Beste Three Percent podcaster (2024)

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TMR 22.7: "@CheapIllegalPeopleSmuggler" [Praiseworthy] 58:26

5d ago58:26

58:26

Talk of Australian cartoons—and not just Bluey—morphs into a look at several specific passages in Wright's Praiseworthy, discussion what makes the book "difficult" to read, the style of humor, what pushes us away from the text and then re-grabs out attention, and much more. This week's music is "Frontier Psychiatrist" from The Avalanches. You can f…

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TMR 22.6: "Nuisance Bugger Donkeys" [Praiseworthy] 1:00:21

16d ago1:00:21

1:00:21

Chad and Kaija make up this week's panel as they play the "Slang Game," then discuss the elliptical meta-structure of the book and how this impacts their reading and the book's effectiveness. They also discuss Sam Rutter's New York Times review of the novel, addressing the difficulties of discussing the workings of the text itself given the burden …

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TMR 22.5: "Maximum Superhero Cop-God" [Praiseworthy] 1:00:27

23d ago1:00:27

1:00:27

"Who's Stronger?" is the game of the week in this episode about the Maximum Superhero Cop-God's arrival in Praiseworthy to quell the frantic search for Aboriginal Sovereignty. There are lots of moths, discussion about acknowledging the land which we occupy as a good first step, and more about the difficult reality of life in this part of the countr…

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TMR 22.4: "Devotion to Off-Grid Religions" [Praiseworthy] 56:51

30d ago56:51

56:51

Emmett Stinson (Murnane) joins Chad W. Post and Kaija Straumanis this week to educate us about Australian culture and literature and things we should keep in mind while reading Praiseworthy. He also participates in a round of the world-famous trivia game: "Australian Baseball Player or Indigenous Australian Writer?" There is, of course, Bluey talk …

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TMR 22.3: "Tommyhawk!" [Praiseworthy] 45:11

1M ago45:11

45:11

This episode could be titled, "Dead Bodies in Water," as Chad and Brian talk about the unfortunate situation in Rochester and the juxtaposition of Absolute Sovereignity trying to drown himself while his brother, Tommyhawk!, watches, doing nothing to save him. There's also more talk about Bluey, but also the tone of the book, the nature of the life …

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TMR 22.2: "God Donkey" [Praiseworthy] 42:10

1M ago42:10

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From discussion of Ohio and disturbing news about everyone's favorite Australian export, this episode skirts talking too deeply about Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy (New Directions, And Other Stories, Giramondo) to discuss challenges of getting into particular books, what the purpose of this podcast is in trying to assist in that and get whatever it …

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TMR 22.1: "Kick the Haze in its Guts" [Praiseworthy] 1:00:27

2M ago1:00:27

1:00:27

The first episode of the new season of the Two Month Review—covering Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy (New Directions, And Other Stories, Giramondo)—start off with Chad crapping on golf, then rolls on into book design and books as objects, the pacing and rhythms of Wright's work, its humor, its orality, what ancillary information is beneficial, and how…

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TMR 21.8: "MOON IS A MENACE" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 44:53

3M ago44:53

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We've reached the end which, in Chad and Brian's opinion, Ed Park totally lands. There's Friday the 13th talk. Reagan makes an appearance. The structure of the book is revisited. As are all the ideas of mirrors and patrimony, assassins and conspiracy theories. Note: Information about the "Opening the Channel" translation and creative flow retreat b…

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TMR 21.7: "Taro Tsujimoto" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 49:49

3M ago49:49

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The threads all come together in this week's section as the book barrels toward its conclusion. On this episode, Chad describes his visualization of the book's structure, Tim Hortons and Dunkin Donuts get crapped on, 2333 gets a new meaning, the Moonies make an appearance, as does Ronald Reagan (boo, hiss), Philip Roth, and PDK. Also, a Sleeper Awa…

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TMR 21.6: "Interview with a Mirror" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 44:36

4M ago44:36

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Korean food, Grocery Games, VCR tapes, screenplays, gazebos, a thumb drive, Amsterdam, and the statement, "TRANSLATION IS A LONG CON." This week's music is "I'll Be Your Mirror" by Velvet Underground. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before anyone else, along wit…

