1storypod
Sean Thor Conroe
A podcast about literature by Sean Thor Conroe, author of Fuccboi: https://www.amazon.com/Fuccboi-Novel-Sean-Thor-Conroe/dp/0316394912
Episodes
Mentioned books

Mar 22, 2026 • 1h 7min
161. American Optimism
Don Quixote, Candide by Voltaire, Schopenhauer, William T Vollmann, Motherdying by Michael Lentz, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 22min
What Kind of Love [BLAST 2] w/ Intro
https://open.substack.com/pub/blast2mag/p/what-kind-of-love?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Mar 4, 2026 • 1h 18min
160. Fear and Tension w/ Eskor David Johnson, Part One
Pay As You Go (2023, McSweeney's) author Eskor David Johnson with Harold Rogers and Sean Thor Conroe talking 100 Years of Solitude, Solibo Magnificent by Patrick Chamoiseau, Salman Rushdie, Alvaro Mutis, I, the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos, growing up in Trinidad and storms in Arkansas.

Feb 24, 2026 • 1h 2min
159. PA 13
Pneumatomonarchian Apiarism (solar eclipse Chinese new year Saturn reset pod).
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Feb 13, 2026 • 8min
THE SIGNS AND THE SYMBOLS by Greta Schledorn [BLAST 2] w/ Intro
https://open.substack.com/pub/blast2mag/p/the-signs-and-the-symbols?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Feb 1, 2026 • 1h 4min
158. The Trouble With Men
Sean Thor Conroe and Harold Rogers on Sean's 92nd Street Y "Trouble with Men” panel, Harold's Switcheroo Christ theory, infusing our futile acts with divinity, Vico, Juan Benet, and 2666 — live from a hotel room in midtown Manhattan. #podcast #literature #books

Jan 23, 2026 • 9min
157. Switcheroo Christ (Intro)
FULL HOUR: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod
Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, Rebellion in the Backlands by Euclides da Cunha, The Grail Legend by Emma Jung, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and 2666.

Dec 19, 2025 • 1h 7min
156. Paul Was A Gooner
Gravity's Rainbow, The Tain (the Irish Iliad), Sean's Writing Desire talk with Jen Beagin, pulling up on Danielle Chelosky's reading, and whether or not the Apostle Paul was a gooner.
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Dec 5, 2025 • 1h 4min
155. Love and Greatness
Harold finished The Man Without Qualities by Musil, Sean finished The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede and revisited Zarathustra.

Nov 18, 2025 • 32min
153. Brett Gifford (first 30)
Brett came thru on his way down to NYC from Montreal to talk about his influences and his work and his writing. Read his story Cheryl on Blast 2: https://blast2mag.substack.com/
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