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Method and Madness

Method and Madness

A podcast hosted by writer Brad Kelly (formerly of Art of Darkness). Main book episodes feature 2 parts: a fun, in-depth conversation with one of my most insightful friends, and a sprawling exploration of the book's many rabbit-holes (usually behind the paywall). Melee episodes are general conversations with authors and others about books, writing, and culture.

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  • 27 episodes
  • weekly
  • English

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  • June 3 · length unknown

    Melee - Laeth on SKETCHES OF ALICE

    I’m joined by the Portuguese fiction writer and aphorist Laeth for a conversation about jazz, writing as discovery, listening for the voice, and his singular work, including his most recent novel SKETCHES OF ALICE Laeth’s website (buy SKETCHES OF ALICE and his other books) Laeth on substack Laeth on twitter

  • May 29 · length unknown

    “The Man Who Would Not Die” by Harold Ward [audio recording]

    Out of the archives of The Black Mask—the magazine that launched the careers of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler—comes a tale by Harold Ward, an unsung hero paid pennies by the word. Inspector Des Moines is clever, tough, and no nonsense, but when dead people start pulling heists, he has to call on the enigmatic Mohammed Gunga to wage battle against evil itself.

  • May 22 · length unknown

    You can’t outsmart the Devil | 5/2026 Tarot Reading

    A tarot reading on the things that enslave us, self-medicating and scrolling, and organizing one's mental state to bring vision into reality. Contact me via your favorite social media or bradwkellyATgmail with TAROT in the subject to set up a personal reading for a reasonable fee.

  • May 8 · length unknown

    [PREVIEW] Ep. 16.2 - The MADNESS of BUTCHER’S CROSSING by John Williams

    In which we go deep into the life of John Williams: oil booms, abandonment, tall tales about WW2, booze, women, and three “perfect” novels. In this clip, I get into the influence of Yvor Winters’ odd brand of classicism on one of the 20th Century’s greatest novelists. Get access to the full episode at madmethodpod.com/subscribe

  • May 1 · length unknown

    “The Nameless Offspring” by Clark Ashton Smith [audio recording]

    Clark Ashton Smith was a poet once called “The Last of the Great Romantics".” But he is more remembered as one of the three most significant writers of pulp mainstay Weird Tales. H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith who was perhaps even stranger in his vision than either of them. “The Nameless Offspring” first appeared in Strange Tales in 1932. A tale of family secrets, a haunted manor, and a beast we’d now refer to as a Pale Crawler.

  • April 24 · length unknown

    Melee - Getting Lit

    Matt Fresta and Matthew Sini of the Getting Lit Podcast join me to talk about the history of their show, niche literary podcasting, the Australian scene, Sini’s provocative statement that there is no such thing as an atheist fiction writer, and much, much more. Matt Sini’s substack pieces mentioned: No Atheists in Plotholes Current Thing Writing Killed the Literary Journal Neo-Passeism piece on Australian scene Matt Fresta’s stories at Apocalypse Confidential: “A Super Position” “Black and White and Blue” “Count Whack-ula”

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