The Year of Pynchon feat. Devin O’Shea (Premium E290) Sample

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Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

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4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Devin O'Shea guides us into the world of acclaimed novelist Thomas Pynchon, whose cryptic, sprawling narratives echo the chaotic info deluge of contemporary digital culture. With Paul Thomas Anderson's newest Pynchon adaptation, One Battle After Another, hitting theaters in September 2025, and Pynchon himself releasing a fresh novel, Shadow Ticket, in October, it’s time to unpack what makes Pynchon uniquely relevant today. From the hippie noir mystery of Inherent Vice to the critically-panned Vineland, we explore why this reclusive author has captivated (and frequently frustrated) readers for decades. Along the way, we discuss the complex relationship his work has with history, conspiracy, technology, and power. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: https://patreon.com/qaa Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) https://qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	Oh,
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0:07.0	Oh,
0:08.0	Oh, If you're hearing this, well done, you found a way to connect to the Internet.
0:36.8	Welcome to the QAA podcast, Premium Episode 290, the year of Pinchun.
0:42.7	As always, we are your host, Jake Rakitansky, Devin Nochet, Julian Fields, and Travis View.
0:48.5	In September 2025, one battle after another starring Leonardo DiCaprio is set to hit theaters, and that will be Paul Thomas Anderson's second adaptation of a Pynchon novel.
1:00.4	Did you fellas see PTA's inherent vice?
1:04.1	I did.
1:05.2	Unfortunately, I found it a little dislocated, a little floaty, but, you know, I'm also just not super
1:11.7	familiar with Pinchons, so it might just be that.
1:14.3	I did not.
1:15.7	Oh.
1:16.1	Fair.
1:16.8	Fair.
1:17.6	Fair.
1:17.9	Nowadays, my movies, they've got to have an asteroid, either headed for the
1:23.2	Earth, some kind of extinction-level event, or extraterrestrials, or some kind of ghost.
1:30.3	What about those movies that you watch in like really short spurts, the ones like in your
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