Was one of my fav parasocial pod relationships

Love it.

A peak behind the curtain of culture. Wake Island dissects the modern world through film, literature, art, and journalism, exemplifying the curiosity of spirit desperately needed for these dark and weird times.

These are the best kind of conversations. Paul’s guests are the most interesting writers and artists, and Paul knows their work so well. He’s gentle, smart and sympathetic, and leads his guests into the darkest and most fascinating places. These are conversations about the synthesis between writing and what it means to be human. Great for car journeys or long dark nights of the soul.

This is by far my favorite literary podcast — it digs into unique and profound aspects of literary culture and uses each author’s work as a jumping off point for a riveting conversation on all manner of subjects — never predictable but always illuminating.

Paul K gets beyond the typical set question interview and skips a lot of biographical fluff - instead he gets to real questions and lets the conversation develop organically with a wide range of interesting guests. Enjoy the podcast a ton.

Happy to hear a podcast dedicated transgressive works of art!

unusual and thought provoking

This is the best one

Paul, this is by far my favorite episode thus far. Your conversation with Steve flowed so effortlessly and it was obvious the both of you were very comfortable with each other. Keep it up, dude. Btw, the park you’re referring to in queens is called Forrest park. I’ve definitely done shrooms there as well.