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Discovering Apu – Episode 107

Posted May 5, 2020 • 00:15:42

We need to have a discussion about Apu. (Three years late is better than never). Note: I accidentally said Southeast Asian instead of South Asian in...

DFW12 “Infinite Jest” (461-503) #ThursdayswithDFW – Episode 106

Posted May 1, 2020 • 00:38:16

A highly visual, auditory, and informative section of IJ today. The AFR is deadly. RIP Lucien. Correction from DFW11: Footnote 304 explains that members...

Beckett and Brecht – Episode 105

Posted April 28, 2020 • 00:09:14

An overview of my two favorite playwrights, Samuel Beckett and Bertolt Brecht. -- Episode on The Road: https://didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net/2020/03/24/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy-episode-97/ Beckett...

Productivity – Episode 104

Posted April 18, 2020 • 00:18:42

My obsession with productivity, and how I've dealt with the issue of productivity through minimalism, organization, and in regards to podcasting and...

DFW11 “Infinite Jest” (418-461) #ThursdayswithDFW – Episode 103

Posted April 18, 2020 • 00:47:18

A discussion of the general themes of ability/disability and cleanliness to help us continue through this intermediary point in the text. Correction:...