Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast · Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall
About Time (with Special Guest David Duchovny)
October 13, 2025·1 hr 14 min·4 clips
Duchovny says the real poem begins at the moment a writer thinks, 'I get it.'
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A lively poetry interview that slides from jokes into honest talk about exposure and public selfhood.
David Duchovny sits down with Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall for a conversation about About Time, and the result moves with the show’s familiar mix of literary talk, gossip, and quick pivots into squirrel sex, mayhem, murder, and a touch of Californication.
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Poetry talk with David Duchovny and his new book About Time, with detours into lyric time, squirrel sex, mayhem, murder, and a little Californication.
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