Two Month Review

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  • Summary

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

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

    You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know.

    Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.
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    1 hr
  • TMR 24.2: "Trust Me, Nature Is Health" [Confidence-Man]

    TMR 24.2: "Trust Me, Nature Is Health" [Confidence-Man]
    Nov 14 2024

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    Chad and Kaija go it alone this week, talking about some of the more uncomfortable parts of the book to read in 2024, the Goneril story and the "evil touch," how almost every beat in this novel has a counterpart, the wonderful authorial intrusion discussing the "consistency" of characters, and, with glee in their hearts, the Herb-Doctor.

    This week's music is "Is This What I Have Missed?" by Jerome Blazé.

    Next episode will cover Chapters 20-26 of The Confidence-Man. You can find the full reading schedule here.

    You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know.

    Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • TMR 24.1: "May I Ask if You Have Confidence?" [Confidence-Man]

    TMR 24.1: "May I Ask if You Have Confidence?" [Confidence-Man]
    Nov 7 2024

    Not the happiest day in which to record a podcast, but Chad, Brian, and Kaija speak their fears and then dive into Melville's Confidence-Man, talking about grifters, the value of footnotes, and just how modern and amazing Melville's prose is. They guess at who the "confidence man" might be, the burnt over district of western New York, Mormons, and a lot more.

    This week's music is "All Bets Are Off" by Japandroids.

    Next episode will cover Chapters 10-19 of The Confidence-Man. You can find the full reading schedule here.

    You can find all previous seasons of TMR on our YouTube channel and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Please rate and review! It helps more than you know.

    Follow Open Letter, Two Month Review, Chad Post, Kaija Straumanis, and Brian Wood for random thoughts and information about upcoming guests.
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    1 hr

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