The Getting Lit Podcast

Casual yet stimulating talks about books and media.

The Getting Lit Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Getting Lit, with 126 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The Final Word on "Literary Men" feat. Glen Rockney, J David Osborne, & Kelby Losack

  Apr 14, 20262h 15mS0

  <p>Last year, Sini uploaded an episode to the paid feed of his personal Substack podcast, New Mythologies, discussing the oft-mentioned "literary man." Joining him? Glen from Rare Candy, as well as writers J David Osborne and Kelby Losack.</p><p>This week, we are resharing it for free with Getting Lit listeners.</p><p>Matt, Glen, JDO and Kelby have an exhaustive discussion about the “where are all the literary men?” thinkpieces, male reading habits, what to do if you’re a male writer, why “right wing art” is often a bad alternative, and much more. </p><p>Time to put thi...

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  **UNLOCKED** Laurus feat. Stevan

  Apr 2, 20261h 32mS0

  <p>To celebrate Easter, we have unlocked our paid episode on Eugene Vodolazkin's Laurus. To access the full archive of episodes and special Back Matter aftershows, got to patreon.com/GettingLit.</p><p>This week, we're joined by Brisbane musician and composer, Stevan, to talk about Eugene Vodolazkin's novel Laurus. A strange, luminous novel that follows a 15th-century Russian healer whose life unfolds as a kind of spiritual journey through time, grief, and redemption. This was a fantastic, wide-ranging discussion on everything from music to holy fools, to our concept of time, as well as icons in Eastern Orthodoxy, and...

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  The Earthen Dark feat. Brad Kelly

  Mar 16, 20261h 25mS0

  <p>Brad Kelly joins us once again to talk about and around his new novel, The Earthen Dark. We discuss why men loves holes in the ground, writing about jobs, why humans are so obsessed with underground, MFA writing, "literary men" and much more.</p><p>Buy The Earthen Dark here: https://www.amazon.com/Earthen-Dark-Brad-Kelly/dp/B0GF67226L</p><p>And follow Brad on X: https://x.com/bradkelly</p><p>And Substack: https://bradkellyesque.substack.com/</p><p>"Disgraced anthropology professor Jim Murray has been drawn into the dark. Ousted from his career by the algorithm and...

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  Episode #143

  Like You Have a Choice feat. Ivan Niccolai

  Mar 9, 20261h 41mS0

  <p>This episode, Ivan Niccolai joins us to talk about his short story collection, Like You Have a Choice. We chat about growing up in a cult, Melbourne, wogs, luxury beliefs, the unfiltered earnestness of open mic nights, loving where you lay your hat, writing craft and much more.</p><p>Buy Ivan's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Like-have-choice-Ivan-Niccolai/dp/B0FLTHP5MV</p><p>Follow Ivan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artificial_authenticities/</p><p>This is a free episode. On the free feed, you're only getting half the content. To get access to all our episodes...

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  Episode #142

  (TEASER) The Moonstone feat. Alec Mouhibian

  Mar 3, 202615 minS0

  <p>This is a preview. To get the full version of this episode and access to subscriber-only content, go to ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we're covering what T.S. Eliot called "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels." And who better to join us than self-confessed detective fiction fanboy, Alec Mouhibian, of Filthy Armenian Adventures podcast.</p><p>We discuss detective fiction's enduring appeal, the sensation novel, Wilkie Collins' bromance with Charles Dickens, the joys of the long sentence, and much more.</p><p>Subscribe to Al...

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