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Writers Read Their Early Sh*t
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The podcast where authors and artists share the lopsided pleasures of their pre-developed, over-early, unripe work. Listen here anytime: https://wrtes.buzzsprout.com/
Don't miss Beka Shane Denter on the newest episode of Writers Read Their Early Shit. Available at the link below or wherever you catch your 'casts.

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December 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
WRTES welcomes writer & rock star Andrew Whiteman (of Broken Social Scene & Apostle of Hustle fame) for an interface about giant Greek eyes, secretly grooving to Sade, the glory of Prince, the split self, spontaneous eruptions, & Frank O'Hara. Dig it.

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June 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Jason welcomes pilgrim & author Kelly Watt for a ramble about the secret intelligence of chickens, the power of pilgrimage, fighting the enemy Rick, learning story arcs, Alice Munro, and waitress laments. Crank up the disco & tear down all the schedules!

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March 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Coming this month to Writers Read Their Early Shit: Kelly Watt, author of 'Camino Meditations.' Don't miss it.

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March 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Jason welcomes himself for a reading of an OUC-era essay, circa 1994, on Lawrence Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy.' Should he have been allowed to graduate? Choose your own adventure! He now knows how to pronounce 'historiographer,' so there's that. wrtes.buzzsprout.com/1773639/epis...
January 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
'Art is ok, but it's not number one. Living is.' Maho, explaining things to me on New Year's Day, 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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December 25, 2024 at 12:35 PM
All differences are sorted & congratulations exchanged as Jason is joined by author & rocker & colleague Iain Maloney for an interface about the geeks & the posh, selling out, having no stories to tell, and dying in Japan. Merry Christmas, everyone!

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December 18, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I'm not exactly sure why—the charming & insightful guests? some algorithmic fiasco? the basic rugged concept of my personality?—but downloads for Writers Read Their Early Sh*t have exploded over the past week. Hello, Tunisia! Hello, Iceland & Spain! I am all parts gratitude.

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November 22, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Jason welcomes writer & host of The History of Literature Podcast Jacke Wilson for a jaw about the Great Brain series, punching up & punching down, and what's it been like for Jack to go back & revisit some of his earliest podcasting work. Don't miss it. It's fab.

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November 19, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Jason welcomes writer Meghan Lamb for a gabfest about love smacks & hate smacks, suggestions of obsession, cheating meat monkeys, bloody mermaids, corpse rats scurrying through the gore, & the macabre shock of it all. Jason also shares some truly sh*t early sh*t. Don't miss it.

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May 23, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Coming next week to Writers Read Their Early Sh*t: author Hannah Calder, seen here kissing Michael Hutchence on the TV in what could be the 90-est room of the 90s. Don't miss this one. It's a doozy.

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March 15, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I didn't realize it until last night, but the most recent episode of Writers Read Their Early Sh* is the 50th installment of the show. That's a lot of early sh*t, a lot of waffle from me, & a lot of very talented, very interesting people. Here's to the next 50. Sláinte!

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February 10, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Robyn is supercool & so is her book. Look for it this spring.
January 25, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Rob Harvilla, wowing the people with his fab podcast, rad book, & an appearance on Writers Read Their Early Sh*t that is simultaneously sick AND the bomb. Don't miss it.

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January 23, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Listening to Rob Harvilla's fab podcast, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s, & looking forward to his appearance on Writers Read Their Early Shit, coming your way January 20. I may, alternately, be listening to KISS & mentally designing my own KISS make-up. I do that sometimes.

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January 8, 2024 at 2:48 AM
December 10, 2023 at 6:55 AM
Jason welcomes Vancouver's Poet Laureate for a ramble about concrete corpses in the living room, goth trenchcoats, werewolves draped in mourning, having some feelings & a trombone, reading to dogs, & the real answer to the question "How do I get published?"

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December 8, 2023 at 9:50 AM
Really beautiful worldwide download stats for my chat with author Steven Lattey. Hi, Sweden! Hello, Italy! Many, many thanks to everybody who finds the time in their busy lives for my little show. Revisit all your favourite episodes here whenever you like: wrtes.buzzsprout.com/share
November 25, 2023 at 12:16 AM
Jason welcomes Corinna Chong for a confab about when we stop regretting the people—& the writers—we used to be, plugging gaps with memories, plagiarizing ABBA, the power of end stops, the superpowers writers need, heart worms, licorice holders, & defacing pristine notebooks.

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October 27, 2023 at 9:06 AM
Many thanks to everybody around the world—hello, Guatemala! Hello, Norway!—who listened to Daniel Powter's already-legendary appearance on Writers Read Their Early Sh*t. Coming this week: ace wordslinger Corinna Chong. Don't miss it.

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October 23, 2023 at 8:22 AM
Jason welcomes songwriter Daniel Powter for a chinwag about the mysteries of Vernon, British Columbia, how Jason didn't launch Daniel's musical career, Prince's Lovesexy tour, not knowing who's the prime minister of Canada, and Nite Magic anti-action.

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October 6, 2023 at 8:35 AM
Writers Read Their Early Sh*t: riding the British Columbian power-pop zeitgeist since 2006.

Watch for Daniel Powter's appearance on the podcast this weekend.

All episodes available here: wrtes.buzzsprout.com
October 3, 2023 at 9:55 AM