Lost in the Library Podcast
This podcast originated from my desire to share my admiration of books and writing with my friends. Its goal is to encourage them and you, the listener, to pick up a book that you and I never would have before and to begin writing as a way of self-expression. Simply, this podcast is about books and authors. But it delves into more profound topics than chatting about a book I am reading. My friends and I discuss authors’ lives by celebrating and/or denouncing the actions and views that brought them to publication and their works’ impacts on the world. It’s a podcast that delves into the historical context that shaped the literature that would influence generations. It’s a podcast that tells the story of literary adjacent figures who inspired our favorite books. We discuss literary movements, celebrate specific books that are often overlooked, underappreciated, or lost to history, and share our interpretations of superb literary works. Well, here goes nothing. I hope you enjoy it.
Episodes
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025
50 min
Thanks, all, for following listening. The support and listenership has been stellar. This is an episode I recorded long ago in preparation to needing a week off. I (Fil Deptula) sit with Davis Peck and peruse dirty love letters of famous authors.
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Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025
1hr 18 min
On the conclusion of this epic trilogy, Fil Deptula sits down with Mr. Vernacular Spectacular, Davis Peck, to discuss how one of the greatest influences of the Beat generation got his first publications, how his life was changed because of the people who helped propagate him as a symbol, and the shenanigans he pulled in his Golden Years. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his rampant drug use, his criminal behavior, and the introduction to the most famous Beat writers.
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Apr 22, 2025
Apr 22, 2025
57 min
In the second part of this unhinged trilogy, Fil Deptula sits down with Davis Peck to discuss one of the key influential and largely forgotten figures of the Beat Generation. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his rampant drug use, his criminal behavior, and the introduction to the most famous Beat writers.
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Apr 15, 2025
Apr 15, 2025
52 min
Fil Deptula sits down with Davis Peck to discuss one of the key influential and largely forgotten figures of the Beat Generation. For the sake of content warning, in this episode, they discuss his early, dysfunctional family life, his early sexual experiences, and his introduction to drugs.
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Apr 8, 2025
Apr 8, 2025
51 min
Fil Deptula is rejoined by his friend formally known as Claire to discuss the life and works of America's most influential, avant-garde poet.
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Apr 2, 2025
Apr 2, 2025
51 min
Fil Deptula is joined by his friend formally known as Claire to discuss the life and works of America's most influential, avant-garde poet.
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Mar 25, 2025
Mar 25, 2025
1hr 10 min
Lost in the Library gets lost in the history of its first episode about a library - the famous Haskell Free Library & Opera House, located in Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec. Kingdom resident Theresa Keller joins Fil Deptula to discuss how this community developed, the construction and purpose of the library, its significance in US-Canada border relations, and how its unique place in the world is being affected by the current US administration.
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Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
1hr 2 min
Rogelio Zimbron returns as he and host Fil Deptula discuss the rise and eventual fall of Philip K Dick in all of its fishy, pink-beamed glory.
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Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025
42 min
Rogelio Zimbron joins Fil Deptula to discuss the early life and works of one of Science Fiction's most unique authors.
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Mar 4, 2025
Mar 4, 2025
45 min
Andrew Kenney joins Fil Deptula to discuss Cormac McCarthy and his later works while living in the American Southwest.
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