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Western Thought

 Jonah Andrist

A couple of years ago Jonah Andrist convinced Will Peterson, of the Walrus and Carpenter bookstore in Pocatello ID, to go halfsies on a recorder. Every month or so we've sat down in front of this recorder for a chat, with some beer, to talk about writing and great writers and the philosophy of doing as such. Will has an incredible amount of developed training as a talker - being a personal knowledge hub who people look to for suggestion and guidance, a great bookstore owner - and as a writer himself knows the pains and pleasures of trying to do something great. Jonah felt doomed to becoming a writer, come hell or high water (of which there's been plenty) and with less life experience than Will has yet tried to read as widely as possible to truly understand the magic of the craft.Together they form a highly educated 45 year old who has dedicated their life to books and the people who read them.

Philosophy Arts Literature Books Writing
Update frequency
every 118 days
Average duration
78 minutes
Episodes
11
Years Active
2020 - 2022
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Episode 43: Meditations on the Tarot

Episode 43: Meditations on the Tarot

Not necessarily literature but a larger discussion about the nature of the universe. Whether it's open or closed. These Meditations are from a book by a anonymous author and are basic discussions for…
00:42:13  |   Thu 17 Nov 2022
Episode 35: The Drug Show (a podcast about Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation)

Episode 35: The Drug Show (a podcast about Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation)

This felt pretty good after we'd finished. The format Jonah always had in mind for the function of the podcast. A lot of Will talking with some pointed questions and secondary material thrown in. Som…

01:34:24  |   Fri 10 Jun 2022
Episode 34: Trying to Understand William Faulkner

Episode 34: Trying to Understand William Faulkner

We are joined by a cool painter in a Canadian tuxedo named Sydney who plays the good sport. This one is rambling and reaching with a lot of laughter and Will tells me in the second half we get very u…
01:08:59  |   Fri 20 May 2022
Episode 30: The David Foster Wallace Special

Episode 30: The David Foster Wallace Special

Warning: this episode contains irony. (To ruin the fun: It's actually about Henry Miller. Wait ... is that technically irony? It's not what I mean, and it's intended for comedic affect - I think it c…
01:36:07  |   Thu 06 Jan 2022
Episode 27: Truman Capote, John Kennedy Toole

Episode 27: Truman Capote, John Kennedy Toole

Capote's MUSIC for CHAMELEONS and Toole's "Confederacy of Dunces" are discussed.Jonah discovers after the fact that he is wrong about much of Toole's biography. This well written article is probably …
01:39:01  |   Thu 23 Sep 2021
Episode 24: Haruki Murakami

Episode 24: Haruki Murakami

Shorter episode where we discuss the short stories of Murakami. Perhaps the most famous Japanese writer translated into English? Come sit in the bookstore for a while.

00:03:03  |   Thu 08 Jul 2021
Episode 16: Milan Kundera and Michel Houellebecq

Episode 16: Milan Kundera and Michel Houellebecq

This episode's discussion begins with a reading from Kundera's THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING.I cannot stress this enough - if you go out and get one of Kundera's middle period novels (and you sho…
01:35:33  |   Sat 05 Dec 2020
William Gibson's PATTERN RECOGNITION

William Gibson's PATTERN RECOGNITION

Will and Jonah are on their game for this one. Unfortunately for you we shut off the recorder and talked for another two hours, but I like to think that it's burying peat, fertilizing the soil for fu…
01:05:46  |   Wed 11 Nov 2020
Vladimir Nabokov's PALE FIRE

Vladimir Nabokov's PALE FIRE

We are joined by the subtle wit of sir Thomas Strah. Painter, writer, narrator of Jonah's audiobook The Town of Books. What isn't to like about Nabokov. Hopefully this will urge you to pick him up ag…
01:19:35  |   Mon 15 Jun 2020
Raymond Chandler's FAREWELL MY LOVELY

Raymond Chandler's FAREWELL MY LOVELY

This is one of Will's favorite writers. Jonah gets Chandlerian level drunk. We are joined again by the lovely Andrea Lovelace, pay extra attention to her laugh. Also, enjoy the outdoors bird sounds. …

01:34:05  |   Fri 29 May 2020
Raymond Carver and Interception Theory

Raymond Carver and Interception Theory

This episode mainly discusses Will's new literary theory. It's not so fully formed but we try and get there. Luckily for you the listener, we are joined by Mark, a beer bumming customer of the booksh…

01:07:32  |   Mon 09 Mar 2020
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