Infinite Jest Book Club
Infinite Jest Book Club is an experimental podcast that turns the group's Zoom book club calls into a series. The hosts read, discuss, and dissect David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest. Most members are repeat readers, so spoilers are likely. The group acknowledges they may skip over noteworthy parts or make mistakes, and they welcome kind feedback as this is a hobby.
Episodes
IJBC S3, Ep 17- Exeunt
Thanks so much!!
IJBC S3, Ep 16- The voice down the hall was weeping like its heart would break
We continue our exhaustive, self indulgent read through of Infinite Jest. Our discussion today got us one page closer to the end of this book. Go us!
IJBC S3, Ep 15a
smdh
IJBC S3, Ep 15: Are these idiots still talking?
Yup. We are almost at the end of our journey, a nearly page by page breakdown of Infinite Jest. Today we about Barry Loach, The made by allusions to other literary works, like 1984, and On The Road, and how it ties up this book and the reader. The etymology of JOI? Sure, we've got that too...And a (possibly homosexual) sauna murder. What?! Who's there?
IJBC S3, Ep 14
Does anyone know?
IJBC S3, Ep 12- You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Wanna Know
We talk some Accomplice!, some Bob Weir, Himself's filmography, frogs, and more!!Thank you, Bobstar. For everything.Photo Credit Jay Blakesberg Check him out!
IJBC S3, Ep 11 ACCOMPLICE!
Another holiday tradition
Cosgrove Watt was a pro, but he was not very good. (sic)
We are almost at the end of our journey through Infinite Jest
IJBC S3, Ep 9 In the mind of DW Gately
Lets spend a couple hours in the trauma wing
Harold James and Michael Matthew have a spat
We are up to page 911. Also some Mulholland drive talk
IJBC S3, Ep7 Meaning from angle of incidence redux
Department of redundancy department
Dilaudid-colored Sky
We get to page 891!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYClQ2BCo_k
IJBC S3, Ep 5 Ablutions, eh?
What is happening? Who's there? Are you on drugs?
Full of the sound and fury...
A small break from working through the book to talk about some big picture stuff. Which probably doesn't matter?
IJBC S3, E3- Wait
Don Gately lays on the bed and thinks or dreams and about things. And regrets
Infinite Jest Book Club, S3, Ep 2 A Garden Variety Wraith
Infinite Jest, Wallace, endnotes
IJBS Season 3, Episode 1- Mama Ewell at a speculum party
And other assorted tall tales
IJBC S2, Ep 4 Kevin cries for all of us
This will be the last episode of season 2. Season 3 is coming soon!
Infinite Jest Book Club, S2, Ep. 13 Hey Hal?
Novocain for the soul, Infinite Jest Book Club, Season 2, Episode 12
It's Mario hour!
IJBC Season 2, episode 11 The Vapors
Still clucking
IJBC S2, Ep. 10 The way we construct meaning from reality
Yup. We're still doing this
IJBC S2, Ep 9 That man with the rubber fist is a homosexual?
We get in the weeds a little bit as we discuss Infinite Jest from page 706
Ever felt like PT Krause, but looked like PT Krause?
Kevin and I are joined by Tim Eastwood to talk about dicks, mostly. But also, the big picture
IJBC S2, Ep 7 Different types of sight
'You just never quite occurred out there, kid.'
Say less
Can't
IJBC S2, Ep. 6 The Founder let you guys on the ground....
Shit is getting deep
Season 2, Episode 5 Tragedy narrowly averted
Hal almost lost and Steeply's Dad likes M*A*S*H
SHOT IN SOBRIETY
Orin's afterglow includes a wheelchair and a bald spot, Gately recognizes JvD as Madame Psychosis, and the student engineer learns to ski....
S2, Ep 3, So it goes
An APP version of the IJBC.
Infinite Jest Book Club S2, Ep 2
As we continue our reread of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, we discuss Lenz and Green, Avril and JW, Arslanian, and more!!
Diddle check?
We continue on with a shorter episode. Thanks for joining and/or sticking with us.
'Out, Out ___'
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53087/out-out
...taken ill shortly after coming home from work...
We discuss Infinite Jest, specifically the Antitois', 60's/80's Bob, weed, Canadians, drugs, and not drugs. And mattresses and puke.
'...silent and dim and the same temperature he is.'
Another show, the penultimate of Season 1. Thank you everyone. I'm going to try to utilize this space more. And write my thoughts less.
'The dolphin, probably it swam about and did this, I think.’
Father's First I and II
He'd admit it's like a dark vestige of his old low-self-esteem suicidal-thrill behaviors. He doesn't have a license, it's not his car, it's a pr
Not quite strictly sober
We're back. We're talking. I'm not sure that we've figured out, but we keep trying to make heads, tails, and sides of Infinite Jest, a book Dave wrote.
Reinventing government and history
Another episode of a conversation discussing Infinite Jest. Thanks for your questions and comments!
You can't get drunk, and you can't get sober
Boston AA is unlike AA anywhere else? Our re-read of Infinite Jest continues. Thanks for your continued support
Quick question, Mike- Is the map the territory?
Eschaton, Marathe and Steepley and way more!
Word is Wayne has exactly one gear
Ever wanted to spend an hour and a half discussing an end note? No, me either. We did it anyway.
'Separatism and Return'
In this episode we talk a lot about Orin, balls, family, and more!
Cattle ranching east of Atlantic City
After a brief layoff we are back at it. We talk some Ennet House, some drugs, some recovery, and some nonsense
Not an episode
Just a check in to let you know we didn’t quit! 4/20, bicycle day, etc
Your angle of incidence to the sun
We are now at a point in the book beyond where most books stop being books. Today we talk a little bit about the Brothers Incandenza, wheelchair surveillance methods and more!
All good parties have a line for the bathroom
We discuss Infinite Jest today, spending some time with Joelle and the locker room boys, among others.
When does routine become ritual?
We move fearlessly on discussing Infinite Jest. Thanks for listening!
Who's there?
We kinda went off the board with this one, starting with a quick recap of our reading from episode 5, specifically w/r/t the 1960 garage scene. After that, Liz and I went back to the beginning to discuss the start of the novel, as our previous attempt did not record. Enjoy! Any questions or comments, feel free to reach out on Instagram to InfiniteJestBookClub or PoorYorickBooksel
Potential may be worse than none, Jim.
Keep coming back, don't quit before the miracle happens, etc
Stop her! She stole my heart!
On we forge
Hatred of the work is just part of the work
In this meeting we focus on Marathe and Steeply in the desert and the ETA boys engaged in locker room highjinx. Thanks for the feedback, and for listening. Subscribe, rate, review, and please tell a friend!
To sleep, perchance to dream?
This is the third meeting of our book club group's discussion of Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace. In this episode we tackle things from Gately to Gompert, Hamlet to Himself. Please feel free to leave feedback, and subscribe to continue the journey with us. Spoilers abound
Are they addicted to the process, the secrecy, or the drug?
Thank you one, both, or all for tuning in. This audio is pulled from a Zoom call, and I hope that the quality is acceptable at best. As we learn more about the podcasting process, invariably, the audio quality as well as the content should improve.
Despite any flaws, we feel that this content fills a void in the Infinite Jest scholarly world. More episodes to follow
Infinite Jest Book Club (Trailer)
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