As is the tradition, Dave and Matt take a minor detour (at times) from the usual topic of David Foster Wallace to discuss their personal highlights and favorite literary and pop cultural items of 2016.
Show notes:
00:27 - The Nightmare: 2016
02:08 - Matt knows books, Dave knows everything else
03:29 - Phone addiction
04:02 - Personal years in review
09:52 - Go to the 2017 David Foster Wallace Conference
11:15 - Sports, or lack thereof
14:59 - The International DFW Literary Society (dfwsociety.org)
21:20 - Matt’s favorite books of 2016
30:54 -Dave’s favorite books of 2016
38:04 - Netrunner Worlds and Dave’s appearance on Boards Alive - (starts 1:24:39)
38:59 - More of Matt’s favorite books (and a footnote about Bill Gates)
41:54 - The proliferation of monographs on DFW
42:40 - Dave’s favorite music of 2016 with Great Concavity bonus playlist
53:44 - Our favorite films of 2016
59:02 - More of Matt’s favorite books of the year (mostly biographies)
1:09:03 - 2016, the 20th Anniversary of Infinite Jest
1:12:50 - Television in 2016
1:22:53 - Board games in 2016
1:27:48 - Passing over video games
1:28:03 - Wrap up
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