Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast

Next episode: Pages 809 - 902 (ending at “I was impossible to knock down.”)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneIf you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:Film/TV: Short Cuts (1993; dir. Robert Altman), Boogie Nights (1997; dir. Paul Thomas Anderson), Black Dynamite (2009; dir. Scott Sanders)As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Merch: mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.comShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

Far from too soon, we rendezvous with Stray, in following Frank's happenstance ramblings among the rebels of northern Mexico. Similarly, across the sea, we catch up with Reef, who runs into Ruperta, and each scene lays our hosts ready for such lovely conversation about the characters and lush surroundings... What more could you want?Next episode: Ch. 48-49 (661-693)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Spreadshop: https://mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.com/Editing/production by MaxShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

After these last few episodes, it's starting to feel like these guys are the ones with their heads full of gas! At least this time they made it through more than the one chapter, but, crud, The Slow and the Stupefied is on later, might have to cut it off if they spend too much longer on this 'historical context'. Fewer mathematicians, more jelly doughnuts, puh-leeze! Why do I bother even complaining at this point...Next episode: Ch. 45-47 (p. 637-653)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Spreadshop: https://mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.com/Editing/production by MaxShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

At last, somewhere rational, even on a map, Göttingen! What a lovely place to set the scene for romance for Kit, and to finally get to know the real star of the show, Yashmeen. Oh, o-oh. Never mind. Is it all just history and math, now? Wow. Great job, with the "podcast dedicated to books" there.Next episode: Ch. 43-44 (p. 605-637)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Spreadshop: https://mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.com/Editing/production by MaxShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

Visit Heather Parry's Substack (general observations on eggs): https://substack.com/@heatherparryIf 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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezonehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/salmons-run/id6789264747As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Spreadshop: https://mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.com/Editing/production by MaxShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

Next episode: Pages 698-808 (ending at “...his face unspeakable”)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/

That—over there! Is it... the Q weapon? Wait, what's it do, anyway? What has the Hanseatic League got to do with a 20-sided die now? Where is Dally? Hold it, who is she kissing? Ugh, my head. Pairing recommendation: an NSAID Next episode: Ch. 42-43 (p. 589-615)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneIf you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:Books: M. Son of the Century by Antonio ScuratiTV: Mussolini: Son of the Centuryhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/salmons-run/id6789264747As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Spreadshop: https://mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.com/Editing/production by MaxShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

We like to talk, so we thought we'd record ourselves yapping about the Christopher Nolan adaptation of The Odyssey (and adaptations in general).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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Spreadshop: https://mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.com/Editing/production by MaxShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

While the lines have been set since the first pages of this novel, it seems some of our hosts feel it's only recently fully caught wind in its sails, and the lot of them seem pleased as punch. What that means for you, dear listener, is plenty of history, of course! Really, what would you do without us?Next episode: Ch. 40-41 (p. 557-588)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezonehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/salmons-run/id6789264747As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Editing/production by MaxShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com

Another month means another 100ish page section of Infinite Jest! This month features uncomfortable hugs, uncomfortable drugs, Randy Lenz being the absolute worst, Michael Pemulis being close to the absolute worst, and more backstory than you can shake a large wooden spoon ideal for eating granola with at.Next episode: Pages 601 - 698 (ending at “She could barely stand to think about them, even at the best of times, which the present was not.”)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.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneIf you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:Books: The Chaos Machine by Max FisherFilm/TV: The Wire (HBO)As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/Merch: mapping-the-zone.myspreadshop.comShow art by Brad Wetzel: @bradspersecond (on IG and Reddit) bradspersecond.com