Radio Free Lemuria

The post-WWII empire as a mosaic of incomprehensible power.

Artwork: Fresco of the Church of Saint John the Baptist of Huaro depicting the last judgement

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How has the very foundational concept of knowledge influenced the historical path that led us here?

David Patrick Gallagher joins me again in order to unpack this question in relation to Plato’s Theaetetus.

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David’s Info:His novel: https://ephesus.press/titles/spree/His online writing: https://slantedmagic.neocities.org/His Twitter: https://x.com/_Soup_65

Intro Music: xXGUCCI BAGXx and CAUGHT UP WITCHA by Noah Logan Burke (aka, Radio Free Lemuria)Outro Music: Saint James Infirmary by Louis Armstrong

Photo: Speaking of a society built on false truths spoken by powerful men...

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On equivalent, paradoxical, and ultraparadoxical conditioning in dogs, humans, and octopi.

Intro Music: xXGUCCI BAGXx and CAUGHT UP WITCHA by Noah Logan Burke (AKA Radio Free Lemuria)Outro Music: Saint James Infirmary by Louis Armstrong

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Is it better to believe you are a puppet, or to realize you are a cog?

This one is free! I’m going to start doing every other episode free/paid and eventually switch back over into (mostly) just paid ones, but I want to give people who don’t pay me a chance to listen to a few of these before deciding to subscribe.

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Nineteenth-century non-Marxist communists, pre-WWI fascists, large lymphatic masses (Richard Nixon?!), obscure Eastern European borders, cocaine, and the CIA managing governmental dreams.

And, a Guest!!! David Patrick Gallagher, author of Spree!, joins me to talk about the second half of Gravity’s Rainbow, Part 1, Chapter 2. Links for him posted below:

His novel: https://ephesus.press/titles/spree/

His online writing: https://slantedmagic.neocities.org/

His Twitter: https://x.com/_Soup_65

Anyways, yes... this is now a podcast. Join me in my adventures in becoming a podcast dude... I tried to deny it for the first two episodes, yet here we are.

Note: Decided to make this a free episode since it includes my first guest. Hope you all enjoy.

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Hi all! This is the first time I have separated anything out of the typical Pynchon essays. This project is going to be a podcast rather than mere addendums. I will largely be talking about Pynchon and especially Gravity’s Rainbow at first, but I will also eventually talk about more.

I have a lot to say and little time in my life to say it. Please feel f…

(Like last episode, this was before the Radio Free Lemuria idea came to light. Below is the original description).

Continuing my new more in depth musings on the early chapters of Gravity’s Rainbow. Talking more in depth here about Pirate’s dream of the end of the world and his place in the grand plot that is to emerge.

Sending this one out as a free audio post and will eventually change it. But I wanted all subscribers to know that this is something I’m doing now. Basically, if you didn’t see the last one, I started these because I find some of my early analyses of Gravity’s Rainbow to be mildly lackluster and just not as in depth as my later writing. So, I’m going for a more free form podcast style thing where I don’t have to dedicate so much time to writing and editing and can just ramble for a while. These will definitely have more depth but maybe less refinement since they’re unedited. It will be a feature for paid subs going forward. All regular postings will of course remain free.

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