The Full Blossom of the Evening: A Podcast about David Lynch and Twin Peaks
Indigo and Hilary
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Broadcasting from the Bookhouse, Indigo and Hilary discuss motifs, allusions, and resonances across David Lynch’s work and Twin Peaks.
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DEC 2, 2025
Caspary's "Laura" and Otto's
Names like Jacoby and Lydecker come to Twin Peaks straight from Laura, the 1943 novel by Vera Caspary and 1944 film directed by Otto Preminger. Indigo and Hilary discuss thematic parallels between the stories of Laura Hunt and Laura Palmer.
89 MIN
OCT 6, 2025
The Glass Menagerie
Robert Engels intentionally referenced Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie when he added the blue rose to Twin Peaks' symbolism in Fire Walk with Me. Indigo and Hilary explore the implications of this allusion and discuss some of the reasons Engels may have felt compelled to link the world of Twin Peaks to the dreamy interiority of The Glass Menagerie. Read the play online here: https://hama-univ.edu.sy/newsites/humanities/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Glass-Menagerie-PDFDrive-.pdf
111 MIN
APR 29, 2025
Satoshi Kon & the Collective Dream
Called "Anime's David Lynch", Satoshi Kon cited Lynch as an influence, but some of his work seems to predict rather than reflect the themes of Lynch's films and Twin Peaks: The Return. Longtime Kon fan Indigo and neophyte Hilary discuss Kon's work through a Lynchian lens.
107 MIN
MAR 29, 2025
The Books of Fire Walk with Me
Laura Palmer interacts with two identifiable texts in Fire Walk with Me: William Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring and William Saroyan's The Human Comedy. Indigo and Hilary discuss the thematic resonances of both stories in the film and Twin Peaks. Thanks to Twin Peaks Blog for the investigations that led to this episode! https://twinpeaksblog.com/2025/01/02/twin-peaks-prop-laura-palmers-home-university-bookshelf-volume-5/
95 MIN
FEB 24, 2025
Psychic Self-Defense, with guest John Bernardy
Mark Frost cited Dion Fortune's occult classic Psychic Self-Defense as a source for terms and concepts woven into the Twin Peaks mythology. Indigo and Hilary are joined by John Bernardy of The Blue Rose Task Force Podcast to discuss everything from the creation of Artificial Elementals to the defensive capabilities of coffee and cherry pie.
114 MIN
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