Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ok, @magictavern.bsky.social @arnieniekamp.bsky.social @chuntttttt.bsky.social and @usidore.bsky.social, I need to know the story of how you got Vaden Todd Lewis on the show. It was certainly a great, but unexpected, surprise to see this morning and I am very curious. Also, great episode! -Cody 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just a quick FYI: Due to my (Cody) schedule, I am stepping back from the show for a bit. As I am working on a Master's I can't devote as much time to the show as I want. The next IJ episode will be done as soon as possible, I promise, and the main show will go on without me. 210
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Never thought we'd get to 100k downloads, but here we are. Thank you so much everyone for listening and supporting the show over the years! We've loved doing it and look forward to what we have planned for the future. -The Whole Sick Mapping the Zone Crew 230
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hoo boy, we spent some time talkin' last night. Chapter 42 is a big one (in terms of how much information is packed into it), so this is gonna be our longest episode to date. Record time was just over five hours, so the finished episode will likely be around the five hour mark 001
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Non-fiction: Sleepwalking Through History: America In the Reagan Years by Haynes Johnson Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazis to America by Annie Jacobson Fiction: The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter 020
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This week, our interview with Heather Parry (Orpheus Builds A Girl, Carrion Crow) is out. If, for some reason, you need to know what two of us look like, you can watch the interview on YouTube; where it is our first (and maybe only) video interview available 020
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Probably due to a recent re-listen of their Great Gatsby episode, I Had a dream that @magictavern.bsky.social (@arnieniekamp.bsky.social @usidore.bsky.social @chuntttttt.bsky.social) did a new book club episode on The Crying of Lot 49 and had us on. Not sure how it went, but I'm sure it was fun 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We were fortunate enough to have Heather Parry (Orpheus Builds A Girl, Carrion Crow) on the show today. The interview, which will be our first ever video episode, will be out... sometime? I don't have an exact date, but soon. substack.com/@heatherparrysubstack.comHeather Parry | SubstackNovelist / essayist / short story writer / breakfast enthusiast. I have strong opinions on the Alien franchise. My most recent book is: Carrion Crow, a novel. 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Why do we keep losing the good ones? 020
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A listener (www.youtube.com/@matthewjose... on YouTube) made this really fun "best of" compilation of our show and we wanted to share it. Give it a listen and check out his channel! drive.google.com/file/d/1Ix0R...drive.google.comBest of the Mapping the Zone Podcast.mp4 022
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Bonus episode covering Nolan's Odyssey adaptation and adaptations in general coming Friday. Next week's regular Against the Day episode is gonna be a long one (we recorded for over 4 1/2 hours), so buckle up! 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/elonhasnofri...cardsagainsthumanity.comWho wants to help Cards Against Humanity f*** with Elon Musk?We got Musk off our land. Let's build a monument to remind him he's a sad little b**** with no friends. 020
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Lucky y'all... you get two brand new Mapping the Zone episodes in as many days! 31 July - Against the Day (Ch. 36-37) 01 Aug - Infinite Jest (Part 6) 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 29/07/2026But pollution isn’t down to zero, so did he die for nothing? 110
Reposted by Mapping the Zone podcastJust Keep Up Magazine @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A review of M. John Harrison’s new novel The End of Everything (written by yours truly) just went online! Link and sample below. www.justkeepupmagazine.com/m-john-harri... 001
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 25/07/2026East of Eden is so fucking good and sadly relevant almost 75 years later 041
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026And yes, I am aware of the fact I’m posting this on Blue Sky, but this is for the podcast and nothing more 020
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026app.thestorygraph.com/books/8c3f54... Can’t recommend this book enough. It has me totally removing myself from the social media world and abandoning YouTube. Their complicity in so much of the awfulness going on is inexcusable and I can’t be a part of it anymoreapp.thestorygraph.comThe Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max FisherFrom a New York Times investigative reporter, this "authoritative and devastating account of the ... 120
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 20/07/2026app.thestorygraph.com/books/8c3f54... I can’t recommend this book enough. I always knew social media was a cesspool, but when you read about the depths of their depravity and recklessness, it really hits hard. I’m taking the initiative to remove myself from most, if not all, of it, so should youapp.thestorygraph.comThe Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max FisherFrom a New York Times investigative reporter, this "authoritative and devastating account of the ... 020
