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Episode 1 - Discussing David Foster Wallace
40 minutes Posted Oct 9, 2015 at 3:20 pm.
) Intro
) Matt’s Background
) wallace-l
) Howling Fantods (http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/)
) Thomas Pynchon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon)
) Sideshow Media Group (http://sideshowmediagroup.com)
) Elegant Complexity (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1655890.Elegant_Complexity)
) Nature’s Nightmare (http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Nightmare-Analyzing-Wallaces-Oblivion/dp/098893051X/)
) Academic Papers
) Dave’s Background
) The Ogopogo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogopogo)
) Infinite Jest/Molly Notkin/Joelle van Dyne
) Don DeLillo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_DeLillo)
) Chris Adrian/McSweeney’s
) Cormac McCarthy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy)
) The Pale King/ Chris Fogel
) Jonathan Lethem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem)
) First Annual DFW conference
) Special Thanks
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Show notes
The Great Concavity is inspired by the debate in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. 
In this initial episode, we introduce ourselves and talk a little about what a DFW podcast might entail.
Artwork courtesy of Robyn O'Neil. 
Intro song courtesy of Parquet Courts.
UPDATE: Below are show notes courtesy of Jordan Tibbett. A transcript of episode 1, also by Jordan is available here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/286341051/Great-Concavity-podcast-Ep-1-Show-Notes-Transcript
Show Notes
 
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(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon)
(01:55) - Howling Fantods (http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/)
(02:50) - Thomas Pynchon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon)
(05:04) - Sideshow Media Group (http://sideshowmediagroup.com)
(05:12) - Elegant Complexity (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1655890.Elegant_Complexity)
(05:12) - Nature’s Nightmare (http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Nightmare-Analyzing-Wallaces-Oblivion/dp/098893051X/)
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(14:55) - The Ogopogo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogopogo)
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(17.30) - Roberto Bolano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bolaño)
(18:51) - Don DeLillo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_DeLillo)
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(http://www.mcsweeneys.net)
(21:45) - Cormac McCarthy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy)
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(26:48) - Jonathan Lethem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem)
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People Mentioned
 
David Foster Wallace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace)
Nick Maniatis (https://twitter.com/nick_maniatis)
Thomas Pynchon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon)
John Bucher (http://johnbucher.org/)
Greg Carlisle (http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Nightmare-Analyzing-Wallaces-Oblivion/dp/098893051X/)
David Hering (http://www.amazon.com/Consider-David-Foster-Wallace-Critical/dp/0976146576/)
Cormac Mcarthy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy)
Don DeLillo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_DeLillo)
Roberto Bolano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bolaño)
Jonathan Franzen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Franzen)
George Saunders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Saunders)
Jeffrey Eugenides
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Eugenides)
William T. Vollmann (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Vollmann)
Rick Moody (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Moody)
Chris Adrian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Adrian)
Adam Levin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Levin)
Beth Nugent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Nugent)
Larry McCaffery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McCaffery)
Jonathan Lethem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem)
William Faulkner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner)
John Updike (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Updike)
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