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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Hilaritas Press podcast spotlights Robert Shea book

The new Hilaritas Press podcast released today with regular host Mike Gathers features Mike Shea and myself, discussing the new Robert Shea anthology.

Official blurb: "Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Mike Shea and Tom Jackson about the life of Robert Shea, and the new Robert Shea book, Every Day Is A GOOD Day, from Hilaritas Press in Episode 51 of the Hilaritas Press Podcast."

The podcast opens with Rasa's nifty animation of the book's cover. I thought it was a good episode when we recorded it -- not because of me, but because Mike Shea told so many good stories about his father. I thank the Mikes and Rasa for making this podcast happen. 

3 comments:

Eric Wagner said...

I look forward to hearing it. Bravo!

Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson) said...

I am still struggling to get the word out about this book. So if you happen to be on social media, I would appreciate a "share" on Facebook for Rasa's postings about the podcast, or an RT on X.com or Bluesky.

Spookah said...

I listened to the podcast yesterday, that was a lovely episode which complements the book well. Thanks to everyone involved!

One of the Mikes (probably Gathers) said that Tom Jackson must have collected a lot of Shea material that didn't make it into the book. But I wasn't sure if you, Tom, confirmed this or not, apart from saying that you tried to put in most of the essays that were somehow related to Illuminatus! So, was there a fair amount of stuff that did not make the cut? Maybe essays from No Governor?
I appreciate that you attempted to give a good overview of Shea's interests, be it anarchism, the process of writing etc.