TMR 24.3: "You Are a Punster" [Confidence-Man]

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TMR 24.3: "You Are a Punster" [Confidence-Man]

Footnotes rule.

Chad W. Post

Nov 21, 2024

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"Grifters Gonna Grift" merchandise coming soon! This episode exposes just how useful footnotes can be as we transition from dusk to darkness, with the confidence-men being replaced by the Cosmopolitan. Under Discussion: The WWE, how nothing ever changes, the New Adam, land ownership, stripping people of their "humanity," cognative fallacies, peace pipes, and more.

This week's music is "The Ballad of the Costa Concordia" by Car Seat Headrest.

Next episode will cover Chapters 27-38 of The Confidence-Man. You can find the full reading schedule here.

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Two Month Review

Each “season” of Two Month Review highlights a different new and amazing work of world literature, reading it slowly over the course of eight to nine episodes. Featuring a rotating set of literary guests—from authors to booksellers, critics, and translators—the individual episodes recap a short section of the book and use that as a springboard for a fun (and often irreverent) discussion about literature in a general sense, pop culture, reading approaches, and much more. Talking about great books doesn't need to be deadly serious, and the levity of 2MR makes it accessible to everyone (even if you’re not reading along).

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