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Method and Madness — 88 episodes
Taking a Little Win | 9/2026 Tarot Reading
Ep. 20.1 - Calvino´s IF ON A WINTER´S NIGHT A TRAVELER w/Getting Lit
“The Million Pound Bank Note” by Mark Twain [audio recording]
Melee - J. Reuben Appelman on THE CHEATING SIDE
Melee - John Jay Stancliff on PIERCE
With Worn-out Tools | 8/2026 Tarot Reading
Ep. 19.1 - HOUSE OF LEAVES by Mark Z. Danielewski w/J David Osborne
“Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather [audio recording]
The Garden, The Race | 7/2026 Tarot Reading
Melee - Scott Laudati on RAINBOW ROAD
Ep. 18.1 - TREE OF SMOKE by Denis Johnson w/Kevin Kautzman
MELEE - Kenan Meral on STIGMA OF THE LIVING FLESH
Ep. 17.2 - The MADNESS of William H. Gass' THE TUNNEL [free version]
Melee - Laeth on SKETCHES OF ALICE
“The Man Who Would Not Die” by Harold Ward [audio recording]
You can’t outsmart the Devil | 5/2026 Tarot Reading
[PREVIEW] Ep. 16.2 - The MADNESS of BUTCHER’S CROSSING by John Williams
“The Nameless Offspring” by Clark Ashton Smith [audio recording]
Melee - Getting Lit
Melee - Paul Heron on The End of History
Ep. 16.1 - BUTCHER’S CROSSING by John Williams w/Lake Markham
Melee - David Simmons on ERADICATOR
Melee - Tom Will on RHYMES
Melee - Grant Wamack on THE SCARECROWS WILL WATCH OVER US
Ep. 15.2 - The MADNESS of Ishmael Reed’s MUMBO JUMBO
“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane [audio recording]
Ep. 14.2 - The MADNESS of Dino Buzzati’s THE STRONGHOLD
Melee - Ken Layne on DESERT ORACLE RADIO
Ep. 14.1 - Dino Buzzati’s THE STRONGHOLD w/Jack BC
Melee - Iain Ryan on THE CASINO
Melee - Matt Cardin on WRITING AT THE WELLSPRING
Melee - Frank Kidd on MEDICINE WOMAN
[PREVIEW] Ep. 13.2 - The MADNESS of Cormac McCarthy’s THE CROSSING
Melee - Audrey Lee on UTTER GOODNESS
Ep. 13.1 - Cormac McCarthy’s THE CROSSING w/Andrew Edwards
[PREVIEW] THE EARTHEN DARK by Brad Kelly
*Leak* Episode 9.2 - The MADNESS of AMERICAN TABLOID
[PREVIEW] Ep. 12.2 - The MADNESS of PKD’s THREE STIGMATA
Melee - Anthony Metivier on VITAMIN X
“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne [audio recording]
Melee - Andrew Edwards on CROWBAR
Melee - Gnostic Pulp on Pynchon, PKD, & UFOs
Ep. 12.1 - THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH w/Bram E. Gieben
Melee - Scott Laudati on PLAY THE DEVIL
[PREVIEW] Ep. 11.2 - The MADNESS of Thomas Pynchon’s SHADOW TICKET
Melee 16 - David Leo Rice talks THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION
Ep. 11.1 - Thomas Pynchon’s SHADOW TICKET w/David Leo Rice
Melee 15 - J David Osborne Talks BERSERKER CLUB
"Under the Pyramids" by H.P. Lovecraft and Harry Houdini [audio recording]
Melee 14 - LO SIENTO w/Lake Markham
[PREVIEW] Ep. 10.2 - The MADNESS of Gene Wolfe’s SHADOW & CLAW
Ep. 10.1 - Gene Wolfe’s SHADOW & CLAW w/Ben Thomas
Melee 13 - Dexter De La Paz on OUR HAUNTED PLANET
Melee 12 - Andrew H. on the Exegesis of Thomas Pynchon
"The Yellow Sign" by Robert W. Chambers [audio recording]
Melee 11 - moonandmouth on CATACLYSM MOVES ME…
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell [Audio Recording]
[PREVIEW] Ep. 9.2 - The MADNESS of AMERICAN TABLOID
Ep. 9.1: James Ellroy’s AMERICAN TABLOID with Jacob Everett
Melee 10 - Cairo Smith talks SCENEBUX
“Love of Life” by Jack London [audio recording]
[PREVIEW] Ep. 8.2: The MADNESS of THE MAGUS
Ep. 8.1: THE MAGUS with Alexandru Constantin
Melee 09 - Andrew Edwards talks KING OF DOGS
Melee 08 - Brian Patrick Eha talks Flaubert
[PREVIEW] Ep. 7.2: The MADNESS of Gerald Murnane’s THE PLAINS
Ep. 7.1: Gerald Murnane’s THE PLAINS with Jack BC
Melee 07 - Andrew Wittstadt talks HEAVY BORED
“The Man of the Crowd” by Edgar Allan Poe [Audio recording]
Ep. 6.2 - The MADNESS of LIBRA
Melee 06: Jack BC’s TOWER
Melee 05: Gaining Fiction w/Glen Rockney
[5 Fathoms Special] The History of the Tarot
[PREVIEW] Ep. 5.3: The MADNESS of LOLITA
Ep. 5.2: The METHOD of LOLITA
Melee 04: DUSTIN COLE
Ep. 5.1: LOLITA with Kat Rosenfield
Melee 03: Always Be Castigating - GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Ep. 4.3: [PREVIEW] The MADNESS of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Ep. 4.2: Everything Humming - The METHOD of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Ep. 4.1: Some Ripe Petunias - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN w/ Ben Avery
Ep. 3.3: Play Us A Mighty Dub - The MADNESS of NEUROMANCER
Ep. 3.2: The Neon Dead, the Holograms Inert - The METHOD of NEUROMANCER
Ep. 3.1: To Call Up A Demon - NEUROMANCER w/Ewan Morrison
MELEE 02: Tolkien, Catastrophes, and Jungian UFOs
EP. 02: Knausgaard’s My Struggle (Vol. 1)
MELEE 01: Lynch, Loneliness, and Larry
Ep. 01 Moby-Dick: That Inscrutable Thing