Podcast Episodes
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TMR 28.3: "This Perhaps Demented Karmology Hustle" [Vineland]
A bit of a digressive episode in which Brian, Kaija, and Chad discuss expectations and excitement, why Vineland is considered a “lesser” book of Pync…
10 months ago
![TMR 28.2: "A Sort of Esalen Institute for Lady Asskickers" [Vineland]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/172788009/486ea5731e324f1f4919d940448d904b.jpg)
TMR 28.2: "A Sort of Esalen Institute for Lady Asskickers" [Vineland]
On this week’s episode, Chad, Kaija, and Brian discuss chapters 6–8 of Pynchon’s Vineland, three very episodic chapters featuring Frenesi and her fam…
10 months, 1 week ago
![TMR 28.1: "They Love it When You Owe Money" [Vineland]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/172174758/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 28.1: "They Love it When You Owe Money" [Vineland]
Our six-week discussion of Pynchon’s Vineland kicks off with a bang as Brian, Chad, and Kaija are joined by Rodrigo Fresán (author of Melvill, Mantra…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
![TMR 27.8: "A Border, Gentlemen, Is For Crossing" [Tomb of Sand]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/171567094/4bf91cb0d295961183f7628ae1f92423.jpg)
TMR 27.8: "A Border, Gentlemen, Is For Crossing" [Tomb of Sand]
Daisy Rockwell joins the gang this week to talk about her translation, the challenges and joys of translating Tomb of Sand, its structure, what “dhwa…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
![TMR 27.7: "She, The Child, The Buddha" [Tomb of Sand]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/170982036/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 27.7: "She, The Child, The Buddha" [Tomb of Sand]
At long last we learn of Ma’s connection to Pakistan and Rosie, and the stories behind the Buddha featured in Part II and the chironji seeds. Chad, K…
11 months ago
![TMR 27.6: "The Calculus Gets Scrambled" ["Tomb of Sand"]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/170311774/cee8687d9a142e5d99b1c80aa2fb65c5.jpg)
TMR 27.6: "The Calculus Gets Scrambled" ["Tomb of Sand"]
With Brian still settling in to his new digs, Chad and Kaija are left to take on the most unsettling section of Tomb of Sand so far—the death of Rosi…
11 months, 1 week ago
![TMR 27.5: "Translation Isn't Easy" [Tomb of Sand]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/169764010/3d18bb2b3e72a329a3006fd3e3d33b99.jpg)
TMR 27.5: "Translation Isn't Easy" [Tomb of Sand]
Chad and Kaija go it alone this week, so there are a few more inside jokes than usual. (And a nod to the brilliant Knowledge Fight podcast.) But they…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
![TMR 27.4: "Rag-Tag Shoulder Sack-Toting Gang" [Tomb of Sand]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/169250638/3c4dd29f6e152c353c8ccc09e0f4d1a0.jpg)
TMR 27.4: "Rag-Tag Shoulder Sack-Toting Gang" [Tomb of Sand]
After a blissful, quiet time in which Ma and Rosie Bua turn junk into Etsy projects, the chaos descends on Beti’s house—and the missing Buddha is fou…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
![TMR 27.3: "And She Begins to Make Music" [Tomb of Sand]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/168568027/1021ebb333ce7dce89cc0072cc515fb9.jpg)
TMR 27.3: "And She Begins to Make Music" [Tomb of Sand]
This week, Chad, Brian, and Kaija discuss their various reactions to the end of Part I and opening of Part II. They also revisit the idea of “meeting…
1 year ago
![TMR 27.2: "I Am the Wishing Tree" [Tomb of Sand]](https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3210907/post/167989112/0abbb551232cef5bafd99a07501876e5.jpg)
TMR 27.2: "I Am the Wishing Tree" [Tomb of Sand]
A lot of this week’s discussion is about “meeting a book where it is” and looking at the literary strategies Geetanjali Shree & Daisy Rockwell use in…
1 year ago