Kate and Fuzzy are reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and talking about it.
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13 - I Guess It Wasn't Infinite Because It Ended (pg 908-981)
<ul> <li>The first explainer for the ending of the book that Kate reads in the episode was <a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/ijend">What Happens at…
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12 - Gaudeamus Igitur (pg 802-907)
<p>We went ahead and read 1.5 weeks&#8217; worth to get back on track.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_John:_A_Book_Abo…
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11 - Just an Endnote (pg 728-801)
<ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble_(psychology">Greebles</a>) are fascinating</li> <li>We speculated about the au…
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10 - Half the Reading, All the Talking (pg 686-727)
<p>This week is a special minisode, just a half-week segment on the <a href="http://infinitesummer.org/archives/168">Infinite Summer Reading Schedule</a>…
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9 - Some Rustling in the Background (pg 612-685)
<ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocken_spectre">Bröckengespenstphänom</a></li> <li>Fuzzy&#8217;s review of <a…
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8 - An Imaginary Nuclear Process (pg 538-611)
<ul> <li>OK, so there&#8217;s a 2012 audiobook of <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Infinite-Jest-Audiobook/B007P00API">audiobook of Infinite Jest…
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7 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect (pg 465-537)
<p>Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li>Tay Zonday&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA">Chocolate Rain</a> and the cl…
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6 - Challenging the Audience (pg 391-464)
<p>A shorter episode than we&#8217;ve been doing so far, and a shocking reveal two-thirds of the way through the podcast. Are there any show notes? Not really. We still h…
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5 - Get Into It (pg 317-390)
<p>Show notes: * Kate mentioned reading two articles about women reading DFW: <a href="https://electricliterature.com/men-recommend-david-foster-wallace-to-me/"&…
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4 - F the Endnote (pg 243-316)
<p>We&#8217;re not broken yet, but we&#8217;re a little bowed.</p> <ul> <li>An <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/david-fo…
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3 - Things Can Be Enthralling (pg 169-242)
<p>Week 3&#8230; wasn&#8217;t that bad. We do have some content warnings this week: there&#8217;s talk of suicide and drug addiction.</p> <p>Show note…
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2 - A Critical and Unkind Eye (pg 95-168)
<p>We did it! We started the book and came back for a second week anyway!</p> <p>Because we&#8217;ve recorded a few more than we&#8217;ve released, I ment…
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1 - How Do We Want to Do This? (pg 1-94)
<p>We got started! This week we read pages 1 to 94 of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316066524/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=…
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0 - Foreword, As It Were
<p>Before we dive into this thing, Kate and Fuzzy thought we should introduce ourselves.</p> <p>&#8220;This thing&#8221; being a reading of <a href=&qu…