The Infinite Library Podcast
@infinitelibrarypod.bsky.social
A podcast transcending the boundaries of genre and literature while traversing the boundaries of life and death. Semper Books!
Hosted by John and Ben
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Hosted by John and Ben
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The Summer Season of the Infinite Library starts this Tuesday with an episode on the first two parts of Roberto Bolaño’s “2666”!
Join Ben and John for some unconventional beach reads!
Join Ben and John for some unconventional beach reads!
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“The face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the memory of many things, both glad and sorrowful.”
September 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“The face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the memory of many things, both glad and sorrowful.”
Our first episode on The Lord of the Rings is out! Ben and i had so much fun that we ended up having to split this one. Fellowship of the Ring, Part 2 will be out next week! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 09/23/2025 · 1h 54m
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September 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Our first episode on The Lord of the Rings is out! Ben and i had so much fun that we ended up having to split this one. Fellowship of the Ring, Part 2 will be out next week! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
This week, we close out the Sunmerof Bad Vibes with Don DeLillo’s “Libra”. Listen now to hear John and Ben get to the bottom of this whole JFK assassination thing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 09/09/2025 · 2h 13m
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September 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This week, we close out the Sunmerof Bad Vibes with Don DeLillo’s “Libra”. Listen now to hear John and Ben get to the bottom of this whole JFK assassination thing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
This week, returning champ Molly Tanzer @mollytanzer.bsky.social joined John and Ben to discuss “The Master and Margarita”! And this time, she brought a friend: Melissa (aka MK Sauer) came along to help us understand some of this book’s distinctly Russian motifs
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 08/26/2025 · 2h 10m
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August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week, returning champ Molly Tanzer @mollytanzer.bsky.social joined John and Ben to discuss “The Master and Margarita”! And this time, she brought a friend: Melissa (aka MK Sauer) came along to help us understand some of this book’s distinctly Russian motifs
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The Infinite Library is for the queens
It’s our Pride Month Special 🌈🦄🏳️🌈Ben and I had a great time queening out and talking about Michał Witkowski’s “Lovetown”, a fascinating novel about gay life in Soviet-era Poland.
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 06/03/2025 · 1h 46m
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June 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Infinite Library is for the queens
Buenos Dias, Book Heads! For our summer season, we’re doing a deep dive on Roberto Bolaño’s “2666”! In today’s episode, Ben and I talk about “The Part about the Critics” and “The Part about Amalfitano”.
We hope you enjoy!
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We hope you enjoy!
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 05/20/2025 · 2h 13m
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May 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Buenos Dias, Book Heads! For our summer season, we’re doing a deep dive on Roberto Bolaño’s “2666”! In today’s episode, Ben and I talk about “The Part about the Critics” and “The Part about Amalfitano”.
We hope you enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We hope you enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Summer Season of the Infinite Library starts this Tuesday with an episode on the first two parts of Roberto Bolaño’s “2666”!
Join Ben and John for some unconventional beach reads!
Join Ben and John for some unconventional beach reads!
May 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The Summer Season of the Infinite Library starts this Tuesday with an episode on the first two parts of Roberto Bolaño’s “2666”!
Join Ben and John for some unconventional beach reads!
Join Ben and John for some unconventional beach reads!
Hi Bookheads, John here. Due to an unexpected personal loss, this week’s episode on Melville’s “The Confidence Man” is going to be late. Ben and I are figuring out the schedule for this ep and the rest of this season, and we’ll share more as soon as we’re able. Semper Books!
March 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hi Bookheads, John here. Due to an unexpected personal loss, this week’s episode on Melville’s “The Confidence Man” is going to be late. Ben and I are figuring out the schedule for this ep and the rest of this season, and we’ll share more as soon as we’re able. Semper Books!
