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Against the Day: Ch. 45-47
Against the Day: Ch. 45-47
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Each episode, we take a deep-dive into the book we are focusing on—we explore the references, characters, plot, and everything in between from a non-scholarly point of view. We are just four fans who love these books and can talk about them endlessly.
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- Against the Day: Ch. 45-47 · 3 h 24 minFar from too soon, we rendezvous with Stray, in following Frank's happenstance ramblings among the rebels of northern Mexico. Similarly, across the sea, we catch up with Reef…
- Against the Day: Ch. 43-44 · 3 h 42 minAfter these last few episodes, it's starting to feel like these guys are the ones with their heads full of gas! At least this time they made it through more than the one chapter…
- Against the Day: Ch. 42 · 4 h 41 minAt last, somewhere rational, even on a map, Göttingen! What a lovely place to set the scene for romance for Kit, and to finally get to know the real star of the show, Yashmeen…
- Bonus Episode - Heather Parry · 1 h 16 minVisit Heather Parry's Substack (general observations on eggs): https://substack.com/@heatherparry If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider…
- Infinite Jest: "The Powdered Milk Fiasco" · 3 h 26 minNext episode: Pages 698-808 (ending at “...his face unspeakable”) If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we…
- Against the Day: Ch. 40-41 · 3 h 57 minThat—over there! Is it... the Q weapon? Wait, what's it do, anyway? What has the Hanseatic League got to do with a 20-sided die now? Where is Dally? Hold it, who is she kissing?…
- Bonus Episode: Adaptations (and The Odyssey... a bit) · 1 h 19 minWe like to talk, so we thought we'd record ourselves yapping about the Christopher Nolan adaptation of The Odyssey (and adaptations in general). If you like what we're doing and…
- Against the Day: Ch. 38-39 · 3 h 19 minWhile the lines have been set since the first pages of this novel, it seems some of our hosts feel it's only recently fully caught wind in its sails, and the lot of them seem…
- Infinite Jest: "I always end up finding more than I thought I would" · 3 h 24 minAnother month means another 100ish page section of Infinite Jest! This month features uncomfortable hugs, uncomfortable drugs, Randy Lenz being the absolute worst, Michael…
- Against the Day: Ch. 36-37 · 2 h 45 minFor the first time, listen to the crew of your fair show abdicate their preferred fine-toothed approach! Is it fair? You be the judge! Are you offended? Tell us! Engage! Engage…
- Against the Day: Ch. 34-35 · 3 h 46 minIf you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and…
- Against the Day: Ch. 32-33 · 3 h 22 minAfter some much-needed psychic rehabilitation, the whole crew is back together, and like Lindsay and the other Chums reuniting, we're diving in deep straight off the bat. Things…
- Infinite Jest: Il ne faut plus qu'on pursuive le bonheur · 2 h 35 minHow is a book this long, still this good, this far in? Gately gets a job, Marathe and Steeply converse and wax philosophical, and a young JOI helps his dad move a mattress. Put…
- Infinite Jest: "Like Last Time, Only Moreso" · 3 h 9 minNext episode: Pages 410 - 503 (ending at “This was how I first became interested in the possibilities of annulation.”) If you like what we're doing and want to support the show…
- Bonus Episode - Billy Woods "Hiding Places" · 1 h 1 minFinally wrapping up our hiatus episodes, Will is back, and he's stirring the pot again. Inside, listeners will find a lyrical brief on billy woods & Kenny Segal's Hiding Places…
- Bonus Episode - The Franchiser by Stanley Elkin · 51 minIf you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and…
- Bonus Episode - R.A. Lafferty · 34 minOn this week's bonus episode, Luke discusses the short stories, novels, and life of R.A. Lafferty. Give it a listen? Yeah, you should. If you like what we're doing and want to…
- Bonus Episode - Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (w/ Sara Marcus) · 1 h 15 minIn the first of our series of bonus episodes in-between parts 2 and 3 of Against the Day, we talk with Sara Marcus about her 2010 book about the Riot Grrrl movement. We discuss…
- Infinite Jest: "I just need to put the book down and go for a walk" · 3 h 43 minIt's a beautifully tragic series of scenes we get with this section of the book. While this is some of the best writing in the novel, thus far, it's also tremendously upsetting…
- Slow Learner: Low-lands · 1 h 15 minIf you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and…
