Sean Murphy
@bullmurph.bsky.social
Author, cultural critic, and rebel advocate covering the world, one story at a time. Host of Some Things Considered Podcast & Substack @somethingswsean
Learn more at http://seanmurphy.net
Learn more at http://seanmurphy.net
This week, K. Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social joins Some Things Considered to discuss Adam, Mine, Frankenstein, myth and reinvention, AI and authentic creation, and why our strangest speculative stories so often reveal the deepest truths about being human.
Watch the full episode at seanmurphy.live
Watch the full episode at seanmurphy.live
September 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This week, K. Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social joins Some Things Considered to discuss Adam, Mine, Frankenstein, myth and reinvention, AI and authentic creation, and why our strangest speculative stories so often reveal the deepest truths about being human.
Watch the full episode at seanmurphy.live
Watch the full episode at seanmurphy.live
K. Ancrum on Adam, Mine—bold Frankenstein reimagining exploring creation, desire, identity, what it means to be human. When machines imitate creation's surfaces: why do we make things at all? Watch the episode at the link in my bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #yaauthor #authordiscussion
September 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
K. Ancrum on Adam, Mine—bold Frankenstein reimagining exploring creation, desire, identity, what it means to be human. When machines imitate creation's surfaces: why do we make things at all? Watch the episode at the link in my bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #yaauthor #authordiscussion
"The Empathy Adjustment": pulled over pre-sunrise, scared shitless, involuntary empathy reset. Relief converts angst to adrenaline. But first: feel bad. That's the honest start. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/original-p... #SomeThingsConsidered #substack #poetry
September 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"The Empathy Adjustment": pulled over pre-sunrise, scared shitless, involuntary empathy reset. Relief converts angst to adrenaline. But first: feel bad. That's the honest start. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/original-p... #SomeThingsConsidered #substack #poetry
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
September 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
September 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Everyone says young people don't read and poetry is dying—just don't tell that to the hundreds who sent us poems not for money or status but to make sense of being alive. The kids are more than alright. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/what-177-y...
September 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Everyone says young people don't read and poetry is dying—just don't tell that to the hundreds who sent us poems not for money or status but to make sense of being alive. The kids are more than alright. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/what-177-y...
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
September 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
September 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
September 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Raffi Joe Wartanian joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new album Makam Delta, as well as the many creative threads that converge in his work—from poetry and essays to the oud.
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Watch the full episode on YouTube or Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsidered #Podcast #poetry #music
Raffi Joe Wartanian (Glendale Poet Laureate, Academy of American Poets Fellow) on Makam Delta—Middle Eastern traditions meeting American blues/folk/Appalachian sounds. Tune in and subscribe at the link in bio. #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #music #raffijoewartanian
September 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Raffi Joe Wartanian (Glendale Poet Laureate, Academy of American Poets Fellow) on Makam Delta—Middle Eastern traditions meeting American blues/folk/Appalachian sounds. Tune in and subscribe at the link in bio. #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #music #raffijoewartanian
Happy Labor Day! One day celebrating workers while unpaid internships are normalized as "opportunity" and literary gatekeepers do less while staying comfortable. Systems built on exploitation eventually eat themselves. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/annual-lab...
September 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Happy Labor Day! One day celebrating workers while unpaid internships are normalized as "opportunity" and literary gatekeepers do less while staying comfortable. Systems built on exploitation eventually eat themselves. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/annual-lab...
Christian B. Miller joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new book, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
September 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Christian B. Miller joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new book, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Christian B. Miller joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new book, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
September 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Christian B. Miller joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new book, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Christian B. Miller joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new book, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
September 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Christian B. Miller joins Some Things Considered to discuss his new book, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Full episode is out now on YouTube and Substack at seanmurphy.live
#SomeThingsConsideredPodcast #podcast #books #reading
Five years gone: Lee "Scratch" Perry, who invented dub, mentored Marley, inspired hip-hop, and made Keith Richards call him a shaman. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/lee-scratc... #SomeThingsConsidered #substack #leeperry #music
September 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Five years gone: Lee "Scratch" Perry, who invented dub, mentored Marley, inspired hip-hop, and made Keith Richards call him a shaman. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/lee-scratc... #SomeThingsConsidered #substack #leeperry #music
3 Quarks Daily column: Faulkner's As I Lay Dying on the Dixie Limited as analog antidote to AI unreality. Computers can mimic but lack originality and soul. Best way to resist bad stories: tell better ones. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/as-ai-lay-...
