Best Sean McTiernan Podcasts (2025)

I spoke to Sean McTiernan about the work of criticism and the internet for a few hours. Then, months later, I spoke to Sean about the work of criticism, the internet, and our lives for a few hours. This episode is the culmination of those two conversations. https://allunits.libsyn.com/ patreon.com/sfultra ckunzelman.com rangedtouch.com…

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what is describe world? 4:33

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I had to create an episode to introduce the series and also to make the RSS feed go live so here it is. ckunzelman.com rangedtouch.comBy cmrn knzlmn

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #2 - Routine Excercise 6:27:22

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"You can't have feelings alone" - William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #2 - Routine Excercise 6:27:22

3M ago6:27:22

6:27:22

"You can't have feelings alone" - William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #1 - My Past, Like A Terrible River 3:43:46

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Works covered: And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks Junky: The Definitve Text Of Junk Queer Yage Redux

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Right Where You Are Sitting Now #1 - My Past, Like A Terrible River 3:43:46

3M ago3:43:46

3:43:46

Works covered: And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks Junky: The Definitve Text Of Junk Queer Yage Redux

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SFULTRA #35 - Beasts - John Crowley 1:20:04

4M ago1:20:04

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"The elementary unit of language — the statement — is the order-word. Rather than common sense, a faculty for the centralization of information, we must define an abominable faculty consisting in emitting, receiving, and transmitting order-words. Language is made not to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel obedience...Words are not tools, bu…

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SFULTRA #35 - Beasts - John Crowley 1:20:04

4M ago1:20:04

1:20:04

"The elementary unit of language — the statement — is the order-word. Rather than common sense, a faculty for the centralization of information, we must define an abominable faculty consisting in emitting, receiving, and transmitting order-words. Language is made not to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel obedience...Words are not tools, bu…

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The Black Pool with Tim MacGabhann 2:03:04

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To celebrate the release of his memoir The Black Pool on May 22nd, I spent 2 hours boring my close friend Tim MacGabhann into unconsciousness. Book launch details: 6pm, May 22nd in Hodges Figgis Dublin. Click here to read an extract that became the opening chapter: https://thedublinreview.com/article/the-black-pool/ Link to preorder or buy The Blac…

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The Black Pool with Tim MacGabhann 2:03:04

5M ago2:03:04

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To celebrate the release of his memoir The Black Pool on May 22nd, I spent 2 hours boring my close friend Tim MacGabhann into unconsciousness. Book launch details: 6pm, May 22nd in Hodges Figgis Dublin. Click here to read an extract that became the opening chapter: https://thedublinreview.com/article/the-black-pool/ Link to preorder or buy The Blac…

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SFULTRA #34 - Holy Lacrimony - Michael DeForge 1:28:56

5M ago1:28:56

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"You get under my skin I don't find it irritating, You always play to win but I won't need rehabilitating oh no" - Another Girl Another Planet, The Only Ones

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SFULTRA #34 - Holy Lacrimony - Michael DeForge 1:28:56

5M ago1:28:56

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"You get under my skin I don't find it irritating, You always play to win but I won't need rehabilitating oh no" - Another Girl Another Planet, The Only Ones

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DUBLIN EVENT MAY 10th - Barbaric Genius Extended Cut Screening/ Director Q+A/ Vsevolod Plotkin Noise Set 10:16

6M ago10:16

10:16

Full details of the event are here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/event-dublin-may-127442825

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DUBLIN EVENT MAY 10th - Barbaric Genius Extended Cut Screening/ Director Q+A/ Vsevolod Plotkin Noise Set 10:16

6M ago10:16

10:16

Full details of the event are here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/event-dublin-may-127442825

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Deep Territory #12 - Front Toward Enemy 2:14:20

6M ago2:14:20

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“Thank god skin-patch is nearly gone And the impress of fingers dead Have disappeared and left me alone That one night I did not put jackboots on Don't want to end Reflection It's still there, though I am gone” - The Fall, Bremen Nacht

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Deep Territory #12 - Front Toward Enemy 2:14:20

6M ago2:14:20

2:14:20

“Thank god skin-patch is nearly gone And the impress of fingers dead Have disappeared and left me alone That one night I did not put jackboots on Don't want to end Reflection It's still there, though I am gone” - The Fall, Bremen Nacht

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Deep Territory #9 - Lanark - Alasdair Gray 6:36:39

7M ago6:36:39

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"My friends, you should not live like this." - Chekhov, when asked what his plays were supposed to convey. "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." - II Corinthians, 5:1 NKJV

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Deep Territory #9 - Lanark - Alasdair Gray 6:36:39

7M ago6:36:39

6:36:39

"My friends, you should not live like this." - Chekhov, when asked what his plays were supposed to convey. "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." - II Corinthians, 5:1 NKJV

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Deep Territory #8 - The Erstwhile - Brian Catling 1:27:40

