Episodes
Saturday Jan 02, 2021
Ep 2: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Saturday Jan 02, 2021
Saturday Jan 02, 2021
In this mini-series I’m joined by my long-time friend, the poet Delia Tramontina for a lively discussion of Djuna Barnes seminal novel Nightwood.
In Episode 2, we’ll discuss the chapters Bow Down, La Somnambule, Night Watch, and “The Squatter.”
Delia Tramontina is from Flushing, NY. She earned her MFA in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Her work has appeared in Newtown Literary, Forum, and 1111. Her chapbook CONSTRAINT is available from Dancing Girl Press. For 3.5 years she co-hosted the online show, Poet as Radio, on San Francisco Community Radio. She lives and works in San Francisco.
Saturday Dec 26, 2020
Ep 1: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Saturday Dec 26, 2020
Saturday Dec 26, 2020
In this mini-series I’m joined by my long-time friend, the poet Delia Tramontina for a lively discussion of Djuna Barnes seminal novel Nightwood.
In Episode 1, we’ll read and discuss the preface and introduction to Djuna Barnes' novel Nightwood. The preface is by Jeanette Winterson, and the Introduction is by T.S. Eliot.
Delia Tramontina is from Flushing, NY. She earned her MFA in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Her work has appeared in Newtown Literary, Forum, and 1111. Her chapbook CONSTRAINT is available from Dancing Girl Press. For 3.5 years she co-hosted the online show, Poet as Radio, on San Francisco Community Radio. She lives and works in San Francisco.
Monday Mar 16, 2020
TOP Conversation: Evan Hundhausen
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Today’s guest is an old friend, Evan Hundhausen. Evan was the first person I met when I arrived at Naropa University. A writer, DJ, entrepreneur, and rebel, he’s carved out a path very different from my own, which just goes to show you, there’s no one right way to be a writer. One thing I wish we’d talked about was my favorite story about Evan, Naropa, and Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and why Evan is kind of the Buddha.
Evan Hundhausen received his MFA in Creative Writing at Naropa University in 2001 and you can find his self-published short story collection, 'Accelerated Learning Techniques for a Budding Sociopath' on Amazon (along with his other titles).
Evan's been a cannabis journalist for national magazines like The Hemp Connoisseur, Dope Magazine, and Herb.co.
He's had poetry published in the Asheville Poetry Review, but most recently his short fiction was published in Front Range Tales #3, a comic book anthology, and in TulipTree Review. Visit EvanHundhausen.com to learn more.
Don’t forget, The Outrider Podcast will be on its spring hiatus while I take care of the business of being a writer (revising, submitting), organizing this summer’s live shows, reading, and lining up a few more one-on-one conversations with writers. So, in the meantime, you can go back and check out TOPs series on James Joyce’s Ulysses with Delia Tramontina, or the Bad Business series with Todd Robins and Paul Dee Fecteau, and, of course, our epic 14 part Problematic Badass Female Tropes and Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series with Jenn Zuko. Then there’s the live shows.
If you’re in to horror movies, you can also fill in the empty space during our hiatus by checking out The Terror Test podcast. It’s co-hosted by an old acquaintance, Eric Jenkins, who used to work with me on Eunoia Solstice, our short lived arts and literature website.
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes #7: Violence is Normal
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
In the seventh and final episode of our Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series, Jenn and I and joined again by Paul Bradley to discuss the prevalence and normalization of violence in the depiction of men.
Jenn Zuko is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, and Regis University. She teaches courses in writing, literature, visual arts, performing arts, movement, and of course stage combat. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theatre and Film, out from Allworth Press back in 2006. She can be seen performing on stage and in classrooms in the Boulder/Denver area, and online at Daily Cross-Swords and Writers’ HQ, as well as archived on the defunct sites Nerds in Babeland, Your Boulder, and Sherlock’s Home.
Music for this series was created by Paul Bradley. Paul is the author of the Power of Dour blog, where he writes about pessimistic philosophy, politics and culture. He’s also one of those infamous tech guys - a 25-year software industry veteran and startup executive who does weird and interesting things with learning science and artificial intelligence. He is also Jenn Zuko’s administrative assistant.