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TMR 21.5: "A-Bomb Destroys Downtown Buffalo" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 51:51

4M ago51:51

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The connections proliferate and the threading together of the three sections continues. Interactive rights to 2333 are finally, properly sold; the mystery surrounding Echo grows; and The Buffalo Evening News brings the concept of "fake news" to a whole new level. That and more in this week's episode. This week's music is "Simulation Swarm" by Big T…

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TMR 21.4: "The Second Bae" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 43:11

4M ago43:11

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Brian's back and everyone is (mostly) healthy. They talk about Korean history, double (or triple) agents, the idea of history as coincidence or plot, North and South Korea, and more. This week's music is "Two States" by Pavement. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content …

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TMR 21.3: "Wildwording" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 1:20:18

4M ago1:20:18

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Protect yourself: There's a chance you'll catch Chad's illness simply by listening to this episode. An episode in which he tries to recap a number of elements of the book—the 2333 game, the louse, wildwording—to Kaija Straumanis amid coughing fits and a dissolving brain. He also shares the most bizarre dream he's ever had, which is something else. …

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TMR 21.2: "2333" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 45:14

4M ago45:14

45:14

From their respective hotel rooms, Chad and Brian talk about science fiction, 2/3/33 (and 2/6/66??), conspiracy vs. coincidence, Ohtani and Lee, the ASS black satchel, the assassinations we don't learn much about in high school, Hegemon, more KPG connections, and the (not great) alt-newspaper of the week. This week's music is "Something Soon" by Ca…

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TMR 21.1: "What Is History?" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 1:22:31

5M ago1:22:31

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Season 21 of the Two Month Review kicks off with a discussion of Taylor Swift and the demise of alt-weeklies, then segues into a long discussion about the opening party scene in Same Bed Different Dreams. Chad and Brian talk about what's real and not in both the party scene and the "Dream One" section about the Korean Provisional Government, and st…

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TMR 20.8: "Making It Up As We Goes Along" [MULLIGAN STEW] 50:48

6M ago50:48

50:48

Brian and Chad break down the ending of Mulligan Stew, discuss how this is one of maybe 2-3 endings by books featured on TMR that truly works, banter about possible titles for next season, get a little strange, and analyze what works and doesn't work about the AI generated jacket copy. (Oh, metaphors.) This week's music is "Web in Front" by Archers…

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TMR 20.7: "Ambidextriprestigigit!" [MULLIGAN STEW] 43:23

6M ago43:23

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Brian sings! Pynchon is made fun of! Lamont totally goes off the rails but really really really wants that corset! Rich art collectors are absurd! This week's music is Car Seat Headrest cover of "We Looked Like Giants." You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can support us at Patreon and get bonus content before any…

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TMR 20.6: "Nameless Shamelessness" [MULLIGAN STEW] 45:20

6M ago45:20

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Chad had a night before this recording, so ignore him, but pay attention to the worst possible smut you will ever hear read aloud (the Franzen bits are worse than Lamont's) and enjoy the laughs, the literary contortions, and the next chapter of Lamont's ongoing mental breakdown. This week's music is "U&ME" by alt-j. You can find all previous season…

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TMR 20.5: "Bubble in My Fizziness" [MULLIGAN STEW] 50:26

7M ago50:26

50:26

Wacky Aphorisms vs. Cowboy Clichés. A title change that indicates a change in attitude. A bizarre publisher's catalog. The Red Swan. More letters! This section of Mulligan Stew is jam packed with fun riffs, more evidence of the intricate construction underlying this book, paranoia, puzzle pieces, and anger. This week's music is "Bad, Bad Leroy Brow…

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TMR 20.4: "The Sweat of Love" [MULLIGAN STEW] 1:01:19

7M ago1:01:19

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"I SUCK!" Kicking off with an "erotic" "poem," this week's episode is nuts from the very start. There is a very serious explanation for the "Flawless Play Restored: The Masque of Fungo" (thanks to Tyrus Miller's piece in the Review of Contemporary Fiction), but this is surrounded by Nobel Prize talk, a breakdown of Lamont's incredibly cringey lette…

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TMR 20.3: "Drunken Condition of Both Teams" [MULLIGAN STEW] 41:52

