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The Getting Lit Podcast

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>On this special episode of Back Matter, Psi from Rare Candy podcast and Cody LaDuke join Sini and Fresta to discuss George Lucas' Revenge of the Sith, and nerd out on all things Star Wars.This is a preview. To get the full episode, and more details about Sini's visit to the set of Attack of the Clones, subscribe to our Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit'>https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit</a> Subscribe to Rare Candy here:Follow Psi on X: <a href='https://x.com/rarepsi'>https://x.com/rarepsi</a>Follow Cody on X: <a href='https://x.com/cladu33'>https://x.com/cladu33</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Back Matter 17: Sith Happens feat. Psi from Rare Candy & Cody LaDuke (PREVIEW)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This week, Sini is joined by his friend Lucas out at a bar one Saturday night to discuss Camille Paglia's book on art history and visual culture, Glittering Images.Follow Lucas on Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/lifetothose.shadows/'>https://www.instagram.com/lifetothose.shadows/</a>And over on paid feed, we have a special episode of Back Matter featuring Cody LaDuke and Psi from Rare Candy podcast who join Sini and Fresta to discuss George Lucas' Revenge of the Sith, and nerd out a bit on Star Wars in general.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Revenge of the Glittering Images feat. Lucas

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Returning guest Alex speaks with us about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: what makes it so narratively compelling and different to other shows in this franchise, as well as the character dynamics, novelistic elements, soap influences, and much more. We also talk about the unique charm of the strivers on this show.Meanwhile, over on the Patreon, we talk about the state of sex in current popular culture. Subscribe at <a href='https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit'>https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Real Strivers of Salt Lake City feat. Alex

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Melbourne writer Tobe Ellen joins us to talk about his upcoming podcast, The Barrow, where he documents his process of co-writing a memoir with his mother. We talk about podcasting as a writer, memoir writing, the importance of implication in narrative, political correctness, sensitivity readers and much more.Follow The Barrow onInstagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/'>https://www.instagram.com/thebarrowpod/</a>Substack: <a href='https://substack.com/@thebarrowpod'>https://substack.com/@thebarrowpod</a>Follow Tobe on X: <a href='https://x.com/thebarrowpod'>https://x.com/thebarrowpod</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

The Barrow feat. Tobe Ellen

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This week, we're talking to New York playwright and novelist Matthew Gasda about his new novel, The Sleepers, one of the best treatments of millennial generational malaise. We talk about the Dimes Square New York scene, the internet and culture, ideology vs art, masculinity and femininity, defiantly staging theatre during the lockdowns, and much more.Buy The Sleepers here: <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Sleepers-Novel-Matthew-Gasda/dp/1648211259'>https://www.amazon.com/Sleepers-Novel-Matthew-Gasda/dp/1648211259</a>And check out Gasda's substack: <a href='https://matthewgasda.substack.com/'>https://matthewgasda.substack.com/</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Sleep, Scroll, Repeat feat. Matthew Gasda

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This week we're joined by the "Ern Malley of the 21st Century," Jasper Ceylon, who has pranked multiple poetry journals by posing as vogueish identities while submitting terrible poems.Jasper successfully published poems that were intentionally bad to woke journals more interested in an author's pronouns, sexuality and racial characteristics than talent.This satirical "performance art" piece has been documented in his new book, Echolalia Review.We discussed the quality control issues in the publishing industry, and the challenges faced by indie writers, the prevalence of dishonesty in the literary world, particularly in the representation of indigenous cultures, and the challenges of navigating the literary world.Buy Jasper's book here: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Echolalia-Review-Anti-Poetry-Jasper-Ceylon/dp/1738633926/'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Echolalia-Review-Anti-Poetry-Jasper-Ceylon/dp/1738633926/</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Poetic License feat. Jasper Ceylon

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This episode, we talk to Jared Klickstein about his amazing memoir of drug addiction and homelessness, Crooked Smile. We also chat about the underground classic Australian film, Pure Shit (Bert Deling, 1978).Buy Crooked Smile here: <a href='https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CWZ1GHLW?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_au'>https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CWZ1GHLW?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_au</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Pure Skid Row feat. Jared Klickstein

