- #34 Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems (part 1)
Andrew rants about the censorship of Dahl’s books for twenty minutes before Sophie is allowed to speak and Emily Dickinson’s first few packets of poetry are discussed. (1858-1862) Topics include–the censorship of art–writers not standing up to censorship–Dickinson’s Legacy–The impact of the em dash–why Dickinson is so beloved–Helen Vendler’s take on Dickinson–the point of lyric poetry–music in meter–and more.
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2h 17m | Mar 12, 2023 - #33 F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Sophie crashes a car into a pedestrian while Andrew helps bury the body and avoids vehicular manslaughter charges. Both become hermits and avoid large towns for the rest of their lives. Topics include–The Great Gatsby’s reputation–the state of the publishing industry–readers lacking options in terms of current books–did Gatsby love Daisy?--what’s up with Nick Carraway?--why Gatsby was Fitzgerald’s only good book–and more.
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2h 15m | Feb 26, 2023 - #32 Olena Kalytiak Davis And Her Soul Out of Nothing
Sophie becomes an animal bone while Andrew goes on tangents about love, loss, and self-help. Both become souls trapped by bodies while knowing nothing. Topics include–The thing about first books–Why you should love OKD–sex in poetry–line breaks–gen x–and more.
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1h 42m | Feb 12, 2023 - #31 William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (free preview)
Andrew and Sophie fix the Hamline University controversy before diving into the deep sweaty realms of strange small-town southern America. Topics include–small-town settings–classic novels–Faulkner’s legacy and reputation–Dewey Dell being the best character–what's up with Vardaman?--class elements in Faulkner–and more.
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12m | Jan 29, 2023 - #30 Lana Del Rey's Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Sophie gets lost in a big haunted vagina, while Andrew makes himself at home in the Pepsi-filled cervix. Absolutely no drugs were consumed in the making of this episode. Topics include–celebrity poetry–collage art–whisper voices–mushroom trips–Instagram poetry–bad photography–aesthetic over art–what gives a poem meaning?–the line between song lyrics and poetry–and more.
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2h 15m | Jan 15, 2023 - #29 Artistic Visions w/ Lee Matalone
Author Lee Matalone joins the pod to discuss her debut novel, Homemaking, in a wide-ranging conversation on everything from reality TV to the current state of the literary scene. Topics include–MFA’s–Corporate side of writing–David Foster Wallace–Book Publishing–The state of the literary scene–Writing routines–why social media sucks–and more.
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2h 36m | Jan 1, 2023 - #28 Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
Sophie gets her Hitler’s out after ye went on his Hitler tour while Andrew cries like a little bitch about how much he loves Christmas. Topics include–what’s the meaning of Christmas?–Humor in Dickens works–Redemption archetypes–Male pattern baldness–The Muppets Christmas Carol–Christmas tunes–and more.
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2h 10m | Dec 18, 2022 - #27 Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems
Sophie and Andrew become a pectoral muscle big as vagina and make no reference at all to cock and endless balls in a mature discussion of Allen Ginsberg’s masterpiece. Topics include–beat writers–banned books–why there is no counterculture in literature today–masculinity–book reputations–Ginsberg’s influence–and more.
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1h 42m | Dec 4, 2022 - #26 Zoje Stage's Baby Teeth
Sophie talks love handles and low-rise jeans while Andrew simps for Jessica Biel. Both agree Brittany Spears should still be under lock and key. Topics include–Literary vs Pop Fiction–ass crack exposure ratios–what makes a good horror story?–sex in novels–Zoje Stage’s career so far–disturbing scenes in books–and more
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2h 20m | Nov 20, 2022 - #25 Carl Phillips Coin of the Realm
Sophie talks passionately about her true calling–waxing holes. While Andrew rants about aliens controlling the weather and denies climate change. Topics include: authority in writing–spirituality in art–identity politics in poetry–why the new critics are correct–balance in ones writing–and more.
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2h 35m | Nov 6, 2022 - #24 Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sophie gets bored while reading about Victorian-era drivel while Andrew gets obsessed with the sexual nature of horror. Topics include Horror and Sex, Victorian-era niceties, Male brain vs Female brain, Dracula’s cultural legacy, monster stories and movies, structuring thriller fiction, and more.
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1h 41m | Oct 23, 2022 - Heavy Bonus #1 Listener Q&A 09/29/22 (free sample)
Andrew and Sophie answer listener questions while ranting about workshops, building confidence as a writer, what makes a poem great, how to assess your own work to completion, and more. This bonus episode is for Subscribers Only. To Subscribe and get full access to Heavy Bored Content become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/HeavyBored
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30m | Oct 16, 2022 - #23 Nick Flynn's The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands
Andrew and Sophie get waterboarded by government agents as they read and discuss topics such as war crimes, why erasure is the lowest form of poetry, why Nick Flynn is underrated, creativity in contemporary poetry, line breaks, and more.
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1h 57m | Oct 9, 2022 - #22 James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
Sophie and Andrew pretend to read French while discussing Baldwin’s legacy, literary vs pop fiction, mystery structure in novels, literary style, short books, Baldwin’s larger impacts on the culture and more.
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1h 35m | Sep 25, 2022 - #21 Heather Christle's The Trees, The Trees
Andrew rants about the lack of structure in contemporary poetry, while Sophie imagines herself as a Tree in a forest. Topics include the power of repetition in poetry, what makes a poem good or bad?, the lack of discipline and scholarship in the field, why no major magazine will publish a negative poetry review, and more.
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1h 42m | Sep 11, 2022 - #20 Herman Melville's Moby Dick
Sophie becomes a big fat whale while Andrew struggles to remember any character in the novel he just read. Topics include the power of cultural touchstones, canonizing books and authors, why Moby Dick became such a highly praised classic, Harold Bloom's thoughts on the subject, and more.
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1h 48m | Aug 28, 2022 - *UNLOCKED* #10 Ben Lerner's The Hatred of Poetry
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3h 16m | Aug 14, 2022 - #19 Jonathan Culler's Theory of the Lyric
Andrew gives Sophie Covid through Skype while they discuss lyric poetry and all of its glory. Sophie helps Andrew learn how to read big words he can’t pronounce. And both cough loudly into the microphone every few minutes as an artistic choice. Topics include what’s the point of lyric poetry? the problem with academic writing, why no one reads poems, the futility of loving poetry, and more.
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2h 19m | Jul 31, 2022 - #18 Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn
The final part of the Twilight Saga has Sophie becoming pro child bride while Andrew mansplains vampire pregnancy. Both become pro life and consider converting to the Mormon faith. All while speculating about vampire erections–size, girth, temperature, texture. Topics include Book vs Movie, the structure of romance, bad endings, vampire sex, CGI babies, and more.
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3h 9m | Jul 17, 2022 - #17 Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse
Part 3 of the continuing Twilight Saga kicks off with Andrew wanting it to be over because he’s a man, while Sophie is seduced by some hot, wet talking. Both become sympathetic to rigorous Mormon-style abstinence-only sex education while reading about sexual assault from werewolves and vampires. Topics include emo culture, high school, men vs women, why scholarship is in the toilet, and more.
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