Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
Episodes
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Episode 79: Weird Era feat. Eliza Barry Callahan
March 15th, 2024 | Season 1 | 47 mins 39 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, eliza barry callahan, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, the hearing test, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex talks with Eliza Barry Callahan about her literary novel, The Hearing Test, writing autofiction, the language of "internet novels", and what dictates composure in the face of adversity.
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Episode 78: Weird Era feat. Mariah Stovall
March 7th, 2024 | Season 1 | 59 mins 39 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, i love you so much, interviews, literature, mariah stovall, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Mariah Stovall about her favourite Jawbreaker album, how music wants you, and how some of us can get love so wrong, even when intended with purity.
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Episode 77: Weird Era feat. Alexandra Tanner
March 1st, 2024 | Season 1 | 45 mins
2024books, alexandra tanner, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod, worry
Sruti and Alexandra talk about her debut novel Worry, all about sisters (rivals? best friends? BOTH), what if we only communicated intended love, what a non-job is and how it's uniquely millennial, and much more.
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Episode 76: Weird Era feat. Sarah Mintz
February 23rd, 2024 | Season 1 | 49 mins 29 secs
Sruti talks to Sarah Mintz about, "terrible freedoms," if we can old without getting wiser, the definition of parasocial, and why watching someone watch tv is so embarrassing.
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Episode 75: Weird Era feat. Rebecca May Johnson
February 16th, 2024 | Season 1 | 51 mins 51 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, rebecca may johnson, small fires, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti and Rebecca discuss how sit down meals serve as the root of discourse, how cooking is gendered, how pleasure and a delight in living is revolutionary, and much more.
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Episode 74: Weird Era feat. Katya Apekina
February 9th, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 28 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, interviews, katya apekin, lit, literary, literarypodcast, literature, montreal, mother doll, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Katya Apekina about mean ethnic humour, if exclusively, "wanting" is the definition of purity, living as different versions of yourself in one lifetime, and the underrated joys of motherhood.
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Episode 73: Weird Era feat. Marie-Helene Bertino
February 2nd, 2024 | Season 1 | 43 mins 47 secs
2024books, authors, beautyland, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, mariehelenebertino, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex returns for season six of the pod with Marie-Helene Bertino in an episode about her novel Beautyland, where Alex asks big questions about the meaning of life, Marie recites an Edna St-Vincent Millay poem on the spot from memory, and both laugh about crying at the end of books.
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Episode 72: Weird Era feat. Lexi Freiman
October 27th, 2023 | Season 1 | 54 mins 28 secs
2022books, authors, ayn rand, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, lexi freiman, literature, montreal, mtl, randian, the book of ayn, weirdera, weirderapod
Tune in to our episode and hear us consider why more people should be embarrassed to be the same, what an unflushed turd is in contemporary social discourse, and why Rand was an intellectual top and a sexual bottom.
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Episode 71: Weird Era feat. Anna Biller
October 19th, 2023 | Season 1 | 37 mins 6 secs
2022books, anna biller, authors, bluebeard's castle, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, the love witch, verso books, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to the director of The Love Witch, about her debut novel, Bluebeard's Castle. They consider glamour, romance novels, Sruti's "little girl theory," why women often seek singularity, and how the adventure of sex that can sometimes trump the actual experience of sex.
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Episode 70: Weird Era feat. Melissa Broder
October 12th, 2023 | Season 1 | 35 mins 9 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, death valley, fiction, interviews, literature, melissa broder, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
This week, Alex chats with Melissa Broder about her latest novel, Death Valley, finding humour in grief, subverting the typical hero’s journey, love for Best Western hotel chains, and forfeiting control.
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Episode 69: Weir Era feat. Chris Oliveros
October 6th, 2023 | Season 1 | 42 mins 33 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, chris oliveros, drawn and quarterly, fiction, flq, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, quebec, weirdera, weirderapod
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Episode 68: Weird Era feat. Isle McElroy
September 27th, 2023 | Season 1 | 52 mins 24 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, isle mcelroy, literature, montreal, mtl, people collide, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Isle for the second time on the Weird Era podcast about their second novel People Collide, if a body is anything but limits, how we can own our sexuality with the knowledge gender is fluid, mothers, never truly knowing anyone masculine and female emotional capacities, and if anyone marries for love.
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Episode 67: Weird Era feat. Paola Ferrante
September 21st, 2023 | Season 1 | 45 mins 17 secs
2023books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, her body among animals, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, paolo ferrante, weirdera, weirderapod
This week on the pod, Alex sits down with Paola Ferrante to discuss her short story collection Her Body Among Animals, how motherhood affects artists, toxic masculinity, animal behaviour, and writing short fiction vs writing novels.
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Episode 66: Weird Era feat. Sean Michaels
September 14th, 2023 | Season 1 | 49 mins 6 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, do you remember being born, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, sean michaels, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Sean Michaels about tech novels, what having kids does to the passing of time, what happens to art when commodified, and the nap ministry.
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Episode 65: Weird Era feat. Jessica Campbell
September 8th, 2023 | Season 1 | 45 mins 11 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, d&q, drawn and quarterly, fiction, interviews, jessica campbell, literature, montreal, mtl, rave, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Jessica Campbell about Christian Raves, shame, what to do with a unibrow, and what is so often misunderstood about the graphic novel form.
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Episode 64: Weird Era feat. Mona Awad
August 31st, 2023 | Season 1 | 38 mins 45 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, mona awad, montreal, mtl, rouge, weirdera, weirderapod
This week, Alex talks with Mona Awad about her latest novel Rouge, immortal jellyfish, Tom Cruise, fairytales, and what the ultimate lie of the beauty industry is.