We’re mixing things up a bit this week with some non-fiction! We talk Ian Watt’s “Rise of the Novel”, the concept of the “reading public”, and the value of delving into academic literature on today’s episode of The Infinite Library! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 03/05/2025 · 1h 48m
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March 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We’re mixing things up a bit this week with some non-fiction! We talk Ian Watt’s “Rise of the Novel”, the concept of the “reading public”, and the value of delving into academic literature on today’s episode of The Infinite Library! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The fellas from the Infinite Library Podcast operate on a different level from the rest of us. Can't recommend this podcast enough.
Come away with us to the untamed steppe of Khazaria as we read “Gentlemen of the Road” by Michael Chabon
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 02/18/2025 · 1h 31m
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February 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The fellas from the Infinite Library Podcast operate on a different level from the rest of us. Can't recommend this podcast enough.
Come away with us to the untamed steppe of Khazaria as we read “Gentlemen of the Road” by Michael Chabon
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 02/18/2025 · 1h 31m
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February 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Come away with us to the untamed steppe of Khazaria as we read “Gentlemen of the Road” by Michael Chabon
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Announcing our Spring Semester schedule! We hope you'll join us as we finish out our Michael Chabon readthrough. Also, looking forward to talking Confidence Man. We've got an expert guest lined up for that one.
January 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Announcing our Spring Semester schedule! We hope you'll join us as we finish out our Michael Chabon readthrough. Also, looking forward to talking Confidence Man. We've got an expert guest lined up for that one.
Merry Christmas, Bookheads. We’re closing out the year with an episode on “The Final Solution” by Michael Chabon.
Enjoy and see you next year!
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Enjoy and see you next year!
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 12/26/2024 · 1h 51m
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December 27, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Merry Christmas, Bookheads. We’re closing out the year with an episode on “The Final Solution” by Michael Chabon.
Enjoy and see you next year!
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Enjoy and see you next year!
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*sicko voice* yes YES
Wes Anderson’s “The Dream of the Red Chamber”
What director - epic combination should we do next? I’m liking the idea of Guillermo del Toro’s take on Gilgamesh personally
December 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM
*sicko voice* yes YES
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Enjoyable to see Chabon finally nail his Great American novel after the "shipwrecked" Fountain City. The whole thing is chock full of bravura paragraphs. Also this is perhaps our most riff filled episode to date lol.
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Enjoyable to see Chabon finally nail his Great American novel after the "shipwrecked" Fountain City. The whole thing is chock full of bravura paragraphs. Also this is perhaps our most riff filled episode to date lol.
We had a blast talking about “The Amazing Adeventures of Kavalier and Clay” with @cacomixpod.bsky.social
Enjoy what is our longest (and in my opinion, funniest) episode to date!
Part 2 will be out next week, Book Heads!
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Enjoy what is our longest (and in my opinion, funniest) episode to date!
Part 2 will be out next week, Book Heads!
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Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 12/11/2024 · 1h 29m
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December 11, 2024 at 2:59 AM
We had a blast talking about “The Amazing Adeventures of Kavalier and Clay” with @cacomixpod.bsky.social
Enjoy what is our longest (and in my opinion, funniest) episode to date!
Part 2 will be out next week, Book Heads!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Enjoy what is our longest (and in my opinion, funniest) episode to date!
Part 2 will be out next week, Book Heads!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Pitch: Night mode books. Black page, white ink. Night mode for books
November 24, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Pitch: Night mode books. Black page, white ink. Night mode for books
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Let's go a step further and follow Alexander Manshel, Laura B. McGrath, and J. D. Porter in characterizing the audiobook as a work not just of audio performance but of intensive, multifaceted, and largely unremunerated literary criticism.
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November 23, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Let's go a step further and follow Alexander Manshel, Laura B. McGrath, and J. D. Porter in characterizing the audiobook as a work not just of audio performance but of intensive, multifaceted, and largely unremunerated literary criticism.
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“Conan, what is best in life?”
“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their woman. And books.”
“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their woman. And books.”
November 23, 2024 at 9:54 PM
“Conan, what is best in life?”
“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their woman. And books.”
“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their woman. And books.”