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Pallettown"Carbon Capture" by Jonathan Franzen [Audiobook]This article by Franzen was published in The New Yorker in 2015.You can read this article here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/06/carbon-capturePlease like, subscribe, or become a member if you enjoy!Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CAD2025-07-1141 min
Pallettown"The 'Me' Decade and the Third Great Awakening" by Tom Wolfe [Audio Essay]This is an essay by American author Tom Wolfe, in which Wolfe coined the phrase "'Me' Decade", a term that became common as a descriptor for the 1970s. The essay was first published as the cover story in the August 23, 1976, issue of New York magazineYou can read the essay here: https://nymag.com/article/tom-wolfe-me-decade-third-great-awakening.html#printBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CAD2025-07-101h 08
Pallettown"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace - Kate Gompert's Psychotic DepressionBecome a member to submit priority requests for my recordings and like & subscribe for more!Thanks for Ben Majercak for the thumbnail illustration. You can find more of Ben's artwork on Instagram @benmajercakart.Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CAD2025-07-1021 min
PallettownWhy I Love Reading David Foster WallaceI thought I would share some thoughts after all these years of recording DFW.Thanks to Ben Majercak for the thumbnail illustration. You can find more of Ben's artwork on Instagram @benmajercakart.2025-07-0808 min
Pallettown"Something to Do with Paying Attention" by David Foster Wallace [Audiobook]This novella was excerpted from chapter 22 of Wallace's last novel "The Pale King". The novella is a monologue from character Chris Fogle.Thanks to listener @joegoddard8992 for recommending this recording.Please like, subscribe, or become a member if you enjoy!Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CAD2025-06-273h 22
Pallettown"The Fall" by Albert Camus [Audiobook]The Fall (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. Set in Amsterdam, The Fall consists of a series of dramatic monologues by the self-proclaimed "judge-penitent" Jean-Baptiste Clamence, as he reflects upon his life to a stranger. In what amounts to a confession, Clamence tells of his success as a wealthy Parisian defense lawyer who was highly respected by his colleagues. His crisis, and his ultimate "fall" from grace, was meant to invoke, in secular terms, the fall of man from the Garden of Eden. The...2025-06-242h 28
Pallettown"Little Expressionless Animals" by David Foster Wallace [Audiobook]This short story revolves around a unique winning streak on the TV game show Jeopardy!, and the coming together of two lesbians with abnormal childhoods. It was published in Wallace's short story collection "Girl with Curious Hair" in 1989.Support the show2025-06-071h 08
Pallettown"The Hour of the Star" by Clarice Lispector [Audiobook]The Hour of the Star deals with the problems of the rural Northeast versus the urban Southeast of Brazil, poverty and the dream of a better life, and, of an uneducated woman's struggle to survive in a sexist society. The novel was published in 1977.Lispector is the author of other novels "Near to the Wild Hear" and "The Passion According to G.H.".Support the show2025-05-251h 49
Pallettown"Why Bother?" by Jonathan Franzen [Audio Essay)"Why Bother?", originally published as "Perchance to Dream: In the Age of Images, a Reason to Write Novels", is a literary essay by American novelist Jonathan Franzen. It is often referred to as "The Harper's Essay". First published in the April 1996 issue of Harper's magazine, the essay concerns the persistence of reading within the context of technological growth and distraction. Franzen recounts his meditations on the state and possibility of the novel form, often against the backdrop of his personal experience, eventually concluding that the novel still has potential cultural agency in the United States, and often gains it...2025-04-241h 03
Pallettown"Church Not Made with Hands" by David Foster Wallace [Audiobook]This abstract short story by David Foster Wallace was published in the collection 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men' in 1999.Support the show2025-04-2426 min
Pallettown"Here and There" by David Foster Wallace [Audiobook]This short story was published in the short story collection 'Girl with Curious Hair' in 1989. The story a man and a woman telling the story of their relationship.Support the show2025-04-2443 min
