Dark & Stormy Nights

About the show

Every week we discuss the first page--and only the first page--of a different novel, ranging from cult oddities (Tarnsman of Gor) to literary classics (Paradise Lost) to influential thrillers (Jaws). Each episode focuses on that first page and uses it as a jumping off point for an idiosyncratic discussion of media and how we make stories make sense.

October 31st, 2022 | 50 mins 43 secs

1970s, american, bears, canadian, comedy, science fiction, space diplomacy

October 3rd, 2022 | 49 mins 18 secs

1990s, aging, california, disability, fantasy, mall, society for creative anachronism, urban fantasy

September 19th, 2022 | 44 mins 17 secs

1800s, class issues, fantastic, final work, muppets, russian, satire, surreal, unfinished

September 5th, 2022 | 50 mins 18 secs

1990s, adaptation, horror, mystery, tim curry, video game, voodoo, writer protagonist

August 22nd, 2022 | 45 mins 47 secs

1500s, bawdy, fantasy, french, giants, rabelaisian, satire, translation

August 8th, 2022 | 40 mins 8 secs

1980s, american, foreign service, pulp, scifi, space diplomacy

July 25th, 2022 | 54 mins 42 secs

1950s, french, irish, surreal

July 11th, 2022 | 57 mins 31 secs

1990s, childrens, franchise, horror, ventriloquism

June 27th, 2022 | 48 mins 23 secs

1980s, british, elephants, fantasy, humor, pet tangent, turtles

June 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 10 mins

1800s, civil war, historical, racism, slavery, tintin tangent

May 30th, 2022 | 50 mins 30 secs

1990s, american, apocalypse, cyberpope, reality crash, rpg, scifi, tie-in

May 16th, 2022 | 46 mins 29 secs

1910s, danish, in translation, murder, mystery, psychology, pulp, surreal

March 28th, 2022 | 46 mins 9 secs

1970s, british, crabs, garfield digression, horror, marine life, wales

March 14th, 2022 | 47 mins 35 secs

1980s, american, dragons, fantasy, roleplaying

February 21st, 2022 | 49 mins 21 secs

1970s, animals, british, childrens, poverty

January 17th, 2022 | 55 mins 48 secs

1990s, mars, scifi, star trek