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The Infinite Library

John Hagele

A podcast about books, mortality, and what to do with your limited time with both. Hosted by John & Ben.

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91 episodes

  1. Episode 76 - "Twenty Days of Turin" by Giorgio De Maria 1:32:05
  2. Episode 75 - "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King (feat. Kara) 2:16:56
  3. Episode 74 - "Vox" by Nicholson Baker 1:20:02
  4. Episode 73 - "The Tunnel" by William Gass, part 4 2:05:19
  5. Episode 72 - "Max Havelaar, or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company" by Multatuli 1:43:25
  6. Episode 71 - "The Tunnel" by William Gass, Part 3 2:09:18
  7. Episode 70 - "Possession" by AS Byatt 1:42:27
  8. Episode 69 (nice) - "The Tunnel" by William Gass, part 2 2:13:04
  9. Bonus Episode #10 - "The Odyssey" (2026) 2:12:59
  10. Episode 68 - "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge" by Rainer Maria Rilke (feat. Ben Rosenzweig) 1:26:35
  11. Episode 67 - "The Tunnel" by William Gass, Part 1 1:35:01
  12. Episode 66 - "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice 1:58:46
  13. Episode 65 - "Rakesfall" by Vajra Chandrasekera 1:55:46
  14. Episode 64 - "A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers" by Xiaolu Guo 1:50:38
  15. Episode 63 - "Three Lives" by Gertrude Stein 2:06:15
  16. Episode 62 - "Dunfords Travels Everywheres" by William Melvin Kelley 1:37:32
  17. Episode 61 - "Wormwood" by Poppy Z. Brite 1:42:40
  18. Episode 60 - "My Heart is a Chainsaw" by Stephen Graham Jones 2:04:19
  19. Episode 59 - "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas (feat. Claire) 2:24:56
  20. Episode 58 - "Trouble on Triton" by Samuel R. Delany 2:06:53
  21. Episode 57 - "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. Le Guin 1:54:00
  22. Episode 56 - "Play It As It Lays" by Joan Didion 1:14:21
  23. Bonus - Best of 2025 1:15:36
  24. Episode 55 - "Shadow Ticket" by Thomas Pynchon 1:54:49
  25. Episode 54 - "Bleeding Edge" by Thomas Pynchon 1:53:54
  26. Episode 53 - "V." by Thomas Pynchon 1:56:07
  27. Episode 52 - "Major Arcana" by John Pistelli, Pt. 2 1:22:19
  28. Episode 52 - "Major Arcana" by John Pistelli (Pt. 1) 1:33:51
  29. Episode 51 - "The Return of the King" by JRR Tolkien (feat. Nate), Pt. 2 1:22:26
  30. Episode 51 - "The Return of the King" by JRR Tolkien, Part 1 (feat. Nate Schmidt) 1:11:22
  31. Episode 50 - "The Two Towers" by JRR Tolkien, Part 2 (feat. Claire) 1:23:40
  32. Episode 50 - "The Two Towers" by JRR Tolkien, Part 1 (feat. Claire) 1:46:35
  33. Episode 49 - "The Fellowship of the Ring" by JRR Tolkien (Part 2) 1:22:33
  34. Episode 49 - "The Fellowship of the Ring" by JRR Tolkien (Part 1) 1:54:08
  35. Episode 48 - "Libra" by Don DeLillo 2:12:57
  36. Episode 47 - "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov (feat. Molly Tanzer & Melissa) 2:10:26
  37. Episode 46 - "2666" by Roberto Bolaño, Part 5 2:35:39
  38. Episode 45 - "Birthgrave" by Tanith Lee 1:46:52
  39. Episode 44 - "2666" by Roberto Bolano, Part 4 1:55:11
  40. Episode 43 - "Life and Death are Wearing Me Out" (生死疲勞) by Mo Yan (feat. Dan) 2:35:58
  41. Episode 42 - "2666" Part III 2:09:43
  42. Episode 41 - "Lovetown" by Michał Witkowski 1:45:54
  43. Episode 40 - "2666" by Roberto Bolaño (Parts 1 & 2) 2:12:56
  44. Episode 39 - "Nova" Samuel R. Delany 1:59:22
  45. Episode 38 - "Moonglow" by Michael Chabon 2:18:57
  46. Episode 37 - "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade" by Herman Melville (feat. Chris Thomas) 1:35:05
  47. Episode 36 - "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon 1:26:03
  48. Episode 35 - "The Rise of the Novel" by Ian Watt 1:47:40
  49. Episode 34 - "Gentlemen of the Road" by Michael Chabon 1:31:13
  50. Episode 33 - "The Last Samurai" by Helen DeWitt 1:57:59