Podcast Episodes

TMR 19.9: "The Dream of the Invention of the Memory, Etc." [THE REMEMBERED PART]

Veeeeekingdor!!!!! This week's episode is pretty wild, with stories of Riga FC, stoic faces, Fresán's visit to the University of Rochester, Kurt Vonn…

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TMR 19.8: "Notes for a Theory of the Fabric of Memory" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

Brian is back and Chad flubs the intro, so things are basically as they should be . . . They talk about fragmentation, big flawed double albums (and …

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TMR 19.7: "The Good Rememberer (A How-To Guide)" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

Former TMR guest Patrick Smith returns to discuss his reread of the first two volumes of the trilogy, how Fresán's writing inspires him, hanging on t…

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TMR 19.6: "The Impossibility of Painting with Watercolors in the Rain" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

Chad and Kaija break down the final bit of the first part of the third volume in Fresán's trilogy (phew), revisit the "is this difficult to read?" di…

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TMR 19.5: "The Burning Gaze of Vladimir Nabokov" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

Separated by 10 hours—like podcasting jet lag?—Chad and Brian work through some observations and rants (specifically about a shitty NY Times list of …

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TMR 19.4: "Read like Dracula and write like Frankenstein!" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

From Nobel Prize favorites to Proust to competitive cliques on the mountain, this week's episodes is almost as sprawling as the ex-writer's airplane …

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TMR 19.3: "DREAM + MEMORY = INVENTION" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

Kaija Straumanis pinch hits this week for a discussion about Lost, airplanes, the past and nostalgia, writers vs. narrators, autofiction, how hard it…

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TMR 19.2: "Now That Everything That Has To Happen Has Happened" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

And they're off! Brian and Chad start remembering all that they're supposed to remember about the first two volumes of the trilogy (green cows!) and …

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TMR 19.1: Where Are We At? [THE REMEMBERED PART]

Maybe not the most informative of recaps, but Brian and Chad discuss what the love about Fresán's writing, things they recall from the first two volu…

3 years, 2 months ago

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TMR Fresán Relisten Ep. 22: "The Dream Ends" [THE DREAMED PART]

Welcome to the Great Fresan Relisten of 2023! Over the next four weeks, we'll be reissuing an episode a day from the The Invented Part and The Dreame…

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Podcast Episodes

TMR 19.9: "The Dream of the Invention of the Memory, Etc." [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.8: "Notes for a Theory of the Fabric of Memory" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.7: "The Good Rememberer (A How-To Guide)" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.6: "The Impossibility of Painting with Watercolors in the Rain" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.5: "The Burning Gaze of Vladimir Nabokov" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.4: "Read like Dracula and write like Frankenstein!" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.3: "DREAM + MEMORY = INVENTION" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.2: "Now That Everything That Has To Happen Has Happened" [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR 19.1: Where Are We At? [THE REMEMBERED PART]

TMR Fresán Relisten Ep. 22: "The Dream Ends" [THE DREAMED PART]

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