September 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
3 Quarks Daily column: Faulkner's As I Lay Dying on the Dixie Limited as analog antidote to AI unreality. Computers can mimic but lack originality and soul. Best way to resist bad stories: tell better ones. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/as-ai-lay-...
Monthly Vinyl Club Round Four: Hendrix's Electric Ladyland—his masterpiece, growth unlike any musician ever. From "Purple Haze" to "Rainy Day" in two years: inconceivable, impossible, but it happened. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/the-monthl...
September 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Monthly Vinyl Club Round Four: Hendrix's Electric Ladyland—his masterpiece, growth unlike any musician ever. From "Purple Haze" to "Rainy Day" in two years: inconceivable, impossible, but it happened. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/the-monthl...
"He'd get his chance to play Christ for Scorsese; here he is Christ, arms akimbo — dying for our sins, obviously." Platoon already knew the ending. From red, white and blues, out now at the link in bio. #sergeantelias #newbook #politics #poems
August 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
"He'd get his chance to play Christ for Scorsese; here he is Christ, arms akimbo — dying for our sins, obviously." Platoon already knew the ending. From red, white and blues, out now at the link in bio. #sergeantelias #newbook #politics #poems
Twenty-four years ago today. The cemetery is where her body rests; everywhere else I go is where she still exists. For Linda Murphy, and all the mothers. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/august-26-... #SomeThingsConsidered #substack #originalpoem #grief
August 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Twenty-four years ago today. The cemetery is where her body rests; everywhere else I go is where she still exists. For Linda Murphy, and all the mothers. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/august-26-... #SomeThingsConsidered #substack #originalpoem #grief
New poem: if men burn the earth, all our mothers weep to drown the fire, flooding the world with salted tears until we find "the serenity of a deathless, maternal eternity." For Linda Murphy: 8/23/43 - 8/26/2002. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/a-poem-for...
August 24, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New poem: if men burn the earth, all our mothers weep to drown the fire, flooding the world with salted tears until we find "the serenity of a deathless, maternal eternity." For Linda Murphy: 8/23/43 - 8/26/2002. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/a-poem-for...
Well-oiled and indifferent citizens held silver sun reflectors to get more light — since it's never cloudy in California, or anywhere you can avoid the draft. From red, white and blues, out now at the link in bio. #richardnixon #newbook #politics #poetry
August 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Well-oiled and indifferent citizens held silver sun reflectors to get more light — since it's never cloudy in California, or anywhere you can avoid the draft. From red, white and blues, out now at the link in bio. #richardnixon #newbook #politics #poetry
Arthur Lee's Forever Changes remains most accurate American document of 1967, utterly of its time yet still fresh, documenting the hippie scene's underbelly while everyone else celebrated the light. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/arthur-lee...
August 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Arthur Lee's Forever Changes remains most accurate American document of 1967, utterly of its time yet still fresh, documenting the hippie scene's underbelly while everyone else celebrated the light. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/arthur-lee...
Season 6 Episode 2 of STC is out now! In this episode of Some Things Considered, Christian B. Miller discusses his book The Honesty Crisis, exploring the complexities of honesty in an increasingly deceptive world and its implications for society. Link in bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast
August 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Season 6 Episode 2 of STC is out now! In this episode of Some Things Considered, Christian B. Miller discusses his book The Honesty Crisis, exploring the complexities of honesty in an increasingly deceptive world and its implications for society. Link in bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast
Five years gone: appreciating Charlie Watts is simple, properly appreciating him is the difference between domestic light beer and a perfect Guinness. Indispensable without being loudest in the room. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/charlie-wa... #SomeThingsConsidered
August 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Five years gone: appreciating Charlie Watts is simple, properly appreciating him is the difference between domestic light beer and a perfect Guinness. Indispensable without being loudest in the room. Read more and subscribe to my substack: murphlaw.substack.com/p/charlie-wa... #SomeThingsConsidered