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Black Ibis Social Club
Esoteric discussions on art, literature, and culture in a decadent world.
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Episodes
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E12: Rymer Returns
Writer, flaneur, and all-around mysterious gentleman Noah Rymer aka yung_baudelaire returns to The Black Ibis Social Club this week. He joins us to chat about…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E11: Copernican
Writer, Substacker, and friend of the pod Copernican joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. The three of us chat about current political trends…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E10: Ides of March
We are doing things a bit different tonight and keeping it close and personal, just your handsome hosts chatting and catching up. Phisto and I decided that…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E9: Lisa Kuznak Returns
Honorary member in great standing at the club Lisa Kuznak joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. She drops by to chat about her newly released novel…
Black Ibis Social ClubBIFC: Lost in Translation
With this episode we debut a new section, The Black Ibis Film Club where we watch some of our favorite films and television then have in-depth conversations…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E8: Calm Night w/Isaiah Evanson
Writer, Substacker, and friend of the pod Isaiah Evanson joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. The three of us have a great conversation about one…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E7: Evening Chat W/ Koltin Scott
Writer, Substacker, and friend of the pod Koltin Scott joins us at The Black Ibis Social Club this week. The three of us have a great conversation about the…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E6: Kevin Kautzman
Playwright and co-host of The Art of Darkness podcast Kevin Kautzman joins Phisto Sobanii and me in the hallowed halls of the exclusive Black Ibis Society to…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E5: Uncouth Barbarian
One of my favorite Substackers Uncouth Barbarian joins us on this episode where we discuss the idea of being elite, the grift associated with it, purpose in…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E3: Terrence Gideon
Writer and podcaster Terrence Gideon joins Phisto Sobanii and me in the hallowed halls of the exclusive Black Ibis Society to discuss his substack writing and…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E3: Librarian of Celaeno
Substack essayist Librarian of Celaeno joins The Black Ibis Social Club for the first episode of 2025. The three of us have a great conversation about Vivek’s…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E2: Brad Kelly
Author and Podcaster Brad Kelly joins Alexandru Constantin and Phisto Sobanii in the digital labyrinth for a great conversation about literature, the spiritual…
Black Ibis Social ClubS2E1: Sad Boy Party
Lisa Kuznak, Phisto Sobanii, and Alexandru Constantin kick off the second season of The Deceneus Review with a great conversation about a variety of topics…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 29: The End is the Beginning is the End
I look around, leaves are brown now, and the sky is a hazy shade of winter. This is it, the end of Season One. The Deceneus Review has gone on for 29 episodes…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 28: The Collapsing World
On this interesting episode recorded two days prior to the American election Ahnaf Ibn Qais, Phisto Sobanii, and Alexandru Constantin (oh hey thats me) chat…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 27: Dr. Monzo
Dr. Monzo, writer of the excellent Substack After the Hour of Decision, joined me in the digital studio for a wonderful conversation about everything from the…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 26: Pilum Press Crew
The Pilum Press crew, Founding Editor Swing Thoughts and Roundabouts and star author of Shagduk and Ursula of Ulm JB Jackson join Phisto Sobanii and myself for…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 25: Halloween 2024
You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of aural intellectual stimulation. Next…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 24: Six Novels
Inspired by Librarian of Celaeno’s recent post The Librarian of Celaeno’s Top 20 Book Recommendations, I decided to pull out my journals and make my own list…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 23: Queen of Cups
Sudana Krasniqi joins me and the always irreverent Phisto Sobanii Ah.E for an epic East Coast vs West Coast conversation. We spit magnificent about the…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 22: Hellene Redux
My boy Alexander Hellene, the honorable first guest and first Greek to grace this esteemed digital gathering comes back for a casual chat about all sorts of…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 21: Hardly Working with Caleb
On another fantastic episode of everyone’s favorite podcast author and Substacker Caleb Caudell joins me and Phisto Sobanii to talk about his new novel Hardly…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 20: Historical Illiteracy
Well, here we are, the 20th episode of The Deceneus Review. I couldn’t have done it without all of my great guests, permanent squatters, and fantastic…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 19: Belles & Beasts
I was going to write an essay on this subject but for some reason I just don’t have the energy and drive to sit down and write but I did get some new recording…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 18: Decay State
On another beautiful afternoon in South Carolina Phisto Sobanii and I are joined by Isaiah Evanson for another episode of the most interesting podcast on…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 17: TechnoGaijin Thoughts
After making it through a wet and windy hurricane I return to hosting Substack most cyberpsycosis inducing podcast with my ever present unofficially official…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 16: Neuromancing the Substack
Uploaded rawdog style straight into your neuroplexes the latest episode of Dogtown’s most infamous podcast has dropped like a piece of new Arasaka cybergear…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 15: Substackistanian Cyberpsychosis
Substack’s most eloquent and sophisticated podcast, The Deceneus Review, returns for another episode of Shirestackian discussion just in time for America’s…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 14: Incoming Substack Transmission
Substacks fastest growing and most intelligent podcast whose listeners are men and women of wealth and taste has adopted a weekly discussion format. From now…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 13: Shirestack Discourse
We are doing something different this week, something that might get adopted for good. When I started the podcast it was strictly a fun experiment, and I had…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 12: Phisto Sobanii
Educator, Commentator, and fellow Substacker known to all, joined me for a fantastic casual conversation about his role as a History teacher, education in…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 11: Neal Durando
Founder and Editor of Pilum Press, my favorite independent publisher, Mr. Neal Durando joins me for a fascinating conversation about literature, writing, the…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 10: Into the Dark Forest with Christopher Putnam
A special episode where and I recount our California hikes and the founding of this podcast. We talk philosophy, Byung-Chul Han, the digital hellscape, Billie…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 9: Sam Kahn
Writer, documentary producer, journalist, and outstanding Substacker joins me on this episode where we discuss the impact Substack has on independent writing…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 8: Caleb Caudell
Author joins me on this episode to talk about literature, music, the Midwest, and a bunch of other topics. Caleb’s recent book, Novelty: and other stories, is…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 7: JB Jackson
J.B Jackson is the author of one of my favorite novels, the fantastic Shagduk published by Pilum Press. He took time from his busy life of cataloguing dusty…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 6: Rachel Haywire
Episode 6, where I am joined by Rachel Haywire and we discuss her book The New Art Right, culture, music, movies and a lot of other interesting topics that we…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 5: Noah Rymer
This weeks guest is the writer, editor, and fellow Substacker and we discuss his short story collection Harvest and his novella Denounement, both fantastic…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 4: In the Miso Soup
"But what I did sense was an emptiness like a black hole inside of him, and there was no predicting what might emerge from a place like that." In today's…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 3: Mark Marlow
This week Author and Brother 33rd Degree Master of the Brotherhood of the Jackalope Mark Marlow called the Lowcountry studio so we can chat about his latest…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 2: Lisa Kuznak
After a well-received first episode with Alexander Hellene The Deceneus Review is moving forward with another great conversation with fellow independent…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 1: Alexander Hellene
Finally! The first official episode has arrived. Joining me in the exclusive studio, fellow author, substacker, flaneur, and aesthete, dropped in for a…
Black Ibis Social ClubEpisode 0: Introductions
Welcome to Episode 0 of The Deceneus Review. In this preliminary episode I go over the sociological concept of The Third Place and outline my goal for the…