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Demise of the Podcast
by Patrick Attaway
A literary deep dive into great books—where critical analysis meets personal reflection and original writing. Author and musician Patrick Attaway talks about books, analyzes writing through a sophisticated literary lens, and discusses the struggles of being an aspiring writer.
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Episode 355 - Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis
Monday Episode
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Episode 354 - Bret Easton Ellis Retrospective
Reading the endings for four books: Less Than Zero, Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, and More.
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Episode 352 - Bret Easton Ellis's The Shards Part I
Edit this, baby.
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Episode 351 - Bret Easton Ellis's The Informers
Way to rush to The Shards, Bret.
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Episode 350 - My Favorite Guest
Missus Attaway joins us to celebrate the 350th episode of Demise of the Podcast.
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Episode 349 - David Sedaris's True Detective
An unhinged moment.
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Episode 348 - David Sedaris's Cyclops
More from Naked, and lots of writing talk.
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Episode 347 - Charles Bukowski's Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
Patrick reads about ladies.
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Episode 346 - Molly Roden Winter's More Finale
There's more to explore in More!
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Episode 345 - Molly Roden Winter's More Part II
Does it get sexy?
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Episode 344 - Molly Roden Winter's More Part I (With Special Guest)
Patrick reads and introduces More, and Missus Attaway talks about monogamy, open relationships, and polyamory.
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Episode 342 - Charles Bukowski's The Continual Condition
Reading edited and original versions of Bukowski poems before discussing AI and Ex Machina.
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Episode 341 - Failing as an Author
We discuss the myths of writing careers, Capitalist expectations versus academic writing, and the importance of bad writing.
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Episode 340 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part XIV
Roman numerals.
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Episode 339 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part XIII
Holy 2016, Batman!!! We talk HBO's Girls and Hannah X's This is Not a Test. And I almost collapse while reading my own book!
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Episode 337 - Charles Bukowski's Less Delicate Than the Locust
Hot Water Music for January weather.
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Episode 336 - Richard Zacks's An Underground Education Part II
Dear GOD. Literally.
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Episode 335 - Richard Zacks's An Underground Education Part I
We discuss early American history, presidential affairs, Crossroads, protagonists, and a little writing.
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Episode 334 - Birch Retrospective
2025 too.
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Episode 333 - Kurt Vonnegut's Jailbird
Kinda. But not really.
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Episode 332 - Little Piece of Time Part VI
We're done for now.
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Episode 331 - Little Piece of My Time Part V
How about a bagel?
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Episode 330 - Little Piece of My Time Part IV
Tied up and gagged.
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Episode 328 - Bret Easton Ellis's White Part I
And Mr. Robot.
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Episode 327 - David Sedaris's "Unbuttoned."
Dead people.
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Episode 325 - Raven Leilani's Luster
I think we actually analyzed this book.
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Episode 324 - Little Piece of My Time Part III
The Matrix, Huddle House, and remora.
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Episode 323 - Little Piece of My Time Part II
Go back and listen to the first one from December 2024, babycakes.
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Episode 321 - David Sedaris's Get Your Ya Ya's Out
NURSING HOMES
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Episode 320 - House Fly Finale
It's over!
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Episode 319 - House Fly Part VI
Another.
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Episode 318 - House Fly Part V
Resurrection!
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Episode 317 - Andre Aciman's Call Me By Your Name
One and done, baby.
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Episode 316 - David Sedaris's Put a Lid on It
We talk, we read, we play roulette.
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Episode 315 - Katy B Sweet Short Story
TRIGGER WARNING: This is an erotic short story involving violent acts.
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Episode 314 - How to Write a Bestselling Romance Novel (According to AI)
Can AI help you write a bestselling novel in 2025? We dive into the ethics of AI in creative writing and reveal why romance and romantasy dominate the market.
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Episode 313 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part XI
Let's press pause.
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Episode 312 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part X
HUGE RANT INCOMING
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Episode 311 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamara Episode IX
Shorter episode because burnout and death.
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Episode 310 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part VIII
Where did AI touch you?
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Episode 309 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part VII
FINALLY there's more.
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Episode 308 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part VI
Cut to less adult and more action.
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Episode 307 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part V
Yes, we're doing it again.
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Episode 306 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part IV
Onto the next one? Not yet.
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A literary deep dive into great books—where critical analysis meets personal reflection and original writing. Author and musician Patrick Attaway talks about books, analyzes writing through a sophisticated literary lens, and discusses the struggles of being an aspiring writer.
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