Cartoonist Julia Gfrörer and horror author Gretchen Felker-Martin talk about art, sickness, love, and suffering. Come sit by the charnel pit with us and contemplate the heat-death of the universe.
In which we answer listener questions about patron saints, fictional meals, and more.
27 Aug 2021
Episode 018: Marry, Fuck, Kill
Gretchen and Julia talk character design, ambient mermaid music, and creative discipline.
13 Aug 2021
Episode 017: Octopus Surgeon
Why cheap art (yes, again!), our favorite torture scenes, and which one of us is which Mantle brother.
1 Aug 2021
Episode 016: Otter Insulation
We talk about "bad" sex writing and what people are revealing about their relationship to sex when they titter at anything more outlandish than missionary. Excerpts read from The Virgin Suicides, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Lolita, and The Name of the Rose.
8 Jul 2021
Episode 015: Erotic Skydiving
On the merits of indie publishing, loved ones with terrible taste, and refusing the red pill.
1 Jul 2021
Episode 014: The Undesirables
On Manhunt, transmisogyny, pushing through shame, and the fallacy of "good" and "bad" ideas in making art.
21 Jun 2021
Episode 013: The Caterpillar's Work
On reassessing art, the joy of shopping, Richard Nixon, television fandom, and the infinite power of Sharon Stone.
14 Jun 2021
Episode 012: Vogue
On Madonna, Tommy Wiseau's The Room, "bad" art, and where and how we work.
3 Jun 2021
Episode 011: A Fly in the Air Conditioner
On gendered socialization, alien intelligences, keeping your self-loathing shit locked down, fatness on television, comparative vulnerability, and the value of weird sex writing.
26 May 2021
Episode 010: Apple Cabin Foods
On Smaug and Gollum, the care and feeding of crocodiles injured by boat collisions, rich people's bad taste, and the non-existent difference between porn and art.
2 May 2021
Episode 009: The Vulture Sisters
On Dracula, mid-century firefighting, love stories, how we experience attraction, and friendship.
23 Apr 2021
Episode 008: The Foghorn
On Messalina's sex life, Ray Bradbury, clitoral erections, and the nature of delicacy.
16 Apr 2021
Episode 007: Scorched Earth
On ghosts, I, Claudius, genocide, THEM, going to Hell, and where Dr. Doom got his degree.
8 Apr 2021
Episode 006: The Secret Eighth Limb
Gretchen and Julia talk about public wallowing, tit names, Jean-Luc Picard, Mortal Kombat lore, and the writing of Miss Manners.
31 Mar 2021
Episode 005: A Beautiful Dr. Finkelstein
Listener questions, the art of bullshitting confidence, and the delicate eroticism of wrapping a skinless woman in bandages.
25 Mar 2021
Episode 004: A Voice in the Dark
Gretchen and Julia talk about David Lynch's use of disembodied voices, the historical and cultural importance of voice and breath, and a bunch of other smart-sounding shit.
18 Mar 2021
Episode 003: Glowing Piss
We answer listener questions.
11 Mar 2021
Episode 002: Gretchen's a Hare
In which we discuss the pros and cons of human sacrifice, The Wicker Man, the desire to impart meaning to meaningless suffering, the reasons humans self-harm, and Gretchen cries a little bit if you listen close.
(Julia's sound gets fucked up at the end of this one. We deeply regret the error but will be doing nothing to correct it.)
7 Mar 2021
Episode 001: The Winter of Our Discontent
"Art" and "content" have become interchangeable concepts not just in the corporate world, but among artists themselves. How did the term become so ubiquitous, where did its modern usage originate, and does it matter which word you use? Lucky for you, the smartest bitches on the block are here to pick it apart for you.
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21 ratings
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4.6 / 5
9 ratings
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