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The Getting Lit Podcast

by Matthew Sini

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Jesus’ Son & John the Rock feat. Bigmac McCarthy

October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

This week, Fresta is solo hosting again, and is joined by M A C ⭐️ to talk about his short story “John the Rock”, published on Rare Candy. They also discuss Denis Johnson’s short story collection, Jesus’ Son, music, drugs and degeneracy…
Beach Reads feat. Isaac Beach

September 22, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min

This week, Sini goes to the pub with writer and literary critic Isaac Beach to talk about a range of things. Everything from the state of literature, the Ausnaissance on Substack, Australian literary criticism, who he could beat in a…
Louis C.K. Wrote a Novel feat. Ryan Simón

September 14, 2026 · 2 hr 19 min

Fresta is joined by returning guest Ryan Simón (EIC of American Vulgaria and Ristuko) to discuss comedian Louis C.K.’s debut novel, Ingram, a picaresque of surprising literary quality. This episode, like the rambling narrative of Louis’…
Atrocities feat. Felix McNamara

September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 47 min

Felix McNamara joins us to discuss his epic poem, Atrocities, which is assembled from the discursive rubble of the 21st century to build something new. We talk about a lot of different topics orbiting and intersecting the poem, including…
Crazy Like a Fox

July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

This week, we’re talking about D.H. Lawrence’s The Fox, a brilliant, taut novella about two women in post-war England trying to make a go of it on a farm, who are menaced by a fox and a soldier returned from combat. This is a public…

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The Everlasting feat. Lewis Woolston

July 1, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

This week, we’re joined by Lewis Woolston, author of the short story collections The Last Free Man, Remembering the Dead, and the topic of our discussion in this episode—The Everlasting. We chat about short story writing, the process…
Remembering Babylon

June 25, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

This week, we discuss the recently departed Australian author, David Malouf. Specifically, his book Remembering Babylon, a strange novel that starts out with a castaway British boy being raised by Aboriginal Australians, and unfurls into…
Getting LARPed feat. Russell Walter

May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

This week, we’re joined by Substack essayist, thinker, and fellow Australian Russell Walter who is also host of The Chudstack Review podcast. We talk about his essay on why LARPing (live action role playing) is important and Good Actually…
The Final Word on "Literary Men" feat. Glen Rockney, J David Osborne, & Kelby Losack

April 14, 2026 · 2 hr 15 min

Last year, Sini uploaded an episode to the paid feed of his personal Substack podcast, New Mythologies, discussing the oft-mentioned "literary man." Joining him? Glen from Rare Candy, as well as writers J David Osborne and Kelby…
**UNLOCKED** Laurus feat. Stevan

April 2, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

To celebrate Easter, we have unlocked our paid episode on Eugene Vodolazkin's Laurus. To access the full archive of episodes and special Back Matter aftershows, got to patreon.com/GettingLit. This week, we're joined by Brisbane musician…
The Earthen Dark feat. Brad Kelly

March 17, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

Brad Kelly joins us once again to talk about and around his new novel, The Earthen Dark. We discuss why men loves holes in the ground, writing about jobs, why humans are so obsessed with underground, MFA writing, "literary men" and much…
Like You Have a Choice feat. Ivan Niccolai

March 9, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min

This episode, Ivan Niccolai joins us to talk about his short story collection, Like You Have a Choice. We chat about growing up in a cult, Melbourne, wogs, luxury beliefs, the unfiltered earnestness of open mic nights, loving where you lay…