The Outrider Podcast is orchestrated by me, Jason Quinn Malott, and audio production magic is performed by Heather Anne Eden. You can find the show online at jquinnmalott.com and if you would, please, hop on iTunes and give us a rating. We’ll be back later in 2020 with more miniseries, live shows, and one-on-one conversations with writers, editors, and publishers. Thanks for listening.
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes #6: Mr. Mom
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
In the sixth of our Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series, Jenn and I discuss the weird notion that men can’t be good parents, and if a man is engaged in the parental duties normally associated with women then he’s somehow less of a man. Fathers who wash diapers unite!
Jenn Zuko is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, and Regis University. She teaches courses in writing, literature, visual arts, performing arts, movement, and of course stage combat. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theatre and Film, out from Allworth Press back in 2006. She can be seen performing on stage and in classrooms in the Boulder/Denver area, and online at Daily Cross-Swords and Writers’ HQ, as well as archived on the defunct sites Nerds in Babeland, Your Boulder, and Sherlock’s Home.
Music for this series was created by Paul Bradley. Paul is the author of the Power of Dour blog, where he writes about pessimistic philosophy, politics and culture. He’s also one of those infamous tech guys - a 25-year software industry veteran and startup executive who does weird and interesting things with learning science and artificial intelligence. He is also Jenn Zuko’s administrative assistant.
The Outrider Podcast is orchestrated by me, Jason Quinn Malott, and audio production magic is performed by Heather Anne Eden. You can find the show online at jquinnmalott.com and if you would, please, hop on iTunes and give us a rating. We’ll be back later in 2020 with more miniseries, live shows, and one-on-one conversations with writers, editors, and publishers. Thanks for listening.
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes #5: Sassy Gay Friend
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
In the fifth of our Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series, Jenn and I discuss how gay male characters are often sidelined and diminished and forced to play support roles to the heroes of a story and what that contributes to the strict, and restrictive ideas of masculinity.
Jenn Zuko is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, and Regis University. She teaches courses in writing, literature, visual arts, performing arts, movement, and of course stage combat. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theatre and Film, out from Allworth Press back in 2006. She can be seen performing on stage and in classrooms in the Boulder/Denver area, and online at Daily Cross-Swords and Writers’ HQ, as well as archived on the defunct sites Nerds in Babeland, Your Boulder, and Sherlock’s Home.
Music for this series was created by Paul Bradley. Paul is the author of the Power of Dour blog, where he writes about pessimistic philosophy, politics and culture. He’s also one of those infamous tech guys - a 25-year software industry veteran and startup executive who does weird and interesting things with learning science and artificial intelligence. He is also Jenn Zuko’s administrative assistant.
The Outrider Podcast is orchestrated by me, Jason Quinn Malott, and audio production magic is performed by Heather Anne Eden. You can find the show online at jquinnmalott.com and if you would, please, hop on iTunes and give us a rating. We’ll be back later in 2020 with more miniseries, live shows, and one-on-one conversations with writers, editors, and publishers. Thanks for listening.
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
ProblematicToxic Masculinity Tropes #4: The Tale of the Nerd and the Neckbeard
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
In the fourth of our Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series, Jenn and I discuss how even the non-manliest of men can fall victim to the social demands of masculinity and turn toxic.
Jenn Zuko is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, and Regis University. She teaches courses in writing, literature, visual arts, performing arts, movement, and of course stage combat. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theatre and Film, out from Allworth Press back in 2006. She can be seen performing on stage and in classrooms in the Boulder/Denver area, and online at Daily Cross-Swords and Writers’ HQ, as well as archived on the defunct sites Nerds in Babeland, Your Boulder, and Sherlock’s Home.
Music for this series was created by Paul Bradley. Paul is the author of the Power of Dour blog, where he writes about pessimistic philosophy, politics and culture. He’s also one of those infamous tech guys - a 25-year software industry veteran and startup executive who does weird and interesting things with learning science and artificial intelligence. He is also Jenn Zuko’s administrative assistant.
The Outrider Podcast is orchestrated by me, Jason Quinn Malott, and audio production magic is performed by Heather Anne Eden. You can find the show online at jquinnmalott.com and if you would, please, hop on iTunes and give us a rating. We’ll be back later in 2020 with more miniseries, live shows, and one-on-one conversations with writers, editors, and publishers. Thanks for listening.
