Wolf Podcast

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Whitefish for Luna by Charlene Elsby! It’s the first story in her most recent collection Red Flags. Pick up her new novel The Organization is Here to Support You! And you should also check out Violent Faculties, which is fantastic.Kyle calls this the best pet story he’s ever read, which should give you an indication of how we feel about it! We touch on a wide array of topics, including the art of sitcoms, Larry David, the lines of horror, the long shadow of James Joyce, how stories often come out of our real lives, narrative structures, and a variety of other things.If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess.Listen on Spotify or Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts.Check out our SF series The Shattered Stars.Check out eddy’s novels.And Kyle’s novels. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Cursed Moon Queers by Natalia Theodoridou published by Uncanny Magazine in September 2024.This is our longest episode yet! We talk a lot about narrative payoff, stylistic choices, genre conventions between literary and science fiction, interpretive texts, and this leads us to a host of other topics, like queerness, Tales of Neveryon by Samuel R Delany, and on and on and on. I do think this is one of our most interesting episodes.If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess.Listen on Spotify or Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts.Check out our SF series The Shattered Stars. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are speaking with award winning short story writer and novelist Brian Evenson! He’s the author of about twenty books, with his most recent being the collection Good Night, Sleep Tight. We’re discussing The Sequence, first published in Conjunctions and now collected in Good Night, Sleep Tight. Brian’s other books are available widely at Bookshop, Amazon, and bookstores near you.We discuss fairy stories, story structure, horror, genre styles and structures, and a host of other topics along the way. We had a slight technical hiccup around the 55 minute mark, but hopefully nothing too noticeable.If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess.Listen on Spotify or Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are speaking with the great Stephen Graham Jones about his short story Father, Son, Holy Rabbit, which first appeared in The Ones That Got Away. Stephen is the bestselling author of a whole slew of books. My personal favorite is Ledfeather but he’s likely best known for his bestselling and award winning Indian Lake Trilogy.Many people recommended that we discuss this story specifically so I’m glad Stephen was willing to come and share his insight. Along with the story, we discuss genre distinctions, fatherhood, childhood, rabbit starving, Gordon Lish and Raymond Carver, writing as a process and act of discovery, story goals, and so on.Stephen also mentioned Catherynne M Valente’s Planet Lion and Gene Wolfe’s Fish Story.If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess.Listen on Spotify or Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, we’re premiering a new aspect to the show with my good friend Kyle Muntz. He’s the author of The Pain Eater and we cowrote The Shattered Stars and Sing, Behemoth, Sing. He also heads the Creative Writing program at NYU Shanghai.Today we are talking about Susanna Clarke’s new short story The Wood at Midwinter. We discuss children’s literature, 19th century literature, narrative techniques, point of view, Clarke’s oeuvre, Catholic saints, marketing, publishing as an industry, and so on. Come join us as we take a close read of a very unusual short story.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today Paul Graham Raven is on the show to discuss William Gibson and Bruce Sterling’s collaboration on 1990s The Difference Engine. Paul is a writer, academic, and worldbuilder. You can find more of his writing at his website, newsletter, and Read his interview with Bruce Sterling right here.Turning the clocks back to the early 90s, right before Gibson jumped into The Bridge Trilogy and right after he finished The Sprawl Trilogy, we have The Difference Engine. This is a very different novel in many ways and one I’m glad to have picked up now, after reading through the rest of Gibson’s career.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today Kelby Losack and J David Osborne are back! This episode is a collaboration with their Agitator podcast. It’s also condensed down just to the conversation about Agency. If you want to hear the full almost two hour conversation, which gets into AI, Mike Tyson v Jake Paul, and the Trump election, head on over to patreon.com/agitator. Today, we’re onto Agency, book two in William Gibson’s Jackpot Trilogy. This is a book we actively hated.Come hear why.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today Kelby Losack is back! He’s a writer, voice actor, carpenter, cover artist (he does all the covers for my Howl series), and cohost of the Agitator podcast with J David Osborne. He’s the author of the hillbilly cyberpunk masterpiece Mercy. Find more of him at his website. You can now get the rest of his books on Amazon again.Today, we’re onto The Peripheral, book one in William Gibson’s Jackpot Trilogy. This was a peculiar book and maybe the first that doesn’t feel like someone looking forward and seeing our coming future.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess. Get full access to Wolf at radicaledward.substack.com/subscribe

In a lively discussion, Jay Springett, a writer and podcaster known for his insights on culture and technology, dives into William Gibson's 'Zero History'. They dissect the intricate plots and character journeys set against economic upheaval, exploring themes of identity and anxiety. The conversation touches on the influence of fashion intertwined with military narratives and the broader cultural implications. With a dash of humor, they even recount an outrageous story of a skyscraper jump gone wrong, reflecting on how contemporary dilemmas shape storytelling.

Jay Springett, a writer and podcaster known for his insights on technology and culture, dives deep into William Gibson's 'Spook Country.' They explore character dynamics like Hollis Henry and Milgrim, intertwining themes of addiction and internet influence. The conversation illuminates the complexities of modern relationships amid technological advancements and the feeling of dislocation in urban life. Springett also discusses how fringe concepts like cultural Marxism transition into mainstream thought, all while reflecting on media consumption shifts across generations.