HOLLYWORD is a podcast that explores the lives of history's greatest story-tellers. It is a DIY passion project created by Key Whiskey, who researches, writes, narrates and edits each episode from her home in Sydney, Australia.
HOLLYWORD
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HOLLYWORD is a podcast that explores the lives of history's greatest story-tellers. It is a DIY passion project created by Key Whiskey, who researches, writes, narrates and edits each episode from her home in Sydney, Australia.
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9/27/2020
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November 1, 2020
Hunter S. Thompson & Everything (Writers Under the Influence S1 Ch6)
Hunter S. Thompson couldn’t get out of his own way. He was the kind of guy who sat at the back of the class clowning around and cracking jokes, who pumped out essays the night before they were due; sometimes he produced a hit, sometimes a dud. His flaw was that he had the talent; he just never really applied himself. Why break a sweat when you can fluke your way through? Why stay sober when readers like what you put out while you’re high? Hunter S. Thompson cultivated an image of rockstar proportions: an eccentric, hyper-masculine, booze-swilling, drug-taking court jester act that he soon found he couldn’t escape from, even when it was harming him. Please visit our website, hollywordpodcast.com to find show notes, including a list of sources used, and more information.
October 25, 2020
Jack Kerouac, Philip K. Dick & Amphetamines (Writers Under the Influence S1 Ch5)
Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, and Philip K. Dick, author of The Man in the High Castle, used amphetamines for their writing the way athletes use performance enhancers. Though already talented, a fistful of these so-called ‘smart’ pills helped both men focus their energies and sharpen their minds, and could keep them powering through legendary typing marathons that lasted weeks. But the pharmacological assistance came at a price. The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long. Jack died at 47 and Philip died at 53. Their lives were a mess by the end. They were a pair of broke, unhealthy, multi-divorcees—Jack a grumpy alcoholic living with his mother; Phil a paranoid recluse toeing the line between madman and genius. Neither lived long enough to see how lasting their legacies would come to be. Like a literary James Dean, Jack Kerouac remains a familiar figure, and his books and connection to the Beat Generation are recognisable even to those who don’t read. Philip K. Dick has been dead almost four decades but his grip on western culture holds fast and his influence is detectable almost everywhere you look; those who have never read his books have almost certainly seen one of the many films adapted from his stories. Please visit our website, hollywordpodcast.com to find show notes, including a list of sources used, and more information.
October 18, 2020
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey & Opium (Writers Under the Influence S1 Ch4)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas De Quincey are connected by two things: William Wordsworth and opium. Sam met Wordsworth first and together they published The Lyrical Ballads in 1798, which kicked off the Romantic movement and attracted legions of fans. Among them was Thomas De Quincey. He famously tracked down his two idols and insinuated himself into their Lake District clique. Wordsworth was impressed by the much younger Tom, but Sam Coleridge was wary. Perhaps Sam recognised a little too much of himself in Tom. Later, Sam would go on to publish Kubla Khan and Tom would publish Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Both works are considered the earliest instances of drug literature. But while Tom wrote candidly about his experiences with addiction, Sam only ever alluded to drug use, using metaphors instead of specific references. He preferred to keep the matter of his laudanum dependence private, so he didn't exactly appreciate it when Tom, on the very first page of Confessions, publicly outed him as one of the biggest dope fiends of all. Please visit our website, hollywordpodcast.com to find show notes, including a list of sources used, and more information.
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