For the last time in 2023, Lobo and Trash talk about books and ideas, and about what they enjoyed most this past year. And, of course, they have New Year resolutions!!!
Writer Jane Dykema is back in the studio and together with Lobo and Trash, she unpacks the different kinds of families we have, dreams about Toni Morrison characters, unloved traits we share with our parents, and how we emulate and kill our idols.
Anelise Chen -- So many Olympic Exertions
Sven Lindqvist -- Exterminate All the Brutes
TAL Water Bottle (and no, it's 64 ounces)
Last episode, Lobo and Trash never got around to talking about the books on their shelves, so that's what they're doing this week. And they discuss the war in Israel and Gaza and why it's so hard to talk about the conflict.
How do we order or select books? How do we read, keep, and move them? When do we sell them off? And episode that is about living with books and writing and storing them (and a lot more).
In this episode, Lobo, Trash, and guest John Wilkins take on the controversy surrounding Oliver Anthony's son "Rich Men North of Richmond," discuss social and political implications, and ponder the question why things go viral.
This week, Lobo and Trash invite Mauricio Montiel Figueiras into the dark shadows and recesses of our world to discuss the occult in fiction, film, popular culture, and politics. Is there an Upside Down? And what will you find there?
Mary Stuart (1934), by Stefan Zweig.
The Quiet Girl (2022), directed by Colm Bairéad, based on the novella Foster by Claire Keegan.
The Crowded Room (2023), starring Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried.
This week, Lobo and Trash welcome poet Gillian Conoley and crime writer Domenic Stansberry in the studio. Together they talk about writing habits, politics in literature, San Francisco's North Beach area, and of course they brought recommendations.
This week Lobo is back from a trip to NYC, and he and Trash have invited Guillermo Manning to talk about the city in literature, film, and beyond. Immigration, Noir, or Horror -- we're in a New York state of mind.
The Bridge: To Brooklyn Bridge -- Hart Crane
Black Mirror -- all those early episodes
Mariana Enriquez -- Our Share of Night
This week, Tim is talking to artist Richard Lang about his work with plastic he has been collecting on Kehoe Beach for twenty-five years. Together they chat about how trash has changed over the years, the thrill of finding specific objects, and Richard's new show (with Judith Selby Lang) at Ft. Mason's Guard House. And don't miss the poetry jukebox!
Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang
Fort Mason Guard House Exhibition and more here
Harold Morowitz -- The Emergence of Everything
After a brief break, Lobo and Trash are back in the studio and welcoming poet and translator Denise Newman. They discuss how poetry can change our perception of an ever-crazier world, or provide solace when things get too heavy. And as Bard might put it, they talk about how literature is "a way to explore the human condition, challenge our assumptions, and make us laugh (at ourselves)."
Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus by Signe Gjessing
Journey to Mt Tamalpais by Etel Adnan
It's summer and time to dust off the adventure genre. From Morte D'Arthur and Don Quixote to King Solomon's Mones and The Hunger Games, Lobo and Trash take on jungles, death, and destruction to see what adventures we seek and why.
FDF recommendations:
This week, Jonas Rocket is back in the booth and together with Lobo and Trash he revisits some of the most extraordinary literary scandals of the past. Strap in for an hour of new and old gossip!
FDF Recommendations:
Liberation Day, George Saunders
White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link
Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty
Dean Koontz -- Odd Thomas
Other Lives -- Tamer Animals
This week, Lobo and Trash explore a tantalizing variety of stories, from the foreign and exotic, to the domestic and familiar, to the forbidden and taboo. So buckle up and get ready for a wild ride — we’ll take you on a journey through the fascinating and sometimes unexpected worlds of fiction and literature! (Thanks, ChatGTP)
Carmen Maria Machado -- The Husband Stitch
Aimee Bender -- The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Jorge Luis Borges -- Death and the Compass
This week, Elisa Wouk Almino joins Lobo and Trash and talks about her experience as a Brazilian who has lived outside of Brazil most of her life; about living in LA; her work as a writer, editor, and translator; and about teaching translation. You can follow her on Instagram at @ewoukalmino
Also, if you have questions for us, please email us at trashandlobo@gmail.com. We might do a Q&A episode in the near future.
Writer Mauricio Montiel Figueiras is back in the studio, and an episode that we thought would focus on movies turns into a chat about death, life, Lucifer, and other things that seem outrageous, dangerous, and beautiful. And we still talk a lot about movies.
This week, Lobo and Trash dive into the wonderland of literature dealing with afflictions of the body and the mind. From Madame Bovary to Jenny Odell, and from Andrew Solomon to Lucy Grealy, they travel through pain, insights, perpetual orgies, revelations, and identity politics.
The perpetual orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
Lucy Grealy, Autobiography of a Face
Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon
Andrew Solomon, Anatomy of Melancholy
Heather Sellers, You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know
This week, Lobo and Trash talk about physical pain vs. moral pain? Which of the two is tougher and how do we overcome them (if at all)? Trash is turning old and Lobo is sporting the new official FDF hat, and of course, they have time for some recommendations.
Author, dancer, and actress Meg Howrey stops by for a visit and talks about her new book "They're Going to Love You," the mysterious Blythe doll, and what AI might be good for in literature. And, of course, the three share recommendations!
Francesco Tristano Especially his album On Early Music
This week, Lobo and Trash talk about narrators, who they are, why they are what they are, and what they would like to read less and more of.
This week, short story writer and novelist Liliana Blum is visiting and talks to Lobo and Trash about first loves, second first loves, and many more loves and obsessions. And, after a brief absence, the FDF list of recommendations makes a return.
Charles Robert Maturin -- Melmoth the Wanderer
Edmondo de Amicis -- Constantinople
Enid Blyton -- St. Clare's