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Infinite Jest - “A Space For Very Wet Activities”

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Against the Day: Ch. 45-47

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Against the Day: Ch. 43-44

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Against the Day: Ch. 42

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Bonus Episode - Heather Parry

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Infinite Jest: "The Powdered Milk Fiasco"
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Against the Day: Ch. 40-41

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Bonus Episode: Adaptations (and The Odyssey... a bit)

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Against the Day: Ch. 38-39

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Infinite Jest: "I always end up finding more than I thought I would"

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Against the Day: Ch. 36-37

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Against the Day: Ch. 34-35

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Against the Day: Ch. 32-33

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Infinite Jest: Il ne faut plus qu'on pursuive le bonheur

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Infinite Jest: "Like Last Time, Only Moreso"

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Bonus Episode - Billy Woods "Hiding Places"

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Bonus Episode - The Franchiser by Stanley Elkin

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Bonus Episode - R.A. Lafferty

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Bonus Episode - Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (w/ Sara Marcus)

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Infinite Jest: "I just need to put the book down and go for a walk"

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Slow Learner: Low-lands

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Against the Day: Part 2 Wrap Up (w/ Brett Biebel)

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Infinite Jest: "Mmmyellow?"

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Against the Day: Ch. 30-31

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Against the Day: Ch. 29

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Infinite Jest: Eating Granola With A Large Wooden Spoon

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Infinite Jest: Eating Granola With A Large Wooden Spoon (v 2.0)

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Against the Day: Ch. 28

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Infinite Jest: Wherein We Begin By Beginning

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Against the Day: Chapter 27

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Against the Day: Chapter 26

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Best Reads of 2025

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Coming in 2026...

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Against the Day: Chapters 24-25
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Against the Day: Chapters 22-23

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Shadow Ticket (for real this time)
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Shadow Ticket: Spoiler Free review
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Against the Day: Chapter 21

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Bonus Episode - One Battle After Another

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Against the Day: Chapter 20

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Against the Day: Chapter 19

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Against the Day: Chapter 18

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Against the Day: Chapters 16-17

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Against the Day: Chapters 14-15

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Against the Day: Chapters 12-13

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Against the Day: Chapter 11
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Bonus Episode - Alex Pheby

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Bonus Episode - David Foster Wallace (w/ Johan Harstad)

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Slow Learner: Introduction & The Small Rain

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Bonus Episode - Talkin' It Up with Johan Harstad

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Against the Day: Part One - The Light Over the Ranges (w/ Johan Harstad)

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Against the Day: Chapter 10

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Bonus Episode - David Lynch

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Against the Day: Chapter 9
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Against the Day: Chapter 8

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Against the Day: Chapter 7

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Against the Day: Chapters 4-6

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Against the Day: Chapters 1-3

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Bonus Episode - Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down by Ishmael Reed

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Bonus Episode - Kefahuchi Tract trilogy by M. John Harrison

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Bonus Episode - The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

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Bonus Episode - The Red Handler by Johan Harstad (translated by David Smith)

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Bleeding Edge: Wrap-up with @Byron's Glowing Filament

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 40-41

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 37-39

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 34-36

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 31-33

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Bonus Episode: Fear and Loathing in America by Hunter S. Thompson

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Bonus Episode: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 28-30

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 25-27

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 22-24

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 19-21

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 16-18

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 13-15

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 10-12

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 7-9

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 4-6

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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 1-3

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Bonus Episode - David Bowie

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Bonus Episode - Octavia Butler's Patternist series
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Bonus Episode - Death In Her Hands by Otessa Moshfegh

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Bonus Episode - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

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Bonus Episode - INLAND EMPIRE

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Bonus Episode - My Dinner With Kate and Will

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Vineland: Wrap-up with Seth from W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List

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Vineland: Chapter 15 (Part 2)

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Vineland: Chapter 15 (Part 1)

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Vineland: Chapter 14

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Vineland: Chapter 13

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Vineland: Chapter 12

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Vineland: Chapters 10-11

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Vineland: Chapter 9 (Part 2)

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Vineland: Chapter 9 (Part 1)

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Vineland: Chapters 7-8

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Bonus episode - The Deadly Sins/Sloth; Nearer, My Couch, To Thee
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Vineland: Chapters 5-6

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Vineland: Chapters 3-4
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Vineland: Chapters 1-2

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Bonus Episode - Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

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