Pallettown"What if We Stopped Pretending?" by Jonathan Franzen [Audio Article]This article was was published in The New Yorker in 2019. It provides a shift in perspective on the climate dilemma.Support the show2025-04-2417 min
PallettownI bet you didn't think I could talk for 24:38 about peanut butter (world record)Well, I did it. Take that haters. What’s your favourite thing about peanut butter?Support the show2025-04-2424 min
Pallettown"Letter From a Zombie" by Pallettown [Audiobook]A zombie writes a letter to his loved ones.Support the show2025-04-2403 min
Pallettown"Big Glass" by Pallettown [Audio Short Story]A man that works for his family-owned, small-time residential glass business is conned.You can read the story here: https://www.wattpad.com/1518042910-big-glassSupport the show2025-04-1815 min
Pallettown"Paintings in the Wall" by Pallettown [Audio Short Story]I've always found Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft fascinating, and wanted to write a story about it.You can read the text here: https://www.wattpad.com/1533262127-paintings-in-a-wallSupport the show2025-04-1705 min
Pallettown"Penpal" (Part 1: Footsteps) by Dathan Auerbach [Creepypasta Audiobook]Penpal (2012) is the debut novel of American author Dathan Auerbach. The horror-suspense novel is based on a series of creepypasta stories Auerbach posted to the r/nosleep forum on Reddit. The book follows the first-person narrator as he realizes he was the focus of an obsessed stalker who tracks him throughout his childhood.Support the show2025-04-1736 minPallettown"Why Bother?" by Jonathan Franzen [Audio Essay)"Why Bother?", originally published as "Perchance to Dream: In the Age of Images, a Reason to Write Novels", is a literary essay by American novelist Jonathan Franzen. It is often referred to as "The Harper's Essay". First published in the April 1996 issue of Harper's magazine, the essay concerns the persistence of reading within the context of technological growth and distraction. Franzen recounts his meditations on the state and possibility of the novel form, often against the backdrop of his personal experience, eventually concluding that the novel still has potential cultural agency in the United States, and often gains it...2025-04-171h 03
Pallettown"Octet" by David Foster Wallace [Audiobook]This short story was published in 1999 in the collection 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.'Support the show2025-04-171h 00
Sipping on Some CrimeCharlotte Kinsey and Cinda PallettCharlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett 13 years old in the fall of 1981 were attending the Oklahoma State Fair without their parents for the first time. Charlotte and Cinda would call home excitedly from the fair saying that a man offered them a job and that they would call back around 9 PM to arrange a ride home. That call never came and Cinda and Charlotte were never seen again. 42 years later despite more than one arrest, their case remains unsolved.
Sources and informative links:
Newspapers.com archives
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/21/case-of-missing-girls-from-1981-oklahoma-state-fair-remains-unsolved-cinda-pallett-charlotte-kinsey/69506580007/
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Eredeti helyzet [Tilos Rádió podcast]2023.02.19. - TracklistávalTracklista:01. Snakefinger - Bring Back Reality (kezdődött: 00:02:50)02. Zaub - Cadillac (kezdődött: 00:07:30)03. Любов Чайковська - Намалюй Мені Ніч (1965) (kezdődött: 00:11:50)04. Shay Hazan Quintet - Desert Snake (kezdődött: 00:15:10)05. Yusef Lateef - First Gymnopedie (kezdődött: 00:25:34)06. Eendo - Waltz-E Chaman (kezdődött: 00:28:54)07. Sahib Shihab - Charade (kezdődött: 00:35:54)08. Pallett - Mr. Violet (kezdődött: 00:43:14)09. Hippster Trio - Buzz & In Love (kezdődött: 00:45:15)10. Boubacar Traore - Duna Ma Yelema (kezdődött: 00:51:34)11. Almighty Sion - Basket (kezdődött: 00:56:54)12. EVISBEATS - なんともまぁなんだかな (kezdődött: 00:57:54)13. Dusty FIngerz - VOM (feat. Adam Kane & John Pizza) (kezdődött: 00:58...2023-02-191h 29
In Our HeadphonesJulia Jacklin - Lydia Wears A CrossJulia Jacklin - "Lydia Wears A Cross" from the 2022 album Pre Pleasure on Polyvinyl. Four years after charming the socks off of us with her 2018 record Crushing, Julia Jacklin is finally releasing its anticipated follow-up. Titled Pre Pleasure, the record was conceived upon returning home at the end of a mammoth Crushing world tour and finished in a frantic few months of recording in Montreal. Our Song of the Day is the lead single and opening track off the record, “Lydia Wears a Cross.” Harkening back to her Catholic upbringing, a young Jacklin struggles with an u...2022-06-0604 min