Ep 214: Serious Bad Catholic, ft. Steve Knepper, Pt. 1

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW, join the group chat, and send me a poem for Listener Crit!Leave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS, subscribe to the SECRET SHOW and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– New Verse Review– An Introduction to Byung-Chul Han by Steve Knepper, Ethan Stoneman, and Robert Wyllie– Red Dragonflies by Steve Knepper– The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han– The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han– Melancholia (2011)– Nosferatu (2024)– Nosferatu (1922)– Rod Dreher– Alain Badiou– Flannery O’Connor– Georges Bataille– Cornel West– Slavoj Zizek– Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death… by Richard Grant– Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart– Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog– Brazilian waxing (NSFW, I mean, come on)– Struggle Session– Thomas Ligotti– Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag– Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville– Martin Heidegger– Timothy Leary– The Devil at Woodstock by David Gosselin– The Flying Dutchman– The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche– Maya Venters– The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis– Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm– The Sad Dads of the National by Amanda PetrusichFrequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Chris Childers– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna Pearson– Matt Wall– Steve Knepper – Helena FederOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: In Future PostsBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: Minor TiresiasMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith