William T. Vollmann on Courage and Betrayal

Hal Hartley on Bad People with Good Hearts

We did this interview in Berlin in 2004, after his short foray in commercial cinema with No Such Thing, but before Fay Grim and Ned Rifle. It’s the first time this interview has been published in English. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit karmodi.substack.com [https://karmodi.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

David Cronenberg on Technology, Body and Violence

It’s the first time this interview with David Cronenberg has been published in English. Excerpts were broadcast in Russian on Radio Svoboda in 2004.You can also listen on Spotify: and Apple Podcast, Google Podcast and other podcast services. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit karmodi.substack.com [https://karmodi.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Cory Doctorow on Small Beating Big

It’s the first time this interview with Cory Doctorow has been published in English. Excerpts were broadcast in Russian on Radio Svoboda in 2005. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit karmodi.substack.com [https://karmodi.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Guy Maddin on Flirting with Taboos

It’s the first time this interview with Guy Maddin has been published in English. Excerpts were broadcast in Russian on Radio Svoboda in 2004. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit karmodi.substack.com [https://karmodi.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

William T. Vollmann on Courage and Betrayal

This month is one year since I’ve been on Substack, but it’s only my sixth post here. From now on I’m going to publish an interview a month. At first, it’ll be old interviews with American, British and Canadian writers and movie directors I took in the 2000s for Russian media and never published in English. I have in my stock interviews with Cory Doctorow, David Cronenberg and others. After the old interviews will have been published, there will be new ones. This interview with William T. Vollmann was taken in 2006. A part of it was published in Kiev magazine SHO in Russian, but it’s the first time this interview is published in English. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit karmodi.substack.com [https://karmodi.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]