TMR 32.2: “This Requires Explanation” [Tristram Shandy]
Kaija’s jet-lagged but back, ready to digress and digest double entendres with Chad and Brian. Along with recapping this volume of Tristram Shandy—Toby and Trim’s plan, the collision between Obadiah and Dr. Slop, Yorick’s Sermon, Walter’s midwifery ideas—they talk about the initial reception of this book, the worst type of footnotes, the editorial inclination to favor the transmission of information over voice-driven joyful meanderings, and one of many reasons why Bret Stephens sucks.
This week’s music is “Planet Desperation” by Car Seat Headrest.
Next week’s episode will cover Volume III. If…
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