IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, WE DISCUSS ONE OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE'S MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL ESSAYS, E UNIBUS PLURAM: TELEVISION AND U.S. FICTION. IN THIS ESSAY, DFW DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON FICTION, THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION AND LITERATURE, THE NATURE OF POSTMODERN ART AND FICTION, IRONY, METAFICTION, SOCIAL MEDIA, LONELINESS, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE. JOIN YOUR WORLD-CLASS, WORLD-FAMOUS, AND WORLD-RENOWNED HOSTS AS WE JUMP INTO THE BRILLIANT MIND OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE.

THE MIRROR TEST (MELISSA FEBOS)SOCIAL COMPARISON, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SELF-ESTEEM (VOGEL, ROSE, ROBERTS, & ECKLES, 2014)

LIBERTY MUTUAL COMMERCIAL

PEPSI COMMERCIAL

CHARLIE DAY MOUNTAIN DEW COMMERCIAL

FOUNTAIN (MARCEL DUCHAMP)

THE TREACHERY OF IMAGES (MAGRITTE)

LANGUAGE-PROCESSING MODELS TRAINED ON LANGUAGE-PROCESSING MODELS

THE CURSE OF RECURSION: TRAINING ON GENERATED DATA MAKES MODELS FORGET (SHUMAILOV ET AL., 2023)

WHY HAS CRITIQUE RUN OUT OF STEAM? (LATOUR)

IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB (WHICH IS, IN FACT, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS), WE DISCUSS ONE OF THE GREAT FRANZ KAFKA'S MOST FAMOUS STORIES: A HUNGER ARTIST. AS FAR AS KAFKA GOES, THIS STORY SEEMS RELATIVELY TAME: IT APPEARS TO BE A SIMPLE STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO IS DEVOTED TO FASTING, WHOSE ART IS NOT RECOGNIZED PROPERLY BY THE WORLD.

BUT THIS IS A KAFKA STORY AFTER ALL, AND YOUR HOSTS ARE WORLD-CLASS LITERARY ANALYSTS. WHAT DOES THIS STORY HAVE TO DO WITH FREUD AND MOMMY ISSUES? WHAT DOES THE NATURE OF FASTING HAVE TO DO WITH THE NATURE OF ART? AND WHAT HASANY OF THAT TO DO WITH BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM? PANTHERS?? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!!

LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS CONVERSATION AT [email protected]. WE READ ALL EMAILS!!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ELIOTT'S STUDY FROM THE OPENING SEGMENT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSES!!

PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY

I ENDED UP FASTING FOR 100 HOURS..WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

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SHOW NOTES:

A HUNGER ARTIST, PDF

FLY FROM HEAVEN (TOAD THE WET SPROCKET)

THE HUNGER ARTIST STOP MOTION (TOM GIBBONS)

ANGUS BARBIERI'S FAST

FEATURES OF A SUCCESSFUL THERAPEUTIC FAST OF 382 DAYS' DURATION

DIVISION OF PERCEPTUAL STUDIES (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)

THE CASE OF JAMES LEININGER

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING ALIGHTS ON EARTH WHOSE VERY EXISTENCE IS BEYOND CONCEPTION? AND WHAT IF ITS EXISTENCE IS MALICIOUS? OR WORSE, INDIFFERENT? JOIN JAKE AND I FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION OF ONE OF THE LEGENDARY H.P. LOVECRAFT'S MOST FAMOUS SHORT STORIES: THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE. IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE LANDING OF A METEOR...HOW DOES MODERNITY REACT IN THE FACE OF THE INEXPLICABILITIES WHICH FOLLOW? HOW MUCH DO YOU TRUST YOUR LOCAL DRINKING WATER? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT!

LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS CONVERSATION AT [email protected]. WE READ ALL EMAILS!!

SHOW NOTES:

THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (PDF)

WIDMANSTATTEN PATTERNS

SALVATOR ROSA LANDSCAPES

ST. ELMO'S FIRE

THE FLAMES OF PENTECOST

MICHIO KAKU ON UFOS

FORMER NAVY PILOT ON HIS UFO ENCOUNTER

UFO FOOTAGE

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EVERY EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB IS SPECIAL: BUT SOME EPISODES ARE MORE SPECIAL THAN OTHERS. THIS, DEAR LISTENER, IS ONE OF THOSE EPISODES. JOIN ELIOTT AND I AS WE DISCUSS JOSEPH CAMPBELL'S MYTH AND THE MODERN WORLD, THE FIRST CHAPTER OF CAMPBELL'S BESTSELLING BOOK (AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SERIES IN THIS HISTORY OF TELEVISION): THE POWER OF MYTH. WE DISCUSS A NUMBER OF TOPICS INCLUDING WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY, MYTHOLOGY IN THE MODERN WORLD, THE VALUE OF MYTHOLOGY, SOCIETY'S LACK OF SPIRITUALITY, THE NATURE OF RELIGION, PROBLEMS OF ACADEMIA AND SOCIETY, THE MYHOLOGICAL ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND WHOLE LOTTA OTHER DOPE ASS SHIT !! HANG THIS ONE UP IN THE BIG NATE HALL OF FAME: BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB AT ITS BEST.

IF YOU LIKED THIS CONVERSATION, ELIOTT AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING EACH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK ON MY PATREON: https://patreon.com/big_nate

LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS CONVERSATION AT [email protected]. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE VALUE OF MYTHOLOGY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LIVE IN A DEMYTHOLOGIZED WORLD? ARE MYTHS 'JUST' STORIES, OR IS THERE REAL VALUE THAT CAN GAINED FROM THEM?

