Best Kirk Pynchon Podcasts (2024)

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Miniepisode: The Wives of Richard Marx 18:32

3d ago18:32

18:32

In this episode: the surprisingly boring origin of one of the worst band names of all time; the surprising identity of Richard Marx's second wife; the surprising music course Kirk's son is taking at college; and the surprising Canadian songwriter Kirk thought directed the New York Philharmonic.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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157: Pro Set Superstars MusiCards 1:34:56

10d ago1:34:56

1:34:56

In this episode, Kirk and Paul find out about the random bands they never heard of from the Trading Card Corner segments of the miniepisodes over the years.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Don't Sing the Song You Don't Even Know 26:12

17d ago26:12

26:12

In this episode, Kirk and Paul visit Trading Card Corner. Then they quiz each other about music trivia.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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156: B-Sides XII 1:24:01

24d ago1:24:01

1:24:01

In this episode, Kirk and Paul wrap of the show's 12th season with another video for each of the previous 12 episodes' topics. It's another B-sides episode!By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Good for Deli 18:21

1M ago18:21

18:21

In this episode, Kirk offers new seltzer flavors to Paul. Then there's a music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Episode 28: Falling off the Cliff with The Catcher in the Rye 1:24:48

1M ago1:24:48

1:24:48

The Great American Novel Podcast episode 28 considers JD Salinger’s landmark 1951 classic, The Catcher in the Rye. Your hosts discuss Salinger’s famous reclusiveness, the book’s continuing appeal, and its influence on both the genre of so-called “young adult literature” and post-breakdown lit. We examine the novel in its role of the creation of the…

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155: Germany 1:08:14

1M ago1:08:14

1:08:14

In dieser Folge von "Musik Strahlenpistole,“ sprechen Kirk und Paul über Musiker und Bands aus dem großartigen Land Deutschland (hauptsächlich aus den 1980er Jahren).By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Jammin' With Dimebag 19:42

2M ago19:42

19:42

In this miniepisode, Kirk and Paul discuss Fred Armisen's "old punks" segment on "John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA." Then there's an "in memoriam" segment for the first time ever on the show. And then of course the music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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154: Beastie Boys 1:18:17

2M ago1:18:17

1:18:17

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the history and music of Beastie Boys.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: BBD or TLC? 25:49

2M ago25:49

25:49

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about their love for TLC.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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153: Mark Romanek 1:17:20

2M ago1:17:20

1:17:20

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about the work of music video director Mark Romanek.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Money Going Up 28:59

3M ago28:59

28:59

In this episode, Dave Holmes' new podcast "Who Killed the Video Star?" has Kirk and Paul taking off on MTV nostalgia. There's also a music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Episode 27: Filtering the Static in Don DeLillo's WHITE NOISE 1:14:34

2M ago1:14:34

1:14:34

Often hailed as the quintessential exemplum of Reagan-era postmodernism, Don DeLillo's eighth novel, White Noise (1985), is part academic satire, part media excoriation, and part exploration of the "simulacrum" or simulated feel of everyday life. With its absurdist asides on the iconicity of both Elvis and Hitler, the unrelenting stress of consumer…

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152: Hail Satan! 1:26:42

3M ago1:26:42

1:26:42

Break out your pentagrams and turn your crucifixes upside-down, because in this episode of "Music Raygun," Kirk and Paul are worshiping the prince of demons, Beelzebub, aka Satan!By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Sitting on Concrete at My Age 18:57

3M ago18:57

18:57

In this episode, "Music Raygun" goes international.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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151: Michael Bay 1:18:57

3M ago1:18:57

1:18:57

In this episode, Kirk and Paul review the music video oeuvre of filmmaker Michael Bay. Spoiler alert: His music videos suck as much as his movies. April Fools? Afraid not. Fuck you, Michael Bay, you piece of shit.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Return of the Waterboiz 23:22