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Reading isn't dead - our attention spans have just been hijacked by phones and social media. Inspired by an essay Fresta wrote on how to read last year, we discuss practical strategies to reclaim your reading habit and rediscover the joy of getting lost in a good book. Check out Fresta's essay on Rare Candy's substack with more detailed reading tips and strategies: <a href='https://rarecandy.substack.com/p/how-to-read-books'>https://rarecandy.substack.com/p/how-to-read-books</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

How To Read

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>J David Osborne joins us once more, this time to talk about his new psychedelic cyberpunk epic novel, Gods Fare No Better. We talked about spirituality, cyberpunk, science fiction, and the impact of various media on JDO's work, as well as book marketing strategies, industry challenges, and the importance of creativity and playfulness in literature and art.Buy Gods Fare No Better here:<a href='https://ronintrash.bigcartel.com/product/gods-fare-no-better'>https://ronintrash.bigcartel.com/product/gods-fare-no-better</a>or here: <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Fare-Better-David-Osborne-ebook/dp/B0F2GXQGRZ?ref_=ast_author_mpb'>https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Fare-Better-David-Osborne-ebook/dp/B0F2GXQGRZ?ref_=ast_author_mpb</a> And the discussion continues over on Patreon where we talk about one of the novel's main influences, Cyberpunk 2077. To listen, go to <a href='https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit'>https://www.patreon.com/GettingLit</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Gods Fare No Better feat. J David Osborne

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This week, we chat about an ancient classic, Medea by the Athenian tragedian Euripides. We also discuss Lars Von Trier's 1988 TV movie adaptation of the play, written by Carl Theodor Dreyer.Sini also published a well-received essay on men reading books on podcasts at Unherd, which you can read here: <a href='https://unherd.com/2025/04/the-literary-man-isnt-dead/'>https://unherd.com/2025/04/the-literary-man-isnt-dead/</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Medea, The First Girl Boss

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This week, a triple crosspost collaboration with Agitator and Bistro Californium, where we discuss the remasters of the Legacy of Kain videogame series. We talk about the game's mechanics, story progression, incredible voice acting and sound design, character development, themes of free will, spiritualism, and the liminal space between analog and digital technology and much more. Subscribe to Agitator here: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/c/agitator/'>https://www.patreon.com/c/agitator/</a>Subscribe to Bistro Californium here: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/c/BistroCalifornium/'>https://www.patreon.com/c/BistroCalifornium/</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver feat. Agitator and Bistro Californium

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>For full episode, go to <a href='https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit'>https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit</a>This week, we have compiled all four episodes of our Book of the New Sun series we did in 2023 into one massive 8.5 hour journey. Join Sini, J David Osborne and Kelby Losack as they unpack Gene Wolfe's masterwork of science fiction.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

PREVIEW: There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Omnibus Edition)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1792081/open_sms">Send us a text</a>We're celebrating 100 episodes of the Getting Lit Podcast by talking about a few Jorge Luis Borges stories: The Library of Babel, Three Versions of Judas, The House of Asterion, and Borges And I.We talk about infinity, intellectualism, mythology. We also touched on the challenges of creating a public persona as a writer, a few movie opinions, and the podcast's 100 episode milestone. <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/gettingLit">Support the show</a>

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Back Matter 17: Sith Happens feat. Psi from Rare Candy & Cody LaDuke (PREVIEW)

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Revenge of the Glittering Images feat. Lucas

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Real Strivers of Salt Lake City feat. Alex

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The Barrow feat. Tobe Ellen

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Sleep, Scroll, Repeat feat. Matthew Gasda

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Poetic License feat. Jasper Ceylon

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Pure Skid Row feat. Jared Klickstein

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How To Read

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Gods Fare No Better feat. J David Osborne

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Medea, The First Girl Boss

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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver feat. Agitator and Bistro Californium

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PREVIEW: There Are Two Gene Wolfes Inside You (Omnibus Edition)

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