# Alasdair Gray
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Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and the history of English and Scots literature.
S4:E8 Poor Things (2023 Film)
We’re wrapping up Made of Madness March with one of the wildest adaptations we’ve covered yet: Poor Things by Alasdair Gray and its 2023 film adaptation starring Emma Stone. This strange, bold story about Bella Baxter takes us from page to screen in a way that’s as chaotic as it is fascinating. W...
Paul Weller on his musical evolution
From the rebellious spirit of The Jam in the 1970s to the soulful sound of The Style Council and mellow ballads as a solo artist, singer-songwriter Paul Weller is about to release Weller At The BBC Volume 2 - a series of session recordings of his classic hits and interpretations of other artists'...
22. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Returning guest and prolific author TT Madden comes back to the pod to discuss a fun classic Bride of Frankenstein (1935), our oldest movie to date and our first sequel (possibly the first horror sequel)! We discuss how new horror reflects the moment, the Hays code, Pretorius’ crypt picnic, how t...
Nick Lowe’s Mutant Popcorn Extras, IZ 296
Interzone film critic and awesome human Nick Lowe returned to IZ Pod to talk about three films that didn’t make it into his IZ 296 serving of Mutant Popcorn – Alexandre O. Philippe’s must-watch William Shatner documentary; a gender-flipped, body-hopping Stuart Gordon tribute; and an sf-adjacent c...
John Crosbie - Agnes Owens: The Centenary Editions
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast we spoke to John Crosbie, the son of one of Ali’s favourite writers, Agnes Owens whose centenary is being marked in a number of ways, including a handsome set of new editions of her work. Four are available now (see below) with another three coming later in ...
Scarves, Alasdair Gray, Hogback Stones and Dirty Books
Join Karen as she talks to Irish artist and researcher Aoife Cawley at her Edinburgh based studio. We talk about Aoife's influences, use of colour, archives and dirty books! This is part one of a two part episode because we had so much fun chatting. This is part 2 of the interview. If you have no...
Poor Things (2023) - James Price
Every world in director Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things began on the drawing board of production designer James Price.
Adapted from Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel, the film follows Bella Baxter played by Emma Stone – a young woman brought back to life with the brain of a child by an unconventional sc...
Invulnerability
What damage type would you be invulnerable to in real life? On this episode of That Guy's A Maniac, the boys pull "Invulnerability" from Richie's master list of 27 status elements—but not before standard conversational chaos takes over.
Richie breaks down his highly stressful train ride from Glas...
Eight Great Books of Postmodern Short Fiction
This channel so far has focused a lot on novels and other major works of fiction. But we must not ignore the short form, which has been a fecund source of expert and innovative postmodern fiction. In this episode I go through eight iconic and seminal collections of short postmodern fiction. Wor...
