Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast
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Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast
Each episode, we take a deep-dive into the book we are focusing on—we explore the references, characters, plot, and everything in between from a non-scholarly point of view. We are just four fans who love these books and can talk about them endlessly.
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Bonus Episode - One Battle After Another
Once in a lifetime, a moment comes around, and one has with the latest film from auteur director Paul Thomas Anderson! We take that moment to assess t...
Against the Day: Chapter 20
A spot of smoky rooms and heavy drapes suits us as finely as they do Lew, and somehow the more obscure the corner of history referred to by the couple...
Against the Day: Chapter 19
With how things have gotten so real these past few eps, it's time to see what Lew's been up to in cheery old Inglund! These chaps, Nigel and Nuisance...
Against the Day: Chapter 18
This week we wander through Jeshimon and track Reef as he rescues his father's harried remains from the just yet supernatural decay they'd have suffer...
Against the Day: Chapters 16-17
Checking in on the Traverse household, things are looking ... somber. As happy as the hosts are to all be present and accountable, the mood is somewha...
Against the Day: Chapters 14-15
The Harvard-Yale game brings us by vector analysis to rearrive upon the scraggly isthmus of Long Island. The tales of Vibes are much rehearsed, wooing...
Against the Day: Chapters 12-13
As with the Chums from the center of the Earth, we return from temporary distraction, and yea, what hath time wrought? What did this planet itself cra...
Against the Day: Chapter 11
We are thrilled to finally return to Against the Day and we are finally covering Part II - Icelandic Spar! We had planned on covering Chapters 11 and...
Bonus Episode - Alex Pheby
If you've listened to this show for any amount of time, you've probably heard Cody mention the Cities of the Weft trilogy by Alex Pheby, a phenomenal...
Bonus Episode - David Foster Wallace (w/ Johan Harstad)
We're back (kind of) with a bonus episode covering David Foster Wallace—his life, his work, and why you should (or shouldn't) read his work. Joining u...
Slow Learner: Introduction & The Small Rain
We're going to be covering the short stories in Slow Learner after each section of Against the Day, as we are going through that. This episode we disc...
Bonus Episode - Talkin' It Up with Johan Harstad
After discussing Part One of Against the Day, we spent some time talking with our guest, Johan Harstad, about whatever came to mind—the music of Hüske...
Against the Day: Part One - The Light Over the Ranges (w/ Johan Harstad)
We've reached the end of The Light Over the Ranges, the first part of Against the Day! We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Johan Harstad, Norwegi...
Against the Day: Chapter 10
Woo-hee! finally, we cover some real ground. Back on the Inconvenience, the Chums are bickering and splitting within themselves, while here on land ou...
Bonus Episode - David Lynch
With the recent passing of one of our favorite filmmakers, David Lynch, Kate and Cody sit down to talk about the impact of his work on our lives.
Against the Day: Chapter 9
This week in Mapping the Zone: Movement appears stalled. Not only do we remain with the Traverse household, but the only motion to be found is that of...
Against the Day: Chapter 8
Having made our way to the Rockies, now is the time to dismiss doubts as to what purposes Webb might intend. Not much travel along traditional coordin...
Against the Day: Chapter 7
Well, folks, the Chums have flown away, and our cartographers are stuck on ground duty. Don't feel too broken up, though! While the vertical may be ab...
Against the Day: Chapters 4-6
While the Chums made landfall last episode, that descent wasn't even the half of it. In this week's ep, we go deeper into the world staging the Columb...
Against the Day: Chapters 1-3
Zounds! It's time to take flight with those loveable scamps, The Chums of Chance and head for the extravagent World's Fair!
Join us on our journ...
Bonus Episode - Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down by Ishmael Reed
Come one, come all, gather to hear of the tale of the Loop Garoo Kid and his travails through the Western wasteland as depicted within the covers of I...
Bonus Episode - Kefahuchi Tract trilogy by M. John Harrison
This week on Mapping the Zone, Luke leads us through a discussion of M. John Harrison's Kefahuchi Tract trilogy. The trilogy is comprised of the novel...
Bonus Episode - The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
In the newest installment of Kate's bonus episodes, she has turned away from her ordinary method of covering new voices in fiction written by women to...
Bonus Episode - The Red Handler by Johan Harstad (translated by David Smith)
In this week's bonus episode, Cody discusses the metafictional, post-noir detective novel The Red Handler—simultaneously a love letter to and hilariou...
Bleeding Edge: Wrap-up with @Byron's Glowing Filament
We've finished another Pynchon book and convene once more to talk about Bleeding Edge; this time in its entirety. We're joined by Andrew, better known...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 40-41
We apologize in advance for some audio issues which presented themselves after we had finished recording. We've done our best to clean them up and mak...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 37-39
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 34-36
The article mentioned by Luke: “Hallowe’en? Over Already?” https://x.com/Ethelmer77/status/963687634483793920?lang=en
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 31-33
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Music: Mitch Hedberg - Mitch All Together, T...
Bonus Episode: Fear and Loathing in America by Hunter S. Thompson
We are off this week, so Kate has recorded a reading of Fear and Loathing in America by Hunter S. Thompson, taken from his "Hey Rube" column for ESPN...
Bonus Episode: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow
We're off this week, so Kate has provided a reading of John Perry Barlow's 1996 article, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.
As alw...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 28-30
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Films/TV: The Thin Man; In the Toilet (fan m...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 25-27
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Films/TV: Archive 81(Netflix)
Music: B...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 22-24
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Films/TV: Primer (2004; dir. Shane Carruth);...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 19-21
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Films/TV: Spaced (1999-2001)
Music: Selected Ambient...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 16-18
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Films/TV: Lost Highway (1997; dir. David Lynch)
Music...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 13-15
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 10-12
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Films/TV: Aretha Franklin “Nessun Dorma” https://www.youtub...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 7-9
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Films/TV: Office Space (1999; dir. Mike Judge)
Books:...
Bleeding Edge: Chapters 4-6
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Books: Meet Me In the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman; 9/11 as Ma...