EPISODE 19: FUNES, THE MEMORIOUS (JORGE LUIS BORGES) w/ DANTE
AFTER AN OVER 2 YEAR HIATUS, BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB IS BACK WITH A BANGER! TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY THOUGHTSOFDANTE TO DISCUSS AN ALL-TIME GREAT BORGES STORY: "FUNES, THE MEMORIOUS." MEMORY, OMNISCIENCE, UNCOUNTABLE INFINITIES, & MORE ON YET ANOTHER CAN'T-MISS-EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS.
7 Jul 2023
EPISODE 18: E UNIBUS PLURAM: TELEVISION AND U.S. FICTION (DAVID FOSTER WALLACE) w/ IAN
IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, WE DISCUSS ONE OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE'S MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL ESSAYS, E UNIBUS PLURAM: TELEVISION AND U.S. FICTION. IN THIS ESSAY, DFW DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON FICTION, THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION AND LITERATURE, THE NATURE OF POSTMODERN ART AND FICTION, IRONY, METAFICTION, SOCIAL MEDIA, LONELINESS, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE. JOIN YOUR WORLD-CLASS, WORLD-FAMOUS, AND WORLD-RENOWNED HOSTS AS WE JUMP INTO THE BRILLIANT MIND OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE.
PLEASE PROVE IAN WRONG BY RECOMMENDING YOUR MOST LITERARY AND INSIGHTFUL TELEVISION SHOWS AT NATHANISCASHMONEY@GMAIL.COM.
CHECK OUT MY OTHER SHIT.
BIG NATE'S BOOK REVIEWS (YOUTUBE) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq8cNllKoJz1voerczxxMDA)BIG NATE'S DISCORD (https://discord.gg/K9D52ARg79)
BIG NATE'S PATREON ( https://patreon.com/big_nate)FOLLOW BIG NATE ON INSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/bignatesbookreviews/)FOLLOW BIG NATE ON GOODREADS (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144994187-big-nate)
SHOW NOTES:
E UNIBUS PLURAM, PDF (https://jsomers.net/DFW_TV.pdf) (though this online version seems to be missing the footnotes... we both read from 'a supposedly fun thing i'll never do again')
THE MIRROR TEST (MELISSA FEBOS) (https://www.theparisreview.org/letters-essays/7613/the-mirror-test-melissa-febos)SOCIAL COMPARISON, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SELF-ESTEEM (VOGEL, ROSE, ROBERTS, & ECKLES, 2014) (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275507421_Social_comparison_social_media_and_self-esteem)
LIBERTY MUTUAL COMMERCIAL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplSVDhReCk&ab_channel=LibertyMutual)
PEPSI COMMERCIAL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZG2ysfllsM)
CHARLIE DAY MOUNTAIN DEW COMMERCIAL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSYmOSJJwXk&ab_channel=TVFAN04)
FOUNTAIN (MARCEL DUCHAMP) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp))
THE TREACHERY OF IMAGES (MAGRITTE) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images)
LANGUAGE-PROCESSING MODELS TRAINED ON LANGUAGE-PROCESSING MODELS (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/generative-ai-future-training-models/674478/)
THE CURSE OF RECURSION: TRAINING ON GENERATED DATA MAKES MODELS FORGET (SHUMAILOV ET AL., 2023) (https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17493)
WHY HAS CRITIQUE RUN OUT OF STEAM? (LATOUR) (http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/89-CRITICAL-INQUIRY-GB.pdf)
music by jake young.
15 Jun 2023
EPISODE 17: A HUNGER ARTIST (FRANZ KAFKA) w/ ELIOTT DOYLE
IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB (WHICH IS, IN FACT, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS), WE DISCUSS ONE OF THE GREAT FRANZ KAFKA'S MOST FAMOUS STORIES: A HUNGER ARTIST. AS FAR AS KAFKA GOES, THIS STORY SEEMS RELATIVELY TAME: IT APPEARS TO BE A SIMPLE STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO IS DEVOTED TO FASTING, WHOSE ART IS NOT RECOGNIZED PROPERLY BY THE WORLD.
BUT THIS IS A KAFKA STORY AFTER ALL, AND YOUR HOSTS ARE WORLD-CLASS LITERARY ANALYSTS. WHAT DOES THIS STORY HAVE TO DO WITH FREUD AND MOMMY ISSUES? WHAT DOES THE NATURE OF FASTING HAVE TO DO WITH THE NATURE OF ART? AND WHAT HASANY OF THAT TO DO WITH BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM? PANTHERS?? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!!
LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS CONVERSATION AT NATHANISCASHMONEY@GMAIL.COM. WE READ ALL EMAILS!!
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ELIOTT'S STUDY FROM THE OPENING SEGMENT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSES!!
PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY (https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0MoJYM8soK1owWG)
I ENDED UP FASTING FOR 100 HOURS..WATCH THE VIDEO HERE. (https://youtu.be/-kflv4hGoWk)
AND FURTHERMORE JOIN THE NEW BIG NATE DISCORD (https://discord.gg/K9D52ARg79)!!
SHOW NOTES:
A HUNGER ARTIST, PDF (http://englishiva1011.pbworks.com/f/HUNGERAR.PDF)
FLY FROM HEAVEN (TOAD THE WET SPROCKET) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JjZMjPaF30&ab_channel=ToadWetSprocketVEVO)
THE HUNGER ARTIST STOP MOTION (TOM GIBBONS) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JimM-mXMJU&ab_channel=Vojt%C4%9BchDost%C3%A1l)
ANGUS BARBIERI'S FAST (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast)
FEATURES OF A SUCCESSFUL THERAPEUTIC FAST OF 382 DAYS' DURATION (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2495396/)
DIVISION OF PERCEPTUAL STUDIES (UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA) (https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/)
THE CASE OF JAMES LEININGER (https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/04/REI42-Tucker-James-LeiningerPIIS1550830716000331.pdf)
BIG NATE LINKS:
BIG NATE'S PATREON ( https://patreon.com/big_nate) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq8cNllKoJz1voerczxxMDA)
BIG NATE'S BOOK REVIEWS (YOUTUBE) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq8cNllKoJz1voerczxxMDA)
FOLLOW BIG NATE ON INSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/bignatesbookreviews/)
FOLLOW BIG NATE ON GOODREADS (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144994187-big-nate)
music by jake young.
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