In this inaugural episode of Mapping the Zone, our hosts introduce themselves and discuss a few topics to provide some insight into who they are and what they love about the subject of this podcast, Thomas Pynchon. Also discussed is what listeners can expect of the show going forward and which of Pynchon's books they will discuss first. Email: mappingthezonepod@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D
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=k33sINjn9o0 Books: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty Pynchon In Public Day is 08 May 2024. Feel free to send a picture to the Pynchon In Public Twitter page @pynchoninpublic As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: mappingthezonepod@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D
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 @pynchoninpublic As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: mappingthezonepod@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D
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_Monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Animal_Disease_Center#Controversy As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: mappingthezonepod@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D
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 Brothers Books: 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_syllabus As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: mappingthezonepod@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D