16: In which Crest the savior is born (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 1.14-1.16)

GR just keeps getting V.-ier and V.-ier. Luckily, there’s a funny scene about candy waiting for us on the other end. And hey, it’s our favorite couple Jessica and Roger! Oh dear, they look very sad…

Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 1.17-1.21, or pp. 139-180 in the U.S. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. 

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Show Notes:

“Kristen Lopez on FREAKS (1932),” via Turner Classic Movies

“Tulipmania: A Garden Historian's Perspective,” via University of Oxford

Content warnings: strong language, physical and sexual violence, racism, misogyny, xenophobia, genocide, ableism. 

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Featuring Patrick Fiorilli, Andrew Tillett, and Duri Long.

Produced and edited by Patrick Fiorilli (www.patf.io and @patfio.bsky.social).

Our theme music is “Horology,” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives license on the album Polygondwanaland.