Chapter 26: William S. Burroughs, featuring Kurt Braunohler

The Dead Authors Podcast

Paul F. Tompkins

Arts, Conan, Andy, Snl, Machine, Tompkins, 826, Daly, Maya, Books, Time, Tompkast, Travel, Ucb, Mcsweeneys, Rudolph, Superego, Comedy

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2013

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Chapter 26: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) chats with William S. Burroughs (Kurt Braunohler). When Mr. Burroughs rolls up his sleeves, it's certainly not to do housework.

Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA.

826 National is a nonprofit organization that provides strategic leadership, administration, and other resources to ensure the success of its network of eight writing and tutoring centers. 826 centers offer a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills. We also aim to help teachers get their classes excited about writing. Our mission is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. Last year our tutoring centers — located in Ann Arbor, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC — served over 29,000 students.

For more information: http://826national.org/chapters/

Visit The Time Travel Mart online: http://826la.org/store/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This Podcast is intended as Entertainment for Grownups and to spread awareness of 826 LA, a non-profit writing and tutoring center for children ages 6 to 18. For a full schedule of 826 LA's events and programs, including the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, visit 826.org.
0:16.4	And now here is the host of the Dead Authors Podcast, Mr. H.G. Wells. Hello all and welcome to Chapter Welles.
0:23.0	Hello all and welcome to Chapter 26 of the Dead Authors Podcast
0:27.6	with special guest William S. Burrows and special host
0:30.9	me, H.G. Wells, author, time traveler, podcaster.
0:35.8	You might well ask, Bertie old thing, is there anything you don't do?
0:39.5	Head up until recently, there was one thing.
0:42.1	But now there isn't, as I am pleased to report the
0:44.4	addition of Librettist to my already overstuffed CV. That's right a gaggle of
0:50.0	Broadway producers have approached yours truly with a proposal to bring a compilation
0:54.7	of some of my best loved works to the Great White Way.
0:58.7	Now I admit, it's been a bit of a challenge weaving the connective tissue to credibly tie the ethereal form of an invisible
1:04.9	man to a swarm of Martian invaders dotting the British countryside to a snarling pack of
1:10.0	Dr. Moreau's vivisected manasts. But I know that you, my loyal fans, would run
1:16.0	Riot if I were to leave out even one of my iconic creations. And after all, as Liberati once said, too much of a good thing is wonderful, particularly
1:25.5	when it comes to the pioneering work of the one true father of science fiction, H.G. Wells.
1:31.2	Ah, Lee, we miss you. And though writing the book of the musical has me busier
1:36.5	than a two-armed bloke without a time machine, I simply couldn't resist the chance to pick
1:41.2	up the lyricist pen as well.
1:43.2	Here's what I've got so far.
1:45.6	They came from outer space to bring death to our race.
1:49.6	Our only prayer was a single player who couldn't show his face.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Paul F. Tompkins, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Paul F. Tompkins and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.