Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearson speaks with the poet CAConrad about why they read nothing but poetry, the didacticism of the novel, their work with the tarot, their experiences with ghosts, their new book Amanda Paradise, and the centrality of ritual to their practice. CA reads a couple poems too! 

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CAConrad

On this episode of the Apology podcast, the film critic A.S. Hamrah offers up many book and movie recommendations, ruminates on what makes a critic a critic, and talks about writers from Samuel Beckett to Dawn Powell to Ben Hecht—as well as acknowledging what a dick Encyclopedia Brown was.

A.S. Hamrah

On this episode of the Apology podcast, the musician Ian MacKaye talks about his mother’s writing, his childhood obsession with the Oz books, watching Kurosawa films with his son, reading Kurt Vonnegut on 9-11, and the secret meaning of the word "fugazi."

Ian MacKaye

The writer Rachel Kushner has an excellent new book of essays out now. It’s called The Hard Crowd. On this episode of the Apology podcast, Jesse Pearson speaks with Rachel about various topics she covers in the book (Marguerite Duras, prison abolition, motorcycle life) and some extra stuff too (Thom Jones, artists as writers, reading recommendations based on Rachel’s novels). Plus more, always more.

Rachel Kushner

On this episode of the Apology podcast, the songwriter, musician, writer, and artist Bill Callahan speaks with Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearson about many bookish and non-bookish topics including the brilliance of the writer Barry Hannah, Bill’s codebreaker parents, DC hardcore heroes Void, dropping out of college to focus on music, the Scottish writer James Kelman, Studs Terkels’s oral histories, the dogged grind of songwriting, the brilliance of Emily Dickinson, and way more.

Bill Callahan

On this episode of the Apology podcast the writer, dancer, filmmaker (and more) Brontez Purnell talks with Apology’s Jesse Pearson about writing his excellent new novel 100 Boyfriends, Maya Deren as the secret progenitor of TikTok, LA queer punk legend Sean deLear, and Sylvia Plath’s science fiction… and all that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Brontez Purnell

On this episode of the Apology podcast the musician David Pajo (Papa M, Slint, lots more) talks with Apology's Jesse Pearson about the eastern spirituality of his punk-rock youth, his recent interest in the stoic philosopher Seneca, and his perseverance through some very trying times.

David Pajo

Here we have Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, the Jicks, and Stephen Malkmus talking with Apology's Jesse Pearson about things like reading in the bath, '90s New York scum rock, and the time he met Denis Johnson in Den Haag at 5 AM.

Stephen Malkmus

On this episode, the comics artist and writer Johnny Ryan joins Apology-making-man Jesse Pearson to talk about things like Sigmund Freud, Ingmar Bergman, his favorite children's books, and the Night Stalker. It's two hours long and Johnny's mic keeps making this annoying crackling noise, but that's a small price to pay to listen to two nerds mumble about H.P. Lovecraft!

Johnny Ryan

On this episode, the poet Eileen Myles speaks with Apology editor Jesse Pearson about magical fiction, pathetic literature, and their dog Honey's wild adventures.

Eileen Myles

On this episode of the Apology podcast, you'll hear the rapper Despot talk with Apology person Jesse Pearson about his Queens youth, lots of mystical and magical sci-fi books, backpack rap, DMT, general doom 'n gloom, and a lot more.

Despot

On this episode we have the skater, artist, and apparel designer Jerry Hsu talking with Apology person Jesse Pearson about being the child of Taiwanese immigrants, getting popsicled by his board, his artistic process — and also about some books.

Jerry Hsu

On this episode Apology's Jesse Pearson talks with the psychoanalyst, writer, and teacher Jamieson Webster. Topics include life during Covid-19, anxiety, depression, Freud, Lacan, incest, and more. Please note that this episode includes graphic descriptions of sexual abuse.

Jamieson Webster

The musician and writer Ian Svenonius joins Apology, aka Jesse Pearson, to talk about the death of reading, time travel, and why writers should be imprisoned. Also a lot of other things are said. Show notes at shopapology.com.

Ian Svenonius

This time around, the screenwriter and artist Lesley Arfin sits down with Apology guy Jesse Pearson to cover topics such as dystopian sci-fi, her path to professional writing, and our two-person cult of Donna Tartt. Show notes at shopapology.com.

Lesley Arfin

Sprawling interviews that are mainly about books and reading.

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