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“young, gallant, lively, lusty, adroit, bold, daring, resolute, tall, slim, loud-mouthed, endowed with an ample nose”
The Bald One of The Infinite Library Podcast
The Bald One of The Infinite Library Podcast
if CD's inflate In price i'm gonna get depressed
Interesting convo with a friend who owns a hip NYC record shop about a sudden renewed interest in CDs, which were a negligible part of his business till recently.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
if CD's inflate In price i'm gonna get depressed
Always forget to plug, but happy to announce
INFINITE LIBRARY POD #51: The Return of the King.
Joined by man of many hats, Nathan Schmidt to discuss the wrap up of the Lord of the Rings with plenty of riffs to go around. Link in the comments
INFINITE LIBRARY POD #51: The Return of the King.
Joined by man of many hats, Nathan Schmidt to discuss the wrap up of the Lord of the Rings with plenty of riffs to go around. Link in the comments
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Always forget to plug, but happy to announce
INFINITE LIBRARY POD #51: The Return of the King.
Joined by man of many hats, Nathan Schmidt to discuss the wrap up of the Lord of the Rings with plenty of riffs to go around. Link in the comments
INFINITE LIBRARY POD #51: The Return of the King.
Joined by man of many hats, Nathan Schmidt to discuss the wrap up of the Lord of the Rings with plenty of riffs to go around. Link in the comments
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INFINITE LIBRARY 47: The Master and Margarita. Really happy how this episode turned out. Molly and Melissa both brought their unique perspectives to this fantastic, diabolical satire. Link in the comments.
open.spotify.com/episode/33yR...
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Episode 47 - "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov (feat. Molly Tanzer & Melissa)
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August 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
INFINITE LIBRARY 47: The Master and Margarita. Really happy how this episode turned out. Molly and Melissa both brought their unique perspectives to this fantastic, diabolical satire. Link in the comments.
open.spotify.com/episode/33yR...
open.spotify.com/episode/33yR...
INFINITE LIBRARY 47: The Master and Margarita. Really happy how this episode turned out. Molly and Melissa both brought their unique perspectives to this fantastic, diabolical satire. Link in the comments.
open.spotify.com/episode/33yR...
open.spotify.com/episode/33yR...
Episode 47 - "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov (feat. Molly Tanzer & Melissa)
open.spotify.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
INFINITE LIBRARY 47: The Master and Margarita. Really happy how this episode turned out. Molly and Melissa both brought their unique perspectives to this fantastic, diabolical satire. Link in the comments.
open.spotify.com/episode/33yR...
open.spotify.com/episode/33yR...
Episode 44: The Part About the Crimes. Keep forgetting to plug this on here but I'm really happy with how this EP turned out. We talk about true crime and serial killer shows, violence against women in lit, and even get a little 👁️ pilled. Link below
July 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Episode 44: The Part About the Crimes. Keep forgetting to plug this on here but I'm really happy with how this EP turned out. We talk about true crime and serial killer shows, violence against women in lit, and even get a little 👁️ pilled. Link below
Really happy to revisit this. One of those books that I feel like only gets better and better the more I reread it.
First episode of the new @infinitelibrarypod.bsky.social series on “2666”! I think this is a really good ep. I got to talk about one of the best books of the last quarter century and tie it to all my pet topics: Freud, Bloom, magic, etc.
Please give it a listen!
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Please give it a listen!
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Episode 40 -
Podcast Episode · The Infinite Library · 05/20/2025 · 2h 13m
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May 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Really happy to revisit this. One of those books that I feel like only gets better and better the more I reread it.
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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!
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!
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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!
Got a good feeling we're going to get a lot of mileage out of Watt's Richardson vs Fielding dichotomy; ie The Novel of Interior Psychology vs the Novel Which Says Something About Society
Bullied @itsben1week.bsky.social into reliving his coursework days for this week’s episode. Reading “The Rise of the Novel” wasn’t exactly fun in the traditional sense of the word, but it was a blast to talk about!
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...
March 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Got a good feeling we're going to get a lot of mileage out of Watt's Richardson vs Fielding dichotomy; ie The Novel of Interior Psychology vs the Novel Which Says Something About Society
they're good guys!
March 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
they're good guys!
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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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Episode 34 -
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.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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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.
most cutting thing you can say is "who's this jongleur?" because it implies they're a) a jongleur & b) that don't even have an established repertoire of troubadour songs or distinctive juggling tricks. they can't even do pratfalls!
December 31, 2024 at 3:14 PM
most cutting thing you can say is "who's this jongleur?" because it implies they're a) a jongleur & b) that don't even have an established repertoire of troubadour songs or distinctive juggling tricks. they can't even do pratfalls!
Any of Vit Babencos Goodreads reviews
December 24, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Any of Vit Babencos Goodreads reviews
*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
Two spiritually related albums
December 13, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Two spiritually related albums
Catching up on some stuff I liked this year but haven't got a chance to relisten. This is cosmic classic drone by Adam Wiltzie from Stars of the Lid.
December 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Catching up on some stuff I liked this year but haven't got a chance to relisten. This is cosmic classic drone by Adam Wiltzie from Stars of the Lid.
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"According to my calculations we can edit the embryo to make humans 14% more efficie-" shut the fuck up dude read The Brothers Karamazov. Shut up. "B-b-but we can utilize AI to diminish human error by-" read East of Eden.
December 11, 2024 at 3:57 PM
"According to my calculations we can edit the embryo to make humans 14% more efficie-" shut the fuck up dude read The Brothers Karamazov. Shut up. "B-b-but we can utilize AI to diminish human error by-" read East of Eden.
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genesis: *peter gabriel singing* The Queen In Green Gives Me Pretty Things
*tasteful hackett guitar solo*
yes: *janderson angelic choir* I am Buddha / You Are Buddha / We are Buddha
*band suddenly shifts into 15/8 with monstrous bassline*
*tasteful hackett guitar solo*
yes: *janderson angelic choir* I am Buddha / You Are Buddha / We are Buddha
*band suddenly shifts into 15/8 with monstrous bassline*
September 17, 2023 at 5:52 PM
genesis: *peter gabriel singing* The Queen In Green Gives Me Pretty Things
*tasteful hackett guitar solo*
yes: *janderson angelic choir* I am Buddha / You Are Buddha / We are Buddha
*band suddenly shifts into 15/8 with monstrous bassline*
*tasteful hackett guitar solo*
yes: *janderson angelic choir* I am Buddha / You Are Buddha / We are Buddha
*band suddenly shifts into 15/8 with monstrous bassline*
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.
I WILL fear the old blood. (expression of stony resolve softening, curious glint in my eyes) Ah what the hell. Pass me a blood vial, Hunter
November 15, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I WILL fear the old blood. (expression of stony resolve softening, curious glint in my eyes) Ah what the hell. Pass me a blood vial, Hunter
this is what i look like
November 15, 2024 at 2:22 AM
this is what i look like