12. Jailbird
Gerry and Aaron discuss 1979's Jailbird! Labor, prison, massacres, communism, Reagan, Watergate, finance, Einstein, Jimmy Carter, Judas Iscariot, and Kilgore Trout, too...
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Episodes (31)
11. Cat's Cradle (with Patrick Iber)
This week Aaron and Gerry talk about 1963's Cat's Cradle with Patrick Iber, historian of 20th century Latin America and U.S. foreign relation and author of Neither Peace nor Freedom: The Cultural Cold War in Latin America! Let this be your vin-dit! Busy, busy, busy...
10. "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" (with Adam Kotsko)
This week Gerry and Aaron talk to Adam Kotsko (author of the Awkwardness trilogy, The Prince of This World, and Neoliberalism's Demons) about Vonnegut's first published story, "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" (1950). We also talk quite a bit about Watchmen, including spoilers for the 2019-2020 HBO sequel series.
9. Breakfast of Champions (with Robert T. Tally, Jr.)
This week Aaron and Gerry talk Breakfast of Champions with Robert T. Tally, Jr., author of Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel: A Postmodern Iconography, which you should read!
8. "The Big Space ****"
Too hot for Apple Podcasts, it's "The Big Space ****"! This week Gerry and Aaron are talking about Vonnegut's nihilistically obscene, obscenely nihilistic contribution to Harlan Ellison's New Wave SF anthology Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). You can read the story here: https://sensitiveskinmagazine.com/big-space-fuck-kurt-vonnegut/
7. The Sirens of Titan (with Rebekah Sheldon)
This week Aaron and Gerry talk to Rebekah Sheldon of Indiana University and the author of The Child to Come: Life after the Human Catastrophe about The Sirens of Titan (1959)!
6. Bluebeard (with Susan Farrell)
This week Gerry and Aaron discuss Bluebeard (1987) with Susan Farrell, a professor in the English department at the College of Charleston and one of the founders of the international Kurt Vonnegut Society.
5. "Harrison Bergeron" (with Sam Adler-Bell)
Sam Adler-Bell from the Know Your Enemy podcast joins Aaron and Gerry to talk about "Harrison Bergeron."
4. Slapstick
This week Grad School Vonnegut takes on Slapstick (1976) -- but please, listen anyway! Recorded by Aaron Bady and Gerry Canavan.
3. "Welcome to the Monkey House" and "2BR02B"
Jumping off the novels for a week to talk about the two of the short stories highlighted in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: "Welcome to the Monkey House" and "2BR02B." Recorded by Aaron Bady and Gerry Canavan.
The LOVE Episode
We all know love is powerful, right? It makes us do things we may have never thought possible. It gives us the courage to move past our fears and live boldly. This week, with all of the Venus energy represented in the astrological atmosphere, we we will