The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

John King

jk2475@nyu.edu

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Booking Overview

A long-form writing-life show hosted by author John King, featuring eclectic, genre-spanning interviews with published writers about craft, process, and the lived realities behind their books. It’s a strong booking fit for authors, literary journalists, and other high-credibility voices who can talk specifically about writing and publishing—not just the finished work.

Metrics

Episodes: 729

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 578 followers

Contact Information

jk2475@nyu.edu

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Host

John King - Author and host of The Drunken Odyssey, interviewing writers across genres (fiction, poetry, memoirs, journalism) about the writing process and how writing has influenced their lives. Episodes also...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Published writers and media/literary professionals—e.g., authors across fiction/poetry/memoir, journalists and researchers, and biographers/music journalists—with enough career depth to speak concretely about craft, process, and material behind the work.
Required Achievements:  
Books and published writing in their genre, Journalism or research credentials (e.g., Pulitzer-level recognition), Notable long-form biographical or music journalism work

Recent Guest Discussions

Shawn McKee - Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985) And Genre-bending Oddity; Writing-life Discussion Tied To The Film And Creative Process.

Gilbert King - Justice Journalism Research And The Writing Of A Book; Process Of Creating And Reporting.

Bob Spitz - The Rolling Stones’ Sixty-year Career; How Music Moves People; The Process Of Creating A Good Book With Extensive Source Material.

Recent Topics

Writing, Literature, Memoir, Journalism, Poetry

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
:

719: A Conversation about Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985) with Shawn McKee!

July 11, 2026

A conversation many years in the making, John King and Shawn McKee reckon with the genre-bending oddity that is Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985).

718: Gilbert King, Plus Laura Lee Baher and Erik Deckers Event!

July 04, 2026

In this week's episode, John interviews the Pulitzer Prize-wining justice journalist and researcher Gilbert King, plus TDO proudly shares a dual book-launch event for Laura Lee Bahr and Erik Deckers.

717: Bob Spitz!

June 27, 2026

In this week's episode, John interviews music journalist and biographer Bob Spitz about the massive sixty-year career of The Rolling Stones, how the music moves us, and the process of creating a good book with a tidal wave's amount of material to cover.

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