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Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast

Thomas Pynchon books discussed here!

Each episode, we take a deep-dive into the book we are focusing on—we explore the references, characters, plot, and everything in between from a non-scholarly point of view. We are just four fans who love these books and can talk about them endlessly.

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163:58

Bleeding Edge: Chapters 10-12

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/05/03

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:Films/TV: Aretha Franklin “Nessun Dorma” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sINjn9o0Books: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas PikettyPynchon In Public Day is 08 May 2024. Feel free to send a picture to the Pynchon In Public Twitter page @pynchoninpublicAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram:

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185:48

Bleeding Edge: Chapters 7-9

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/04/26

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:Films/TV: Office Space (1999; dir. Mike Judge)Books: The Declaration of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow; Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace; The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (watch the Hulu Miniseries Adaptation, as well)Pynchon In Public Day is 08 May 2024. Feel free to send a picture to the Pynchon In Public Twitter page @pynchoninpublicAs always, thanks so much for

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153:22

Bleeding Edge: Chapters 4-6

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/04/19

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:Books: Meet Me In the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman; 9/11 as Mass Ritual by S.K. Bains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monsterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experimenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Animal_Disease_Center#ControversyAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram:

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158:09

Bleeding Edge: Chapters 1-3

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/04/12

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:Films/TV: We Live In Public (2009; dir. Ondi Timoner)Music: Satan Is Real by The Louvin BrothersBooks: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami“Postmodern Syllabus” (mentioned in My Dinner With Will and Kate): https://tildes.net/~books/rf7/if_you_had_to_teach_a_class_on_literature_what_books_would_you_put_on_your_syllabusAs always, thanks so much for

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68:04

Bonus Episode - David Bowie

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/04/05

Kate and Cody took advantage of the break to spend some time talking about one of their favorite artists, David Bowie. A wildly talented artist, Bowie's influence is wider reaching than many might have known. Whether you're a longtime fan of Bowie and his discography or you've never heard any of his music (you have, you just don't know it was him), we hope you enjoy our long overdue discussion on one of the most important musicians of all time.Links to things mentioned:Dissonance tour performance

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45:04

Bonus Episode - Octavia Butler's Patternist series

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/03/29

In the latest Mapping the Zone bonus episode, Luke explores the world of Octavia E. Butler, with a particular emphasis on her Patternist series.We'll be back on 12 April 2024 to begin our exploration of Bleeding Edge!

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32:46

Bonus Episode - Death In Her Hands by Otessa Moshfegh

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/03/22

Did you enjoy learning about books written by women in the modern literary landscape when Kate went on a long monologue about them several months ago? Have you potentially been pining for another installment ever since you heard the final dulcet tones of her voice tell you about Julia Armfield's masterpiece? No? Well, either way, she's done it again. Except now it's about OTTESSA MOSHFEGH, everyone's favorite social-media-propagated female author (the writer of this description does not acknowledge

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25:55

Bonus Episode - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/03/15

In the latest Mapping The Zone bonus episode off the press, we welcome listeners to an introduction to the nonfiction book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published by Annie Dillard in 1975. As a non-plot-oriented work of narrative essay, feel free to kick off your work shoes and tune in without the looming spectre of spoilers. Tasting notes: profound exploration of nature, contemplation of the roots of morality, river mudRecommended pairings: social exhaustion, a long walk with a dog, unfiltered

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36:16

Bonus Episode - INLAND EMPIRE

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/03/08

David Lynch gets about as much focus on this show as Pynchon himself (especially in the Vineland episodes), so it seemed right to do a bonus episode where Cody can finally get all of his Lynch obsession out and in the wild. While the first part of the episode is a sort of overview of Lynch’s filmography, the main focus is his most recent film, 2005’s INLAND EMPIRE. It’s a beautifully strange film by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, so let Cody ramble for half an hour about it and maybe he

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136:42

Bonus Episode - My Dinner With Kate and Will

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/03/01

What you're about to listen to is a completely improvised, free flowing discussion between two hosts of Mapping the Zone. This conversation was captured as a result of a STOP RECORD button not being pressed, and two literary obsessives finding themselves locked in one of the best conversations they've ever had. Side effects may include: laughter, groaning, expansion of knowledge, or scoffing at the sheer duration of time two people talked about a single subject. That being said, the hosts of the

