Episode 007: The Inauguration Poet Special

It's the new year! It's also inauguration day (boooo)! We're serving up something different for 2025's beefy first episode. First, we take a look at the year ahead with some literary predictions from writers across the lit space: Steff Yue Duhem, Tao Lin, Jill McDonough, Rachelle Toarmino, catch breath, Lloyd Schwartz, Kit Rosewater, Chelsey Minnis, and more contribute their forecasts. Then we analyze and rank every past inaugural poet before musing on whom Trump's should be.

Songs:

"NFFC Theme"

"Bait the Hook (demo)" - Plum Wooer

"Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" - Grouper

"Watching Star Wars (demo)" - Plum Wooer

Follow along and make your own inaugural poet tier list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/us-inaugural-poets-17814399

Buy August's book: https://apocalypse-confidential.myshopify.com/products/visitors-from-the-red-star-by-august-smith

Eleanor's Substack: https://substack.com/@fanghoneyy

Marcus's band: https://www.instagram.com/stillsubmarine/