Pynchon in Public Podcast

In which we say dankeschön for listening to our show and let you know about some future events.

04.14: Gravity’s Rainbow

In which we take a look back at the entirety of Book Two of Gravity’s Rainbow.

We’ll be back soon with our discussion of Book Three. Stay tuned!

04.13: Gravity’s Rainbow

In which we continue our discussion of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow with a look at sections seven and eight of Book Two.

04.12: Gravity’s Rainbow

In which we continue discussing Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow by examining episodes five and six of Book Two.

Note: Given that our panelists hail from all about the globe, sometimes various types of electromagnetic feedback and/or interference can produce a less-than-ideal sound-quality. Sorry about this.

Note on that Note: We’re not entirely sure that this phenomenon is wholly ascribable to electromagnetic forces. In other words, we know They might be up to Their usual tricks.

04.11: Gravity’s Rainbow

In which we continue our discussion of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow by looking at sections three and four of Book Two.

04.09: Gravity’s Rainbow

In which we take a look back at the first book of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, “Beyond the Zero.”

04.08: Gravity’s Rainbow

In which we continue our analysis of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow with episodes nineteen through twenty-one.

04.06: Gravity’s Rainbow

In which we look at episodes fifteen and sixteen of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow.

03.09: The Crying of Lot 49

A final capstone discussion of The Crying of Lot 49.

In which we say everything there’s left to say…or at least we say a lot. Some of it may even bring some meaning to the text as a whole. Some of it might just wander around San Narciso all night pointing continually to itself. You’ll just have to listen to find out.

And if you stick around to the end, there’s the first-ever Pynchon in Public Podcast Trivia Segment!

03.08: The Crying of Lot 49

In which we discuss the final chapter of The Crying of Lot 49.

Oedipa, with the help of a Warfinger scholar, digs into the history of the Trystero. As the people and things in her life gradually fall away, she finds herself in a fugue. The last bit of her former lover, Pierce, who set her upon this quest, goes up for auction. It is there that she faces the crying of lot 49.