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    Slow Learners

    Slow Learners

    Slow Learners

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    Length:
    18 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    A podcast about big books. Season One is devoted to a reading an analysis of Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow," and other issues directly related to the text.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 18 episodes

    Title

    Mailbag Time (Listener Qs, A'd)

    We open the ol' mailbag, which is really more of google voicemail inbox, to answer some...

    54 minutes
    		Mar 11, 2024

    APPENDIX - Is GRAVITY'S RAINBOW an autobiography? (W/ Albert Rolls)

    In this extra, bonus "appendix" episode, Asher lays out his theory of Gravity's Rainbow...

    65 minutes
    		Feb 20, 2024

    EP 13 - The Final Delta T (W/Gregory Marks)

    Covering Part 4: 12...The End. We take an elevator ride to the skies, reflect on "anarc...

    86 minutes
    		Jan 30, 2024

    BONUS - Weissman's Tarot (W/ Answers In Tarot)

    This week: before we head into the final stretch of Gravity's Rainbow, we stop to talk ...

    38 minutes
    		Jan 23, 2024

    EP 12 - Raketen Stadt Of Mind (W/ Jeffrey Severs)

    Covering Part 4: Chapters 7-11. We follow the Counterforce to a surprise dinner, reflec...

    74 minutes
    		Jan 16, 2024

    EP 11 - Shine On, You Crazy Sentient Lightbulb (W/ The Computerized Ghost of Harold Bloom)

    Covering Part 4: Chapters 1-6. We enter the fourth--and final!--part of the novel. We d...

    65 minutes
    		Jan 09, 2024

    EP 10 - Do You Believe In Magic? (W/ Matt Christman)

    Covering Part 3: Chapters 24-32. We exit THE ZONE. Many BIG THINGS are revealed about S...

    74 minutes
    		Jan 02, 2024

    BONUS - Slow Learners Advent Spectacular

    We're taking a short break until the New Year. But for all you true sickos, here's a sh...

    20 minutes
    		Dec 24, 2023

    EP 9: The Banana Imperium (W/Noah Kulwin)

    Covering Part 3: Chapters 13-23. Slothrop goes on a boat, and maybe has sex with a chil...

    60 minutes
    		Dec 19, 2023

    EP 8: Better Living Through Chemistry (W/Hamilton Morris)

    Covering Part 3: Chapters 6-12. Slothrop is reborn as "Rocketman," steals some hash, an...

    65 minutes
    		Dec 12, 2023