Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:

Films/TV: Lost Highway (1997; dir. David Lynch)

Music: Elvis Hitler - Green Haze: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4FFgxJsjqkg

Books: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:

Films/TV: Aretha Franklin “Nessun Dorma” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sINjn9o0

Books: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:

Films/TV: Office Space (1999; dir. Mike Judge)

Books: The Declaration of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow; Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace; The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (watch the Hulu Miniseries Adaptation, as well)

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:

Books: Meet Me In the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman; 9/11 as Mass Ritual by S.K. Bains

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Animal_Disease_Center#Controversy

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:

Films/TV: We Live In Public (2009; dir. Ondi Timoner)

Music: Satan Is Real by The Louvin Brothers

Books: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami

“Postmodern Syllabus” (mentioned in My Dinner With Will and Kate): https://tildes.net/~books/rf7/if_you_had_to_teach_a_class_on_literature_what_books_would_you_put_on_your_syllabus

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Kate and Cody took advantage of the break to spend some time talking about one of their favorite artists, David Bowie. A wildly talented artist, Bowie's influence is wider reaching than many might have known. Whether you're a longtime fan of Bowie and his discography or you've never heard any of his music (you have, you just don't know it was him), we hope you enjoy our long overdue discussion on one of the most important musicians of all time.

Links to things mentioned:

Dissonance tour performance (Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4sP1CTuIjs

David Bowie and Placebo - “Without You, I’m Nothing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c14qMbmP9eg

Venture Bros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1X3vl8QMYk

David Bowie & Robert Smith (The Cure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krhzq6C1EBw

Flight of the Conchords - "Bowie": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8f_XCH3zmM

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In the latest Mapping the Zone bonus episode, Luke explores the world of Octavia E. Butler, with a particular emphasis on her Patternist series.

We'll be back on 12 April 2024 to begin our exploration of Bleeding Edge!

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Did you enjoy learning about books written by women in the modern literary landscape when Kate went on a long monologue about them several months ago? Have you potentially been pining for another installment ever since you heard the final dulcet tones of her voice tell you about Julia Armfield's masterpiece? No? Well, either way, she's done it again. Except now it's about OTTESSA MOSHFEGH, everyone's favorite social-media-propagated female author (the writer of this description does not acknowledge Colleen Hoover as a viable candidate for this title). Kate (who happens to be the writer of this description) hopes that her newest monologue on women in publishing, this time made with the aid of intensive allergy medication (she thought she had a cold, turns out her body's ability to withstand pollen is just terrible), is just as entertaining as all the others.If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better.

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In the latest Mapping The Zone bonus episode off the press, we welcome listeners to an introduction to the nonfiction book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published by Annie Dillard in 1975. As a non-plot-oriented work of narrative essay, feel free to kick off your work shoes and tune in without the looming spectre of spoilers.

Tasting notes: profound exploration of nature, contemplation of the roots of morality, river mud

Recommended pairings: social exhaustion, a long walk with a dog, unfiltered cigarettes

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