work has been published in Honey and Lime, Lockjaw, and a bunch of other great places. Holly and Alan talk poetry, punchable faces, and the proper way to pluck a turkey. And Holly reads a few poems.Holly's on Twitter @Queen_Compost.

Warning: Contains Obtuse Language

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 62:48


In episode 2 of Malarkey Public Radio, Jason, Travis, and Alan talk to Cavin Bryce, the catalyst behind Back Patio Press, which by the way their first book is Photographs of Madness: Inside Out by Alec Ivan Fugate. Topics covered include self-publishing, hustling, and the correct pronunciation of "zine."

Big Wind Storm / F@#king God / I'll Try

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 68:15


In the first episode of Malarkey Public Radio, Travis and Alan talk to Jennifer Wortman about her book This. This. This. Is. Love. Love. Love. They also talk astrology, literary pick-up lines, and pain. Plus the CIA sabotages Travis's internet.Stay up to date at http://malarkeybooks.com/malarkeypublicradio.

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