Best Infinite Jest Podcasts (2025)

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Undercast, Part 6 1:00:41

1d ago1:00:41

1:00:41

Chris and Molly read Underworld, part 6. More Klara Sax interviewed by French TV. Discussion begins at 33:04.By Infinite Cast

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Undercast, Part 5 57:24

15d ago57:24

57:24

Chris and Molly read Underworld, part 5. Chapter 1, part 1. Painted B-52s. Discussion starts at 35:41By Infinite Cast

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Undercast, Part 3 53:38

29d ago53:38

53:38

Chris and Molly read Underworld, Part 3. Prologue, shot heard round the world. Discussion starts at 33:09By Infinite Cast

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Undercast, Part 4 56:17

29d ago56:17

56:17

Chris and Molly read Underworld, part 4. End of prologue. Discussion starts at 40:05.By Infinite Cast

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Undercast, Part 2 46:00

1M ago46:00

46:00

Chris and Molly read Underworld, Part 2. Prologue, part 2. Baseball and its spectators. Discussion starts at 36:51.By Infinite Cast

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Undercast, Part 1 50:31

2M ago50:31

50:31

Chris and Molly read Underworld, Part 1. Prologue, Giants vs. Dodgers '51.By Infinite Cast

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Grim Tones - Serenity (2019) 1:46:57

3M ago1:46:57

1:46:57

or "World on a Wire for stupid people". This is Grim Tones because Ben and Tim needed to do an emergency mini episode about "Beyond: Citadel" aka COOM (2025). Erik is back in the country and we will be back for real this time very soon <3 On the next Watching the End of History: Ghost in The Shell (1995) b/w Ghost in the Shell (2017).…

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70 - WTEH XXV: Assassin's Creed (2016) 1:03:46

3M ago1:03:46

1:03:46

Michael Fassbender, the link between heredity and crime.

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69 - WTEH XXIV: The Devil's Rejects (2005) 1:17:43

5M ago1:17:43

1:17:43

Happy ThanKKK$giving you hogs <3. Erik is finally back and the serious stuff will be returning soon. In the meantime, here is Ben and Tim sitting down and talking out another film made by an idiosyncratic weirdo who created something incredible that speaks to our hellish current moment and were hated for telling the truth. Next on Watching the End …

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Inherent Cast 32 - Movie Commentary 2:34:28

5M ago2:34:28

2:34:28

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 32. We conclude our journey through the book with a full live commentary on Paul Thomas Anderson's 2014 feature film adaptation of Inherent Vice. This can be listened to on its own, but you can also sync up and watch the movie along with us via the countdown at 3:00…

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68 - WTEH XXIII: Challengers (2024)/Infinite Jest (1996)/Tennis as a Sport 1:18:18

7M ago1:18:18

1:18:18

Erik is still gone so the horrors of the past and present will be waiting a little longer! In the meantime, Ben and Tim are lucky enough to be joined by both Molly O'Brien and Chris Wade (And Introducing, Infinite Cast). We tap into their shared expertise of both music and DFW's novel for a freewheeling chat about Luca Guadagnino's tennis love tria…

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Inherent Cast Part 31 - THE END 1:03:55

7M ago1:03:55

1:03:55

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 31. Chapters 20 & 21. Doc drives off into the fog...THE END. Discussion starts at 41:39.By Infinite Cast

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Inherent Cast Part 30 46:45

7M ago46:45

46:45

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 30. Chapter 19, Doc & Cocker Fenway. Discussion starts at 27:32.By Infinite Cast

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67 - WTEH XXII: The Counselor (2013) 2:05:30

7M ago2:05:30

2:05:30

Join Tim and Ben during a happier time (before Israel killed Nasrallah) for the conclusion of Ridley Scott Summer. You know the drill, everyone thinks this movie sucks ass but actually we think it's good.

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Inherent Cast Part 29 43:45

8M ago43:45

43:45

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 29. Death of Puck & Adrian, Bigfoot plants Junk. Discussion starts at 28:48.By Infinite Cast

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Inherent Cast Part 28 50:00

8M ago50:00

50:00

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 28. Chapter 18. Puck drugs Doc, "I am the Golden Fang". Discussion starts at 29:03.By Infinite Cast

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66 - Another 9/11 1:13:25

8M ago1:13:25

1:13:25

Erik, Ben and Tim are all together to celebrate another 9/11 along with the less crazy but still wild three year anniversary of the podcast. Everyone made the mistake of listening to Ben and we wound up watching and talking 2006’s bewildering Death of a President. We wade through an insanely twisty 96 minutes that left all us scratching our heads t…

