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S3 Ep5: On Jess Walters&#39; Cold Millions
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss Cold Millions, a novel about the Wobblie movement in the early twentieth century in Spokane, Washington.
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S3 Ep4: On Charlotte Bronte&#39;s Jane Eyre
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss the classic of British Literature, Jane Eyre.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1621271850" data-format="short_date">May 17, 2021</span></span>
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S3 Ep3: On Geoff Dyer&#39;s Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
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Hans, Chris, and I take a look at a strange work of fiction called a &quot;diptych&quot; by it&#39;s author. The book is split into two parts that don&#39;t have any plot connections, except that maybe they feature the same main character. Instead of plot unity, the book features thematic unity, as well as some very clever and humorous writing.
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1hr 11m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1615641973" data-format="short_date">Mar 13, 2021</span></span>
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S3 Ep2: On Manil Suri&#39;s The Death of Vishnu
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss a super interesting novel that examines ordinary people&#39;s pettiness in the face of suffering.
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S3 Ep1: On Flannery O&#39;Connor&#39;s Wiseblood
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss Flannery O&#39;Connor&#39;s short novel Wiseblood, in which WWII veteran Hazel Motes comes home to preach the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ Without Christ.
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S2 Ep17: On John Steinbeck&#39;s East of Eden
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss John Steinbeck&#39;s East of Eden, a generational novel that uses the Cain and Abel story as an allegory to discuss familial love and duty.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1608314360" data-format="short_date">Dec 18, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep16: On Gustav Meyrink&#39;s The Golem
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I discuss a strange, puzzling novel called The Golem. It&#39;s about a guy who mistakenly puts on another man&#39;s hat and then dreams the other man&#39;s life. There&#39;s also maybe a golem stalking the Jewish ghetto.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1607366407" data-format="short_date">Dec 07, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep15: On Ted Chiang&#39;s Exhalation and Stories of Your Life and Others
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss two sci-fi short stories collections, both by Ted Chiang. We touch on a number of topics, including determinism, stories as thought experiments, and the craft of using first-person narration to drive character.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1605643891" data-format="short_date">Nov 17, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep14: On Thomas Pynchon&#39;s Against the Day
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss the quite massive Pynchon novel Against the Day. At times hilarious, at times confusing, this novel is definitely an experience.
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1hr 24m
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1604345090" data-format="short_date">Nov 02, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep13: On Jia Qing Wilson-Yang&#39;s Small Beauty
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I discuss a really fantastic novel about trans experience, Small Beauty. With a very quiet tone, the novel explores the life of Mei, a Chinese-Canadian trans woman, in the aftermath of a family death.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1602182180" data-format="short_date">Oct 08, 2020</span></span>
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1hr 3m
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S2 Ep12: An Interview with Adi Callai, Author of The Sodomites
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In this interview, Hans and I chat with Adi Callai, author of XDB&#39;s newest publication, The Sodomites.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1597944490" data-format="short_date">Aug 20, 2020</span></span>
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51m
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S2 Ep11: On Iain Banks&#39;s The Wasp Factory
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In this episode, Hans and Chris discuss the extremely disturbing first novel of Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory. I listen in the background for a while before chiming in with thoughts that break the whole thing open.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1597843445" data-format="short_date">Aug 19, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep10: On Homer&#39;s The Odyssey
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In this episode, Chris and I geek out a little over The Odyssey, a fantastic epic poem from the ancient world. Hans feels lost.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1597762395" data-format="short_date">Aug 18, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep9: On Mary Shelley&#39;s Frankenstein
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I tackle a classic: Mary Shelley&#39;s Frankenstein. It&#39;s a fantastic novel of ideas that asks questions about moral responsibility and evil. 
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1594821579" data-format="short_date">Jul 15, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep8: On Gore Vidal&#39;s Myra Breckinridge and Its Sequel, Myron
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss the hilarious novel Myra Breckinridge, by Gore Vidal, and its lackluster sequel, Myron.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1592777012" data-format="short_date">Jun 21, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep7: On John Milton&#39;s Paradise Lost
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss John Milton&#39;s epic poem Paradise Lost, which gives an account of the apocrypha surrounding the Christian creation story.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1588942800" data-format="short_date">May 08, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep6: On Daryl Farmer&#39;s Where We Land
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In this special episode, Hans, Chris, and I chat with Daryl Farmer on the topic of his short story collection Where We Land, which examines relationships and death in the context of the American West.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1587735000" data-format="short_date">Apr 24, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep5: On Haruki Murakami&#39;s 1Q84
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss the strange and disturbing 1Q84, a huge novel by renowned magical realist Haruki Murakami.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1586980785" data-format="short_date">Apr 15, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep4: On John Fowles&#39; The French Lieutenant&#39;s Woman
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss The French Lieutenant&#39;s Woman, a metafictional novel that explores sexuality and class in Victorian England.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1584125360" data-format="short_date">Mar 13, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep3: On Jane Austen&#39;s Sense and Sensibility
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I discuss Jane Austen&#39;s Sense and Sensibility, and Hans shakes my faith in her ability to critique her cultural.
