27: In which we drive like a demon from station to station… to station to station (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.19-3.20)

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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For the month of September’s Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, we’re watching Dave Green’s Coyote vs. Acme (2026).  

Show Notes:

Shirley Temple “On the Good Ship Lollipop” (https://youtu.be/WLLSqpYyPD8)   

Georgia Tech Fight Song (https://www.gtalumni.org/news/georgia-tech-traditions/fight-song.html) 

Peenemunde Army Research Center on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peenem%C3%BCnde_Army_Research_Center)  

Content warnings: strong language, physical and sexual violence, racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia

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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.