The One Where We Read Tender is The Flesh

You’re Like, ”It Really Makes You Think—Not For Me...”

When the show was still A Reasonable Day, Alyssa and Kevin discuss Agustina Bazterrica’s best selling, award winning novel, Tender is the Flesh, a disturbing book centering around themes of cannibalism and capitalism.

Alyssa Savino is a writer, a pop culture enthusiast, and is "deeply Midwestern." Subscribe to her newsletter, Soft Earlobe, listen to her "mini-podcast" (often about snacks) Xylophone Break, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

Kevin Krein is a writer and host of the Anhedonic Headphones Podcast. His music writing (and some of his non-music writing) is on Anhedonic Headphones, or you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

Theme Music: 

"Your Type" (Instrumental), written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Wayne Hector, and Tavish Crowe; performed by Carly Rae Jepsen. 

Music Credits:

“The Hand That Feeds,” written by Trent Reznor; performed by Nine Inch Nails. With Teeth, Interscope, 2005.

“Meat,” written by Moriah Rose Pereira,Corey Michael Mixter, and Simon Wilcox; performed by Poppy. Choke, Mad Decent, 2019.

“Eat Your Young,” written by Andrew Hozier-Byrne, Daniel Tennenbaum, Stuart Johnson, Sergiu Adrian Gherman, Peter González Torres,Craig Balmoris, and Tyler Mehlenbacher; performed by Hozier. Eat Your Young, Columbia, 2023.

“Your Flesh is So Nice,” written and performed by Jeff Buckley. Sketches For My Sweetheart, The Drunk, Columbia, 1998.

“Jasmine” (Demo), written by Jai Paul and Anup Kumar Paul; performed by Jai Paul. Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones), XL, 2013/2019.

“Groceries,” written by Grace Shaw and Konstantin Kersting; performed by Mallrat. In The Sky, Dew Process, 2018.

“Le Jardin,” written by Sacha Got and Marlon Magnée; performed by La Femme. Paradigmes, Les Disques Pointus, 2021.

"Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood," written by Earl Simmons and Kasseem Daoud Dean; performed by DMX. Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, Def Jam, 1998.