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S2 Ep2: On Dante&#39;s Disneyland Inferno, by Sun City Girls
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In this special episode, the XDB editorial team discusses an album by the experimental rock band Sun City Girls, called Dante&#39;s Disneyland Inferno. Most of the focus is on the lyrics, but some musical analysis is offered as well.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1580411677" data-format="short_date">Jan 30, 2020</span></span>
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S2 Ep1: On Albert Camus&#39; The Fall
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss Camus&#39; most intriguing, but also most baffling, novel, The Fall.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1578509439" data-format="short_date">Jan 08, 2020</span></span>
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S1 Ep10: On My Year of Rest and Relaxation and The Suffering Channel
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I discuss Ottessa Moshfegh&#39;s novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation and David Foster Wallace&#39;s short novella The Suffering Channel. Check it out.
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S1 Ep9: On Marilynne Robinson&#39;s Gilead
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss Gilead, the famous epistolary novel by Marilynne Robinson.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1575398256" data-format="short_date">Dec 03, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep8: On Patrick Barney&#39;s Misfit the Wanderer
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In this episode, Hans and Chris interview me on the topic of Xi Draconis Books&#39; most recent publication, my novella Misfit the Wanderer. The novella follows all-around loser Misfit as he tries to escape a city-wide fire.
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S1 Ep7: On Donna Tartt&#39;s The Goldfinch
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss The Goldfinch, an intriguing take on the crime novel.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1570561643" data-format="short_date">Oct 08, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep6: On Marlon James&#39; A Brief History of Seven Killings
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel by Jamaican author Marlon James. The novel is disturbing, harrowing, and inventive.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1569272853" data-format="short_date">Sep 23, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep5: On Toril Moi&#39;s Revolution of the Ordinary
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss a nonfiction work that explores how Wittgenstein&#39;s philosophy of language can be useful for literary critics.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1566850193" data-format="short_date">Aug 26, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep4: On Robert Browning&#39;s Caliban Upon Setebos
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In this episode, Hans and I discuss the quite devilish and engaging Caliban Upon Setebos, a poem that has had personal significance to us for at least a decade.
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S1 Ep3: On Robert Coover&#39;s Gerald&#39;s Party
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss a raunchy, satirical novel that explores sex, death, and Freud. Enjoy.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1564069103" data-format="short_date">Jul 25, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep2: On Fran Ross&#39;s Oreo
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I explore Fran Ross&#39;s devilishly cunning novel Oreo. The novel tells the story of sixteen-year-old youth Christine as she leaves her grandmother, who is black, in search of her father, who is Jewish. With links to the myth of Theseus, the novel explores race and identity.
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S1 Ep1: An Interview with Jennifer Lagier, Author of Trumped Up Election
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In this episode, I interview Jennifer Lagier, author of Xi Draconis Books&#39; most recent publication, a poetry collection entitled Trumped Up Election. It humorously describes a nightmare world in which a fat, disgusting billionaire molester runs for the presidency and wins.
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S1 Ep16: On Truman Capote&#39;s In Cold Blood
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I discuss Truman Capote&#39;s In Cold Blood. We touch on the use of fiction techniques in creative nonfiction, portraiture, the ethics of narrative, and (briefly) queer theory. 
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1558745072" data-format="short_date">May 25, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep15: On John Barth&#39;s The Sot-Weed Factor
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In this episode, Chris, Hans, and I discuss John Barth&#39;s The Sot-Weed Factor, an epic tale that might be an historical novel, a satire of an historical novel, or both. It&#39;s witty and hilarious, but also serious and touching. Check it out.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1556832030" data-format="short_date">May 02, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep14: On Kurt Vonnegut&#39;s The Sirens of Titan
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In this episode, Heather, Jedd, and I discuss Vonnegut&#39;s third book, a sci-fi novel that satirizes wealth, inequality, and the human sense of purpose. It&#39;s hilarious, and it affords me the opportunity to go on a rant against Sam Harris and pirates.
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S1 Ep13: On Steve Erickson&#39;s Zeroville
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In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss the fantastic Zeroville. This novel follows autistic protagonist Vikar as he becomes a film editor in 70s-era Hollywood. It&#39;s hilarious, moving, and tragic.
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S1 Ep12: On Ursula K. Le Guin&#39;s The Dispossessed
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In this episode, I discuss Ursula K. Le Guin&#39;s The Dispossessed with Jedd Cole and special guest Heather Cole. The Dispossessed is a thought experiment that explores an anarcho-syndicalist society on the moon Anarres, which orbits the planet Urras. Urras is much like Earth, with capitalist nations controlling much of what goes on.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1550325542" data-format="short_date">Feb 16, 2019</span></span>
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S1 Ep11: On Janet Frame&#39;s The Carpathians
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In this special episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss Janet Frame&#39;s strange, mind-boggling novel The Carpathians. Since I found reading it like looking into opaque glass, Hans and Chris discuss the novel at length before we veer off into a larger discussion of language, the technological singularity, and forms of life.
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S1 Ep10: On Cormac McCarthy&#39;s The Crossing
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In this episode, Hans and I discuss Cormac McCarthy&#39;s novel The Crossing, which details a teenager&#39;s confrontation with &quot;the perfect cohesion of darkness,&quot; an indifferent world constructed on borders both artificial and natural.
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In this episode, author Hans Burger and I discuss A Naked Singularity, a giant, hilarious novel that criticizes the judicial system.
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S1 Ep7: On W. Somerset Maugham&#39;s Of Human Bondage
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In this episode, I discuss the classic Of Human Bondage with Chris Malmberg. Topics addressed include tendencies in post-structuralism and the question of free will.
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S1 Ep4: On Moby Dick
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In this episode, I discuss Herman Melville&#39;s classic novel Moby Dick with special guest Chris Malmberg.
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