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The Exegesis Audio Transcriptions
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Direct word-for-word audio readings of all essays on The Exegesis of Thomas Pynchon Substack, including Pynchon Essays, Philosophy Essays, and various other essays.
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11 - The Sophists (2) - Hippias, Antiphon, Thrasymachus, Euthydemus, and Dionysodorus - The Last Sophists (Audio Version)
Mar 2900:18:01Tap to summarizeOn the eleventh episode of the Philosophy series, we are looking briefly at the minor Sophists and their contributions to both future philosophy and future Empire, including being very pretentious, acting like a Stoic, bringing atheism into the realm of acceptability, and… martial arts?Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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3 - The Presocratics (3) - Heraclitus: Before the Cave (Audio Version)
Nov 2300:22:08Tap to summarizeOn episode three of The Exegesis of Empire, we will be focusing on perhaps the most well-known name in Presocratic philosophy, Heraclitus, with a specific focus on his tie-in to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and its revalations for how we should come to understand the reality of our world.This will be the only free Audio Post as a sample for those who want to see what it’s like before becoming Premium.Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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Mason & Dixon - Part 2 - Chapter 0: Land of the Free (Audio Version)
Aug 3000:08:21Tap to summarizeAn analysis on the title of Part 2 of Mason & Dixon, focusing on the inherent and implied meanings in the name, America. Including a bonus on a look back at the major themes on Part 1, Latitudes and Departures, and how they will continue through the rest of the novel.Edit: Updated in the text version but cannot here. Obviously, Costa Rica should have been included in the Central/South American section, not the island section. Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 0: Material and Spiritual Worlds (Audio Version)
Feb 15, 202500:15:01Tap to summarizeAn introduction to the novel, its title, its dedication, its main characters, and the title of Part One: Latitudes and Departures.Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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Gravity's Rainbow - Part 4 - Chapter 0: The Birth of the New World (Audio Version)
Feb 1, 202500:05:46Tap to summarizeOn the Title and Epigraph of Gravity’s Rainbow, Part 4: The Counterforce. Along with the ‘hidden epigraph.’Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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Gravity's Rainbow - Part 3 - Chapter 0: A Canvas for a New World (Audio Version)
Dec 20, 202400:04:39Tap to summarizeOn the Title, Epigraph, and themes to looks out for in Part 3 of Gravity’s Rainbow: In the Zone.Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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Gravity's Rainbow - Part 2 - Chapter 0: The Film Set in Motion (Audio Version)
Dec 9, 202400:03:45Tap to summarizeSome analyses on the Title of Part 2 (Un Perm’ au Casino Hermann Goering) and on the Epigraph to this Part. This one will be available to free subscribers. I think I will be making the first section to every Part available to paid and free, the rest only to paid. All audio files for Part 1 are up, I just have been refraining from sending them via email so you don’t despise me for bombarding you all.Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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Gravity's Rainbow - Part 1 - Chapter 0: It Begins and Ends with Oil (Audio Version)
Nov 21, 202400:13:11Tap to summarizeAn analysis of the title of the novel Gravity’s Rainbow, the purpose of the dedication to Richard Fariña, the name of Part 1, Beyond the Zero, and the epigraph by Werner von Braun.This will be the only free episode. Please subscribe if you are interested in the rest of the novel!Text Available Here This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gravitysrainbow.substack.com/subscribe
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