8M ago1:27:40

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‘Blake is always unexpected. If you think you know all the works, you’re wrong. There’s always something that comes up; if it’s not a new work, then an old work will appear in a different kind of way. There are certain works I’m completely obsessed by and I don’t know how he made them. I don’t know how he made them at that time because there’s noth…

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Deep Territory #8 - The Erstwhile - Brian Catling 1:27:40

8M ago1:27:40

1:27:40

‘Blake is always unexpected. If you think you know all the works, you’re wrong. There’s always something that comes up; if it’s not a new work, then an old work will appear in a different kind of way. There are certain works I’m completely obsessed by and I don’t know how he made them. I don’t know how he made them at that time because there’s noth…

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Deep Territory #5 - Crash - J.G. Ballard 5:15:42

10M ago5:15:42

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“So many great books have drowned in respect” - Iain Sinclair, Crash “Vaughn never been a duck-and-diver He spit on the mic, yuck, saliva Hold it like a truck driver hold a CB on a sharp turn Still clutchin' his chest from the heartburn…” - Viktor Vaughn, Saliva "Into the thundering cannon and into the murdering gun" - William Blake, Jerusalem…

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Deep Territory #5 - Crash - J.G. Ballard 5:15:42

10M ago5:15:42

5:15:42

“So many great books have drowned in respect” - Iain Sinclair, Crash “Vaughn never been a duck-and-diver He spit on the mic, yuck, saliva Hold it like a truck driver hold a CB on a sharp turn Still clutchin' his chest from the heartburn…” - Viktor Vaughn, Saliva "Into the thundering cannon and into the murdering gun" - William Blake, Jerusalem…

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Deep Territory #4 - Passion Of New Eve - Angela Carter 3:01:42

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"And in Hell beneath & a mighty & awful change threatend the Earth. The American War began. All its dark horrors passed before my face..." - William Blake, Letter to John Flaxman September 12 1800 I'm joined on this episode by fellow Live At The Death Factory host and writer Astrid Rose, whose work you can find here: https://astridannerose.gumroad.…

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Deep Territory #4 - Passion Of New Eve - Angela Carter 3:01:42

10M ago3:01:42

3:01:42

"And in Hell beneath & a mighty & awful change threatend the Earth. The American War began. All its dark horrors passed before my face..." - William Blake, Letter to John Flaxman September 12 1800 I'm joined on this episode by fellow Live At The Death Factory host and writer Astrid Rose, whose work you can find here: https://astridannerose.gumroad.…

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#25 - I feel my vertebrae extending and I feel my heart expand 1:56:26

10M ago1:56:26

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Projector's broken, welcome to season 2. This episode's book is Heart-Beast by Tanith Lee

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Deep Territory #2 - The Vorrh - B Catling 2:34:44

10M ago2:34:44

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"...writing could provide me with the means of so radically outwitting myself that I could bring my hidden experiences, my unadmitted self into view." - Raymond Roussel

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Deep Territory #2 - The Vorrh - B Catling 2:34:44

10M ago2:34:44

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"...writing could provide me with the means of so radically outwitting myself that I could bring my hidden experiences, my unadmitted self into view." - Raymond Roussel

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SFULTRA #33 - UXA.GOV - Blake Butler 1:27:21

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"The Stumbling Block is an ark of extinction. A bouillon hive of the murdered past, frozen dry to a mass. Something has warmed its corner, the oxoed grit bleeds a vein of contagion, virulent in its passion to embrace and swim in human tides" - Brian Catling, The Stumbling Block

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SFULTRA #33 - UXA.GOV - Blake Butler 1:27:21

11M ago1:27:21

1:27:21

"The Stumbling Block is an ark of extinction. A bouillon hive of the murdered past, frozen dry to a mass. Something has warmed its corner, the oxoed grit bleeds a vein of contagion, virulent in its passion to embrace and swim in human tides" - Brian Catling, The Stumbling Block

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SFULTRA #32 - The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien 1:52:22

12M ago1:52:22

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"Cough up a pointless lecture Does it matter? Vomit me more conjecture Doesn't matter Argue till your left brain dies Does it matter? Presume to abuse my time Doesn't matter Let me paint a perfect picture Let it read like a holy scripture The words that leave my mouth Are just words you can live without Found community a struggle for me It's a coll…

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SFULTRA #32 - The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien 1:52:22

12M ago1:52:22

1:52:22

"Cough up a pointless lecture Does it matter? Vomit me more conjecture Doesn't matter Argue till your left brain dies Does it matter? Presume to abuse my time Doesn't matter Let me paint a perfect picture Let it read like a holy scripture The words that leave my mouth Are just words you can live without Found community a struggle for me It's a coll…

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SFULTRA #31 - The Cipher - Kathe Koja 53:24

