ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Pynchon Pals is a podcast about finally reading Thomas Pynchon.
Join co-hosts and good friends Patrick Fiorilli, Andrew Tillett, and Duri Long as they talk through, break down, and identify exciting new recipes from the works of one of American literature's foremost figures.
Just saw One Battle After Another? Picked up Shadow Ticket? Had Gravity's Rainbow on your shelf for a decade? Or just a longtime fan looking to revisit your favorites? Everyone's welcome to be a Pynchon Pal!
Support us at patreon.com/pynchonpals for additional bonus episodes, and follow us @pynchonpals.bsky.social.
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
166 minutes
English
United States
29 episodes
since Sept. 24, 2025
episodic
explicit content
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It’s aaaaall coming together, folks. That’s right: the manicules are back and even more thematically relevant than ever! Elsewhere, Thomas Pynchon finally figures out what his books have been missing: adorable animal mascots.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, and 3.32, or pp.…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Topics include: Gravity’s Rainbow’s Hot or Not, hypertext, philosophy of technology, our expanding universe, old fashioned candy stores, and moles (the coastal structure, not the digging creatures). Oh, and Katje and Pirate are back! Yay?
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28…
In this Action-Packed One-Year Anniversary Episode (!), Tyrone Slothrop takes us from Pirates of the Caribbean to Metal Gear Solid.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, and 3.24, or pp. 527-527 in the U.S. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition.
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No sooner did we encounter the Anubis than, as the old sea shanty goes, “it’s time for us to leave her!” And thank heavens for that. But watch out, Slothrop—it’s werewolf season again.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.19 and 3.20, or pp. 500-527 in the U.S. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. …
Rocketman: I have to go now. My planet needs me. (Note: Rocketman died on the way back to his home planet.) Meanwhile, the book returns, unfortunately for us and for everyone involved, to some of its go-to subjects. And no, not just toilets.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, …
Have we arrived at Thomas Pynchon’s single best piece of writing so far? We three may very well think so. Get the ladder—because this one’s going up in the rafters next to Mondaugen’s story and Oedipa’s dark night of the soul.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14, or pp. 440-4…
Well gang, we made it to our very own brennschluss point. Or at least we think we did? Join us for the thrilling first issue of ROCKETMAN and reencounter some old friends and some old, old friends.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episode 3.11, or pp. 403-440 in the U.S. Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio…
A round of applause for the staff at Thomas Pynchon’s local library in the early 1970s. Working overtime getting that man his Herero cosmologies and Soviet orthographical histories. And, hey, let's hear it for the projectionist at the repertory theater showing all those old slapstick flicks, too.
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History, math, physics, literature, architecture. This book’s a whole course of study! Do we get a little confused here about the difference between “parabolic” and “catenary” arches here? Sure we do. But we’re pretty sure our explanations of calculus check out!
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episode…
Is Slothrop a ghost? Is gravity time travel? Is Joe Biden a fan of the show? What’s in The Zone? These questions and more will not be answered… yet.
Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.1 and 3.2, or pp. 285-319 in the U.S. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition.
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