Lost in the Library Podcast

Fil Deptula is joined by his friend Andrew Kenney to discuss the early life of Jack London. This is the first part of (at time of the recording) an undetermined number in a lengthy series. Spoilers - we only get to when he is 15 years old in this episode. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Fil Deptula sits with his brother Jakub, aka King Beaver, to discuss the tragic tale of Gerald Bostock, aka "Little Milton," aka "Little Monty," aka "Gerry." Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Host Fil Deptula sits down with the Book Mac Daddy himself, Noah MacGillvray, to discuss one of China's most influential authors, Lu Xun, aka Zhou Zhangshou, aka Zhou Yushan, aka Zhou Yucai.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Host Fil Deptula sits down with Mr. Vernacular Spectacular, also known as Davis Peck, to discuss the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

On the conclusion of this 4-part series, Matthew Cortigiani joins host Fil Deptula to discuss David Foster Wallace's magnum opus: Infinite Jest.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

In what has become our longest series to date, host Fil Deptula chats with guest Matt Cortigiani to discuss David Foster Wallace's life after the publication of Infinite Jest and what leads to his untimely death. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Host Fil Deptula sits down with guest Matt Cortigiani to discuss David Foster Wallace's journey through academia and residencies, his substance abuse and sobriety, and his tumultuous treatment of someone he pursued romantically. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

We are back after a long break during the holidays with the first episode of what is turning out to be a four part series. Fil Deptula is joined by Matt Cortigiani to discuss the early life of David Foster Wallace. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Host Fil Deptula sits down with Claire to discuss Walt Whitman's life after the publication of Leaves of Grass. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Fil Deptula is joined by the mononymous Claire to discuss Walt Whitman, Jr., and his life before he published his pivotal work of poetry, Leaves of Grass. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Host Fil Deptula and guest Mr. Vernacular Spectacular, aka Davis Peck, get into the Halloween Spirit and discuss the Strange Case of Clarence Adams and how literature may have warped his mind. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Fil Deptula sits with Mr. Vernacular Spectacular (Davis Peck) to discuss the best-selling author of all time, and someone who remains a household name to this day. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Fil Deptula is joined by the Kindle King, Sir Andrew Kenney, to discuss the most successful children's horror novelist of all time, his work prior to his success, and banned books. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Host Fil Deptula and the Book Mac Daddy (Noah MacGillivray) sit down and discuss one of America's most influential poems and the myths that arose after her death. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Mr. Vernacular Spectacular (Davis Peck) is back with host Fil Deptula to talk about the life of Ralph Ellison, his essays on culture, art, and music, and one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century Invisible Man. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Intro song - War & Peace by Fertile Soil

Host Fil Deptula and guest Jason Midkiff close out the 2-part Helen Keller series with the stuff they didn't to you about her.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

This week host Fil Deptula and guest Jason Midkiff take a deep dive into one of America's most famous activists and household names, Helen Keller. In this episode, we discuss her childhood, how it was learned that she can be educated, and how she was educated.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

We're back with a book podcast! This time we get lost in the historical fiction section of the library, continuing our journey through 16th century Poland with the second book of what is simply known as The Trilogy. Host Fil Deptula is joined by his brother and guest, Jacek "the White Rhino" Deptula, to discuss the book by Nobel-laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz and era epically referred to in English as "The Deluge." Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

This week in the library, we get lost in the Fantasy section. Dark Fantasy that is. Specifically, we talk about the life and works of the woman credited for creating the Dark Fantasy genre, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, who published her work under the name Francis Stevens. Join host Fil Deptula and guest the Book Mac Daddy, Noah MacGillivray, this week to learn who created this popular genre . Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

On this week's episode, host Fil Deptula and guest Nour Noah el-Naboulsi sit down and talk about It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis's book on how fascism could spread in the US, how it was relevant when it was published, and how it is very, very relevant today. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Hello, and welcome back to the library. This week, we got lost in the politically dystopian section of the library as host Fil Deptula and guest Nour Noah el-Naboulsi discuss the historical context that caused Sinclair Lewis to write the novel It Can't Happen Here, and why this book is still so pertinent in the United States today. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Mr. Vernacular Spectacular (Davis Peck) and Fil Deptula sit down to chat about Carl Sandburg, aka the People's Poet. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula and the Book Mac Daddy, Noah MacGillivray, sit down to discuss Arthur Rimbaud - a famous 19th century French poet who gave up his craft at the age of 20. Listen and learn about this young rapscallion's writing journey, his tumultuous love affair, and what caused him to end his brief writing career. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack Photo comes from David Wojnarowicz's collection "Arthur Rimbaud in New York" (Coney Island). 