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 20/07/2026It was lame, got great with the Muppets, then lame, lamer, slightly less lame, more Muppets, then lame again. Just let the Muppets run wild with someone like Jack White for the entirety of halftime 000
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Y’all should read Orpheus Builds A Girl and Carrion Crow by Heather Parry. We might be discussing those books soon and she might be on the show talking with us. Just sayin’… 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I have this on my TBR but I’ve been told I should read Stalingrad first. Would you say that’s accurate? 000
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 15/07/2026We’re wanting to get more authors on the show for general (and Pynchon-related) discussions. Any suggestions? Feel free to tag them, too! 100
Reposted by Mapping the Zone podcastArnie Niekamp @arnieniekamp.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Graham dead after “brief and sudden illness.” McConnell alive after slow and extended death. 0335
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026static.klipy.comHa Ha NelsonALT: Ha Ha Nelson 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I can only watch WC matches on Telemundo and my Spanish is not great. I already came into this not knowing much about the rules or subtleties of the game, but I can say I’m enjoying it immensely. Bonus for the announcers whose enthusiasm and passion for the game are crystal clear, though 240
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 10/07/2026@magictavern.bsky.social is there no new episode this week? I need more Offices & Bosses! 120
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Damn, if I wasn’t working on my Master’s degree, I’d do this in a heartbeat. I’ve got three novels I’m working on, so maybe next year I can join 000
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I’m enamored with the novels of The Lost Generation—about the futility of wealth accumulation and about the beauty in just living a simple, humble life. The idea that there’s no inherent value in being wealthy; it just makes people awful, selfish, and unable to see the world for what it is 041
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Currently watching a four part YouTube series on how we all should’ve seen this coming a mile away and how he’s been embraced by the Rogan manosphere and not done anything to redeem himself: youtu.be/93nMBtXVAfM?...youtu.beWe Need to Talk About Louis - Part 1YouTube video by Comedy Without Errors 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I also would like to know how to obtain one of these copies. Also, will you be touring to support this one? If so, will you be in the Philadelphia area? 130
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It’s 100% AI. Look at the sign in the background 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Yeah, I coached a kid’s basketball team many moons ago and the parents at those games were insane. I repeatedly had to remind them that their kids were in 3rd grade and that it didn’t matter if the other kid’s foot was on the free throw line so sit down and stop yelling 110
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It did come up in an episode! Kate mentioned it and I was unaware it was a direct nod to IJ. Longtime Decemberists fan, but only read IJ for the first time last year 010
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 05/07/2026That dog looks like he’s been there FOR-EV-ER 110
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 04/07/2026You forgot one…static.klipy.comSquints Smirk: Been Plannin It For YearsALT: Squints Smirk: Been Plannin It For Years 011
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 04/07/2026There’s only one movie you have to watch today and it’s The Sandlot 192
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 03/07/2026“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” 020
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 01/07/2026But does it smell like motor oil and gunpowder and the salty tears I shed at night when I’m alone with my thoughts and I realize that I’ve isolated myself from everyone I cared about with my bullshit attitude towards women, LGBTQ people, and everything else? 000
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Infinite Jest episode 5 (pg. 410 - 503) will be out on 01 July and Against the Day, Ch. 32-33, will be out on 03 July. Feels good to be back! 210
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 28/06/2026www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCrin... Sometimes I really love the internetreddit.comFrom the TikTokCringe community on Reddit: I don't remember asking you what your god thinks of meExplore this post and more from the TikTokCringe community 000
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Thanks and glad you’re enjoying our long-winded rants. Can’t say what book is up next, but whatever it is won’t be for another year and change with our current pace. Kate was on a tangent about IV in the episode we just recorded and I thought, “I’m due for a reread”, so here we are 000
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The first book had me laughing my ass off. Totally feels like a D&D campaign I was running for a while with friends—pure chaos, lots of laughs 110
Mapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 25/06/2026You know what the best Prime Day deal is? Getting rid of your Amazon subscription. It’s easier than you think, just do it. Buy local. Buy independent. Wait a couple extra days for something, it’s okay. Nothing good has come from Amazon in 10+ years and fuck Bezos anyway 141
