Podcast Episodes

TMR 22.1: "Kick the Haze in its Guts" [Praiseworthy]

The first episode of the new season of the Two Month Review—covering Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy (New Directions, And Other Stories, Giramondo)—sta…

2 years, 4 months ago

TMR 21.8: "MOON IS A MENACE" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

We've reached the end which, in Chad and Brian's opinion, Ed Park totally lands. There's Friday the 13th talk. Reagan makes an appearance. The struct…

2 years, 5 months ago

TMR 21.7: "Taro Tsujimoto" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

The threads all come together in this week's section as the book barrels toward its conclusion. On this episode, Chad describes his visualization of …

2 years, 5 months ago

TMR 21.6: "Interview with a Mirror" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

Korean food, Grocery Games, VCR tapes, screenplays, gazebos, a thumb drive, Amsterdam, and the statement, "TRANSLATION IS A LONG CON."

This week's mu…

2 years, 6 months ago

TMR 21.5: "A-Bomb Destroys Downtown Buffalo" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

The connections proliferate and the threading together of the three sections continues. Interactive rights to 2333 are finally, properly sold; the my…

2 years, 6 months ago

TMR 21.4: "The Second Bae" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

Brian's back and everyone is (mostly) healthy. They talk about Korean history, double (or triple) agents, the idea of history as coincidence or plot,…

2 years, 6 months ago

TMR 21.3: "Wildwording" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

Protect yourself: There's a chance you'll catch Chad's illness simply by listening to this episode. An episode in which he tries to recap a number of…

2 years, 6 months ago

TMR 21.2: "2333" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

From their respective hotel rooms, Chad and Brian talk about science fiction, 2/3/33 (and 2/6/66??), conspiracy vs. coincidence, Ohtani and Lee, the …

2 years, 7 months ago

TMR 21.1: "What Is History?" [Same Bed Different Dreams]

Season 21 of the Two Month Review kicks off with a discussion of Taylor Swift and the demise of alt-weeklies, then segues into a long discussion abou…

2 years, 7 months ago

TMR 20.8: "Making It Up As We Goes Along" [MULLIGAN STEW]

Brian and Chad break down the ending of Mulligan Stew, discuss how this is one of maybe 2-3 endings by books featured on TMR that truly works, banter…

2 years, 8 months ago