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95:18

Vineland: Wrap-up with Seth from W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/02/23

We've come to the end of Vineland and spend this final episode of the season discussing our overall thoughts and feelings on the book. Joining us is Seth from W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List (links below) to share his experience on his most recent readthrough of Pynchon's overlooked, underappreciated 1990 novel.Seth's social media: https://linktr.ee/wastemailinglistAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram:

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207:12

Vineland: Chapter 15 (Part 2)

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/02/16

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:Films/TV: SLC Punk (1998; dir. James Merendino), Lost Highway (1997; dir. David Lynch), Clerks (1994; dir. Kevin Smith); We Live In Public (2009; dir. Ondi Timoner); Arrested Development (2003-2006)Music: Third stream jazzBooks: No other books came up this week, but do check out Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson and/or The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster. Follow us on Twitter to see what we’re reading from time to

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155:56

Vineland: Chapter 15 (Part 1)

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/02/09

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:Films: The Maltese Falcon (1941; dir. John Huston), Double Indemnity (1944; dir. Billy Wilder), Brick (2005; dir. Rian Johnson)Music: Portishead - Dummy (1994)Books: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Double Indemnity by James M. CainAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram:

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160:18

Vineland: Chapter 14

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/02/02

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968; dir. Stanley Kubrick), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992; dir. David Lynch)Music: The Smile - Wall of EyesBooks: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldEmail: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3DAs always, thanks so much for listening!

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194:27

Vineland: Chapter 13

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/01/26

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:YouTube: Maggie Mae Fish - The Surprising History of Hollywood Strikes: Blacklists, Labor, and the Mob - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07bwL0fiM1AFilms: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021; dir. Shaka King), Blue Velvet (1986; dir. David Lynch)Music: Frank Zappa (listen to all of it, but start with Apostrophe or Overnite Sensation)Books: A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune. An Oral History (Max Evry), If on

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172:49

Vineland: Chapter 12

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/01/19

Frank Zappa at the PMRC Senate hearings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgAF8Vu8G0wMaggie Mae Fish — Veterans After War | An Analysis of RAMBO + THE STRAIGHT STORY: https://youtu.be/HRnEjsdjtks?si=vx-3GvKgDqzNdx-0Movie/TV recommendations: The work of David Lynch — Eraserhead (1977), Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 1992, 2017), Lost Highway (1997)Music recommendations: Jaco Pastorius “Portrait of Tracy” (1976) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPsiuGcUniQReading recommendations: David Foster Wallace “David

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169:25

Vineland: Chapters 10-11

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2024/01/12

We're back from our brief break and ready to jump into the back half of Vineland. We get some more insight into Frenesi's past and her involvement with 24fps as well as her relationship with Brock. Speaking of, we get our first real scenes with Brock, showing just how awful he truly is.As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

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150:04

Vineland: Chapter 9 (Part 2)

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2023/12/29

Strap into the Puncutron, cue up your preferred accompaniment, and enjoy our discussion on the back half of Chapter 9—Thanatoids, towing conferences, and a whole lot of dense symbolism to get lost in! Make sure you stick around for some actually appetizing food discussion at Your Momma Eats and we’ll see you when we get back from our break!As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram:

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181:59

Vineland: Chapter 9 (Part 1)

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2023/12/22

Chapter 9 is quite expansive, both in its content and page count, so we split it into two parts. In the first half, we cover the events ending at DL and Takeshi's "encounter". So join us a we... get to the bottom of the giant footprint (among other topics of discussion) and come back next week for the thrilling conclusion of Chapter 9, in which DL, Takeshi, Prairie, Zoyd, Frenesi, and Weed Atman fight giant mecha-kaiju in a battle to save the planet!Please pre-order Brett Biebel's Mason & Dixon

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164:30

Vineland: Chapters 7-8

Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast ·

2023/12/15

There's so much food talk in this book that we could've turned this show into a food podcast dedicated to awful concoctions. Despite that, we found quite a bit of other conversational morsels to chew on regarding these chapters.Buckle up for next week, 'cause Chapter 9 is a long one!Please pre-order Brett Biebel's Mason & Dixon Companion: https://ugapress.org/book/9780820365831/a-mason-and-dixon-companion/As always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter:

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