Zoomed Out: Kurt Vonnegut, with guest Nic Pietersma

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Zoomed Out: Kurt Vonnegut, with guest Nic Pietersma
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It’s another Zoomed Out, Author Deep Dive episode, this time on Kurt Vonnegut, with guest Nic Pietersma.

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Segments and time codes:

(06:43) – Intro to Kurt Vonnegut

(12:00) – Vonnegut 101

  • Slaughterhouse-five (1969)
  • Breakfast of Champions (1973)
  • Cat’s Cradle (1963)

(24:38) – Advanced Vonnegut

  • Mother Night (1961)
  • Player Piano (1952)
  • Slapstick, Or Lonesome No More! (1976)
  • Sirens of Titan (1959)

(40:34) – Extra Credit

  • Bluebeard (1987)
  • Jailbird (1979)
  • Galapagos (1985)
  • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
  • Deadeye Dick (1982)
  • Hocus Pocus (1990)
  • Timequake (1997)

Other Notes & Links:

Take Me To Your Reader episode on Slaughterhouse-five:

https://pavementpodcast.com/podcast/tmtyr-episode-96-there-is-no-chronology-slaughterhouse-five

Veritasium video about super-cooled water freezing (look how young Derek was!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8xusY3GTM

Nic’s socials:

https://bsky.app/profile/wilburd.bsky.social

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