WE'RE BACK! After a long illness, Drew returns to the zoom stage and helps Lauren to heartily welcome certified Knausgaard expert Professor Claus Andersen to the pod for an extremely, almost disconcertingly, on-topic episode. 

itemization:

0:00 - molasses cookies; Boston trauma; struggle mug plug (preorder yours today! link to store)

31:40 - we welcome Claus; gnomes; Lauren's dumb q's about scandi colonial history; Sweden’s covid response

53:33 - why is norway such a literary powerhouse; Knausgaard family history; Knausgaard publication history; Knausgaard finances

1:28:40 - Geir Angell Øygarden homosocial relationship; portrayal of Linda; 'V' structure of Book 2

1:40:40 - form/formlessness of My Struggle

1:59:00 - more dumb q's about scandi stereotypes

2:14:20 - why knausgaard late to fapping

Thank you so much to Claus for sharing his knowledge with us and gamely answering our dumbest questions! We look forward to having him back on soon. 

Wishing you a happy this holiday season ~ our struggle team