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The unofficial podcast of literary misfits everywhere who want to engage with books of "substance" (

Episodes

Total: 108

Come explore existential despair, the hell of isolation, and the mad dash into oblivion with Nathan

Welcome to our episode on the novel Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann. David and Nathan wind their convers

Nathan and David continue their exploration of control with Waiting for Barbarians, a 1980 novel by

Our second episode on Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, and again David is joined by Seth from W.

In our first of two episodes on Thomas Pynchon's 1973 masterpiece Gravity's Rainbow, David is joined

Welcome all and sundry to the first episode of Season 2: Control.  Join us, David and Nathan, as we

Season 2 Books Announcement

2023/10/25

With the 100th episode behind us, and with Nick off exploring the world of dance music, David and Na

100 - End of an Era

2023/10/13

On this, our 100th episode, we answered some of your questions from our B.O.S.S. voicemail. Sadly we

Special Announcement

2023/9/14

Our 100th episode is coming up. And we want you to call in and leave us a message, ask us a question

On this episode, David is joined by reader and writer Derek Maine to discuss Baron Wenckheim's Homec

David, Eric, and Nick read Jon Fosse’s Melancholy I-II, a mid-90s Norwegian novel in two parts that

David is joined by Ross Benjamin, translator of Franz Kafka’s Diaries in its most authentic form to

We have (finally) found the lost time! It was inside us all along! Listen in as Nathan, David, and N

In this episode Nick is joined by Tom Comitta, aficionado of citational fiction and author of The N

In this episode Nick is joined by Bob Blaisdell, Professor of English at the City University of New

David, Nathan, and Nick continue on their expedition for misplaced minutes, this time tackling Marce

David, Eric, and Nick dive into The Vegetarian, a 2007 novel by Han Kang that, after its English tra

Nathan, David, and Nick tackle Sodom and Gomorrah, the fourth volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of

Seth — aficionado of difficult fiction and driving force behind WASTE Mailing List — joins the podca

David, Nathan, and Nick continue their journey through Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, this