Storyological is a podcast about stories. In particular, short stories. In particular, any sort of short story that amazes us. Sometimes we talk about stories in Clarkesworld. Sometimes in Granta. Sometimes we talk about comics. Very occasionally we talk about films. Every episode, writers E.G Cosh and Chris Kammerud discuss how stories work and why they matter and what it is about these particular stories that we love more than anything.
In which we discuss “Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier and “When We Were Happy We Had Other Names” by Yiyun Li.
Along with, among other things: grief, horror, and magical walking sticks.
Read MoreIn which we discuss, REPORT ON THE THING by Clarice Lispector & CAT PERSON by Kristen Roupenian.
Along with, among other things, princesses, karaoke demons, and the thingness of things.
Read MoreIn which we discuss, “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love” by Kathleen Colins, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love, Granta, 2017 & “The Embassy of Cambodia” by Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 2013. Along with, among other things. Idealism, fads, and The White Stripes.
Read MoreIn which we discuss, "The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone Contention" by Dorothy Sayers & "Franny" by J.D. Salinger (The New Yorker, 1955). Along with, among other things, Scooby Doo, eating disorders, and reading for comfort or surprise.
Read MoreIn which we discuss, “Every Tongue Shall Confess” by ZZ Packer, Ploughshares & “The Jewish Hunter” by Lorrie Moore, The New Yorker. Along with, among other things, normalization, marginalization, and redemptions of a shawshankian variety
Read MoreIn which we discuss two stories: “Pet Milk” by Stuart Dybek and “Fisherman” by Nalo Hopkinson.
Read MoreIn which we discuss “Hat Trick” by Etgar Keret and “The Philosophers” by Adam Ehrlich Sachs.
Read MoreStoryological is a podcast in love with stories. Every episode, writers E.G. Cosh and Chris Kammerud choose a pair of short stories and discuss something of how they work and why they matter and what they might teach us about life, the universe, and everything.
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