Hosted by very online writers Kevin Kautzman and Matt Taylor, Art of Darkness is a podcast about the dark side of (dead) artists, creatives, intellectuals, and the people who made history and continue to move culture. AoD features well-researched Core Episodes, Dark Room discussions with guests, plus special After Dark, Book Club, Post-Mortem, and Watch Party episodes for our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. Find us at artofdarkpod.com.
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Hosted by very online writers Kevin Kautzman and Matt Taylor, Art of Darkness is a podcast about the dark side of (dead) artists, creatives, intellectuals, and the people who made history and continue to move culture. AoD features well-researched Core Episodes, Dark Room discussions with guests, plus special After Dark, Book Club, Post-Mortem, and Watch Party episodes for our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. Find us at artofdarkpod.com.
Matt Taylor (There Will Be Books) joins the Dark Room to talk about Roald Dahl, the Witches, James and the Giant Peach and our coming Season VI (2026) as the new co-host of the show.
Kevin and Abbie traverse the life and the work of the incomparable genius of the American theatre, the granddaddy American playwright of them all: Eugene O'Neill.
We cover the life and work of the wildly influential German philosopher of deep dark pessimism and will as representation, Arthur Schopenhauer.
And get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod.
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Out from behind the paywall, an evergreen core episode from November 2023 initially served to patrons only. Brad covers the life and work of the great American author of Jesus’ Son: Denis Johnson.
In this episode we cover the incredible, improbable, extraordinary life of the wildly talented and controversial author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and more: Roald Dahl. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
A Rash Impulse author Kenan Meral talks Mishima and Confessions of a Mask. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/up_an_octave x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
We cover the life, work, infamous bigotry, and many problems of the wildly influential genius of opera as total art: Richard Wagner. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
Novelist and musician Kieran Saint Leonard talks about his novel A MUSE, Crowley, and strange happenings at the Kubrick estate. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. Kieran on Instagram x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
Jay and Simon from Dragons + Aliens join the show to talk Ursula K. Le Guin, science fiction and fantasy, normie perversion, and more. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. Dragons+Aliens x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
Sumo from the Mystical American Patriots Society joins the pod to talk about McKenna, the machine elves, drugs, technology, current drug culture and more. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. mapsoc.org x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
Abbie takes us through the like-a-movie-life of the surrealist photographer, model, and inveterate traveler Lee Miller. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
We cover the life of perhaps the most significant artist of the 20th century: Pablo Picasso. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
Friend of the pod Jack BC of the essential Book Club from Hell returns to the show to talk Jünger’s On the Marble Cliffs and more. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/bookclubhell666 x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
We talk about the life and work of the troubled, eclectic, absurdist British author and Goon Show comedian Spike Milligan. Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
Musician Big Mac McCarthy joins the pod to talk Hemingway, music, and his Heavy Body project (and new album). Get the After Dark episode and more at patreon.com/artofdarkpod or substack.com/@artofdarkpod. x.com/bigmac_mccarthy x.com/artofdarkpod x.com/abbielucas x.com/kautzmania […]
Hosted by very online writers Kevin Kautzman and Matt Taylor, Art of Darkness is a podcast about the dark side of (dead) artists, creatives, intellectuals, and the people who made history and continue to move culture. AoD features well-researched Core Episodes, Dark Room discussions with guests, plus special After Dark, Book Club, Post-Mortem, and Watch Party episodes for our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. Find us at artofdarkpod.com.
