In this episode, we discuss Warlock, our favorite characters, the interplay between myth and real life, Warlock’s influence on Pynchon, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss Mason & Dixon, how we read Pynchon, what makes him America’s greatest author, the contradiction at the heart of America, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss the Paradiso, Dante-fatigue, how Dante describes the undescribable, the trippy nature of the Comedy, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss the Purgatorio, why it is our favorite of the three Canticles, some of our favorite images, how time works in the Divine Comedy, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss the Inferno, Dante and Virgil, our favorite circle of Hell, how the Comedy is structured, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss Hopscotch, what is the deal with the structure, the removal of dialectical opposites, Cortázar’s theory about language, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss A Swim in the Pond in the Rain, Saunders’s method for reading, our favorite stories from the collection, why the Russians are so impressive, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss Ulysses, Bloom as the modern hero, Realism vs Modernism, what the heck is up with this behemoth of a book, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re reading:...

In this mini-episode, we discuss , The Philosophical Investigations, the differences between early and late Wittgenstein, “Language Games”, meaning as use, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this mini-episode, we discuss , The Count of Monte Cristo, why you should read it, its general awesomeness, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this mini-episode, we discuss , Journey to the End of the Night, its pessimism and apathy, when you should read this book, why it’s influential, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this mini-episode, we discuss , The Tractatus, Wittgenstein’s picture theory of language, the structure of the work, why metaphysics is impossible, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this mini-episode, we discuss , The Maker, our favorite stories, which style of Borges writing we prefer, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss part III of The Recognitions, is it the greatest American novel, Gaddis’s influence on other authors, whether or not he can predict the future, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss part II of The Recognitions, the entropy of New York, what Gaddis thinks about America, whether or not Gaddis is a secret Catholic, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss part I of The Recognitions, Gaddis’s mysticism, art for art’s sake, Gaddis’s influence on later authors, the want to be recognized, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Joyce’s views on religion, Joyce and the abject, his theory of beauty, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, the end of youth, the absurdity of life, whether or not life really is a waste of time, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss Naked Lunch, how weird it is, why it’s so weird, what the f**k is this book, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

(N.B. We lost about 15 minutes of the recording just after the 30 min mark. So, we apologize for the weird cut) In this episode, we discuss Watchmen, do the ends justify the means, is the movie ending better than the comic, what comic books say about our society writ large, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast...

In this episode, we discuss Swann’s Way, Proust’s prose, his theory of memory, Swann’s love and why it’s unhealthy, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, Max discusses The Floating Opera, the problem of suicide, post hoc rationalizations, the legal system, why we believe what we believe, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss 2666, what the heck it’s about, how 2666 relates to The Savage Detectives, repetition and death, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...

In this episode, we discuss Les Mis, whether or not Hugo is too idealistic, the ideal of Love, the possibility of unconditional love, transcendent experiences, and much more. Two Guys One Book is now in podcast form! It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please consider subscribing directly to our feed so you get updates in your podcast catcher whenever a new podcast goes live! Follow us on Goodreads to see what we’re...