On this episode, we discuss various stories found in Jorge Luis Borges' "Fictions," and in the process might have created a labyrinth of our own. In thinking about what many “boom” writers of Latin America were playing with in their fictional work, we draw upon Kafka, parallel universes, and some other-worldly music (made on Garage Band) to help us out. Some of the highlighted stories are "The Garden of Forking Paths," "Death and the Compass," "The Library of Babel," and "The Aleph," (taken from a different collection of short stories).

In our third episode, we take on Ernest Hemingway's memoir in a conversation about the genre of memoir, saudade and the fiction of memory.

In our third episode, we take on Ernest Hemingway's memoir in a conversation about the genre of memoir, saudade and the fiction of memory.

The second installment of our podcast, The Casual Academic (As I Lay Reading). Alex and Jake make their way through the dank murky waters of meaning in A Country Doctor, In the Penal Colony, A Report to an Academy, and touch on some other stories. It's all very Kafkaesque.

NOTE: There is a noticeable improvement in sound quality and from here on out should involve no echo or static. However, there were one or two rough edits. We're still learning. Thanks for any constructive feedback and we are looking forward to your comments.

The second installment of our podcast, The Casual Academic (As I Lay Reading). Alex and Jake make their way through the dank murky waters of meaning in A Country Doctor, In the Penal Colony, A Report to an Academy, and touch on some other stories. It's all very Kafkaesque.

NOTE: There is a noticeable improvement in sound quality and from here on out should involve no echo or static. However, there were one or two rough edits. We're still learning. Thanks for any constructive feedback and we are looking forward to your comments.

Our flagship entry into the world of podcasting. Our first episodes covers dangerous obsession and cholera outbreaks in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice.

NOTE: First podcast. The sound quality isn't optimal but the following episodes are of much better quality for your ears. Appreciate all comments and constructive criticism.

WARNING: All the recording, music, editing and rampant speculation is of our own doing, for better or for worse.

Our flagship entry into the world of podcasting. Our first episodes covers dangerous obsession and cholera outbreaks in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice.

NOTE: First podcast. The sound quality isn't optimal but the following episodes are of much better quality for your ears. Appreciate all comments and constructive criticism.

WARNING: All the recording, music, editing and rampant speculation is of our own doing, for better or for worse.