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Method and Madness

Method and Madness
Method and Madness
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    Melee - Anthony Metivier on VITAMIN X

    22/12/2025

    Anthony Metivier is known as the magnetic memory master. Using time-tested techniques he has not only taught himself to memorize large quantities of complicated information, but he’s gained a reputation for being among the very best teachers of memory practice. Now, he’s written his second novel in the Decline series, a bold detective saga that puts these memory methods in praxis and takes the reader on a wild ride: serial killers, exotic drugs, and conspiracy, and the gradual fall of civilization.Find everything Anthony Metivier is up to here.

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    “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne [audio recording]

    15/12/2025

    Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1836 story, first appearing in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, later re-published in TWICE-TOLD TALES.

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    Melee - Andrew Edwards on CROWBAR

    09/12/2025

    Andrew Edwards, the author of what just might be the best novel of 2025, joins me to talk conspiracy, LSD, the interior journey of writing, the 1980s, literary gnosticism, the quantification of everything, and, of course, his certified banger CROWBAR. Buy Crowbar

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    Melee - Gnostic Pulp on Pynchon, PKD, & UFOs

    01/12/2025

    Jacob Austin, mastermind behind the fantastic Gnostic Pulp substack joined me to talk about the work of Thomas Pynchon, what the heck was going on with PKD, the nature of UFOs, and much, much more.LinktreeSome Gnostic Pulp pieces we touched on:Further Adventures in Pynchonian RealityYear of the LichenMoby-Dick is about UFOs

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    Ep. 12.1 - THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH w/Bram E. Gieben

    24/11/2025

    Writer, critic, and host of the podcast Strange Exiles, Bram E. Gieben joins me to talk about Philip K. Dick’s most unsettling work: THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH: suspicion about reality, the commodification of the mind, PKD’s conception of God, whether sci-fi is still the trash stratum, and much more.Subscribe to Bram’s substack for his ongoing series CRISIS masculinity, the latest episodes of Strange Exiles, his upcoming book on PKD, and everything else he’s up to.Bram’s linktree.

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About Method and Madness

A podcast hosted by writer Brad Kelly (formerly of Art of Darkness). Main book episodes feature 2 parts: a fun, in-depth conversation with one of my most insightful friends, and a sprawling exploration of the book's many rabbit-holes (usually behind the paywall). Melee episodes are general conversations with authors and others about books, writing, and culture.
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