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65 - Jawbreaker 1:14:32

8M ago1:14:32

1:14:32

Welcome to the week of 9/11, and the third anniversary of PNAC pod! As a special treat this week, we're releasing a bit of a prototype episode in which Erik does a solo scene talking about Gary Berntsen's 2005 book, Jawbreaker. This is the first in a rolling series of more book report episodes to come, hopefully each successive entry more streamlin…

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64 - Boiling The Frog ft. Séamus Malekafzali 1:22:52

8M ago1:22:52

1:22:52

Ben and Erik are joined all the way from Beiruit by independent journalist Séamus Malekafzali (@seamus_malek) to get a firsthand report of a week where Israel only continues to ramp up regional aggression and murder civilians (and journalists, and humanitarian aid workers). Together, we talk about the twin assassinations by Israel that sparked a re…

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63 - Dishing, Dashing 45:44

8M ago45:44

45:44

Classico PNAC, the boys get together to spin a yarn about a very cool Saudi businessman with 9/11 ties and some very cool kids and grandkids. This story has everything from interior design to combat sports to Israel and KSA normalizing relations over their love of really bad electronic music. Remember to follow us on Triller! Dan Christensen articl…

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Inherent Cast Part 27 52:41

8M ago52:41

52:41

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 27. Chapter 17. Doc & Shasta, the truth about Coy Harlingen. Discussion starts at 33:27.By Infinite Cast

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62 - WTEH XXI: Prometheus (2012) 2:08:22

8M ago2:08:22

2:08:22

We're not exactly sure how this happened, but it seems like most of twitter decided to watch Prometheus at the same time Ben and Tim decided to do an episode about it while Erik was away.

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61 - Some Current Events 1:08:33

8M ago1:08:33

1:08:33

Ben and Erik are back to discuss a round-up of best remembered current events from the last 3 weeks as the boys have been away. We actually buckled down and did our homework to discuss the KSM et al. Gitmo trial/plea deal/reversal story starring our favorite Defense Secretary. Shouts out to Carol Rosenberg for her articles covering the trial and al…

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Inherent Cast Part 26 55:00

8M ago55:00

55:00

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 26. Chapters 16 & 17, Glen and Tariq's prison deals. Discussion starts at 30:20By Infinite Cast

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Inherent Cast Part 25 38:02

9M ago38:02

38:02

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 25. Chapter 16, Doc and Penny, the truth about Adrian Prussia. Discussion starts at 25:00By Infinite Cast

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Inherent Cast Part 24 38:16

10M ago38:16

38:16

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 24. Chapter 15, Doc and Bigfoot talk Puck & Prussia. Discussion starts at 21:04.By Infinite Cast

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Inherent Cast Part 23 50:28

10M ago50:28

50:28

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 23. Chapter 15. Doc reviews Shata's return with Denis, Fritz & Bigfoot. Death of El Drano. Discussion starts at 32:41.By Infinite Cast

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60 - Reconnecting The Dots (8:46-8:54am Part II??) 1:19:59

10M ago1:19:59

1:19:59

What even is time, anyway? Apologies for the choppiness throughout, we were both experiencing connection issues while recording. Super producer Erik is of the belief that he did a good job cleaning it up.

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Inherent Cast Part 22 49:04

10M ago49:04

49:04

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 22. Cahpter 14, Arrepentimiento, Doc, Tito & Riggs. Discussion starts at 28:06.By Infinite Cast

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59 - WTEH XX: Tár (2022) 1:56:18

11M ago1:56:18

1:56:18

Or “The Woman Who Was Cool”. The boys sit down with good friend of the show Gus to remind you that Todd Field invented Big League Chew and also that his movie Tár absolutely rules. We dare to ask “is Cate Blanchette good at conducting?”, spot ghosts, trying to enjoy Monster Hunter, playing the triangle right and “what this movie is actually about?”…

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58 - Reconnecting the Dots (8:46-8:54am [kinda, not really lol]) 1:48:57

11M ago1:48:57

1:48:57

Oh shit. Oh no. No no no. Oh shit, fuck fuck fuck. Holy fuck, this ain’t good. Ben also formally apologizes to our listening public for repeatedly confusing 747s and 767s. We will do better. Atlantic article referenced: https://archive.ph/PomMR (that URL reads "P...o..m...not Po- you know what, nevermind). Anyway, this should get around any paywall…

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Inherent Cast Part 21 52:17

11M ago52:17

52:17

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 21. Chapter 14, Kismet Lounge, Puck & Einar, Flatweed & Borderline. Discussion starts at 37:14.By Infinite Cast

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Grim Tones - Southland Tales (supplemental materials) 1:57:38

11M ago1:57:38

1:57:38

Tim read an ungodly amount of background material about Southland Tales, so we can consider this a followup to PNAC ep. 23 on Richard Kelly's masterpiece (https://podnac.libsyn.com/ep-23-pimps-dont-commit-suicide).