It's a multi-generational, family affair on this book episode. Fil Deptula is joined by his brother, Jacek "the White Rhino" Deptula, as well as Babcia and little baby Quinn, to discuss the lore of how the Three Musketeers was written, the historical context important to the book, and to diverge and talk briefly about French rugby. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to talk about the legacy of Stieg Larsson. We discuss his commitment to making sure everyone has a better life, the consistency of his belief system he held his entire life, his travels to Africa, the greatest work he did while in Sweden and in Great Britain, the writing of the Millennium series, and the aftermath of his estate. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

We are off to Paris (the authentic one) to discuss the French Romantic writer and playwright Alexander Dumas (père), Fil Deptula sits down with his brother, Jacek, go over how sugarcane, a couple of Napoleon Bonapartes, and a half dozen revolutions all deeply affected his life and work. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Thanks, all, for following listening. The support and listenership has been stellar. This is an episode I recorded long ago in preparation to needing a week off. I (Fil Deptula) sit with Davis Peck and peruse dirty love letters of famous authors.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

On the conclusion of this epic trilogy, Fil Deptula sits down with Mr. Vernacular Spectacular, Davis Peck, to discuss how one of the greatest influences of the Beat generation got his first publications, how his life was changed because of the people who helped propagate him as a symbol, and the shenanigans he pulled in his Golden Years. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his rampant drug use, his criminal behavior, and the introduction to the most famous Beat writers. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

In the second part of this unhinged trilogy, Fil Deptula sits down with Davis Peck to discuss one of the key influential and largely forgotten figures of the Beat Generation. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his rampant drug use, his criminal behavior, and the introduction to the most famous Beat writers. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula sits down with Davis Peck to discuss one of the key influential and largely forgotten figures of the Beat Generation. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his early, dysfunctional family life, his early sexual experiences, and his introduction to drugs. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: patreon.com/LostintheLibraryPodcast [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula is rejoined by his friend formally known as Claire to discuss the life and works of America's most influential, avant-garde poet.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula is joined by his friend formally known as Claire to discuss the life and works of America's most influential, avant-garde poet.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Lost in the Library gets lost in the history of its first episode about a library - the famous Haskell Free Library & Opera House, located in Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec. Kingdom resident Theresa Keller joins Fil Deptula to discuss how this community developed, the construction and purpose of the library, its significance in US-Canada border relations, and how its unique place in the world is being affected by the current US administration. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Rogelio Zimbron returns as he and host Fil Deptula discuss the rise and eventual fall of Philip K Dick in all of its fishy, pink-beamed glory. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Rogelio Zimbron joins Fil Deptula to discuss the early life and works of one of Science Fiction's most unique authors. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to discuss Cormac McCarthy and his later works while living in the American Southwest.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to discuss Cormac McCarthy and his early works while living in Tennessee.  Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula is joined by Mr. Vernacular Spectacular, Davis Peck, to review the book that launched the self-help genre. Please like, comment, and follow the show on any platform you listen. Send any questions you may have to: [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Davis Peck and Andy Lenz join host Fil Deptula to discuss how Dale Carnegie won all of his friends. [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Fil Deptula sits down with Theresa Keller to discuss themes and scenes of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

Julia Cabe joins Fil Deptula to talk about one of the most successful authors of all time.  [email protected]  @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

For our first book episode, Fil Deptula sits down with his brother, Jacek, to discuss the history, context, and content of the first book of the greatest Polish-language trilogy: With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz. [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

This week on Lost in the Library, Fil Deptula sits down with Sam Gautier to talk about one of America's lost Lost Generation writers - John Dos Passos [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

On this episode, I sit down with Andrew Kenney, Zach Perreault, and Kevin Hanlon to talk about the life, work, and influence of Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt.  [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack

In Lost in the Library's preambular episode, host Fil Deptula and his friend and guest, Rogelio Zimbron, discuss the life and work of Isaac Babel. [email protected] @lostinthelibrarypodcast on Instagram @fildeptula on Substack