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"...okay, that's life, that's what I was told anyway And picking your feet till they bleed may be the half of it If every fourth animal in the world is a beetle Maybe every fourth person is a dumb fuck Listen, listen carefully now: here's the answer It rhymes with axe Why it's those personal acts, of course Those personal acts Those suicide pacts T…

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SFULTRA #31 - The Cipher - Kathe Koja 53:24

12M ago53:24

53:24

"...okay, that's life, that's what I was told anyway And picking your feet till they bleed may be the half of it If every fourth animal in the world is a beetle Maybe every fourth person is a dumb fuck Listen, listen carefully now: here's the answer It rhymes with axe Why it's those personal acts, of course Those personal acts Those suicide pacts T…

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SFULTRA #30 - Rammellzee - Racing For Thunder 1:18:56

1y ago1:18:56

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"BE WHO YOU ARE, WRECK THEM, AND THEN DIE" - Rammellzee

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SFULTRA #30 - Rammellzee - Racing For Thunder 1:18:56

1y ago1:18:56

1:18:56

"BE WHO YOU ARE, WRECK THEM, AND THEN DIE" - Rammellzee

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Explanatory Collapse #20 - On The Beach: Empty Space 2:07:56

1y ago2:07:56

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"There are no castles without ghosts And no spirits without hope But nobody passes the test of time I do not fear the buried sounds Of words that echo underground A memory is a loaded gun And I remember everyone I remember everyone I remember you" - Ghosts, Nomeansno

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Explanatory Collapse #20 - On The Beach: Empty Space 2:07:56

1y ago2:07:56

2:07:56

"There are no castles without ghosts And no spirits without hope But nobody passes the test of time I do not fear the buried sounds Of words that echo underground A memory is a loaded gun And I remember everyone I remember everyone I remember you" - Ghosts, Nomeansno

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Explanatory Collapse #19 - On The Beach: Nova Swing 1:56:36

1y ago1:56:36

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"For every detective novel, regardless of its story, is for every reader, above all, a novel about himself: about what happened to the reader as a human individual in general, as an individual developing from a child into an adult; as a living being who experiences continuous transitions there and back, from layer to layer of consciousness..." - On…

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Explanatory Collapse #19 - On The Beach: Nova Swing 1:56:36

1y ago1:56:36

1:56:36

"For every detective novel, regardless of its story, is for every reader, above all, a novel about himself: about what happened to the reader as a human individual in general, as an individual developing from a child into an adult; as a living being who experiences continuous transitions there and back, from layer to layer of consciousness..." - On…

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Explanatory Collapse #17 - On The Beach: Light 2:40:35

1y ago2:40:35

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"Some roads are only seen at night Ghost roads, nothing but neon signs But some nights, the neon gas gets free And turns into walking dead like me And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep One of these days, I'm gonna leave you in your sleep I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name Baby, I was born on a train" - …

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Explanatory Collapse #17 - On The Beach: Light 2:40:35

1y ago2:40:35

2:40:35

"Some roads are only seen at night Ghost roads, nothing but neon signs But some nights, the neon gas gets free And turns into walking dead like me And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep One of these days, I'm gonna leave you in your sleep I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name Baby, I was born on a train" - …

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Explanatory Collapse #9 - Viriconium Pt 3 2:59:05

1+ y ago2:59:05

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patreon.com/sfultra "...'For I aint, you must know,' said Betty, 'much of a hand at reading writing-hand, though I can read my Bible and most print. And I do love a newspaper. You mightn't think it, but Sloppy is a beautiful reader of a newspaper. He do the Police in different voices." - Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens…

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Explanatory Collapse #9 - Viriconium Pt 3 2:59:05

1+ y ago2:59:05

2:59:05

patreon.com/sfultra "...'For I aint, you must know,' said Betty, 'much of a hand at reading writing-hand, though I can read my Bible and most print. And I do love a newspaper. You mightn't think it, but Sloppy is a beautiful reader of a newspaper. He do the Police in different voices." - Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens…

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Explanatory Collapse #8 - Viriconium Pt 2 2:58:14

1+ y ago2:58:14

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"The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and bright The ashes fade away after consuming all the light The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and hot I used to know the way back home but somehow I forgot Through all the smoke I can’t see you What’s the thing you been turned into? Something fun, or someone new The fire of wild abandon Feel t…

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Explanatory Collapse #8 - Viriconium Pt 2 2:58:14

1+ y ago2:58:14

2:58:14

"The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and bright The ashes fade away after consuming all the light The fire of wild abandon burns so beautiful and hot I used to know the way back home but somehow I forgot Through all the smoke I can’t see you What’s the thing you been turned into? Something fun, or someone new The fire of wild abandon Feel t…

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Explanatory Collapse #7 - Viriconium Pt 1 1:55:03

1+ y ago1:55:03

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“I have said before that the music is the words and the words are the music. It is all there for you to understand if you can and for you to feel, regardless.” - Sun Ra, This Planet is Doomed patreon.com/sfultra