- 51
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 117
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About WAKE ISLAND
Wake Island is a friendly ghost in the haunted house of the internet. Hosts David Leo Rice and Paul K explore the darkening undercurrents of contemporary culture, where technology, mythology, media, photography, AI, and fiction overlap. wakeisland.substack.com (https://wakeisland.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- WAKE ISLAND
- Category
- arts · fiction
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 51 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Zap, You’re Pregnant, That’s Witchcraft with Jarett Kobek
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
American Triage: From 9/11 to Fahrenheit 451
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Falling Out of the Frame with Gideon Jacobs
Inside a recent episode
Zap, You’re Pregnant, That’s Witchcraft with Jarett Kobek
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So before anyone knows, Beau Soleil has been arrested. And you can't trust people's memory very much, but from the piece he wrote then and from his memory now, it doesn't seem like the film changed very much the title might have changed but the film itself seems like it's always kind of been what it was when it premiered with like maybe one or two tinkerings because anger often did that and yet you watch the film and if you didn't know anything about beausoleil's connection to manson It's an extraordinarily sinister film about this California youth culture that gave birth to Manson. Arguably. It certainly gave birth to the family. […]
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- Jarett Kobek
- Adam Axler
- Gideon Jacobs
- Teodor Mitew
- Derek McCormack
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 63 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 54 ratings
Contact WAKE ISLAND
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- Does not typically book guests
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