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes #3: Bond, James Bond
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
In the third of our Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series, Jenn and I are joined by Paul Bradley and Kathleen Barbara to discuss that man’s man of intentional intrigue and what Mr. Bond, James Bond has contributed to the butchy stew of toxic masculinity.
Our guests:
Kathleen Barbara has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. She obtained her Master of Arts in English Language and Literature from Wichita State University in 2006. She loves writing about and dissecting films, but she has a day job teaching high school theatre.
Paul Bradley is the author of the Power of Dour blog, where he writes about pessimistic philosophy, politics and culture. He’s also one of those infamous tech guys - a 25-year software industry veteran and startup executive who does weird and interesting things with learning science and artificial intelligence. He is also Jenn Zuko’s administrative assistant. - Paul also created the music for this series.
Jenn Zuko is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, and Regis University. She teaches courses in writing, literature, visual arts, performing arts, movement, and of course stage combat. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theatre and Film, out from Allworth Press back in 2006. She can be seen performing on stage and in classrooms in the Boulder/Denver area, and online at Daily Cross-Swords and Writers’ HQ, as well as archived on the defunct sites Nerds in Babeland, Your Boulder, and Sherlock’s Home.
The Outrider Podcast is orchestrated by me, Jason Quinn Malott, and audio production magic is performed by Heather Anne Eden. You can find the show online at jquinnmalott.com and if you would, please, hop on iTunes and give us a rating. We’ll be back later in 2020 with more miniseries, live shows, and one-on-one conversations with writers, editors, and publishers. Thanks for listening.
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes #2: Grow a Pair
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
In the second of our Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series, Jenn and I discuss the power of testicles as a representation of masculine stoicism—and how if you give them the slightest flick we collapse in pain.
Jenn Zuko is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, and Regis University. She teaches courses in writing, literature, visual arts, performing arts, movement, and of course stage combat. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theatre and Film, out from Allworth Press back in 2006. She can be seen performing on stage and in classrooms in the Boulder/Denver area, and online at Daily Cross-Swords and Writers’ HQ, as well as archived on the defunct sites Nerds in Babeland, Your Boulder, and Sherlock’s Home.
Music for this series was created by Paul Bradley. Paul is the author of the Power of Dour blog, where he writes about pessimistic philosophy, politics and culture. He’s also one of those infamous tech guys - a 25-year software industry veteran and startup executive who does weird and interesting things with learning science and artificial intelligence. He is also Jenn Zuko’s administrative assistant.
The Outrider Podcast is orchestrated by me, Jason Quinn Malott, and audio production magic is performed by Heather Anne Eden. You can find the show online at jquinnmalott.com and if you would, please, hop on iTunes and give us a rating. We’ll be back later in 2020 with more miniseries, live shows, and one-on-one conversations with writers, editors, and publishers. Thanks for listening.
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes #1: Go Big or Go Home
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
In the first of our Problematic Toxic Masculinity Tropes series, size matters, or so we’re told. Join me, your erstwhile host, and my friend Jenn Zuko as we take the measure of a toxic man. We are joined in this episode by my long suffering producer, Heather Anne Eden.
Jenn Zuko is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, and Regis University. She teaches courses in writing, literature, visual arts, performing arts, movement, and of course stage combat. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay for Theatre and Film, out from Allworth Press back in 2006. She can be seen performing on stage and in classrooms in the Boulder/Denver area, and online at Daily Cross-Swords and Writers’ HQ, as well as archived on the defunct sites Nerds in Babeland, Your Boulder, and Sherlock’s Home.
Music for this series was created by Paul Bradley. Paul is the author of the Power of Dour blog, where he writes about pessimistic philosophy, politics and culture. He’s also one of those infamous tech guys - a 25-year software industry veteran and startup executive who does weird and interesting things with learning science and artificial intelligence. He is also Jenn Zuko’s administrative assistant.
The Outrider Podcast is orchestrated by me, Jason Quinn Malott, and audio production magic is performed by Heather Anne Eden. You can find the show online at jquinnmalott.com and if you would, please, hop on iTunes and give us a rating. We’ll be back later in 2020 with more miniseries, live shows, and one-on-one conversations with writers, editors, and publishers. Thanks for listening.