THE POWER OF MYTH

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TODAY MARKS A HISTORIC DAY FOR BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB: IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS OUR FIRST WORK OF PHILOSOPHY, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A BAT? BY THOMAS NAGEL. IN THIS SEMINAL PAPER, NAGEL POSES ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN ALL OF PHILOSOPHY AND DISCUSSES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD. CAN CONSCIOUSNESS BE REDUCED TO THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN WHICH PRODUCES IT? IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF CONSCIOUSNESS? WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE? IN DISCUSSING THE PAPER WE ALSO TOUCH ON PANPSYCHISM, MONISM, THEORETICAL PHYSICS, AND...WHAT'S THAT? MYTHOLOGY?? TUNE IN FOR A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO SINGLE GREATEST MINDS THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN .

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ARE YOU A PHYSICALIST? PANPSYCHIST? MONIST? DO YOU THINK WE COULD EVER KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A BAT? LET US KNOW AT [email protected]

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A BAT? (PDF)

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WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, WHERE WE DISCUSS A CORE MIDDLE SCHOOL MEMORY FOR ALL U.S. CITIZENS: YOU GUESSED IT, TODAY WE ARE DISCUSSING THE LOTTERY BY SHIRLEY JACKSON--AND IT IS EVEN BETTER AND MORE FUCKED UP THAN YOU REMEMBER. TOUCHING ON THEMES OF RITUAL, HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY, MORALLY QUESTIONABLE TRADITIONS, AND THE MASTERFULLY CHILLING PROSE OF MS. JACKSON, JOIN US FOR A DEEP DIVE DISCUSSION OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SHORT STORIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND ALL OF LITERATURE.

LET US KNOW IF YOU HAD TO READ THIS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL, AND IF YOU DID, WHAT YOUR REACTIONS WERE AT [email protected]

THE LOTTERY (PDF)

SAINT STEPHEN (SPOILER)

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WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB WHERE I AM JOINED BY THE ONE AND ONLY JARED HENDERSON TO DISCUSS ONE OF THE GREATEST PHILOSOPHICAL STORIES OF ALL TIME: THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS, WRITTEN BY THE EIGHT-TIME HUGO AWARD WINNER, SIX-TIME NEBULA AWARD WINNER, AND TWENTY-FOUR-TIME LOCUS AWARD WINNER URSULA K. LE GUIN. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS THE NATURE OF UTOPIA, UTILITARIANISM, MYTHOLOGY, AND, OF COURSE, DOSTOEVSKY. WOULD YOU, DEAR LISTENER, WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT! 

LET US KNOW WHETHER YOU WOULD WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS AT [email protected], AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS.

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THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS, PDF

SUPPORT JARED

JARED HENDERSON (YOUTUBE)

JARED'S NEWSLETTER, THINKER

THE CLASSICAL MIND

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WELCOME OR WELCOME BACK TO BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB ! TODAY WE DISCUSS ONE OF BORGES' MOST FAMOUS SHORT STORIES: THE ALEPH. IT IS THE POINT WITHIN WHICH ALL OTHER POINTS ARE CONTAINED, AND ALSO FEATURES BORGES IN RARE COMICAL FORM. WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MARCEL DUCHAMP AND MODERN ART? JEWISH MYSTICISM? DON QUIXOTE? DON'T BE A CARLOS ARGENTINO: TUNE IN AND FIND OUT! 

THE ALEPH, PDF

MARCEL DUCHAMP'S FOUNTAIN

TRACEY EMIN'S MY BED

CRAIG DWORKIN'S FACT

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BIG NATE'S PATREON

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WELCOME OR WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, WHERE I AM JOINED BY THE ONE AND ONLY ELIOTT TO DISCUSS ONE OF THE GREATEST HORROR WRITERS OF ALL TIME: H.P. LOVECRAFT. IN THIS SEMINAL STORY WE DIVE INTO (OR RATHER ASCEND THE HEIGHTS??) OF CLASSIC LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR IN A MOST INSIGHTFUL, FRIGHTFUL, AND DELIGHTFUL DISCUSSION. TUNE IN AND SEE THE LIGHT ! 

LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS AS [email protected], AND BY THAT IS HOLY LEAVE A RATING !!

IN THE MEANTIME THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS.

THE OUTSIDER STORY

LOVECRAFT DRESSED AS LITTLE GIRL

THE EVE OF ST. AGNES (POEM FROM EPIGRAPH)

THE UNFINISHED OBELISK

FUCK WITH YA BOY

BIG NATE'S BOOK REVIEWS

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TODAY WE HAVE A *VERY* SPECIAL EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB. WHY SO SPECIAL? BECAUSE TODAY WE DISCUSS IN THE PENAL COLONY BY FRANZ KAFKA: QUITE POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE STORY BY KAFKA AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES OF ALL TIME.  DREAM-LIKE, HORRIFIC, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND RIPE FOR INTERPRETATION, BIG NATE AND ELIOTT GO HARD AS FUCK ON THIS HARROW-ING STORY OF KAFKA'S. WITH THE OLD COMMANDANT AS MY WITNESS, YOU WILL *NOT* WANT TO MISS THIS. LET US KNOW ANY THOUGHTS YOU HAVE AT [email protected].

ALSO FOR THE LOVE OF THE OLD COMMANDANT, LEAVE A RATING OUT HERE!!!

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS.

IN THE PENAL COLONY, PDF

THE CHROME PLATED MEGAPHONE OF DESTINY (THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION)

COLONY (JOY DIVISION)

PENAL COLONY (WOMEN)

BIG NATE STUFF

BIG NATE'S BOOK REVIEWS

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