Episodes

  • The Chisel & The Stone: Cunningham on Rilke
    Dec 6 2024

    In this audio clip from a 2006 interview, M. Allen Cunningham speaks about Rainer Maria Rilke and the novel Lost Son.


    (Music: "Lights Out" by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive)


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    3 mins
  • Scherzo Series, Ep.11: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment
    Aug 18 2024

    This is the eleventh installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

    The terms defined in this installment are:

    • TWITTER
    • VIDEO GAMES
    • VIRAL
    • WINDOW
    • YOUTUBE
    • ZENITH


    Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.


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    7 mins
  • Scherzo Series, Ep.10: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment
    Aug 17 2024

    This is the tenth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

    The terms defined in this installment are:

    • REALITY TV
    • RIOT
    • TECHNOPOLY
    • TRENDING NOW


    Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.


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    8 mins
  • Scherzo Series, Ep.9: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment
    Aug 16 2024

    This is the ninth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

    The terms defined in this installment are:

    • PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES (televised)
    • PROPAGANDA
    • PROTESTS
    • PSEUDO-EVENTS
    • QUIZ SHOWS (scandals)


    Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.


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    7 mins
  • Scherzo Series, Ep. 8: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment
    Aug 14 2024

    This is the eighth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

    The terms defined in this installment are:

    • MEME
    • MOVIES
    • OJ SIMPSON
    • PANDEMIC
    • PRESENTISM


    Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.


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    9 mins
  • Scherzo Series, Ep. 7: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment
    Aug 12 2024

    This is the seventh installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

    The terms defined in this installment are:

    • INTRAVIDUAL
    • JFK ASSASSINATION
    • MARSHALL MCLUHAN


    Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.


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    9 mins
  • Scherzo Series, Ep.6: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment
    Aug 7 2024

    This is the sixth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

    The terms defined in this installment are:

    • IDEOLOGY
    • INSURRECTION (Jan. 6th, 2021)
    • INTERNET


    Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.


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    7 mins
  • Scherzo Series, Ep.5: Definitions from a Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment
    Aug 7 2024

    This is the fifth installment in the Scherzo Series, which brings you short readings from the A-to-Z "Scherzo: A Glossary of Spectacle & Bewilderment (with Anecdotes) Compiled on Behalf of the Imaginative Mind," found in Cunningham's new book We Are Guests of Ancient Time.

    The terms defined in this installment are:

    • FACEBOOK, ETC.
    • FILTER BUBBLE
    • GERALDO BRAWL
    • GLOSSARY


    Music by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of the Free Music Archive.


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    6 mins