We're b-b-b-b-b-b-ack, baybee!!!! Our first episode of 2021 explores Zadie Smith's third novel, On Beauty, which tells the story of two diametrically-opposed (foes) families at a small liberal arts college that is totally not based on Harvard. Mandy and Mio invite Jam Pascual from The Gig is Up to diagnose the problems that characterize the liberal, mixed-race Belsey family, while reflecting on their own post-college experiences and seeing what they could suggest about a show that requires readings (meta).
cw: this episode begins with a poetry reading; spoilers, plot involves marital infidelity, power abuse, inappropriate relations between students and teachers
Show notes:
About our guest—JAM PASCUAL is one of the hosts of The Gig is Up and Top of the Flops. He is a writer, with essays on new music appearing regularly on The Rest is Noise PH. He is currently working on a new book of poems. Find The Gig is Up on Anchor and @an.average.law on Instagram!
- "Does Marge Have Friends" by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
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Our theme music: 64 Sundays by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/