Pynchon Pals - a podcast about finally reading Thomas Pynchon
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Join co-hosts and good friends Patrick Fiorilli, Andrew Tillett, and Duri Long as they talk through, break down, and identify exciting new recipes from the works of one of American literature's foremost figures. Support us at patreon.com/PynchonPals
Katje finding the film reels at "The White Visitation" like: This and other trenchant observations are in Pynchon Pals Episode 28: In which, thanks to several tangents, the pod’s “temporal bandwidth” goes wild! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
We talked about the hilarious and -- dare we say -- incisively Pynchonian COYOTE VS. ACME for September's Patreon Bonus Pod. Give it a listen here: www.patreon.com/PynchonPals/...
Today in unexpected Pynchon/Kojima connections! Listen to Pynchon Pals Episode 27: In which we drive like a demon from station to station… to station to station (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.19-3.20): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
A bunch of demonic figures gathered in the bowels of an otherworldly petrochemical complex to worship semi-liquefied psychosexual human suffering? Is Blicero's "Castle" in the Black Lodge? Find out in Pynchon Pals Episode 26! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
Out, not today, but yesterday in fact, it's Episode 25: In which the Pynchon Pals disagree about what Thomas Pynchon’s best pun is from this week’s reading (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.12-3.14)! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
Join us as we encounter maybe our favorite sequence across Pynchon's books so far! Listen to Episode 24: In which, of all the fantastical buses out there, magic-school or cat-shaped, we had to end up on THIS one (Gravity’s Rainbow Episode 3.11): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
Pynchon Pals is now available on YouTube! We're in the process of uploading our back episodes, but all of our discussions of V. are up now. (Note that this does NOT mean we're becoming a video podcast -- you don't need to watch us frantically flipping through pages) youtu.be/F4ufgp8gfk0
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July's Bonus Episode! We talk about 1933's King Kong -- and also kinda about 2005's King Kong, and also a little bit about 2024's Godzilla x Kong. Oh, and about Thomas Pynchon, too. Listen here: www.patreon.com/PynchonPals/...
A little past our actual solstice, Pynchon Pals' latest episode gets all Midsummer-y! Listen to Episode 23: In which meet die ganze kaputte Bande und/y la dotación enferma: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
Look! Looming in the sky -- why, it's a new Pynchon Pals! Listen to Episode 22: In which one sequence, at least, is pretty straightforward (Gravity's Rainbow Episodes 3.3-3.5): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
Does anyone know how to beat the train level where Slothrop has to escape the drunken Americans in the V-2 factory? Is there a cheat code you can use? Listen to Episode 21: In which the Pynchon Pals write a limerick (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.1-3.2) here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
Animated gif from the video game Donkey Kong Country showing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong jumping a speeding minecart across broken tracks.
Alt: Animated gif from the video game Donkey Kong Country showing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong jumping a speeding minecart across broken tracks.
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Things get loony as we watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for this month's bonus pod and ponder ideas like casting Miss Piggy as Oedipa Maas in a Muppets Crying of Lot 49! Support us for $5 a month to listen here: www.patreon.com/PynchonPals/...
Like a giant moray eel leaping at you when you'd least expect, it's a new episode of Pynchon Pals! Listen to Episode 20: In which Patrick uncovers the Pynchon-Star Wars connection (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 2.6-2.8) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
Also our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode for May is available! We watch 3 documentaries about the V-2, featuring everything from primary source interviews to made-for-tv reenactments, and have a great time talking through Gravity's Rainbow's relationship with history: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
This episode sets a record high PSI (Pynchon per square inch). Listen to Episode 19: In which this book is sort of like The History Channel meets The Great Mouse Detective meets Severance meets Riverdale meets Dumb and Dumber (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 2.3-2.5): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Tyrone Slothrop pulling up to the Riviera like Listen to Pynchon Pals Episode 18: In which Patrick finally finds an excuse to do his Jimmy Stewart impression (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 2.1-2.2) here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Pictured, your brain cells reading Thomas Pynchon. Now live: Episode 17: In which we tour Mr. Pynchon's Mysterious Society for Peculiarly Gifted Bureaucrats (Gravity's Rainbow Episodes 1.17-1.21). Listen here: redcircle.com/shows/3c4720...
pynchon pals doesn't support sports betting but if it did we'd be all in on pavlovian for obvious reasons
New for Patreon subscribers! We have a great time talking through Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space, a zany riff on The Crying of Lot 49's "woman caught in a postal conspiracy" plot. Maybe the adaptation that best captures Pynchon's vibe? Find out: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
Oop, late post -- but our latest Gravity's Rainbow episode went up yesterday. Listen for dodos, candy, and Christmas spirit! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Thomas Pynchon, circa 1974: The Wisconsin delegate for the Pulitzer committee says he hates the book! Do you think I'll ever win the Prize? His buddy: You? Never. Did the “Kenosha” kid? Listen to the new episode of Pynchon Pals! redcircle.com/shows/3c4720...
This is a nutria! You can learn more about them in our first episode on Gravity's Rainbow! Listen to Episode 14: In which the Pynchon Pals, in their arrogance, thought they could talk through more of the book in three hours (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 1.1-1.7) now: redcircle.com/shows/3c4720...
Woo! Paul Thomas Anderson! One Battle After Another! And if YOU would like to listen to one PODCAST after another -- all about this mysterious "Thomas Pynchon" PTA keeps shouting out, give us a listen at pynchonpals.com! We're reading every Pynchon novel -- in release order -- for the first time.
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Conspiracies are, if not unravelled, then at least tugged at in Pynchon Pals Episode 13: In which we wonder, what if this book was, like, six times as long? (The Crying of Lot 49 Ch. 6). Listen here: redcircle.com/shows/3c4720... See y'all in London, 1944, next time!
![Detail of The Annunciation, an oil painting by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, from around 1434–1436. Via Wikipedia: "The picture depicts the Annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she will bear the son of God (Luke 1:26–38). The inscription shows his words: AVE GRA PLENA ('Hail, full of grace...').[1] She modestly draws back and responds, ECCE ANCILLA D[OMI]NI ('Behold the handmaiden of the Lord').[2] The words appear upside down because they are directed to God and are therefore inscribed with a God's-eye view. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit descend to her on seven rays of light from the upper window to the left, with the dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit following the same path; "[t]his is the moment God's plan for salvation is set in motion. Through Christ's human incarnation the old era of the Law is transformed into a new era of Grace"."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r67c7wkr5laig7sdvrtflxtr/bafkreidayj7a3ikev4cpaxr3pxdjgy5ehrc2ujydsxscik7nfpfhs4md5y)
We're in the home stretch for the Crying of Lot 49! Listen now to Episode 12: “In which the Pynchon Pals retell Platonic dialogues and Porky Pig cartoons” (The Crying of Lot 49 Chs. 4-5) redcircle.com/shows/3c4720...
Pynchon Pals' first Patreon-exclusive bonus episode is up! We watched Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER (2012) and talked about its relationship with V.. Kilroy, is that you? www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
Can we talk about the mail? We've been dying to talk about the mail. Pynchon Pals finally hits The Crying of Lot 49! Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: redcircle.com/shows/3c4720...
strong Benny Profane vibes from Cooper Hoffman in these promo shots for the new Gregg Araki movie -- did we nail the fancast? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
It's Pynchon Pals' V. Q+A episode! Thank y'all so much for all the great questions -- we had a blast answering them, and we can't wait to jump into The Crying of Lot 49 in a couple of weeks. Also, we have an exciting announcement! redcircle.com/shows/3c4720...
