Welcome back! We had planned to get to page 95 this week, but another long endnote leapt out of the bushes at us! Norma and Vvinni slogged bravely onward to page 95, while Andrew and Brianna cut their losses and stopped at page 85. This week's topics of discussion include:

Watch: “The Funniest Joke in the World” from Season 1/Episode 1 (“Whither Canada?”) of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)

For next week, we'll read up through page 109.

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Vvinni's paintings: Instagram.com/CardboardVv

For an astounding second week in a row, the gang meets up to talk about Infinite Jest! We had planned to get to page 78 today, but we ran into an enormous endnote, so we stopped at page 68 instead.

This week's topics of discussion include:

Watch: Sidney Peterson's The Cage (1947)

For next week, we'll read up through page 95.

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Vvinni's paintings: Instagram.com/CardboardVv

We're actually doing it: Andrew and Brianna are joined by their friend Vvinni and Andrew's mom Norma, as they begin the gargantuan task of reading and discussing Infinite Jest.

Next week, we'll settle in and discuss pages 50–78.

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Vvinni's paintings: Instagram.com/CardboardVv

Andrew's films: agingerich.com

We went back and recorded this mini-episode when we were a little more than halfway through the book because we realized our first episode didn't do a great job of introducing us or what you could expect from the podcast. Welcome! This podcast is a book club where we read and talk about Infinite Jest, the 1996 novel by David Foster Wallace. It's a book about tennis, experimental film, depression, addiction, experimental tennis, global politics, recovery, and a few other things.

[based on the University of Michigan LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative's list of potential trigger warnings]

Our first episode starts with pages 1–49 of the paperback edition.

Have you read Infinite Jest, or have you tried to read Infinite Jest? Let us know: anchor.fm/small-clever-rooms/message

You can also reach us by email at [email protected], and we're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @smallcleverpod.

Brianna's website: BriannaKratz.com | Brianna's Infinite Jest timeline

Vvinni's painting Instagram: @CardboardVv | Vvinni's films: vimeo.com/henceforth

Andrew's videos & writing: agingerich.com | Andrew's film photography Instagram: @CoffeeStopFix