{"podcast":{"title":"The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life","slug":"the-drunken-odyssey-with-john-king-a-podcast-about-the-writing-life-1080856","podcast_index_feed_id":1080856,"rss_url":"https://thedrunkenodyssey.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://thedrunkenodyssey.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/b/f/f/1bff61828f1af36de55e3c100dce7605/Untitled_design.jpg","author":"John King","episode_count":724,"summary":"Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form interviews, writers discuss their process and the way that writing has influenced their lives. Besides this interview, each episode also features a short memoir essay from a writer about a beloved book, plus John King responds to listener's questions and observations about the writing (and the drinking) life. For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T06:17:32.338712+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drunken-odyssey-with-john-king-a-podcast-about-the-writing-life-1080856"},"episode":{"title":"714: Lara Egger!","slug":"714-lara-egger","published_at":"2026-06-06T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drunken-odyssey-with-john-king-a-podcast-about-the-writing-life-1080856/714-lara-egger","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drunken-odyssey-with-john-king-a-podcast-about-the-writing-life-1080856","url":"https://thedrunkenodyssey.libsyn.com/714-lara-egger","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thedrunkenodyssey/The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_714.mp3?dest-id=101456","summary":"In this week's episode, John speaks with the poet Lara Egger about her new book, Flop Era . Other topics covered: the jostling of syntax, the long learning curve of becoming a writer, and how constraints point us towards problem-solving that allows authenticity to bleed through our work.","meta_description":"In this week's episode, John speaks with the poet Lara Egger about her new book, Flop Era . Other topics covered: the jostling of syntax, the long learnin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3552,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drunken-odyssey-with-john-king-a-podcast-about-the-writing-life-1080856/episodes/714-lara-egger/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drunken-odyssey-with-john-king-a-podcast-about-the-writing-life-1080856/714-lara-egger.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}