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The Church of Latter-Day Sinners

Curt — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:55:25 +0000

[On reality shows like "Survivor"]: “I just feel the longer those people are kept off-shore the better…the Soviet gulag would have been so much easier to run if they had just told the prisoners they could win $10,000.” Listen to the new podcast for this and much more! (There are a couple continuity problems due to me editing out a couple sections I hadn’t intended to, but it wasn’t anything too important–sorry about that, though.)

podcast-North Korea: the new romantic getaway

Curt — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:20:03 +0000

Mitz joins me before yet another working trip to Alaska, but we manage to cover a lot of ground. We think about anti-polar bear political platforms, squid profiling, and Tennessee’s good Christian manufacturers of 55% water. Enjoy, and remember to subscribe!

podcast 6-the high life in Moscow

Curt — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:52:18 +0000

My Russian friend Z calls from London and my French/American friend Paul calls from Moscow in our first Skype podcast. Z finds something about his country to be proud of in the Russian spy scandal and I contemplate career options that are more legitimate than professor of literature, like being an actor paid to ride the subway in North Korea when foreign journalists visit. (Note: the recording cuts off abruptly at the end, because I split the recording into two parts, and the second part unfortunately was lost during the mixing process. My apologies. But at least we still have one full-length podcast.) Check it out!

podcast 5-dreams and Middle America

Curt — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:08:47 +0000

I go solo today in an abbreviated podcast where I discuss my outlet store theory of dating, the people that don’t have a minute for Greenpeace and who a Nazi would root for in the World Cup, Germany or Argentina. Check it out. And remember to subscribe to the podcast!

podcast coming

Curt — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:50:57 +0000

For anyone that may have unsubscribed to my podcast because the delays between them have been too long, starting tomorrow there WILL be a new one every week, whether it be with a guest in person, calling via Skype or, if all else fails, doing it by myself. Have to get in a rhythm, not going to let myself be derailed by logistical problems anymore.

podcast 4-the difficulties of being a dude

Curt — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:03:08 +0000

Mitz stops by shortly before heading back to Alaska and we talk about why pooping is better than having a period, how the Second Coming of Jesus will probably be slowed down by paparazzi and what to do if you want to make tea and the only thing you have at your disposal is a yak. Check it out.

podcast 3-foreign agents and confused patriots

Curt — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:35:19 +0000

Both Mitz and Railli join me as we discuss monsters on the moon, reindeer-fighting competitions and the ambivalent feelings of American flag manufacturers about their sales in Iran. Check it out.

Podcast #2-how travel failed to change me

Curt — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:51:06 +0000

Alcohol once again joins my friend Railli and me in the booth as we discuss the unlikely villain of Part 9,955 of CNN’s future 9/11 25th Anniversary TV special, the Darwinian hierarchy of Amsterdam’s streetwalkers and how to boycott emoticons. Check it out.

Introductory podcast

Curt — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:36:32 +0000

I haven’t a whole lot of material up recently because I’m writing a story, but here’s my first podcast. Check it out if you’ve got a few minutes.

the penguins launch at midnight

Curt — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:15:29 +0000

I have to conceal myself in my speech and writing because I feel that the words that I leave behind me will be the trail that whatever it is that’s pursuing me will pick up my scent with. Then again, the thing that will actually bring about my demise in the end doesn’t even need to budge a foot because I keep idiotically rushing forwards in time straight towards it. Only by knowing someone’s home, their background and surroundings, can one fully fail to understand them. Catholics have spent a lot of time trying to explain how their savior can be both human and divine, but much less on what requires a lot more explaining, how he can be both divine and a chewy biscuit. A friend told me about a girl who had a baby to prove she wasn’t gay. I think this is why the courts just have people swear with their hand on the Bible instead. If you see a tree, climb it, talk to it, make a weapon out of it–don’t be the one standing around trying to capture it.

By the way, manifestos are like letters written by people with no friends.