7M ago41:52

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This section of Mulligan Stew is particularly wild, featuring a western populated by Irishmen speaking in bad accents (and worse accents in The Club Zap), a long rambling set of hypotheticals about why the police haven't arrived to find Ned's body (spoiler: Halpin hasn't called them), a drunken baseball game featuring famous authors and famous bran…

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Three Percent #191: Raymond Queneau 1:06:02

7M ago1:06:02

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To celebrate the first-ever English-language publication of Raymond Queneau's Sally Mara's Intimate Journal, and the reissue of Pierrot Mon Ami as a Dalkey Essential, Chris Clarke (whose retranslation of Queneau's The Skin of Dreams is forthcoming from NYRB) and Daniel Levin Becker (infamous member of Mujeres Encinta, member of the Oulipo, and auth…

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TMR 20.2: “THE ULTIMATE IN BIZARRE BEAUTY!!” [MULLIGAN STEW] 39:28

7M ago39:28

39:28

Loveletters galore! Lists without context! Repurposing life for fiction! More puzzles! Terrible book reviews! An insufferable, pretentious elementary school essay! This episode has it all—and more! (As Lamont would say.) This week's music is "All Your Fails" by Kevin Drew. You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and you can …

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Three Percent #190: John Barth 1:24:47

8M ago1:24:47

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In honor of two recent John Barth reissues—The Sot-Weed Factor and Chimera, both Dalkey Archive Essentials—John Domini (The Archeology of a Good Ràgu, The Color Inside a Melon, and this appreciation of Barth, among other works) and Max Besora (author of the intro to Sot-Weed Factor along with the very much Barth inspired The Adventures and Misadven…

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TMR 20.1: "Then You Do Not Approve of Nabokov?" [MULLIGAN STEW] 58:23

8M ago58:23

58:23

Chad and Brian kick off the new season in near hysterics over the first little chunk of Gilbert Sorrentino's Mulligan Stew. From talking about the rejection letters—and near batshit reader's report—prefacing the book, to all the bad writing about the "flawless blue" sky, to the ever-changing dialog tags in Anthony Lamont's detective novel, to the N…

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TMR 22.7: "@CheapIllegalPeopleSmuggler" [Praiseworthy] 58:26

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TMR 22.6: "Nuisance Bugger Donkeys" [Praiseworthy] 1:00:21

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TMR 22.5: "Maximum Superhero Cop-God" [Praiseworthy] 1:00:27

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TMR 22.4: "Devotion to Off-Grid Religions" [Praiseworthy] 56:51

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TMR 22.3: "Tommyhawk!" [Praiseworthy] 45:11

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TMR 22.2: "God Donkey" [Praiseworthy] 42:10

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TMR 22.1: "Kick the Haze in its Guts" [Praiseworthy] 1:00:27

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TMR 21.8: "MOON IS A MENACE" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 44:53

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TMR 21.7: "Taro Tsujimoto" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 49:49

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TMR 21.6: "Interview with a Mirror" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 44:36

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TMR 21.5: "A-Bomb Destroys Downtown Buffalo" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 51:51

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TMR 21.4: "The Second Bae" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 43:11

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TMR 21.3: "Wildwording" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 1:20:18

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TMR 21.2: "2333" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 45:14

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TMR 21.1: "What Is History?" [Same Bed Different Dreams] 1:22:31

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TMR 20.8: "Making It Up As We Goes Along" [MULLIGAN STEW] 50:48

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TMR 20.7: "Ambidextriprestigigit!" [MULLIGAN STEW] 43:23

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TMR 20.6: "Nameless Shamelessness" [MULLIGAN STEW] 45:20

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TMR 20.5: "Bubble in My Fizziness" [MULLIGAN STEW] 50:26

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TMR 20.4: "The Sweat of Love" [MULLIGAN STEW] 1:01:19

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TMR 20.3: "Drunken Condition of Both Teams" [MULLIGAN STEW] 41:52

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Three Percent #191: Raymond Queneau 1:06:02

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TMR 20.2: “THE ULTIMATE IN BIZARRE BEAUTY!!” [MULLIGAN STEW] 39:28

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Three Percent #190: John Barth 1:24:47

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TMR 20.1: "Then You Do Not Approve of Nabokov?" [MULLIGAN STEW] 58:23

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