Jest Friends

Jest Friends

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Jest Friends episodes

  • Episode 20: The End of the Tour

    This week we close out the podcast for good with a viewing of the 2015 film THE END OF THE TOUR, starring Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace. 

    Thanks everyone who listened to our show! 

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli 

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    47 min
  • Episode 19 (Page 902 - THE END OF THE BOOK!)

    After more than a year of reading, recording, and agonizing over this book, we have finally finished INFINITE JEST, and our only remaining question is... what? 

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    Next week: We watch "The End of the Tour" and give our final thoughts!

    1 hr 42 min
  • Episode 18 (Pages 851 - 902)

    We're speeding headlong to the finale, but taking a little time to let some relationships grow. Also, Ortho Stice gets stuck to some glass! 

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli 

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    Next week's episode: Page 902 - THE END OF THE BOOK!!!

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 16 (Pages 755 - 809)

    Thank god for Molly Notkin! We get some answers from some surprising places, along with some intimate character moments and a whole lotta Kevin. 

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli 

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    Next week's episode: Pages 809 - 851

     

    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 15 (Pages 716 - 755)

    A (deceptively) short and sweet section this week as the pace picks up in a distinctly DFW fashion and the author starts to tip his hand. 

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli 

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    Next week's episode: Pages 755 - 809

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 14 (Pages 666 - 716)

    This week, our characters dig deep, whether in the tunnels beneath ETA or into their own tragic backstories. Plus, some amazing letters from listeners!

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli 

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    Next week: Pages 716 - 755

    1 hr 21 min
  • Episode 13 (Pages 601 - 666)

    We get our most action-packed section of the book yet, as Gately and the Ennet house crew come to blows and Steeply recounts a tragic addiction in his family. 

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli 

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    Next week's episode: Pages 666 - 716

    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 11 (Pages 491 - 550) - with Aaron George

    The Jesters are joined by a special guest for the first time! Aaron George stops by to move mattresses, undergo a humiliating check-up, and the horrifying reason Randy is always walking home from NA meetings. 

    Hosted by Woody Ciskowski, Mikayla Nicholson, and Steve Guntli 

    Logo by Steve Guntli 

    Next week's episode: Pages 550 - 601

    1 hr 14 min

About Jest Friends

From the publisher's feed

Have you ever tried to read a challenging book and given up along the way? So have we; that's why we started this podcast, to help us work through David Foster Wallace's baffling masterpiece "Infinite…