Episode 32: Greg Carlisle

One of the best companion pieces to David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" is Greg Carlisle's "Elegant Complexity", which summarizes Wallace's ponderous tome. On today's episode, we talk about what inspired Carlisle to write this book and how to best approach Wallace's opus.

Episode 32 of the The MC Lars Podcast podcast, hosted by MC Lars, titled "Episode 32: Greg Carlisle" was published on April 8, 2019 and runs 92 minutes.

April 8, 2019 ·92m · The MC Lars Podcast

Summary

On today's podcast, I sat down with Greg Carlisle, a theater professor at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. I was playing a show in Lexington, so I rented a car and came to visit him. We talked about what inspired him to write his "Elegant Complexity" book, a companion piece to David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest". In this episode, we speculate on why "Infinite Jest" is so populary, and like a Sierpinski triangle, try to fill in the unknown parts of the mysterious plot of Wallace's book. A great talk with a brilliant teacher and writer - thanks Greg!Special Guest: Greg Carlisle.

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