Hello, media consumers! Welcome to the January Issue. This month, Bryan and David come together to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Truman Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood’ being published by Random House. This episode is broken into four chapters, just like the non-fiction novel. Bryan and David start Chapter 1 by discussing Truman Capote himself, and how he was the podcast guest before there were podcast guests

They have a conversation about who is comparable to Capote in the modern age

why non-fiction with the style of fiction hits the reader the way it does

and why Capote wanted to combine these styles

In Chapter 2, the guys dive into the relationship between Capote and the killers of the Clutter family

Capote’s journalistic good luck

and his interviewing techniques

In Chapter 3, Bryan and David talk about what they made of ‘In Cold Blood’ after re-reading it

Truman Capote’s fabulism

and whether ‘In Cold Blood’ would have been as successful if Capote had said it was almost all true

In Chapter 4, Bryan and David take a look at the impact ‘In Cold Blood’ has had on the media

They discuss ‘In Cold Blood’ being the invention of true crime

and what the heirs of the book are

The January Issue ends with Bryan and David recommending other books you might like if you enjoyed reading ‘In Cold Blood’