This is an experiment. We are attempting to turn our book club Zoom calls into a podcast series. We will be reading, discussing, and dissecting Infinite Jest, written by David Foster Wallace. This group is comprised of mostly repeat readers of the novel, so spoilers may abound. Addendum- We are rolling now. Try as we may, inevitably we will skip over parts that you may have found noteworthy, or we may screw up entirely! Feel free to let me know what you think, but be kind please, this is a hobby
What is happening? Who's there? Are you on drugs?
A small break from working through the book to talk about some big picture stuff. Which probably doesn't matter?
Don Gately lays on the bed and thinks or dreams and about things. And regrets
Infinite Jest, Wallace, endnotes
And other assorted tall tales
This will be the last episode of season 2. Season 3 is coming soon!
It's Mario hour!
Yup. We're still doing this
We get in the weeds a little bit as we discuss Infinite Jest from page 706
Kevin and I are joined by Tim Eastwood to talk about dicks, mostly. But also, the big picture
'You just never quite occurred out there, kid.' Say less Can't
Shit is getting deep
Hal almost lost and Steeply's Dad likes M*A*S*H
Orin's afterglow includes a wheelchair and a bald spot, Gately recognizes JvD as Madame Psychosis, and the student engineer learns to ski....
As we continue our reread of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, we discuss Lenz and Green, Avril and JW, Arslanian, and more!!
We continue on with a shorter episode. Thanks for joining and/or sticking with us. 'Out, Out ___' https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53087/out-out
We discuss Infinite Jest, specifically the Antitois', 60's/80's Bob, weed, Canadians, drugs, and not drugs. And mattresses and puke.
Another show, the penultimate of Season 1. Thank you everyone. I'm going to try to utilize this space more. And write my thoughts less. 'The dolphin, probably it swam about and did this, I think.'Â Father's First I and II He'd admit it's like a dark vestige of his old low-self-esteem suicidal-thrill behaviors. He doesn't have a license, it's not his car, it's a priceless art-object car, it's his boss's car, who he owes his life to and sort of maybe loves, he's on a vegetable-run for shattered husks of newcomers just out of detox whose eyes are rolling around in their heads. He couldn't for the goddamn life of him understand how this thing worked, this thing that was working. It drove him bats. And his dreams late that night, after the Braintree/Bob Death Commitment, seem to set him under a sort of sea, at terrific depths, the water all around him silent and dim and the same temperature he is. Bukowski poem(s) poetryverse.com/charles-bukowski-poems/all-the-love-had-which-was-not-enough
We're back. We're talking. I'm not sure that we've figured out, but we keep trying to make heads, tails, and sides of Infinite Jest, a book Dave wrote.
Another episode of a conversation discussing Infinite Jest. Thanks for your questions and comments!
Boston AA is unlike AA anywhere else? Our re-read of Infinite Jest continues. Thanks for your continued support
Eschaton, Marathe and Steepley and way more!
Ever wanted to spend an hour and a half discussing an end note? No, me either. We did it anyway.
In this episode we talk a lot about Orin, balls, family, and more!
After a brief layoff we are back at it. We talk some Ennet House, some drugs, some recovery, and some nonsense
Just a check in to let you know we didn't quit! 4/20, bicycle day, etc
We are now at a point in the book beyond where most books stop being books. Today we talk a little bit about the Brothers Incandenza, wheelchair surveillance methods and more!
We discuss Infinite Jest today, spending some time with Joelle and the locker room boys, among others.
We move fearlessly on discussing Infinite Jest. Thanks for listening!
We kinda went off the board with this one, starting with a quick recap of our reading from episode 5, specifically w/r/t the 1960 garage scene. After that, Liz and I went back to the beginning to discuss the start of the novel, as our previous attempt did not record. Enjoy! Any questions or comments, feel free to reach out on Instagram to InfiniteJestBookClub or PoorYorickBookseller
Keep coming back, don't quit before the miracle happens, etc
In this meeting we focus on Marathe and Steeply in the desert and the ETA boys engaged in locker room highjinx. Thanks for the feedback, and for listening. Subscribe, rate, review, and please tell a friend!
This is the third meeting of our book club group's discussion of Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace. In this episode we tackle things from Gately to Gompert, Hamlet to Himself. Please feel free to leave feedback, and subscribe to continue the journey with us. Spoilers abound
Thank you one, both, or all for tuning in. This audio is pulled from a Zoom call, and I hope that the quality is acceptable at best. As we learn more about the podcasting process, invariably, the audio quality as well as the content should improve. Despite any flaws, we feel that this content fills a void in the Infinite Jest scholarly world. More episodes to follow
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