3M ago23:22

23:22

In this episode, the Waterboiz are back to say new seltzer ideas, Kirk and Paul play dual laser rounds, the music trivia quiz resets, and a soft rock legends dies during the recording.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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150: Grab Bag XV 1:21:13

4M ago1:21:13

1:21:13

In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate 150 episodes of "Music Raygun" with the show's 15th grab bag.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: I Would Love a Complete Change 15:39

4M ago15:39

15:39

In this episode, Paul solves a decade-old musical mystery, and there's a music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Episode 26: Seekers of the Lonely Heart: Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1:03:21

4M ago1:03:21

1:03:21

The 26th episode of the Great American Novel Podcast delves into Carson McCullers’ 1940 debut novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Published when the author was only 23, the novel tells the tale of a variety of misfits who don’t seem to belong in their small milltown in depression-era, 1930s Georgia. Tackling race, disability, sexuality, classism, s…

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149: Paisley Park and the Paisley Underground 1:16:37

4M ago1:16:37

1:16:37

In this episode, Kirk and Paul celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Music Raygun" with another Prince-adjacent topic, or dual topic in this case: Prince's Paisley Park label and the early-'80s Los Angeles-based Paisley Underground indie-rock scene. And yes, the two topics are related.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Michael Jackson's Thirst for Vengeance 29:02

4M ago29:02

29:02

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk some more about "The Greatest Night in Pop" as well as the "Thriller 40" documentary.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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148: Animation 1:19:18

5M ago1:19:18

1:19:18

In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch music videos the include various forms of animation, including traditional animation, computer animation, laser animation and more.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: It's Art 23:20

5M ago23:20

23:20

In this episode: a documentary recommendation, a laser round and a music trivia quiz. It's fun!By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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147: Duos 1:13:57

5M ago1:13:57

1:13:57

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk musical acts that consist of two people.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: A Sweet Little Rock-and-Roll Machine 25:47

5M ago25:47

25:47

In this episode, Kirk and Paul discuss the music videos from MTV's first hours of broadcasting in 1981 and the truly interesting thing about hair metal also-rans Steelheart. Then it's time for the music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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146: MTV News Year in Rock '94 1:21:08

6M ago1:21:08

1:21:08

In this episode, Kirk and Paul watch the MTV News Year in Rock '94 special and reminisce about things that happened in the world, on MTV and in their own lives 30 years ago.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: 9 Years of Hard Knocks 33:23

6M ago33:23

33:23

In this episode, the "Purple Rain" musical, Trading Card Corner and the music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Episode 25: Surmising the Motives in Henry James's THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY 1:08:20

6M ago1:08:20

1:08:20

Published in 1881, The Portrait of a Lady was Henry James's seventh novel and marked his transition away from the novel of manners that only three years earlier had made his novella Daisy Miller a succès de scandale toward the more meticulous, inward study of individual perception, or what would come to be known as psychological realism. The story …

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145: The Bo Diddley Beat 58:17

6M ago58:17

58:17

In this episode, Kirk and Paul listen to 50 years of hit songs featuring the inescapable — no that you'd want to escape it — Bo Diddley beat.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Taylor Swift Guava São Paulo 18:09

6M ago18:09

18:09

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk about ODB recording his feature on the "Fantasy" remix, then Paul plays the laser round and Kirk seeks to keep his streak going in the music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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144: Native Tongues 1:16:10

6M ago1:16:10

1:16:10

In this episode, Kirk and Paul look at the late '80s, early '90s Afrocentric and jazz-influenced hip-hop collective known as the Native Tongues, including music from De La Soul, Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Did You Get Wrapped? 33:57

7M ago33:57

33:57

In this episode, Kirk and Paul review their Spotify Wrapped lists to discuss their top five most played artists and songs of 2023.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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143: B-Sides XI 1:17:34

7M ago1:17:34

1:17:34

In this season finale episode, Kirk and Paul revisit the episode topics from throughout season 11 for one more bite at the apple.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Miles of Smiles 24:12

7M ago24:12

24:12

In this episode, Kirk feels melancholy, "Where Dey From?" returns, and Paul tries to win candy.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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142: Music of 1977 1:15:03

7M ago1:15:03

1:15:03

In this episode, Kirk and Paul time-travel 46 years into the past to explore some of the great music of the year 1977, one of the greatest years in music yet one that offers a few underappreciated gemsBy Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Best New Artist Is Always Jive 23:38

8M ago23:38

23:38

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk Prince, Milli Vanilli, and more.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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141: Bad Songs With Great Videos 1:36:04

8M ago1:36:04

1:36:04

In this episode, Kirk watch a few really good music videos for truly atrocious songs. But wait: Isn't this an audio-only podcast? Yep!By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Episode 24: Speeding Down the Highway with PLAY IT AS IT LAYS by Joan Didion 1:16:10

8M ago1:16:10

1:16:10

Great American Novel Podcast 24 considers Joan Didion’s 1970 novel Play It as It Lays, which shut the door on the 60s and sped down the freeway into the 70s, eyes on the rearview mirror all the while. In a wide-ranging discussion which touches not only upon Didion and her screenwriter husband but also John Wayne, Ernest Hemingway, the Manson cult, …

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Miniepisode: The Most Perfect Song 16:13

8M ago16:13

16:13

In this episode, boomers chime in, Kirk has something up his craw, and there's a Halloween music trivia quiz.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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140: Grab Bag XIV 1:17:51

9M ago1:17:51

1:17:51

In this episode, Kirk and Paul reach back into the ol' grab bag for 10 great video clips with no unifying theme.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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Miniepisode: Dough, Bro 14:39

9M ago14:39

14:39

In this episode, Kirk and Paul talk more about the origins of emo, Kirk plays the laser round, and the music trivia quiz goes back to basics.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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The Last Supper (with Kirk, Linds, and Kels) 1:21:30

9M ago1:21:30

1:21:30

After nearly four years, it's the last episode (for now?) of Food Fight!, so what better way to celebrate than with tacos and charcuterie? Thank you to all our fans (and superfans) who have listened and laughed — and argued — over the years. We couldn't have done this without you! And keep following us on our socials below cause you never know what…

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Episode 23: Hearing Voices in William Faulkner's AS I LAY DYING 1:25:48

9M ago1:25:48

1:25:48

William Faulkner's fifth published novel, As I Lay Dying (1930), is a self-described tour de force that the author cranked out in roughly two months while working as the night manager at the University of Mississippi power plant in his hometown of Oxford. This dark tragicomedy about a family on a quest to bury its matriarch helped win the author hi…

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An Emergency Meeting of the Council of Wings 51:06

9M ago51:06

51:06

An impromptu episode where Kirk's kids, Theo, and Lily, ask for hot wings for lunch, and Kirk agrees....but only if they come on the pod to talk about it. Hosts: Kirk Pynchon & Lindsey Gentile Producer: Kirk Pynchon Theme song by: Kirk “Dad Beats” Pynchon Email us: foodfightthepod@gmail.com Follow us: instagram.com/thefoodfightpod Follow Lindsey: i…

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A Sandwich is a House That Needs Proper Constuction (w/Theodore Pynchon) 59:31

9M ago59:31

59:31

With Lindsey out on vacation trying to find her true self, Kirk has his son Theodore on the show to talk about sandwiches. Theo, who's spent the last year and a half making sandwiches as a part-time job, is a sandwich expert (he calls himself a "sandwich wizard"...um...okay), who gives us the fine art of creating the perfect sandwich in terms of br…

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139: Piano II 1:13:42

10M ago1:13:42

1:13:42

In this episode, Kirk and Paul revisit a topic from a past episode to talk again about piano in rock, jazz, classical and more.By Paul Ciampanelli & Kirk Pynchon

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